This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here is a listing of events London and nearby over the next couple of weeks 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 - 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

Wednesday, 11 July; Yoga Pantajal. Talk by Yogiraj Siddhanath. 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/

Wednesday, 11 July; 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, 11 July; Cancer New Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: Sessions at 7-8pm and 8.30-9.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Thursday 12 July; The Magic of Medicine: Faith and Healing - A History: Walking Tour by Discover Medical London / Royal College of Physicians Museum. Venue: Royal College Of Physicians, 11 Saint Andrews Place, London, NW1 4LE. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-magic-of-medicine-faith-and-healing-a-history-walking-tour-tickets-45018312986?

Thursday 12 July; The Secret Language of the Renaissance. Talk by Richard Stemp. 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 12 July; Exploring Tarot with Yoga, with Anastasia. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. For more details visit www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Thursday 12 July; Wisdom Keepers: Mayan Culture and Sacred Cacao Ceremony. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. for more details visit https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/type/wisdom-keepers-series/

Thursday 12 July; Lore of Dormice and The Mystic Mandrake. Talk by Christopher Josiffe 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: £5/£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 cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com

Friday 13 July; Agrippa and the Three Books of Occult Philosophy: Witches Banquet Grain Moon at the Wiccan Moot. Venue: Souk Medina, 1a Shorts Gardens, London WC2H. Time: 6.15pm. Advance booking recommended. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wicca/

Friday 13 July; 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 13 July; Raise your Witch Power! New Moon Ritual with London Woodland Witches, Pagans and Ritual Magicians. Venue: Queens Woods, Highgate. Meet in the patio area of The Woodman Pub, Archway Road, Highgate at 7pm to walk to the woods at 7.15pm. Cost: £3.· Wear outdoor clothes, something to sit on and bring food and drink. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Friday 13 July; Siberian Shamanic Ecstatic Dance with Tara Aharata. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

Friday 13 July; The Secret History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult. A walking tour with storyteller Nigel hosted by Funzing. Meet at Saint Paul's Churchyard, London, EC4M 8BX. Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Tickets: £12. https://uk.funzing.com/funz/the-secret-history-of-magic-witchcraft-the-occult-17554

Saturday 14 July; Special morning tour: an introduction to ancient Egypt. Venue: Room 4, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 8.50am. Tickets £30. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday 14 July; Poppets and Magical Dolls in Folk Magic: A Practical Workshop Afternoon mini-workshop with me Lucya Starza. This workshop is based on my book Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm start. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 14 July; Horn of Plenty Workshop. A day working with Elen, Ceres and Fortuna, the Goddesses of Abundance and Opportunity, hosted by Caroline Wise and Carrie Kirkpatrick in North London. Price £55 inc refreshments. For details email carriedivienmedia@gmail.com.

Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 July; Epping Forest Camping, Fire, Eco Mindful Walk and Yoga. Venue Epping Forest. Meet at Debden station at 1pm on Saturday. Overnight camping is £10. Vegetarian event, no alcohol allowed. https://www.facebook.com/events/1768699913218605/

Saturday 14 July; Book signing to mark the launch of Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls. I will be signing copies of my new book in the main shop at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Free event. Turn up any time from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. You  are encouraged to book a free ticket in advance: https://www.treadwells-london.com/event/signing-poppets-and-magical-dolls/ Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday, 15 July; 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, 15 July; Shamanic workshop. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-4pm. Cost: £10, bring your own lunch. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 15 July; Ageless Wisdom for Everyone. Lecture at the Theosophical Society in London. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 2pm. Donations welcome. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Sunday 15 July; Barefoot in the Woods - The Flow of Movement with Wild Women Gatherings London. Venue: Hackney (details sent to those attending - advance booking essential). Donations welcome. Time: 3pm. https://www.meetup.com/WILD-WOMEN-CIRCLES-LONDON/

Monday 16 July; Overcoming Stress. Talk by Dr Marilyn Glenville at Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £10/£15 online. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 16 July; Young Urban Witches. Evening mini-workshop on practical magic with Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 6.30pm start. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 16 July (tbc); Pagan Pathfinders. Meeting suitable for all pagans in Finchley, London N3. Time: 7.30pm. (Meeting is usually on the 3rd Monday each month.) Free, but bring food and drink to share. Contact Pagan Pathfinders for more details: https://www.facebook.com/PaganPathfinders/

Tuesday 17 July; Women's Circle with Chord Cutting Meditation with Journey Beyond the Mind: Women's Shamanic Drum Circle. Venue: Knowsley Road, Battersea, SE· London. Time: 6.45pm. Cost: £15. https://www.meetup.com/Journey-Beyond-the-Mind-Womens-Shamanic-Drum-Circle/

Tuesday 17 July; Robert Graves' Black Goddess. Lecture by Ruth Clydesdale. 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 17 July; Witches of London Gathering. Venue: front bar of the Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, London WC1V 6BS. Starting 7.30pm. Meets on the third Tuesday of each month. For any questions email coacentral@witchcraft.org or visit http://www.witchfest.net/

Tuesday 17 July; Wisdom Keepers Series: Modern Science and Wisdom Teachings of Nature Mysticism. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/type/wisdom-keepers-series/

