This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

There are a huge number of events taking place to celebrate the moon this month, including a festival with a street party, exhibition, talks and storytelling in South East London. Here are details of those activities plus others that might interest pagans over the next week or so. I mostly list events in and near London, as that's where I live, but I do include major things taking place 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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/

Now - 28 July; The Immeasurable: art exhibition on practice based research on care, female knowledge, slow practices, belief systems, healing and sharing. Venue: Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Thames-Side Studios, Harrington Way, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, SE18 5NR. Time: noon-5pm, Thursdays to Sundays. Details: https://www.thames-sidestudios.co.uk/news/exhibitions/currentexhibs/the-immeasurable-curated-by-hannah-conroy-and-linda-persson-6-28-jul-2019

Wednesday 17 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 17 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 17 July; Capricorn Full 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 17 July; 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/

Wednesday 17 July; Village Witchcraft. Lecture by Professor Ronald Hutton. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets £12. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 18 July; Reimagining the Out-of-Body Experience. SPR talk by Ross Bartlett and Matthew Smith. Venue: Society for Psychical Research HQ, 1 Vernon Mews, London, W14 0RL. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £2/£5. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Thursday 18 July; The Art of Decision Making. Talk and book signing with Joseph Bikart. 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/

Friday 19-26 July; Moon Festival - celebrating people’s relationship with the moon across cultures, time and disciplines and coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in July 2019. Includes exhibitions, music performances, lectures, moon gardens, moonlit film screenings, night food markets and street parties. Venues mainly in Greenwich and Woolwich, London. Various ticket prices and some free events. https://moonfestival.co.uk/

Friday 19 July; Welcome to the Moon: Street Party, part of the Moon Festival. Venue: General Gordon Square, London, SE18. Time: 6pm. Free event. https://moonfestival.co.uk/product/moon-festival-street-party/

Friday 19 July; 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/#

Sunday 20 July; July Red Tent. Crafts and Dance, including making candle holders. Venue: Private address in London SW16. Time: 11am. Women's event, you must be a member of this group to attend. Donation of £3 for materials. https://www.meetup.com/South-London-Red-Tent/

Saturday, 20 July; Astrology Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH.  Time: noon. Cost: £45 per person. For further details contact Shirlee@wiccamoon.org.uk, call 0208 850 7803 or visit https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham/  Bookings here: https://www.wiccamoon.co.uk/ourshop/cat_1460861-Event-Workshops.html

Saturday, 20 July; 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/876181292768178/

Saturday, 20 July; Maverick Women and the Moon hosted by Moon Festival. Venue: University of Greenwich, Stockwell St Academic Building, 11 Stockwell Street, London SE10 9BD. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £40. https://moonfestival.co.uk/product/maverick-women-and-the-moon/

Sunday 21 July; The Marseille Tarot Introduced. One-day workshop. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Tickets: £75, Deposit £40. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop

Sunday 21 July; 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 21 July;  High Magic 2: Using planetary Kameas and Seals for Sigil Magic. Workshop with London Woodland Witches. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodmans pub patio area by 10.45am to be led to the woodland site for 11am. Cost: £20. Wear outdoor clothing and bring food and drink. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Sunday 21 July; Rune Reading Workshop. Venue: Spiritual Gifts, 26 Millais Rd, Enfield, EN1 1EE. Time: 11am. Cost: £10. Phone Barbara on 07932667425. https://www.facebook.com/events/963112950549596/

Sunday 21 July; Mythic London Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Starting place for walk: Ye Olde Cock Tavern,  22 Fleet St, Holborn, London EC4Y 1AA. Time: noon-3pm. Ticket price £22 includes programme. Book online at http://www.treadwells-london.com or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Sunday 21 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 21 July; The Moon: The Mother Of Us All - part of the Moon Festival. Venue: Tramshed Woolwich, 51 - 53 Woolwich New Rd, London SE18. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://moonfestival.co.uk/

Monday 22 July - 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

Monday 22 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 22 July; Deeper into the Real: Sourcing our true power and joy. Talk by Danielle La Porte. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £35. https://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 22 July; Lammas Witchcraft. Talk and workshop with Rebecca Beattie.  Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets £20. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Tuesday 23 July; 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/

