This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here is a listing of events in London over the next week or so plus a few in other parts of the UK 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 - 9 January 2019; Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft exhibition in Oxford. Venue: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH. Tickets: £6/£11.25/£12.25. https://www.ashmolean.org/  You can also view the exhibition catalogue, Spellbound, on Amazon.

Now - 12 January 2019; Divine Proportions. Dinner cabaret from Shotgun Carousel, based on the story of Dionysus, God of Pleasure and Mischief. Venue: The Vaults, Arch 234-236, Leake Street, London, SE1 7NN. Tuesday - Sunday, doors open 6.30pm. Tickets: Previews: £30, general admission: £35/£55. https://www.thevaults.london/divine-proportions

Now – Tuesday 19 February 2019; Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War. Exhibition at the British Library. Venue: PACCAR Gallery, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB. Full price tickets £16. https://www.bl.uk/events/anglo-saxon-kingdoms

Now - 24 February 2019. I am Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria. Exhibition at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Wednesday 14 November; Time to Meditate - group meditation (every Wednesday). 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 14 November; Ladamira - Ancestral Energy Ritual. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. www.aho.community

Wednesday 14 November; Meeting Aleister Crowley and his Magick. Evening mini-workshop with Marco Visconti. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Wednesday 14 November; Astral Projection Workshop with Jade Shaw. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm-9.30pm. Tickets: £30. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 14 November; Unexplained Podcast presents: The Hexham Heads. At London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £5. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Thursday 15 and Friday 16 November 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

Thursday 15 November; Richard Shillitoe on Ithell Colquhoun and her Bird of Hermes. 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 15 November; Mimosa Spiritual Development Circle. Venue: Fairkytes Art Centre, 51 Billet Lane, Hornchurch RM11 1AX. Time: 7pm. Entry: £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/2266053943640954/

Thursday 15 November; Ceremony Space: Mystical Momentum Ceremony with Lidija and Thomas. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £26.84. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Friday 16 November, Witch Hunts – visual talk by Max Dashú hosted by The Feminist Library and Suppressed Histories Archives. Venue: The Feminist Library, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7XW. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £8.68-£16. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witch-hunts-visual-talk-by-max-dashu-tickets-51114679382

Friday 16 November; 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 16 November; Under the Reed Moon - A Gongbath with Diana Vernon. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Pl, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets: £20/£22. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 16 November; Introduction to crystals hosted by Mamma Moon Magick. Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary, Pea Lane, Upminster, Havering, RM142XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. http://www.healingandteaching.co.uk/course/an-introduction-to-crystals/

Friday 16 November; ‘Stories In The Dark…’ storytelling by London Dreamtime at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £14. For more details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 17 November; Extinction Magic: A Grief Ritual for Rebellion. At sunset on Rebellion Day, witches and magicians responding to the cry of the Earth will lead a ritual for healing in Parliament Square. Venue: Parliament Square, London, SW1P. Time: 4.09pm – 5.09pm. Details. https://www.facebook.com/events/281776239130479/  If you can't get there in person, you can join the broadcast-only WhatsApp group for updates on the day: https://tinyurl.com/extinctionmagic

Sunday 18 November; Max Meditation class with Lisabetta every Sunday. Drop-in class suitable for beginners and more experienced meditators. Venue: The Little Escape Therapy Centre, 4 Paxton Mews, off Westow St, London SE19 3RW. Time: 10am-11am. Cost: £12 per class, £30 for 3 classes.
http://www.harmonious-healing.com

Sunday 18 November; 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 18 November; 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 18 November; 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 18 November; 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: Old Ship Inn, Hackney. Moot starts at 4.30pm, then at 6pm moving to a historic site for the ritual. Fee: £4/£5. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154/

Sunday 18 November; ‘Dark River’ Ghosts of the Thames aboard the Cutty Sark. Storytelling with London Dreamtime. Venue: Cutty Sark King William Walk, London SE10 9HT. Time: 7.30pm start. Price: £15. For more details, email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/ Tickets: https://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/exhibitions-events/ships-night-dark-river

Monday 19 November; Earth Pilgrim. Talk by Satish Kumar at Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £15 online. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 19 November; Supernatural Women of the Welsh Mabinogi. Lecture by Dr Mark Williams. 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/

