Wednesday, 16 May 2018

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Here are some events in London over the next week or so plus a few in other parts of the southern England 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-26 May; Suns, Moons and Fairy Tales. An Exhibition of the Art of Stuart Hill. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Exhibition normally open Monday-Saturday during shop hours, just pop in. Tel: 020 7405 2120. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Now-20 May; Hay House World Summit. Free online event offering 100 lessons from health and wellness experts and 15 inspirational films. Sign up here: https://www.hayhouseworldsummit.com/

Now-Tuesday 29 May; House of Covvens; Venue: Hartslane, New Cross Gate, London. Covvens (talking circles), foraging walks, lunar sound performances, exhibition installation, Various start times. Tickets: free, please book in advance. Details: https://www.houseofcovvens.com/

Wednesday 16 May; 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, 16 May; First class for Witch Goddesses, Magical Workings - a five-week course with Suzanne Corbie . Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm start. Deposit for course: £80. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Wednesday, 16 May; History's Dodgy Doctors and Miracle Cures hosted by Funzing Talks. Venue: The Dead Dolls House, 181 Upper Street, London N1 1RQ. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12. https://uk.funzing.com/funz/funzing-talks-a-history-of-dodgy-medicine-16040?

Wednesday 16 May; New Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday, 16 May; 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 17 May; The Authentic Tarot. Talk by Thomas Saunders. 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 17 May; House of Covvens, Covven #2 Venue: Hartslane Gallery, New Cross Gate, London. 7pm. Tickets: Free. Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-of-covvens-south-east-london-covven-2-tickets-45172166165

Thursday 17 May; How a Princess chose to become a Witch. Talk with Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, who established Wicca in India. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. Tel: 020 7405 2120. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Thursday 17 May; History of Chakras 3: the Tantric and the Bishop. 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/

Friday 18 May; Sacred Feminine: The Art of the Goddess - gallery talk. Venue: Room 17, 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

Friday 18 May; The Witches' Banquet: Demogorgon in Conversation. Venue: Souk Medina, 1a Shorts Gardens, London WC2H. Time: 6.30pm. Advance booking recommended. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wicca/events/ or https://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/

Friday 18 May; House of Covvens, Covven #3 Venue: Hartslane Gallery, New Cross Gate, London. 7pm. Tickets: Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-of-covvens-south-east-london-covven-3-tickets-45172171180

Friday 18 May; The Wiccan Moot (Flower Moon). London venue tba. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wicca/events/ or https://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/

Friday 18 May; Holistic Sound Bath Meditation - Summoning The Sacred (weekly ceremonial gathering). Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Coopers Yard, Crystal Palace, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7pm. Entry £15/£13. https://www.facebook.com/summoningthesacredsound/

Friday 18 - Sunday 20 May; Sussex Faerie Festival 2018. Venue: Alfriston Camping Park, Pleasant Rise Farm, Alfriston, East Sussex, BN26 5TN. Tickets: Three days £77.50, one day £27.50.
www.magicalfestivals.co.uk

Friday 18 May; St Germain's Spiritual Survival Guide for the 21st Century. Talk by Edwin Courtenay. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £12/£14. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 19 May; Wild Medicine Day with Forage Botanicals. Venue Surrey Docks Farm, Rotherhithe St, London SE16 5ET. Time:10.30am - 3pm. Tickets £38. Details: www.foragebotanicals.co.uk

Saturday 19 May; Horns and Crowns - A Pagan Picnic in Richmond Park with London Woodland Witches, Pagans and Ritual Magicians. Venue: Meet at the coffee shop in Richmond Station  at noon to get the bus 371 to Richmond Park or meet by Richmond Gate at the park by 1pm.· Wear outdoor clothes and bring food and drink. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 19 May; Tarot Cards for Absolute Beginners – Minor Arcana. Afternoon workshop with Sue Terry. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm start. Tickets £40. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 19 May; Songwalk at Nunhead Cemetery. Part of the first Urban Tree Festival. Venue: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, London E3 4PX. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £11.07. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songwalk-at-nunhead-cemetery-tickets-45990361409?

