Pagan Events In London and Elsewhere at Lammas

Lammas is this Thursday, on August 1. Here are details of some of the events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans over the festival to celebrate the start of the harvest, and for a week or so ahead. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

Now - 8 September; Museum of the Moon. Luke Jerram's artwork featuring NASA imagery of the Moon. Venue: The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD. Free to visit Various classes including meditation and yoga are bookable at an extra charge https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/museum-of-the-moon.html

Now - 15 September; Smoke and Mirrors - exhibition about the psychology of magic. It includes items from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. There are also live performances of stage conjuring on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free admission. https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/W_vuwBQAACoA_SY2

Now - 27 October, Secret Rivers: discover the secrets of London's historic waterways. 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

Now - Sunday 19 August; Lunation Exhibition, part of Moon Festival 2019. Individuals and communities in Woolwich, expressing what the Moon means to them through photography and words: photographs by Sara Hannant displayed alongside personal tales interpreted by the writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes. Venue: Charlton House, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. Free entry. https://www.greenwichheritage.org/whats-on/detail/lunation-exhibition

Now - 31 October; Betwixt and Between: Isobel Gowdie, the Witch of Auldearn - the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic's summer exhibition. Venue: The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall. Entry with museum ticket. https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/

Monday 29 July; Free Beginners Astrology Class by Astrological Lodge of London. (Every Monday evening). Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA, Time: 6pm-6.50pm. Tickets: Free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 29 July; Deep Listening Workshop introducing core deep listening practices; listening meditations, sonic meditations, sonic improvisation and sound play. Venue: Siobhan Davies Studio, 85 Saint George's Road, London, SE1 6ER. Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Tickets: £14.06 – £16.76.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deep-listening-workshops-tickets-63509378260

Monday 29 July; Gods and Goddesses of Mythic London. Talk by Caroline Wise. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Tuesday 30 July; So Moot It Bee pagan moot. Venue: The Good Intent, 3 John Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1YL. Time: 7.30pm. Entry: £2. https://www.facebook.com/events/631399977346385/

Wednesday 31 July- 5 August; Casting Shadows into the Light. Exhibition of the visionary and magickal art of Charlotte Rodgers and Victoria Musson, exploring the actual, the shadows, and the spaces in-between. This event was timed to coincide with the festival of Lammas/Lughnasadh, and is a celebration of this feast. Venue: Walcot Gate Bath, Bath, Somerset, BA1 5. Time: from 11am. The exhibition is free, but there is also a day of lectures and workshops on August 3, costing £10/£12. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/695013897618641/permalink/695038037616227/

Wednesday 31 July; Free Guided Tour of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (takes place every Wednesday). Venue: UCL, Malet Place, London, WC1 6BT. Time: 2pm. Free, but you must book in advance: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/booking?

Wednesday 31 July; 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 31 July; Leo New Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Two sessions: Time: 7pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 31 July; Nature's Strangest Genitalia. Lecture by Jules Howard, author of Sex on Earth, at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4/£2. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Wednesday 31 July (tbc); Hertford and Ware Moot Moot. (Usually the last Wednesday of each month.) Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, SG14 1HH Hertford, Hertfordshire. Time: 8pm. Entry: £3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047/

Thursday 1 August; Earth Festival: Wheel of the Year Meditation - Fruition, gather at the well head for meditation at noon, followed by conversation on the lower lawn. Venue: Chalice Well World Peace Garden, in Glastonbury. Free admission to the gardens from 10am to noon. For more details, visit the website http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/

Thursday 1 August; IQ-ME by Johny Dar: Wellbeing through the Art of Colouring Introduction. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 1 August; Saxons, Romans and Druids in London - two-hour walking tour with Ross Norman. Meet outside  McDonald's Liverpool Street Station, The Concourse, London, EC2M 7PY. Time: 1pm. Free, but donations welcome and you must book a place in advance. https://www.facebook.com/events/2348871575385268/

Thursday 1 August; Leonora Carrington's Hearing Trumpet. Talk by Dr Kate Laity. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 1 August; PFL Open Ritual for Lammas led by Hendon Heathens. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. Entry: £6/£5 (PF members and concessions). https://pflondon.info/

Friday 2 August, Open Evening - Summer 2019, with the college team. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 4.30pm-9pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 2 or Saturday 3 August; ORO ATUA Maori and OME Gong Vedica Sound Immersion Workshop. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

Friday 2 August; Meditation and Om Healing. (Weekly event, usually on a Friday). Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Entry free. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/#

Friday 2 August;  Wicca New Moon Training Circle with London Woodland Witches. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodmans pub patio area at 7pm to be led to the woodland site. Cost: £3. Wear outdoor clothing and bring food and drink. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August; Lammas event weekend at The Henge Shop in Avebury with workshops and book signings. Venue: High Street,  Avebury, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF. Time: 10am-6pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/376942859693218/

Saturday 3 August; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri Lammas Ritual at Avebury Sun Circle, in Avebury, Wiltshire. Open druidic style ceremony to mark Lammas. Meet from noon in the Red Lion pub. Ritual starts at 1.30pm. Free event, offerings of mead and food welcome. https://www.facebook.com/events/210973283116416/