Tuesday 23 July; Sacred Sounds Monthly Gong Bath with Gong Master Olaf Nixon. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22/£25.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 24 July; Forest Bathing in the woods, in Queen's Wood, Highgate. Meet in the cabin behind Queen's Wood Cafe, Highgate. Time: 9.30am. Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Wednesday 24 July; Witches Worshipping the Moon. Talk by Christina Oakley Harrington as part of the Moon Festival. Venue: Stockwell Street Building, University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell St, Greenwich, London, SE10   9BD. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://moonfestival.co.uk/

Wednesday 24 July; Lucid Dreaming Workshop with Tree Carr. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 24 July; Resurgence Talks: Elegant Simplicity with Satish Kumar. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 July; Earthdance Summer Gathering 2019. Venue: The Clophill Centre, Shefford Road, Clophill, Beds., MK45 4BT. https://earthdance-om.com/

Thursday 25 July; London Goddess Pilgrimage with Out of the Norm Tours. Meet at Paternoster Square, St Paul's Cathedral London EC4M. Time: 6.30pm. Free event but donations welcome and you must reserve a place in advance. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-goddess-pilgrimage-tickets-64879367936?

Thursday 25 July; Introduction to Lucid Dreaming with Ricardo Goni and Mugwort. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. www.aho.community

Thursday 25 July; Comix of Cult and Occult. Talk by Jason Atomic of Satanic Mojo.  Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets £10. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Friday 26 July, A Demonstration of Crystal Reading with Edwin Courtenay. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13/£15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 26 July; Summoning Spirits in Olde Englande. Talk on the techniques of necromancers, cunning men and ordinary magicians of the past 500 years, with Dan Harms  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.

Saturday, 27 July; Sekhmet Warrior Goddess Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH.  Time: 11am-4.30pm. Cost: £55 per person. For further details contact Shirlee@wiccamoon.org.uk, call 0208 850 7803 or visit https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham/  Bookings here: https://www.wiccamoon.co.uk/

Saturday, 27 July; Sigil Magic Day: From chaos sigils to grimoire seals, from bind-runes to cunning-craft symbols. Day Workshop with Julian Vayne. 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/

Saturday, 27 July; Lammas Rite at Luna Iter 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 5pm, then at 6pm moving to a historic site for the ritual. Fee: £4/£5. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154/

Sunday 28 July; The Holy Fool - Embodied Archetype Workshop. Event aimed at women and non-binary people. Trans-inclusive. Venue: FH Space, 9 Havelock Walk Forest Hill, London SE23 3HG. Time: 11am-6pm. Tickets: £60. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-holy-fool-embodied-archetype-workshop-tickets-62595395513?

Sunday 28 July (tbc); NWK Moot. Venue: Chistlehurst caves.  Time: 11am. You must be a member of the group to attend. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887/

Sunday 28 July; Inside Out - A Documentary Exploring the Transformative Effects of Out of Body Experience as part of a Seminar/Conference with Jade Shaw. Venue: Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High St, Dalston, London E8 2PB. Time: 1pm. Tickets £25. https://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Sunday 28 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.meetup.com/The-Kith-of-The-Tree-and-The-Well/

Sunday 28 July; Enriching Activism with the Sacred Feminine. Afternoon workshop with Amelie Summer. Work with the transforming power of Brighid, Goddess of inspiration, healing and smithcraft, with guided meditation and ritual. Venue: Brixton, London. Time: 1.15pm-4.45pm. Tickets: pay what you can afford, suggested donation £10. All proceeds  go to TreeSisters (a grassroots organisation planting trees in the Tropics). Email EarthSpirals@mail.com for more information/booking. Details on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2389632761096057/

Sunday 28 July;  Woodland Witches Lammas: Harvest Ritual Gathering 2019 with London Woodland Witches. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodmans pub patio area by 3.30pm to be led to the woodland site for 4pm. Ends 8pm. Cost: £5. Wear outdoor clothing and bring food and drink. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Please note: I do not organise 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 want an event listed on my blog, or spot anything that needs changing, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com