Wednesday 18 April 2018

London Pagan Events for St George's Day & Earth Day


Here are events in London over the next week or plus a few in other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans. They include some things taking place on Earth Day and St George's Day and a few early Beltane celebrations. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

Now to Saturday 28 April; Esoteric Harlequinade. Sean Jefferson Art Exhibition. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Private preview on the evening of 13 April (ticketed event); exhibition normally open Monday-Saturday during shop hours, just pop in. Tel: 020 7405 2120. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday, 18 April; Why Ancient Cypress is Important - gallery talk. Room 72, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free, just turn up. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Wednesday 18 April; Time to Meditate - group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Arrive 6pm for 6.10pm start. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Wednesday 18 April; Discussion forum: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral and Psi. Venue: Society for Psychical Research HQ, 1 Vernon Mews, London W14 0RL. Time: 6.30pm. Entry: Free for members. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Wednesday 18 April; Astral Projection Workshop with Jade Shaw. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 18 April; The Brave White Buffalo Women's Circle. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. www.aho.community

Wednesday 18 April; Gnostic Lecture:The Control of Emotions, hosted by Gnosis London. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/217868335647992/

Wednesday, 18 April; More Mead Moot promoted by Pagan FutureFests. Venue: Hope Pub, 48 West Street, Carshalton SM5 2PR. Time: from 7.30pm. Meets on the third Wednesday of each month. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/ http://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/

Thursday 19 April; SoulWorks: Living Your Soul Story. Talk by Jane Bailey Bain. 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 19 April; History of the Chakras II: From India to England. Lecture by Phil Hine. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Tickets £9. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 19 April; Holy lands and theme parks: religious visitor attractions worldwide. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 4pm. Tickets free, booking essential. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Friday 20 April; The amazing story of Chief Long Wolf at Brompton Cemetery. Storytelling with London Dreamtime and George Hoyle. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Fulham Rd, Kensington, London SW10 9UG. Time: 11am. Price: Free but tickets must be reserved by emailing bromptonproject@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk.  For more details, email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Friday 20 April; The Witches Banquet: Memorising the Tarot Cards and Spreads (Wiccan Moot) Venue: Souk Medina, 1a Short's Gardens, London WC2H 9AT. Time: 6.30pm. Free event but as the meeting is in a restaurant you will need to pay for your own food and drink. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wicca/events/ or https://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/

Saturday 21, Sunday 22 and Monday 23 April; The Lions Part performing The Ballad of St George and the Dragon over three days. The Feast of St George: Saturday in Trafalgar Square, noon - 6pm;
Sunday in Borough Market, noon - 4pm; Monday as part of the St George in Southwark Festival at 3.30pm in Red Cross Gardens, SE1 and at 4.30pm in Flat Iron Square, SE1. http://www.thelionspart.co.uk/stgeorgeandthedragon/index.html

Saturday 21 April; Wiccan Path for Beginners. Training day with London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Meet in the heated patio area of the Woodman's Pub, Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 at 10am to walk to Queen's Woods. Day ends at 5.30pm. Fee: £20. You must reserve a place in advance. Wear outdoor clothes and bring something to sit on and food and drink . Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday, 21 April; Sigils, Talismans and Magical Signs. Full-day workshop with Julian Vayne  Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Tickets £75, deposit £40. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday, 21 April; Pagan Future Fests - Belostra Festival 2018. Day of workshops, entertainment, a market, food and a bar. Venue: Stanley Halls, 12 South Norwood Hill, London SE25 6AB. Starts at noon. Tickets £15. Details: https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/ Tickets http://paganfuturefests.org.uk/id2.html

Saturday 21 April; Foragers feast and pharmacy with The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. Seasonal wild foods and herbal remedies with Kenneth Greenway, Cemetery Park manager and botanical pharmacist Fawz Farhan. Venue: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, The Soanes Centre, Southern Grove, London E3 4PX. Time: 1.30pm. Tickets: £42. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foragers-feast-pharmacy-tickets-41490906418

Sunday 22 April; Earth Day 2018 Gathering - Woodland Walk, Family Picnic and Eco Ceremony
with Lina Star. Venue: Meet at Cockfoster Gate, Trent Park, at 11.45am for a woodland walk or from 3pm for a picnic and ceremony. Wear outdoor clothes and bring something to sit on and food and drink. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Sunday 22 April; The Dark Arts Fayre. Venue: The Lounge Promotion, Nightclub Kolis, 1 Archway Rd, London N19 3TD. Time: noon-6pm. Entry: £3. https://www.facebook.com/events/150819355608906/

Sunday 22 April; Earth Day 2018 at Somerset House. Free activities and talks exploring the future of our lives in the city. Venue: Somerset House, Strand London, WC2R 1LA. Time: noon-4pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/1984011548518343/

