Imbolc Pagan Events In and Near London

Imbolc - the festival of the first stirrings of spring - is this weekend and there's lots going on to celebrate in London. I've also listed general pagan events and a few things taking place in other parts of southern England. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

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 - 8 March 2020; Troy: Myth and Reality exhibition. Venue: The Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. You need to prebook tickets unless you are a British Museum member. Standard tickets: £20. https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/troy-myth-and-reality

Now - 23 May 2020; Gods and goddesses of Roman Britain eye-opener tour - daily gallery talk. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 11.15am-11.55am. Free, just turn up. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/gods-and-goddesses-roman-britain-eye-opener-tour

Wednesday, 29 January - 8 March; Exhibition - The Bard: William Blake at Flat Time House. This exhibition opens on 29 January at 6pm with a reading from William Blake's Jerusalem by poet Chris McCabe. Venue: Flat Time House, 210 Bellenden Road, London, SE15 4BW. http://flattimeho.org.uk/exhibitions/bard/?

Wednesday 29 January; Time to Meditate - group meditation (usually every Wednesday). Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Arrive 6pm for 6.10pm start. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.buddhaonabicycle.com/

Wednesday, 29 January; A Skeptic's Guide to Aliens. Talk at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4/£2. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, 29 January; 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 30 January; Behind the Scenes Tour of London's Oldest Occult Bookshop with talk about London's esoteric history. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 2pm. Tickets £10, reserve a place on this link: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/1360488.

Thursday 30 January; Hedge Shamansim Class - working with ancient wisdom for healing and personal change. Hosted by Sarah Fox. Venue: Clearly Destiny, 12 Woburn Walk · North London (Every week on Thursday until February 27). Time:· 6.30pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.meetup.com/Hedge-Shamanism/

Thursday 30 January; The Living Wisdom of Trees. Talk and book signing with Fred Hageneder. 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 30 January; Lucid Dreaming and Mugwort Introduction with Ricardo Goni. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £33. www.aho.community

Thursday 30 January; Shamanic Journeying with Eddy Elsey. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Thursday 30 January; First Steps in Thelema. Workshop with Marco Visconti. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 30 January; PFL Imbolc Ritual. 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 31 January; Meditation and Om Healing. (Weekly, usually on Friday). Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Entry free. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Friday 31 January; Imbolc Goddess Circle with Lucy North. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Friday 31 January; Reading Group: Enriching our Spiritual Lives - Seminar. 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 31 January; What the Dead are Dying to Teach Us. Talk on Spirit Communication by author Claire Broad. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, · London. Time: 7pm. Free entry. Details: https://www.facebook.com/MediumClaireBroad/

Friday 31 January; Greet the Returning Light - Gong Bath with Diana Vernon. Two days before the Sabbat of Imbolc or Festival of Candlemas, this is a traditional time for reflection and setting intentions. Greet the quickening life energy of spring and in a candle-lit hall and let the resonance of the gongs renew your energy for the year ahead.Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensbury Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Members £22/non-members £25. Call 0207 589 3292 or visit www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Friday 31 January; The Gong Father - Quantum Sound Journey. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18. www.aho.community

Friday 31 January; January 2020 Alexandrian Witchcraft Soiree. Venue in London. Time: 8pm. Newcomers should call 07767496936 to confirm attendance. More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2610947272364398/

Friday 31 January - Saturday 1 February; Aphrodite's Monthly Festival, usually on the last to first day of each month, 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/

Saturday, 1 February; Wheel of the Year Meditation - First Stirrings, 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/

Saturday, 1 February; AnderidaFest 2020. Hosted by Damh the Bard. Venue: Southwick Community Centre, 24 Southwick St, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE. Time: 10.30am-10pm. Tickets: £22.15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anderidafest-2020-tickets-69728936125?

Saturday, 1 February; Spaces and their Spirits. One-day workshop with  Julian Vayne. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Tickets: £75. Deposit £40. Balance of £35 due on the the day. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday, 1 February; London Goddess Pilgrimage: Imbolc edition with Out of the Norm Tours. Meet at The Crypt at St Paul's, Warwick Lane, London, EC4M 8AD. Time: 11am. Tickets are free, but must be booked in advance and donations welcome. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-goddess-pilgrimage-tickets-86773731567?

Saturday, 1 February; Imbolc with the Goddess Bridget and Tara, organised by Wicca Moon. Women only celebration of the Divine mother of 10,000 names in her aspects of Bridget and Tara in a day of circle and ritual. Venue: Tudor Barn, Well Hall Pleasaunce, Well Hall Rd, London SE9 6SZ
Time: 11.30am - 4.15pm. Tickets: £25. Reserve a space book on https://www.wiccamoon.co.uk or call wicca moon on 0208 8507803.

Saturday, 1 February; AnderidaFest 2020. Venue: Southwick Community Centre, 24 Southwick Street, Southwick, BN42 4TE. Time: 10.30am-10pm. Tickets: £22.15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anderidafest-2020-tickets-69728936125?