Saturday 19 May; Fattening the Bride - celebration of beauty with Wild Women Gatherings London. Venue: Forest Hill, London SE23 (details sent to those attending - advance booking essential). Suggested donation from £10. Time: 3pm. https://www.meetup.com/WILD-WOMEN-CIRCLES-LONDON/

Saturday 19 May; House of Covvens, Covven #4 Venue: Hartslane Gallery, New Cross Gate, London. 4pm. Tickets: Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-of-covvens-south-east-london-covven-4-tickets-45172211300

Sunday 20 May; Songwalk at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. Part of the first Urban Tree Festival. Venue: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, London E3 4PX. Time: 11.30am. Tickets: £11.07. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songwalk-at-tower-hamlets-cemetery-park-tickets-46003814648?

Sunday 20 May; High Magic Workshop 1: Kabbalistic Cross, LBRP and Creating Archangel Sigils with London Woodland Witches, Pagans and Ritual Magicians. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate. Meet in the garden area of the Woodman pub at noon promptly to walk to the woods. Cost: £20 (£15 conc).· Wear outdoor clothes and bring food and drink. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Sunday, 20 May; Ageless Wisdom for Everyone. Talk on Theosophy at the Theosophical Society in London. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 2pm. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Sunday 20 May; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot (normally on the third Sunday of each month). Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm-6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/

Sunday 20 May; House of Covvens, Covven #5 Venue: Hartslane Gallery, New Cross Gate, London. 7pm. Tickets: Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-of-covvens-south-east-london-covven-5-tickets-45172295552

Monday 21 May; Discover and Enhance Your Psychic Powers hosted by Funzing. Venue: Gabeto London, Stables Market, 23 Chalk Farm Rd, Camden, NW1 8AH. Time 7pm. Tickets: £12. https://uk.funzing.com/funz/funzing-talks-discover-enhance-your-psychic-powers-16780/

Monday 21 May; Dion Fortune's Sex Magic. Lecture by Georgia van Raalte. 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/

Tuesday 22 May; 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/

Tuesday 22 May; Thelema Without Tears. First class in six-week course with Marco Visconti. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm start. Price for whole course: £180, includes robe and handouts. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tuesday 22 May; Caves of Power - Ancient Energy Techniques. Lecture by Sergio Magana. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm start. Cost: £14/£12. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 23 May; 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 23 May; 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/

Wednesday 23 May; Goddess of Love Women’s Ceremony with Luana Dal Molin. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. www.aho.community

Thursday 24 May; Happiness: Make Your Soul Smile. Talk by Katie Oman. 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/

Friday 25 May; Working Well. Talk by Hari Kalymnios. 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/

Friday 25 May; An evening with Maxine Sanders and friends to launch Alex Sanders Notebook. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Free entry, but advance tickets must be booked: https://www.facebook.com/events/180324392687652/

25 May - 28 October. Roman Dead. Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands. Venue: No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. Free entry.  https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands/whats-on/exhibitions/roman-dead

Saturday 26 May; Spring Cleaning - maintaining the flow of life. One-day Eurythmy Workshop with Hanne Kristiansen Risvik and Earthstars. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 4SH. Time: starts 10am. Tickets: £45. https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Saturday 26 May; Magical Bloomsbury Walking Tour. Guided walk with Christina Oakley Harrington. Starts at: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm start. Tickets: £18. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday, 27 May; Shamanism Healer Training Part 1- Certified Training-4 Modules. Venue: Helios Centre, 116, Judd Street London WC1H 9NS. Time: 10.15am. Entry: £75. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/

Sunday, 27 May; 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: I am not responsible for any of these events. 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 spot something that needs changing, please email the correct details to badwitch1234@gmail.com

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