Monday 23 April; St George's Day Crossbones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard and the dead and wounded of the London Bridge attacks. Bring a flower, a ribbon, a totem or memento to tie to the shrine. Gather from 6.45pm for a 7pm start in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, London SE1 1TA. For more details, visit  http://crossbones.org.uk/

Tuesday 24 April; Journey Beyond the Mind: Women's Shamanic Drum Circle. Venue: Knowsley, Road, Battersea, London SW11 2NY. Time: 6.45pm. Cost: £15. You must be a member of the meetup group. https://www.meetup.com/Journey-Beyond-the-Mind-Womens-Shamanic-Drum-Circle/

Tuesday 24 April; Enfield Town Circle Pagan Moot. Venue: Crown and Horseshoes pub, 12-15 Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, Middx, EN2 6PZ. Time: 7pm. Free to turn up. https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Wiccans-Pagans/

Wednesday 25 April; Time to Meditate - group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Arrive 6pm for 6.10pm start. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Wednesday 25 April; Psychic Self-Defence talk at Hertford Pagan Moot. Venue: White Horse Pub, 33 Castle Street, Hertford, Herts SG14 1HH (45 mins from central London). The pub does not have disabled access. This moot meets on the last Wednesday of each month at 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047/

Thursday 26 April; Simply Being and Sparks. Talk by James Low. 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 26 April; Earthstars Group Meeting - Return of the Goddess. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 4SH. Time: Doors open 7pm. Entry by donation. https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Thursday 26 April, Blood in the Forest. Talks on fear and fantasy inspired by Britain's ancient woodlands. Venue: William Morris Gallery, Forest Road, London E17 4PP. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £8/£12. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-in-the-forest-tickets-43403034645

Thursday 26 April; Forgetting Ourselves: Reflections on memory and identity. Talk by Professor Chris French at The London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4/£2. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Friday 27 April; Rilko (Research Into Lost Knowledge) AGM followed by talk by John R Gordon on Working with the Elemental Landscape. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Doors open: 6.45pm. Entrance: £8/£10. Details: http://www.rilko.org/lectures-2018-spring/ or https://www.facebook.com/rilkotrust/

Friday 27 April; Seance: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm. An illustrated presentation with Shannon Taggart. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Kensington, London, SW10 9UG. Time: 7pm. Tickets £12 including a Hendrick's Gin cocktail. Details here: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/seanceshannon.html

Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 April; London Esoteric. Two days of talks, workshops and concerts focusing on the weird and wonderful. Subjects covered include telepathy, secret societies, LSD, theremins and a possible time machine. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Kensington, London, SW10 9UG. Full list of the programme and ticket details here: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/londonesoterichome.html

Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 April; Kent Mind Body Spirit Festival. Venue: The Hop Farm, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6PY. Starts 10am Saturday. Tickets £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/117607922242164/

Saturday 28 April; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri Beltain ritual at Avebury Stone Circle
Avebury, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF. Time: 1.30pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/186958078480446/

Saturday 28 April; Dream Analysis and Interpretation Workshop with the Tarot and Esoteric Discovery Group. London venue to be confirmed. Time: 2.30pm. Entry: £7, but you must be a member of the meetup group and reserve a place in advance. https://www.meetup.com/Tarot-and-Esoteric-Discovery-Group/

Saturday 28 April; Dancing Under the Full Moon with Wild Women Gatherings London. Venue: Forest Hill (details sent to those attending - advance booking essential). Suggested donation from £10. Time: 6pm. https://www.meetup.com/WILD-WOMEN-CIRCLES-LONDON/

Sunday, 29 April; Shamanism and Evolving Consciousness. Venue: Neal's Yard Meeting Rooms, 14 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DP. Time: 10.15 to 5.30pm. £75. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/

Sunday, 29 April Earth Day/May Day Celebration with Maypole dancing. Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary, Pea Lane, Upminster, Havering, RM142XH. Time: 11am-3pm. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/events/419501945169754/

Sunday, 29 April; Anderida Gorsedd Beltane open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together. https://www.facebook.com/groups/anderidagorsedd/

Sunday, 29 April; Luna Iter - Journey of the moon- for Pagan and Wiccan Seekers with Luna Iter- Wiccan Seekers London NE. Pub moot followed by a ritual close to each full moon. Venue: Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road, Hackney. Moot starts at 4.30pm, then at 6 pm moving to a historic site for the ritual. Fee: £4/£5. https://www.meetup.com/Luna-Iter-WiccanSeekersLondonNE/

Please note that I am not responsible for any of these events except my own candle magic workshop at London Esoteric. I try to ensure my listings are accurate but do not always know of late changes, cancellations or ticket availability. If you do spot anything that needs correcting, please email the details to badwitch1234@gmail.com

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