Samhain and Halloween, both festivals of the dead, are just a week away. Here is a listing of some of the events over the next couple of weeks that could be of interest to witches and pagans. Most of the ones I list are in London, because that's where I live, but I also include a few big festivals, exhibitions and rituals in other parts of England. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com
Throughout October; London Month of the Dead organised by Curious Invitation and Antique Beat in conjunction with London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries. Tours, talks, workshops and entertainment on the theme of death. For a full list of the events and to book tickets, visit the London Month of the Dead website: https://londonmonthofthedead.com/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 - 2 February 2020; William Blake exhibition. Venue: Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Entry: £18/£17/Free for members. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/william-blake-artist?
Now - March 2020; Ithell Colquhoun exhibition. Venue: The Last Tuesday Society and the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RS. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/
Now - November; Waking the Witch. Touring exhibition curated by Legion Projects and supported by Arts Council England. Venue: Bonington Gallery, Nottingham. http://www.wakingthewitch.uk/#
Now to Wednesday 6 November, Ghost Writers for Halloween - Paintings by Anthony Keates. Art exhibition at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Open during shop hours. For more details, call 020 7405 2120 or visit http://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Wednesday 23 October; Nara: sacred images from Early Japan - Gallery Talk. Venue: Room 92, 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
Wednesday 23 October; Talk on the Traditions of All Hallows Eve by Elizabeth Gale. Venue: Friends Meeting House, Hemnall Street, Epping, CM16 4LL. Time: 4pm to 8pm. To reserve a place in advance text 07927 288904 or email rainbowhealingsanctuary@outlook.com More details: https://artfromtheheart1.blogspot.com/
Wednesday 23 October; Hedge Shamanism. Session 2 of 3 with Sarah Fox. Venue: Clearly Destiny, 12 Woburn Walk · London. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanic-Journeying-with-a-drum/
Wednesday 23 October; Drumming up your Ancestors with Melonie Syrett and Steve Altman. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.aho.community
Wednesday 23 October; 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 Details: http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/
Wednesday 23 October; More Fright By Rail. George Hoyle will be telling Dickens’ classic tale The Signalman and playing live transport-themed classic songs, plus folklore and discussion from author Chris Roberts. Venue: The Station Hall, Herne Hill. Time: 7pm doors open. Tickets: £10 email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com for tickets. For more details, visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/
Wednesday 23 October; Mysteries of the Tarot revealed. Part of beginner's course on learning the tarot. Venue: Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, London E8 3RH. Time: 8pm. Cost: £5 on entry to the back room. https://www.facebook.com/events/550315232464567/
Thursday 24 October; Maritime Lecture Series: The Moon, Faith and Spirituality. Venue: National Maritime Museum, Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: £8/£6. https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/mls-the-moon_3?
Thursday 24 October; Health in Theory and Practice - Circling the Square. Talk and book signing with Steve Kippax. 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 24 October; Introduction to Lucid Dreaming and Mugwort by Ricardo Goni. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. www.aho.community
Thursday 24 October; Corridor Gothic - hosted by The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and The Horse Hospital. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London WC1N 1JD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13.20. https://www.wegottickets.com/event/479440?
Thursday 24 October; PFL Samhain Ritual facilitated by Sorita d'Este and the Covenant of Hekate. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. Entry: £6/£5 (PF members and concessions). https://www.facebook.com/groups/pflondon/Friday 25 October; 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 25 October; How the Ass Became Golden - Mysteries Ancient and Modern. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Entry: £5. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/ and https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiners-spiritual-science/
Friday 25 October; Anthony Kesner Presents his Students - Evening of Mediumship. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12/£14. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 26 October; The Green Stone 40th Anniversary Convention. Venue: Britannia Hotel, Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DD. Time: 9am - 8.30pm. Tickets: £48. https://www.andrewcollins.com/page/conference/conferencenews.htm?
