Wednesday, 5 April 2017

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Here is a listing of events in London plus a few in other parts of southern England over the next 10 days or so that could be of interest to pagans. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

Now - 30 April; Exhibition of Dr. Cagliostro's Cabinet of Curiosities. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1A 1LY. Exhibition is free to view during shop opening times, Monday to Saturday from 10.30am-6pm. Telephone: 020 7405 2120. Website: http://www.theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 5 April; Stillness and Meditation at Mandeville Place. Venue: School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place, London. Free lunchtime event starting 1pm. https://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/

Wednesday 5 April; Let's Meditate - group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Starts 6pm. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Thursday 6 April - 11 April; The River Gods of London. Storytelling for Families at the Museum of London. Venue: Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN. Time: Several sessions in the afternoon. Details: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london

Thursday 6 April; Tarot and the Kabbalah. Talk hosted by Gnosis London. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1, Time: 5.45pm - 6.45pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/281443488963822/

Thursday 6 April; Private view for Arcana: An Exhibition of Tarot - a not-for-profit show featuring performances, installations and paintings responding to and reimagining the tarot. Venue: The Crypt Gallery, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA. Time: 6-9pm. The event is being financed through kickstarter. Details: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1653753139/arcana-an-exhibition-of-tarot

Thursday 6 April; Philippa Lubbock and talk about Life Alignment. Venue: Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Thursday 6 April; Meeting the Goddess Aphrodite Talk and Short Rite - Dr Amanda Potter. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Ticket price £8. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 6 April; Witchcraft of Enchantment for the Solitary Witch Moon One. First in a series of classes on solitary witchcraft. London venue, details tba. Time: 7.30pm. Details and reservations: https://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Thursday 6 April - Monday 10 April; General opening of Arcana: An Exhibition of Tarot - a not-for-profit show featuring performances, installations and paintings responding to and reimagining the tarot. Venue: The Crypt Gallery, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA. Time: 11am-4pm. The event is being financed through kickstarter. Details: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1653753139/arcana-an-exhibition-of-tarot. More details on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/600426506809961/

Friday 7 April; Open Evening at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 4.30pm-9pm. Cost: £25. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 7 April; An Interpretation of a Neolithic Dwelling. Nicholas Cope speaking on the subject of his book, ‘The Knap of Howar and the Origins of Geometry. Earthstars Group Meeting. Venue:  Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT. Time: doors open 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Friday 7 April; Ghosts of Tantra Past Tantra History Lecture I with Phil Hine. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Ticket price £8. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 8 April; Introduction to Mystical Qabalah. Workshop with David Wells organised by Alternatives. Venue: Heythrop College, 23 Kensington Square, London W8 5HN. Time: 10.30am-5pm. Tickets £65/£50 online. For more details and to book tickets http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Saturday 8 April; Wicca workshop: Candles, Cords and Rune Magic: Spellcraft workshop in Wimbledon woods. Outdoor training with Mani of London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Outdoor location at Wimbledon. Meet at Wimbledon Windmill Museum, Windmill Road, Wimbledon Common, SW19 5NR at 11.30am to walk to the site. Cost £9. You must be a member of this group and reserve a place in advance. Wear outdoor clothes and bring food and drink to share. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 8, Sunday 9 and Monday 10 April; Declaration of a chapter from the Book of the Law - Liber AL vel Legis to commemorate its reception in Cairo in 1904 by Aleister Crowley. Venue: Atlantis bookshops, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time noon each day. Phone: 020 7405 2120.

Saturday 8 April; Prophets, Visionaries and Power. Day of talks, part of a year-long festival called Belief and Beyond Belief about what it means to be human. Venue: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Saturday £1/£7.505. More details and booking: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/belief-and-beyond-belief

Saturday 8 April; Candle Magic Afternoon Workshop - I am running another session of my candle magic workshops based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm to 3.15pm. Cost: £20 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/events/ or reserve a place by calling 020 7419 8507, emailing info@treadwells-london.com or visiting the shop.

Sunday 9 April; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: https://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Sunday 9 April; Ageless Wisdom for Everyone - Talk about Theosophy. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 2pm. Details: https://www.meetup.com/Theosophical-Society-in-London/

Tuesday 11 April; South London Wicca Meetup. Nova Stellar Presents an Evening With Dave Lee. Venue: The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DB. Time: Doors open 7pm, talk starts at 8pm. Entry £3. You must be a member of the meetup group to reserve a place on this event: http://www.meetup.com/South-London-Wicca-Meetup/

Tuesday, 11 April; Full Moon Sacred Circle of Sisterhood - Women Only with Behind The Veil - Shamanism. Venue: The Hall, St Philips Church, Earls Court Road, London W8 6QH. Time: 7.30pm. Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/Behind-The-Veil-Shamanism/

Tuesday, 11 April; Full Moon Dance with the Movement Medicine Women's Circle, Venue: Jacksons Lane, 269a Archway Road, Highgate, London. Time: 7.30pm. Entry by donation. https://www.meetup.com/Movement-Medicine-Womens-Circle/

Wednesday 12 April; Stillness and Meditation at Mandeville Place. Venue: School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place, London. Free lunchtime event starting 1pm. https://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/

Wednesday 12 April; Let's Meditate - group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Starts 6pm. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Wednesday 12 April; Awaken Your Hero - Free Webinar hosted by Academy of Greatness. Online event, join in wherever you are. Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm. Tickets: www.awakenyourhero.com

Thursday 13 April; Gallery Talk - The Myth of Osiris in Ancient Egypt. Venue: Room 4, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free, just turn up. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Thursday 13 April; Meetup with Theresa Cheung about her new book The Bliss of I Do. Venue: Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Thursday 13 April; The Druid Order Open Meeting. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £5. http://druidorder.macmate.me/meetings.html

Thursday 13 April; Matthew Hopkins - Witchfinder General. Talk at Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £3/£1.50 concessions. Time: 8pm. (Meetings are normally the second Thursday of each month.) http://www.selfs.org.uk/ To guarantee a seat, email nigelofbermondsey@gmail.com

Friday 14 April; Oasis of Sound - Sound Bath and Mantra with Anne Malone. Organised by the Oasis of Sound Meetup Group. Venue: The Life Centre Islington, Brittania Row, London. Tickets £15. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: http://www.thelifecentre.com/  Details: https://www.meetup.com/Oasis-of-Sound-Sound-Bath-n-Sound-Scape/

Sunday 16 April; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot on the third Sunday of each month. Venue: Upstairs at The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Road, Farringdon, London EC1M 6DB (near Farringdon tube). Time: 3pm-6pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/759478640871356/

Note: I do not organise any of these events except my candle magic workshop. Although I try to make sure the details on my listing are accurate, I do not always know about late changes or ticket availability etc. Please contact the organiser before attending any event. If you want an event listed on my blog, or spot anything that needs changing, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com.

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