This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here is a listing of pagan events in London over the next few weeks, plus some in other parts of the UK. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

Now to Sun 17 Mar; Cats on the Page - free exhibition that includes a section on witches' cats. Venue: The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB. https://www.bl.uk/events/cats-on-the-page

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 16 January; 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 - Sunday 27 January; Wiltshire B4 Christ. Art exhibition with a pagan theme. Venue:  The Store X, 180 The Strand, London. Free entry. Open noon-7pm. https://thevinylfactory.com/news/aries-jeremy-deller-david-sims-wiltshire-b4-christ-store-x/

Wednesday 16 January; Aldous Huxley and Mysticism for the Masses hosted by  The Psychedelic Society. Venue: Juju's Bar and Stage, 15 Hanbury St, Ely's Yard - car park, London, E1 6QR. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £11/£16. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aldous-huxley-and-mysticism-for-the-masses-a-talk-tickets-53585023247

Wednesday 16 January; More Mead Moot with 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 17 - Friday 18 January; MagiCog: Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Magic. Two-day conference and workshop. Venue: Room G22/26, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU. Starts 9am Thursday, ends 3.30pm Friday. Free event but booking essential. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magicog-cognitive-approaches-to-ancient-magic-tickets-52093206182

Thursday 17 January; Mel Collins talking on The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People. 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 18 January; The Shamanic Path: Deepening Our Connection to Nature. Lecture by Jez Hughes, author of The Heart of Life (view on Amazon). Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets: £13/£15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 January; 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 19 January; The Shamanic Path: Deepening Our Connection to Nature, one-day workshop with Jez Hughes, author of The Heart of Life (view on Amazon). Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 10am-5pm. Tickets: £85/£105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 19 January; Ritual: Its Relevance and Resonances - part one. First day in two-Saturday course with Kenneth Rees. Venue: The Mary Ward Centre, Queen Square, London WC1 (nearest tube stations – Holborn, Russell Square). Time: 10.15am – 5.30pm. Course No: 450. Fees: £56/£20. Enrolment: 0207 269 6000 (or online). Enquires: 0208 671 6372. Website: www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

Saturday 19 January; Drum Birthing Workshop with Heron Drums. Venue: Singleton Environment Centre. Ashford, TN23 5HU. Time: 9.30am-5pm. Cost: £200. https://www.herondrums.co.uk/moreau/

Saturday 19 January; Gong Bath, Sound Healing and Shamanic Empowerment Ritual with Shamanic Walks of Consciousness. Venue: Shamanic Space, 11 Hilly Fields Crescent, Brockley, · south London. Time: 10am to 5pm. Tickets £95 including food. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanic-Walks-of-Consciousness/

Saturday 19 January 2019;  Witch Bottles for Practical Magic. Afternoon workshop with Tanya Moulding . Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm-5.30pm start. Tickets £40. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 19 January; Wassail 2019 with Pentacle Drummers. Venue: The Royal Oak and Castle Inn, High Street, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 5LE. Time: 6pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/340921746652447/

Saturday 19 January; The 54th Wiccan Rede Gathering. A social meeting to eat and drink with a short talk by guest speaker Jeremy Morgan, Druid of Wormwood Scrubs. Venue: A pub in central London. Time: 7pm. Entry £2. For details and to book a place visit: http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Sunday 20 January; Online Full Moon Releasing Ritual with the Kitchen Witch Coven of Natural Witchery. The details are online and you can do this in your own home, then share photos on Facebook if you want to. https://www.facebook.com/events/629699857460188/

Sunday 20 January; 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.
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Sunday 20 January; There is Power in Our Blood - start of year-long monthly journey circle at the Red Tent Meetup Group. Venue in West Norwood, south east London. Time: noon. The entire course costs £333 but can be paid in instalments. https://www.meetup.com/South-London-Red-Tent/
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Sunday 20 January: Peace Fires for the Full Moon. Light a candle or fire for peace wherever you are in the world, for just for 10 minutes or an hour or longer and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” There will also be a live web broadcast of an 8-hour peacefire from America that you can watch online. Details: http://peacefires.org/

