Wednesday 6 September 2017

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Here are events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK over the next week 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 - 14 September; Rhythms of Magic - September. Free online course by Kitchen Witch School of Natural Witchery. Online, worldwide, free and open to everyone. Working with the energy of the month, September, for a personal journey of discovery with gods, goddesses, herbs, crystals, rituals, meditation and more. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1988087264808074/

Now to 30 September; Austin Osman Spare exhibition at the Last Tuesday Society. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Now to the end of 2017; Poppets, Pins and Power - an exhibition on the craft of cursing at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall. http://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/

Now to 31 December; The London Stone on Display. Venue: Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN. Free exhibition during museum opening ours. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london

Wednesday 6 September; 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 6 September; How to Make Your Own Tree of Life, workshop with David Goddard. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15, advance booking essential. https://www.meetup.com/Rising-Phoenix-Magic-Mysticism-and-Meditation/

Wednesday 6 September; Study Group - Esoteric Science. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7.15pm. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/ and https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiners-spiritual-science/

Wednesday 6 September; London Energy Share. Venue: The Skylight Centre, 49 Corsica Street, London N5 1JT. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://www.meetup.com/londonhealingshare/

Wednesday 6 September; Full Moon Ceremony hosted by The Modern Mystery School - Europe. Venue. Henry VIII Hotel, 23 Leinster Gardens, London W2 3AN. Entry £10. https://www.facebook.com/events/112474142778756/

Wednesday 6 September; Full Moon Magic Ceremony. Venue: London, NW1 7SU (Exact address will be provided after booking). Time: 7.15pm start. Tickets: £8 http://uk.funzing.com/funz/full-moon-magic-ceremony-11769?

Wednesday 6 September; Tamesa/Wicca Full Moon Ceremony by the river Thames with London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Meet at Tate Modern green outside Tate Modern and Bankside Gallery, London SE1 at 7.30pm for a Wiccan circle ritual on the banks of the Thames. Cost: £3 You must 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/

Wednesday 6 September; Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub - Methods from Madness: Magic, ghosts, and the origins of experimental psychology. Talk by Matt Tompkins. Venue: The Star and Garter, 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NY. Time: 7.30pm. Details: http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/

Thursday 7 September; TDP Foreshore Walk - Gabriel's Wharf with London Mudlark and Thames. Venue: Gabriel's Wharf, 56 Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 9PP. Time: 9am-11am. Tickets £9 plus booking free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/totally-thames-gabriels-wharf-walk-tickets-36054924249

Thursday 7 September; Meet up with Anna Cherry and talk about The Habitat Affect. 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 7 September; Candle Magic Evening 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: 7pm. 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. (View my book at Treadwell's)

Friday 8 September; TDP Foreshore Walk - Custom House with London Mudlark and Thames. Venue: Custom House Stairs, next to Sugar Quay, Water Lane, Lower Thames Street, City of London
EC3R. Time: 9.30am. Tickets £9 plus booking free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/totally-thames-custom-house-walk-tickets-36056176996

Friday 8 September; Surrender to the Highest Potential. Talk by David Manning. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Cost: £12/£14. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 8 September; 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. Details: https://www.meetup.com/Oasis-of-Sound-Sound-Bath-n-Sound-Scape/

Friday 8 September; Open Circle - every Friday for anyone wishing to develop their psychic and mediumistic abilities. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 7.30pm. Cost: £3. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Saturday 9 September - Sunday 10 September; Seriously Strange - ASSAP's conference with talks on various paranormal subjects. Venue University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY. Starts 10am. Tickets £10-£40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seriously-strange-tickets-33387264206

Saturday 9 September; Awake in Nature: practices to deepen our connection to the natural world. Venue: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, The Soanes Centre, Southern Grove, London E3 4PX. Time: 10am-1pm. Tickets: £26.79. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/awake-in-nature-practices-to-deepen-our-connection-to-the-natural-world-tickets-36540276952

Saturday 9 September; Talk and Heathen Rite for Autumn. Short Lecture and Blot with  Andre and Amanda Henriques. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 5pm-7.30pm. Ticket price £10. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 10 September; 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 10 September; Wicca Course - part one of three. This lesson will look at consecrations, circle work, the elements and energy. This is an outdoor course with London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Venue:  Wimbledon Woods (meet outside Windmill Tea Room), Windmill Road, London, SW19 5NQ. Time: 10.30am. Cost: £13. You must reserve a place in advance. Wear outdoor clothes and bring a blanket to sit on. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Sunday 10 September; Secret Doctrine Study Day organised by the Theosophical Society in London. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 11am to 5pm. https://www.meetup.com/Theosophical-Society-in-London/