Saturday 26 October; Numerology Workshop with Richard Abbot. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Tickets: £50. Time: 11am-5pm. For more details, call 020 7405 2120 or visit http://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Saturday 26 October; The Omphalos of London. A guided tour of St Pancras Old Churchyard with Robert Kingham of Minimum Labyrinth. Part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Rd, London NW1 1UL. Time: 10.30am. Tickets £12. Details: https://londonmonthofthedead.com/Saturday 26 October; SLC Halloween Hangout with aura photography, jewellery launch and zodiac perfumes. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 11am-5pm. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk
Saturday 26 October; Pagan Future Fests Samhain Celebration. Venue: Stanley Halls, South Norwood, London SE25. Time: noon-10pm. Prebooked tickets: £13.50. http://www.paganfuturefests.org.uk/id1.html
Saturday 26 October; Royal Witches at Leeds Castle. Talk by historian Gemma Hollman about her new book, Royal Witches, and the castle's witchcraft history. Venue: Leeds Castle, Kent, Maidstone
ME17 1PL. Time: noon. Talk included with the price of admission to the castle. https://www.leeds-castle.com/
Saturday 26 October; Anderida Rutting Moot with Anderida Gorsedd. Watch the deer and their seasonal displays. Venue: Petworth Park, Sussex, which is on A283 about 3/4 mile north of the entrance to Petworth House. Meet in the car park at noon for a 12.30pm walk start. The car park is on the A283 north of Petworth and is about 3/4 mile north of the entrance to Petworth House. https://www.facebook.com/events/389976598564819/
Saturday 26 October; Public Samhain ceremony with Watchers of the Old Ways. Venue: Rollright Stones, Little Rollright, Warwickshire, OX7 5. Time: 1pm. Bring a picnic. https://www.facebook.com/events/2438058993105602/
Saturday 26 October; Gong Bath with Guru Ben, Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary, Pea Lane, Upminster, Havering, RM142XH. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £30. Contact The Sanctuary on 01708 251124 or info@healingandteaching.co.uk. Tickets: https://www.healingandteaching.co.uk/course/gong-bath-with-ben-saxon-of-golden-path-yoga/all/
Sunday 27 October, Sunday Meditation class with Lisabetta (almost) 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 27 October; NWK Moot. Venue: Chistlehurst caves. Time: 11am. You must be a member of the group to attend. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887/
Sunday 27 October; Woodland Witches - Samhain 2019 Gathering with London Woodland Witches and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodmans pub patio area at 2pm to walk to the outdoor site, ends 6pm. Fee: £5/£3. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/
Sunday 27 October; Divination Circle with Self-Development and Spiritual Workshops Central London. Venue: The Chartherhouse Clinic, 98 Crawford Street, London W1H 2HL, Time: 2pm. Entry: £10. https://www.meetup.com/Self-Development-and-Spiritual-Workshops-Central-London/
Monday 28 October; 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 28 October; Meditational Sound Experience. Venue: Bankside Hotel, Autograph Collection, 2 Blackfriars Rd, Upper Ground, London, E1 9JU. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.meetup.com/Meditational-Sound-Healing-Gong-Bath/
Monday 28 October; The Power of Compassion Concert. Venue: Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6pm. Talk: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £15/£20 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/
Monday 28 October; Moon Magic Gong Bath. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. www.aho.community
Monday 28 October, Häxan (1922) - film screening plus live performance by The Begotten. Banned in many countries on its release, Häxan is a series of disturbing and visionary vignettes exploring the history of witchcraft, demonology and Satanism through the ages. Venue: The Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Pl, London WC2H 7BY. Time: 8.45pm. Tickets: £12.50. More details: https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=13309246
Tuesday 29 October; The Superstitious Tudors. Talk by Tracy Norman hosted by Hillingdon Libraries and The Folklore Podcast. Venue: Manor Farm Library, Bury Street, Ruislip, London HA4 7SU. Time: 11am. Free event but booking is essential by emailing culturebite@hillingdon.gov.uk https://www.facebook.com/events/418606478776538/
Tuesday 29 October; Beginning Oracle card reading. Free mini workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH. Time: noon. For further details contact Shirlee@wiccamoon.org.uk, call 0208 850 7803 or visit https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham/
Tuesday 29 October; (2017) Nigredo Nights presents Witches’ Sabbath Part 1:The Witch (2015) and conversation with Christina Oakley Harrington on folk witchcraft. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £7. More details: https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/nigredonight
Wednesday, 30 October; The Occult. Lectures by Professor Lauren Kassell, Professor Richard Pettigrew and creative writing lecturer Nisha Ramayya, chaired by Professor Shahidha Bari, hosted by Forum for Philosophy and LSE Philosophy. Venue: LSE Old Building Lecture Theatre, London. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/forthcomingevents/the-occult/
Wednesday, 30 October; Halloween Fete. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5, includes a free glass of punch. You can reserve a place by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/