Wednesday 18 July; Your Zodiac Sign - a look at the 12 signs of the zodiac and their traits. Workshop with Tarot and Esoteric Discovery Group. Venue: The Green, Wanstead. Time: 10.30am-2.30pm. Tickets: £8. https://www.meetup.com/Tarot-and-Esoteric-Discovery-Group/

Wednesday 18 July; Fanning Your Spark into Flame. Late afternoon workshop with Tiffany Lazic. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 5pm start. Tickets: £5. Tel: 020 7405 2120. http://theatlantisbookshop.com

Wednesday 18 July; 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 July; Fire in the Head: Igniting the Spark of Awen. Evening talk by Jhenah Telyndru. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £5. Tel: 020 7405 2120. http://theatlantisbookshop.com

Wednesday 18 July; The Art of Magic. An Exhibition and Performance based on missing artefacts once housed in the archive of The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic.  https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/the-art-of-magic

Wednesday 18 July; Aleister Crowley - Magick, Rock and Roll and the Wickedest Man in the World. Talk by Gary Lachman. Venue: The Century Club, 61-63 Shaftesbury Ave, Soho, London W1D 6LQ. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12. https://antiquebeat.co.uk/events/aleister-crowley-magick-rock-and-roll-and-wickedest-man-world

Wednesday 18 July; 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 - Saturday 28 July; Exhibition The Art of Magic based on missing artefacts once housed in the archive of The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/the-art-of-magic

Thursday 19 July; The Guardian Angel Oracle. Talk by Chrissie Astell. 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 July; William James: Psychical Research and the Challenge of Modernity - talk by Dr Krister Dylan Knapp. Venue: Society for Psychical Research HQ, 1 Vernon Mews, London W14 0RL. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5 non-members, free for members. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Thursday 19 July; Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? Talk by Cathi Unsworth, author of That Old Black Magic and other crime novels based on real-life cases, at The London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £5. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Thursday 19 July; Wisdom Keepers Series: Cultivating Joy – Sacred Practices of the High Andes. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/type/wisdom-keepers-series/

Friday 20 July; History of Witchcraft at the British Museum Part 2 with the London Wicca Meetup Group. Venue: The British Museum, Great Russel Street, London. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Friday 20 July; Stories in the Moonlight hosted by Moon Festival. Venue: Battersea Arts Centre,
Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TN. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £8/£6. https://www.bac.org.uk/

Friday 20 - Sunday 22 July; Folkestone Pagan Circle Camp 2018. Venue: Kingsdown Camping,
The Avenue, Kingsdown, Nr Deal, Kent CT14 8DU. Tickets: Adults: £25, under-18: £15, under-3: free. https://www.facebook.com/events/501076220279482/

Saturday 21 July; Get to Know Wild Plants - The Borage Family. Walk organised by the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. Venue: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, Southern Grove, London, E3 4PX. Time: 10am-4pm. Tickets: from £26.79. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-to-know-your-wild-plants-borage-family-tickets-46261044028?

Saturday 21 July; Peter Ackroyd Thames pub crawl with Minimum Labyrinth in aid of Crisis. A walking tour from Westminster to Rotherhithe, taking in 10 pubs’ worth of real ale, from noon-10pm. Tickets £20 - all money goes to charity. https://www.minimumlabyrinth.org/peter-ackroyd-thames-pub-crawl.html

Saturday 21 July; Talk with Heathen Rite for Summer, with Andre and Amanda Henriques. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 3pm start. Tickets £10. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 21 July; 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 6pm moving to a historic site for the ritual. Fee: £4/£5. https://www.meetup.com/Luna-Iter-WiccanSeekersLondonNE/

Saturday 21 July; Heart Beat Drumming Collective with Olaf Nixon. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £20/£22. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 22 July; The amazing story of Chief Long Wolf at Brompton Cemetery. Storytelling suitable for children aged 5 and over with London Dreamtime. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Fulham Rd, Kensington, London SW10 9UG. Time: tbc. Price: free but you must reserve a place in advance by emailing bromptonproject@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk. For more details, email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 22 July; Journey to the Heart - Cacao Gong Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: Sessions at 11.30am. Tickets: £30. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Sunday 22 July; Crossbones Blessing and Bards. Blessing of the gardens of remembrance by the Dean of Southwark, followed by performances including poems from the Southwark Mysteries, then a picnic. Venue: Crossbones, 18-22 Redcross Way, London SE1 1TA. Time: 12.30pm - 5pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/211629709635820/

Sunday 22 July; Making Blended Incense for Magic. Afternoon mini-workshop with Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm start. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 22 July; The Kith of the Tree and the Well heathen moot. Venue: The Horseshoe Inn, 26 Melior Street, London SE1 3QP. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/182645012584379/

Please note that I do not organise any of these events except my poppet workshop and book signing at Treadwell's. I try to make sure my listings are accurate but am not always aware of late changes or ticket availability. Please contact the organisers before turning up to any event. If you spot something that needs correcting on my blog, please email me me at badwitch1234@gmail.com or leave a comment on this post.