Saturday 3 August; Gaia-Selene Healing and Protection Circle with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Location: Queen's Woods, Near Highgate Station. Meet at the Woodman pub at 2pm. Tickets: £5, wear outdoor clothing. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Saturday 3 August; London Goddess Pilgrimage with Out of the Norm Tours. Meet at Paternoster Square, St Paul's Cathedral London EC4M. Time: 1pm – 4pm. Free event but donations welcome and you must reserve a place in advance. https://www.facebook.com/events/895048700854260/

Saturday 3 August; Watchers of the Old Ways Lammas Ceremony. Venue: Rollright Stones, Off A3400, Chipping Norton, OX7 5QB. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/2387910684868239/

Sunday 4 August; Foraging Walk with John the Poacher on Hackney Marshes. Meet at Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 11am-3.30pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

Sunday 4 August, Sunday 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. https://harmonious-healing.com/

Sunday 4 August; Druidic Lughnasadh/Lhammas Celebration on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, by 12.45pm to prepare the site ready for a prompt 1pm start. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. All are welcome. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill/

Sunday 4 August; Deep Listening in the North Downs. A slow walk through the north downs exploring deep listening and movement meditations in the North Downs with a short half time break in a country pub. Time: 1pm - 5pm. Tickets: £22/£25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deep-listening-on-north-downs-tickets-62052601000

Sunday 4 August; Roman London Walking Tour organised by the Museum of London. Starts at Museum of London, London Wall. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £12.50. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/event-detail?id=2008

Sunday 4 August; Summer Soulstice: The Saami Brothers. Venue: St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/funoonlondon/285329?

Sunday 4 August; Lughnasadh/Lammas Pagan Celebration with the Wheel of the Year group. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Tel: 020 7433 3267. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/

Monday 5 August; Free Beginners Astrology Class by Astrological Lodge of London. (Every Monday evening). Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA, Time: 6pm-6.50pm. Tickets: Free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Tuesday 6 August, McMindfulness. Talk and signing with Ronald E.Purser and Daniel Simpson. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Tuesday 6 August;  I will be giving a talk on poppets and magical dolls at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford RM1 1HR. Time: 7pm. Entry: £4 and raffle in aid of Essex wild life £1. https://www.facebook.com/mammamoonmagick/

Tuesday 6 August;  The Witches' Inn gathering - Potions! Venue: The Hatch Public House, 44, Hatchlands Road, Redhill, RH1 6AT. Time: 8pm. Free pagan moot, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/events/2190137791283277/

Wednesday 7 August;  River Fleet - Harbour Deep. Storytelling walk with Rebecca Leach McDonald. Discover the myths and legends of early London; visit sacred wells and ancient ruins and hear stories of Gods and Goddesses. Starts at Blackfriars Pier, White Lion Hill, London EC4V 3QR. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: Tickets: · £12.50 - £15. https://www.facebook.com/events/817161238657773/  or https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-fleet-harbour-deep-tickets-62053735393

Wednesday 7 August; Weird Science: An Introduction to Anomalistic Psychology. Talk by Professor Chris French at Pubsci. Venue: Upstairs, the Old Kings Head,  London, SE1. Time: 6.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/357600528269502/

Thursday 8 August;  Long Distance Love Bombs: Get Shit Done 101 workshop with Dr. Jeremy Goldberg. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £30.65. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Thursday 8 August; The Sound of your Soul. Talk and signing with Anna Cookson. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 8 August; Madeline Montalban, 'Witch' of St Giles. Talk by Julia Phillips about
a London woman occultist. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 8 August; Folklore of Plants. Talk 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 9 August, River Fleet - Women’s Heath Walk and Swim. Stories from river and water mythology, a 3-mile walk plus a swim. Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.50/£15 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-fleet-womens-heath-walk-and-swim-tickets-62257172880

Saturday 10 August; Candle Magic Workshop. Afternoon workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm-3.15pm. Cost: £20 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 10 August; The Hidden People. Storytelling by London Dreamtime at a secret location near Honour Oak station. Time: 8pm. Entry: £7. No bar and no toilets. Email to reserve a space and get the meeting place: vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 11 - Tuesday 20 August, Art and Spirit: Visions of Wonder - Summer Exhibition. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-6pm. Free entry, but donations welcome. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 11 August, Walking the River Wandle - a guided day long walk along the whole length of the River Wandle from Croydon to Wandsworth. A 14 mile walk with stories from British water mythology. Time: 9am - 7pm. Tickets: £30/£35. (Photo credit: Wandle Park Croydon by Anthony Spratt) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-the-river-wandle-august-tickets-62591881001

Sunday 11 August; Marseille Tarot II: Minor Cards. Workshop with Adrien Mastrosimone. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm (with a break in the middle). Cost: £75. Deposit £40. You can reserve a place by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 11 August,; Forest Bathing in the woods, in Queen's Wood, Highgate. Meet in the cabin behind Queen's Wood Cafe, Highgate. Time: 6pm. Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Note: I am not responsible for any of these events except for my calk on poppets at Romford Pagan Moot and my candle magic workshop at Treadwells. For more information and to check ticket availability and any changes to details for any event, please contact the relevant organisers.