This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK over the next week or so 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 - 8 September; Museum of the Moon. Luke Jerram's art featuring NASA imagery of the Moon. Venue: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD. Free 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 - 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 - 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

Wednesday 4 September; 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 4 September; 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 4 - Thursday 5 September; Aphrodite's Monthly Festival - September 2019, hosted by Aphrodite's Flame. Everyone around the world is invited to light Aphrodite's Flame in honour of her monthly festival. Keep a candle lit for as long or as short a time as you wish from dusk on the date listed to dusk the following day.  Time: 7.30pm – 7.30am. https://www.facebook.com/aphroditesflame/

Thursday 5 September; Rough Waking: Living Free. Talk and signing with Julian Daizan Skinner. 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 5 September; Thoth Tarot Introduced. Seminar. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £20. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 5 September;  Woodland Witches Moot. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodmans pub patio area at 7pm, bring money to buy food and drink at the pub. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Thursday 5 September; New Moot: The Witches' Inn Gathering - Whyteleafe. This month's subject will be candle magic. Venue: Whyteleafe Tavern, 208 Godstone Road,  Whyteleafe, CR3 0EE. Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/502749476936704/?event_time_id=502749483603370

Friday 6 September; The Positive Psychology of Synchronicity. Talk and signing with Chris Mackey. 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 6 September; 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/#

Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 September, Spiritual Psychology: The Outer Personality and the Deeper Self– Two-day workshop with Vivianne and Chris Crowley.  Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 10.30am-5.30pm. Tickets £85. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 7 September; Festival of the Great North Wood at Spa Wood, The Lawns, London, SE19. Time: 11am-4pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/482295995690776/

Saturday 7 September;  Rescuing the past: Lake Nasser and the Temples of Nubia - Gallery Talk. Venue: Room 65, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free, just turn up. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/gallery_talks.aspx

Saturday 7 September; Forest Bathing in the woods, in Queen's Wood, Highgate. Meet in the cabin behind Queen's Wood Cafe, Highgate. Time: 5pm. Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Sunday 8 September, 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 8 September; Drawing Nature’s Medicine: Embodying the Autumn Transition. A day of plant drawing and ceremony. Venue: Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, Middleton Street,
Bethnal Green, London E2 9RR. Tickets: £60. Time: 10am-3.30pm. https://phytology.org.uk/calendar/

Sunday 8 September; The Wicker Man (1973) + live music from Alessi's Ark. Venue: The Cinema Museum, 2 Dugard Way, London SE11 4TH. Time: 7pm. Tickets £8.50/£6.50 https://billetto.co.uk/e/wonder-reels-alessi-s-ark-the-wicker-man-1973-tickets-371491?

Monday 9 September; Talking of Typhon: Little Adventures In Hyper-reality with Egypt's Demon Gods. Talk by Mogg Morgan at Nova Stellar Meetup. Venue: The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DB. Time: Doors open 7pm, talk starts at 8pm. Entry £3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472510443017948/

Monday 9 September; Autumn Equinox workshop with Rebecca Beattie.  Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £20. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Monday 9 September; The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British Film and Television. Lecture at London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £6. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Tuesday 10 September, Nutrition and Spirituality: How Food and Our Beliefs About it Can Affect us on all Levels. Talk by Harry MacDonald. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13/£15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 10 September, Feeding Your Intuition: Part 1 – The Body; Suitable for witches and spiritual practitioners, this event from an experienced spiritual and therapeutic practitioner aims to teach new tools to help you access your highest power. Venue: Broomwood Methodist Church Hall, 155 Broomwood Rd, London, SW11 6BD. 7pm - 9.30pm. Standard ticket are normally £70.57, but readers of this blog can make use of a half price promotion: - 50 per cent off with code RITXL50. https://jus-tickets.com/events/feeding-your-intuition-part-1-the-body/

Wednesday 11 September; Pisces 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 11 September; Ancestral and DNA Healing hosted by Maria Martinez. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. www.aho.community

Wednesday 11 September; 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 11 September; Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times. Lecture by Thomas Waters, author of the book Cursed Britain (viewable on Amazon). Event hosted by London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £6.92 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cursed-britain-a-history-of-witchcraft-and-black-magic-in-modern-times-tickets-65434940669?

Thursday 12 September; Dancing with Bees. Talk and signing with Brigit Strawbridge. 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 12 September; Medicinal Plants and the Victorian Physic Garden, hosted by A Curious Invitation. Venue: Carlyle's House, London SW3. Time: 6.30pm. https://acuriousinvitation.com/medicinalplants.html?

Thursday 12 September; Tarot Visions with Wolf Sister. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Two sessions: Time: 7pm. Tickets: £40. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Thursday 12 September; Folklore of Trees. 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

Thursday 12 September; Heathen / Northern Spirituality Introduced. Workshop with Andre Henriques. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £20. You can reserve a place by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 13 September; What the Dead are Dying to Teach Us. Talk and signing with Claire Broad. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Friday 13 September; The Serpent's Kiss: Tales of Hidden Bulgaria, by A Spell In Time. Venue: Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith, 5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 9DT. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.facebook.com/events/522866085186856/

Friday 13 September; Our Journey Into Ascension. Lecture with a Guided Meditation by Carol Nayach. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15/£13.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 13 September;  TLC Full moon Ceremony of Love with Goddesses Aphrodite and Luxmi. Venue: Beside the Thames. Meet at seats outside the Tate Modern gallery, Bankside, London SE1 9TG at 7.30pm. Fee: £5/£3. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Friday 13 September; Unlucky in Peckham. Storytelling with Vanessa of London Dreamtime. Venue: A secret location in Peckham. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets: £8. For more details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday, 14 - Sunday 15 September; Gippeswyc Viking and Saxon Festival. Venue: Suffolk Food Hall, Peppers Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2AB. Time: 10am-6pm. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/events/458543624921091/

Saturday, 14 September; Full Moon Event with Peace Fires. 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.” Details: http://peacefires.org/

Saturday, 14 September; Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon Festival. Performances, storytelling and creative activities relating to our connection to the Moon. Venue: National Maritime Museum, Park Row, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 9NF.  Time: 11am - 4pm. Admission: Free. https://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/exhibitions-events/mid-autumn-harvest-moon-festival

Saturday, 14 September; Wicca Moon Presents a Day of Ritual and Magic to Honour Goddess Diana and Aradia her daughter the  Queen of witches. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH. Time: 11am till 4.30pm. Early bird price £45.For further details contact Shirlee@wiccamoon.org.uk, call 0208 850 7803 or visit https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham/ or http://www.wiccamoon.co.uk

Saturday, 14 September (date and venue tbc); Full Moon 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 15 September; Marseille Tarot III: Spreads. 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 is £40. You can reserve a place by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Note: I do not organise any of these events. I try to make sure my listings are accurate but do not always know about changes or ticket availability. Please contact the organisers for more information before attending any event. If you spot something that needs correcting, please let me know by emailing badwitch1234@gmail.com.