Wednesday 30 October; Scorpio New Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Two sessions: 7pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk
Wednesday, 30 October; Resurgence Talks: Resurgence Talks: The Fight for Beauty – Why it’s More Important than Ever, with Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/
Wednesday 30 October; Samhain Drum Ceremony Hosted by Seán Ryan,. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.aho.community
Wednesday 30 October; Mysteries of the Tarot revealed. Part of beginner's course on learning the tarot. Venue: Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, London E8 3RH. Time: 8pm. Cost: £5 on entry to the back room. https://www.facebook.com/events/550315232464567/
Wednesday, 30 October (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/
Wednesday, 30 October; Where we go one, we go all: the QAnon conspiracy. Talk by Fortean Times Conspirasphere writer Noel Rooney, at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4/£2. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/
Thursday 31 October; Earth Festival: Wheel of the Year Meditation - Resting, 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. Refreshments on sale. For more details, visit the website http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/
Thursday 31 October - November 1; 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. https://www.facebook.com/aphroditesflame/Thursday 31 October; SLC Halloween Party with cocktails and 10 per cent off everything in the store. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Starts 6pm. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk
Thursday 31 October, Scared to Death in the Woods. Adult storytelling with London Dreamtime. Venue: Secret location in London NW3. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5, email to reserve a place: vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/
Thursday 31 October, Nigredo Nights presents Witches’ Sabbath - Part 2: A selection of films and discussions that explore Witchcraft, Magical Traditions and Folklore on screen. Novmber (2017) with introduction by Patricia MacCormack. In November, a group of peasants uses magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £7. More Details: https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/nigredonight-hyjs7
Thursday 31 October; Mimosa Spiritual Development Circle - Victorian Seance. This is an open circle all are welcome. Venue: Room 12, Fairkytes Art Centre, 51 Billet Lane, Hornchurch, RM11 1AX. Cost: £5, including refreshments. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/668793020310143/
Thursday 31 October; Witchcraft Movies: Here Be Witches and The Craft. Venue: The Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY. Time: 8.45pm. https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/Home
Friday 1 November for 30 days; Witchy 30-Day Challenge November, organised by Kitchen Witch Coven of Natural Witchery ·and hosted by Rachel Patterson. Simple suggestions to help you connect with nature and your magic each day for 30 days. Free event, in your own home, at your own time: https://www.facebook.com/events/2419622258356977/
Friday 1 November; Screening of Conjuration and Thelema, by Gary Parsons. Venue: S. Peters Church Hall, Clapham, London SW4 6BX. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/493461901388815/
Saturday 2 - 8 November; Witchcraft Retreat in East Anglia. Staying in a converted granary, surrounded by meadows and sheep. Home cooked food all week, visits to historical and sacred sites. Local speaker, workshops and a quiz with great prizes. Small group (12 people max). Tickets: £475 with a £100 non returnable deposit. For details email, arcanehare@gmail.com or visit https://www.arcanehare.wixsite.com or https://www.facebook.com/events/2615781265107454/
Saturday 2 November; Working with The Morrigan. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH. Time: noon - 4pm. Tickets: £19. For further details call 0208 850 7803 or visit https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham/ or https://www.wiccamoon.co.uk/ourshop/cat_1460861-Event-Workshops.html?
Saturday 2 November; Here Be Witches Symposium. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London WC1N 1JD. Time: Noon - 5pm. Tickets £22. https://dice.fm/event/anvkv-here-be-witches-symposium-2nd-nov-the-horse-hospital-london-tickets
Saturday 2 November; Travelling with the vine leaf: Dionysos, arabesque and alborello. Gallery Talk. Venue: Room 42, 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
Sunday 3 November, Initiation into the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine. Workshop with Anthea of Shamanism and Evolving Consciousness. Neal's Yard Meeting Rooms,
14 Neal's Yard Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DP. Price: £78, all materials included. Time: 10.15pm-5.15pm. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/
Sunday 3 November, Druidic Samhain Celebration on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, between 12.30pm and 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/events/2482685615133402/
Sunday 3 and 17 November; Marseille Tarot II: Minor Cards. Full-day classes with Adrien Mastrosimone. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Tickets: £75. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/
Note: I am not responsible for any of these events. I try to ensure the details I list are accurate, but please contact the organisers before turning up to any event in case of changes. If you spot something that needs correcting, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com
No comments:
Post a Comment