Sunday 20 January: The Art of Being: Hello Darkness, My Old Friend. Circle work addressing personal issues. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 1.45pm. Tickets: £35. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Sunday 20 January 2019: 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 January 2019: Luna Iter - Journey of the moon - for Pagan and Wiccan Seekers. Pub moot followed by a ritual close to each full moon. Venue: Pembury Tavern 90 Amhurst Rd, London E8 1JH. Moot usually 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 20 January; Introduction to Shamanism - Full Moon with the Shamanism and Evolving Consciousness group. Venue: Neal's Yard Meeting Rooms, 14 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DP. Time: 6.45pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/

Monday 21 January; Imbolc Witchcraft. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 21 January; Sacred Chant Concert at Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £15-£25. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 21 January 2019; Incense Workshop with 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/

Monday 21 January 2019; 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/

Tuesday 22 January; The Vikings - relaxed storytelling. Venue: Room 41, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 11.30am. Free event For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Tuesday 22 January; Kabbalah and the Divine Feminine. Lecture by Maggy Whitehouse. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets: £13/£15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 23 January; Vigil for the Outcast 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/GooseandCrow/

Wednesday 23 January; Forest Bathing session with London Forest Bathing and Nature Connection Meetup. Venue: Queen's Wood, Highgate . Time: 9.30am-noon. Cost: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Wednesday 23 January; Leo 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

Thursday 24 January; Aleister Crowley's Final Years. Lecture by Antony Clayton. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £9. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 25 January; A Demonstration of Trance Mediumship with Sarah Tyler-Walters. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets: £13/£15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 25 January; Secret Garden storytelling around the fire with Vanessa Woolf of London Dreamtime. Venue: a secret garden on the Peckham/Bermondsey borders. Time: 7pm. Tickets: Tickets: £5 - pay cash on the night- book in advance by email (essential), For more details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 26 January 2019; Fire and Ice' Imbolc Ball and Esoteric Market hosted by Woman Witch and Goddess. Stalls, workshops, readings and entertainment by Spriggan Mist, Jadoo's Jingles, Pentacle Drummers and Soluna. Supporting the charity Families for Autism. Venue in Herstmonceux, East Sussex.  Time: 10am – 11 pm. Tickets £22.50 per person payable via paypal to
Imbolc-Ball@outlook.com. https://www.facebook.com/events/269414943781143/

Saturday 26 January; Ritual: Its Relevance and Resonances - part two. Saturday course with Kenneth Rees. Venue: The Mary Ward Centre, Queen Square, London WC1 (nearest tube stations – Holborn, Russell Square). Time: 10.15am – 5.30pm. Course No: 450. Fees: £56/£20. Enrolment: 0207 269 6000 (or online). Enquires: 0208 671 6372. Website: www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

Saturday 26 January; Witches' Tea Party. No need to book, just pop in to have a nice cup of tea and cake. Readings (£20 per reading) are also available. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH. Time: noon-5pm. Contact Shirlee@wiccamoon.org.uk, call 0208 850 7803 or visit https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham/

Saturday 26 January; Scrying by Candlelight. I am running a four-hour afternoon workshop on divination with crystal balls, mirrors, water and flame. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm-5.30pm (with a break in the middle). Cost: £40 per person. You can reserve a place by calling 020 7419 8507, emailing info@treadwells-london.com, visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 27 January; Hermeticism. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 10.30am-4pm. Tickets: £7.50/£5. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Sunday 27 January; North West Kent Green Pagan Circle Moot. (Normally meets first Sunday of the month, but do check with the organisers before turning up, especially for the first meeting of the year as it has not been confirmed online.) Venue: Chislehurst Caves, Bromley, BR7 5NL. Time: 11am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887/

Please note: I am not responsible for any of these events except my scrying workshop at Treadwell's on January 26. I try to make sure my listings are accurate, but please contact the organiser of any event before turning up.