Monday 19 November; Pagan Pathfinders - Making Ritual Incense. 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 20 November; The Creative Path workshop on spiritual art. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time: 2pm. Cost: £6 for non-members. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Tuesday 20 November; Spirits on the First World War battlefields: Explorations in religion, psychical research, and popular belief. Lecture by Professor Owen Davies of the University of Hertfordshire, part of the APRU/FPU Invited Speakers Series. Venue: Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Whitehead Building, Goldsmiths, New Cross, London. Time: 6.10pm. Further details: https://www.gold.ac.uk/events/

Tuesday 20 November; Urban Magic at Crossbones Graveyard. Talk by John Constable. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Pl, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets: £14/£12. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 20 November (tbc); The Brave White Buffalo Women's Circle with Tatanka Love. (Normally meets every Tuesday.) Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. www.aho.community

Tuesday 20 November; 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/

Wednesday 21 November; Gemini Full 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

Wednesday 21 November; 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.  http://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/

Thursday 22 November; Heavenly Advisors: the astrological purpose of public clocks in Italy. Lecture at British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 6pm. Tickets free but booking essential. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Thursday 22 November; Miles Neale on Gradual Awakening. 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 23 - Saturday 24 November; Two-day introduction course to making sacred art, run by Imelda Almqvist, author of the book Sacred Art (viewable on Amazon). Venue: Rabbit Hill Studio, 21 Jerningham Road, London SE14 5NQ. Time: 10am-5pm. Cost: £160, deposit £35. (Bring your own lunch). Details: http://www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk/index.cfm

Friday 23 November; Swami Saradananda on The Cleansing Power of Yoga. 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 23 November; Full Moon Magic Ceremony. Venue: London, NW1 7SU (Exact address will be provided after booking). Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £18. http://uk.funzing.com/funz/full-moon-magic-ceremony-11769?

Friday 23 November; Vigil at Crossbones to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. 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/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/729638540706737/

Friday 23 November; TLC: 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-Pagans-Magicians/

Saturday 24 November; Urban Magic: Making Magic in an Urban Environment. Workshop with John Constable. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Pl, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 10am - 5pm. Tickets: £75/£95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturdays 24 November and 1 December. Two-day workshop on Carl Jung: The Roots of his Thought and Practice, with tutor Kenneth Rees. Venue: The Mary Ward Centre, Queen Square, London WC1 (nearest tube stations – Holborn, Russell Square). Time: 10.15am – 5.30pm. Course No: 449. Fees: £56 Cons: £20. Enrolment: 0207 269 6000 (or online). Enquires: 0208 671 6372. www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

Saturday 24 November; Yuletide Crafting and Magic - double workshop by myself,  Lucya Starza, with Patricia McNally and Daniel Naughnane. Venue: Friends Meeting House, Hemnall Street, Epping, CM16 4LL. Time: 1.30pm to 5.30pm. First, I will be running a workshop on making a Yuletide Fairy or Angel. This part of the workshop costs £8 including materials and refreshments. After a break Patricia McNally and Daniel Naughnane will be running a workshop called Workings with the Magic of Yuletide. The whole day will cost £20 including refreshments. To reserve a place in advance text 07927 288904 or email rainbowhealingsanctuary@outlook.com More details: https://artfromtheheart1.blogspot.com/

Saturday 24 November; Ecstatic Shamanic Transformational Conscious Dance. Venue 9 Shaklewell Lane, London, E8 2DF. Time: 8.15pm – 11.30pm. Tickets: £11-£16. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ecstatic-shamanic-24th-november-tickets-51878735695?

Sunday 25 November; 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/2201261753477085/

Sunday 25 November; Cleansing and Protection Workshop. Venue: The Chartherhouse Clinic,
98 Crawford Street, London, W1H 2HL. Time: 6pm. Cost: £10. https://www.meetup.com/Self-Development-and-Spiritual-Workshops-Central-London/

Sunday 25 November; Celtic Shamanic Evening with ceremony evoking Celtic Gods and Goddesses plus a shamanic journey to the Mother Earth to discover power animals.  All welcome. Monthly ceremony led by Lisabetta Vilela. Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Coopers Yard, Crystal Palace, SE19 1TN. Time: 6pm-8.30pm. Tickets: £30. harmoniousshiatsu@ymail.com https://harmonious-healing.com/

Note: I am not responsible for any of these activities except my own Yule tree angel-making workshop. Although I try to make sure my listings are accurate I do know always know about changes or ticket availability. Please contact the organiser before attending any event.