Sunday 10 September; The Crick Crack Club presents the Iliad (storytelling). Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £8. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Sunday 10 September; Nurture Your Aphrodite with Renata. Venue Chisenhale Dance Space, 64-84 Chisenhale Road, London E3 5QZ. Time: 3pm. Tickets £7 plus booking fee. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/totally-thames-custom-house-walk-tickets-36056176996

Sunday 10 September; Psychic and Spiritual Development Class with London NW8 Psychic and Spiritual Development Group. Venue: Violet Hill Studios , 6 Violet Hill , St Johns Wood, London, NW8 9EB. Time: 7pm. Price: £15. https://www.meetup.com/London-NW8-Psychic-and-Spiritual-Development-Group/

Monday 11 September; Transform Fear to Faith. Talk by Gabrielle Bernstein organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL, Talk starts: 7pm. Tickets £25/£20 online. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 11 September The Secret Garden Sharing Circle. Venue: Clifton Gardens, London, W9 1DT. Time 7.15pm. Cost: £20, http://uk.funzing.com/funz/the-secret-garden-sharing-circle-9013

Tuesday 12 September; Meetup with Ben Irvine with talk about Mindfulness and the Big Questions: Philosophy for Now. Venue: Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Tuesday 12 September; The Tarot Deck of Austin Osman Spare. Lecture by Jonathan Allen to accompany the exhibition. Event by The Last Tuesday Society. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Tuesday 12 September; Connecting to Your Third Eye and Healing the Vision (Eyes) - Energy Workshop with the Sensing Energy and Intuition Development group. Venue: St Stephen's Church Hall, 48 Emperor's Gate, London SW7 4HJ,. Time: 7pm. Price: £15. https://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Tuesday 12 September; An Evening of Magick - discover what real Magick is and how it can transform your life and enable you to reach your true potential. A Magickal order in North London working in the Golden Dawn tradition has developed it to include psychological and personal development to make it accessible for everyone. Register by emailing admin@mnomt.com. Find out more at http://mnomt.com/taste-of-magick/

Tuesday 12 September; South London Wicca Meetup. Nova Stellar Presents an Evening with Philip Shallcrass. 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/  https://www.facebook.com/events/647992985534544/

Wednesday 13 September; Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past. Talk at London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Tickets £5. Time: 7.30pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/LondonForteanSociety/

Thursday 14 September; Spirits of Nature Intro: Touch One! Know which one is helping you and Why. Meet at the Gandhi Statue in Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London. Time: 3.30pm. Cost £15. https://www.meetup.com/Experience-Spirits-of-Nature/

Thursday 14 September; The Ocean Fell into the Drop. Talk and book signing by Terence Stamp. 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 14 September; Women's Singing Circle with South London Red Tent. Venue: Balham Spiritualist Church, 211 Balham High Road, London SW17 7BQ. Time 7.30pm. Tickets: £15.73. https://www.meetup.com/South-London-Red-Tent/

Thursday 14 September; English Folktales, including storytelling by London Dreamtime, at South East London 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.) https://www.facebook.com/groups/2438110887/ To guarantee a seat, email nigelofbermondsey@gmail.com

Friday 15 September; Stainton Moses - The Phoenix Rising. Talk by Demian Allan. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Cost: £12/£14. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 15 September; Om Healing for body mind and soul. Venue: The Dhyana Centre, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Time: 8pm. https://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/

Friday 15 September; Alexandrian Witchcraft Soirée. Venue in Central London. Time 8pm https://www.facebook.com/events/1931718950418724/

Saturday 16 September; Jupiter - Planet of Plenty. Afternoon seminar with Vivianne and Chris Crowley. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 16 September; River Thames: Legend, Magic and myth. Mtorytelling for adults and older children for the Totally Thames festival with London Dreamtime and Living London. Venue: Waterside location near Erith Library TBC. Time: 2pm. Price: Free. For details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 17 September; 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 17 September; Shamanic workshop. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-4pm. Cost: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 17 September; Barefoot in the Woods: Harvesting Wisdom with Wild Woman Gatherings. Venue: Richmond Park, Richmond, London, TW10 5HS. Time: 1pm. Cost: £20. https://www.meetup.com/WILD-WOMEN-CIRCLES-LONDON/

Sunday 17 September; 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.

Sunday 17 September; ‘The Cosmos in Stone’, The Influence of Cosmology in the Design of Wells Cathedral. Lecture by Tom Bree at Rilko (Research Into Lost Knowledge). Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 6pm - 8pm. Entrance: £8/£6. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php https://www.facebook.com/rilkotrust/

Note: Apart from my candle magic workshop at Treadwell's, I do not organise any of these events myself and am not responsible for them. Although I try to be as accurate as possible, it is always worth checking the details with the organiser as schedules can change. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

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