Saturday, 1 February; Imbolc Meetup with the London Witches Meetup Group. Venue: Meet at Waterstones, 51 Greenwich Church St, London SE10 9BL at 1pm for a chat, then go to Greenwich Park for a short ritual ending at 4pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/London-Witches-Meetup-Group/

Saturday, 1 February; Imbolc Ceremony with Watchers of the Old Ways. Venue: Rollright Stones, Little Rollright, Warwickshire, OX7 5. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/577024602842937/

Saturday, 1 February; Dark Ages to Druids London Walking Tour with Out of the Norm Tours. Meet at Lady Abercorn's pub, 40 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7QN. Time: 3pm. Tickets are free, but must be booked in advance and donations welcome. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dark-ages-to-druids-london-walking-tour-tickets-86773805789?

Saturday, 1 February; Imbolc 2020 - Seasonal Ceremony with London Woodland Witches. Venue: Queen's Woods, Near Highgate Station, · London. Meet outside the Woodman's Pub by 4pm to be led to the woodland. Fee: £5. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Saturday, 1 February;  Dance Temple and Cacao Ceremony. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 6pm. Tickets:  £11.37. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Saturday, 1 February;  Imbolc: Celebrating the light within - Mindful Singing and Celebration. Venue: Cambrian Community Centre, 1 Grove Rd,· Richmond. Time: 6pm. https://www.meetup.com/mindfulsingingrichmond/

Saturday, 1 February; The Gnome Manuscript by Wilmar Tal book launch. Venue:  Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, · London. Time: 7pm. Free, but you must reserve a place by emailing info@troybooks.co.uk

Sunday 2 February; Mythic London: Walking the Talk with Caroline Wise, organised through Treadwell's. Meet at Ye Olde Cock Tavern, 22 Fleet St, Holborn, London EC4Y 1AA. Come prepared for all weather. Price: £22, advance booking essential. Time: 11.45am prompt start. You can book by visiting the shop at 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS, or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 2 February;  Loose Association of Druids Imbolc ritual. Venue: The hawthorn grove, Primrose Hill, London NW1 8YH (about 200m behind the viewing platform). Time: 12:30pm for a 1 o’clock start. Cost: £2 towards expenses, please also bring picnic food to share and something to drink.

Sunday 2 February; Space for Me retreat - Embracing 2020. Gentle yoga, meditation and nature therapy. Venue: Jacksons Lane Arts Centre, 269A Archway Rd, North · London. Time: 2pm to 5.45pm,  Price: £50. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Sunday 2 February; Anderida Gorsedd Imbolc open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together. https://www.facebook.com/groups/anderidagorsedd/

Sunday 2 February; Dancing the Goddess Workshop - Embodiment. Venue: Siobhan Davies Dance, 85 St Georges Road, London SE1 6ER. Time: 2pm-5pm. Tickets: advance £30, £40 on the door. Payment to: https://www.paypal.me/ShaktiSundariLove/30 More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/629142907893570/

Sunday 2 February; Celebration of Imbolc or Candlemas. Wheel of the Year ritual at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Tel: 020 7433 3267. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/

Monday 3 February; 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 3 February; Mantra – Sounds into Silence: Film Screening, Directors Q and A and Live Kirtan with Nikki Slade. Run by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £15/£20. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 3 February; Reading Group: The Temple Legend. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm.  Entry: £3. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/ and https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiners-spiritual-science/

Monday 3 February; Pagan Pathfinders. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Monday 3 February; What Witches Do - a series of five evening classes teaching the basics of Wicca and other forms of modern witchcraft.  Venue in Islington, London N1. It runs from 7.30pm to 9.30pm with a 10-minute break. The cost of the course is £60 for all five sessions. You can find the details here: www.whatwitchesdo.co.uk

Tuesday 4 February; Talk on the Haunted East End at  by Penny Rafter at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford RM1 1HR. Time: 7.30pm. Entry: £4 and raffle in aid of Essex wildlife £1. https://www.facebook.com/Romford-Pagan-Moote-634178063700381/

Tuesday 4 February; A Demonstration of Tarot with a Difference. Lecture by Avril Price. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13/£15.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 4 February; Talk on Kitchen Witchery at The Witches' Inn. Venue: The Hatch Public House, 44, Hatchlands Road, Redhill, RH1 6AT. Time: 8pm. Free pagan moot, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/The-Witches-Inn-1568424150049437/

Wednesday 5 February; Forest Bathing. Meet in the cabin behind Queen's Wood Cafe, near Highgate station, north London. Time:  9.30am-noon. Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Wednesday 5 February; Psychedelics, Ego Death and the Afterlife. Talk by Darren Springer, hosted by Breaking Convention. Venue: University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £12/£10/£7.50. https://helmtickets.com/events/5501/psychedelics-ego-death-and-the-afterlife--darren-springer

Wednesday 5 February; The Psychic Repair of Broken Hearts with Francesca Rossetti. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, · London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12.50. You must a place by paying in advance. Call 020 7405 2120 or pay by Paypal, details here: http://theatlantisbookshop.com/atlantis-events/

Thursday 6 February; Overcoming the Robotic Mind. Talk and book signing with Julian Rose. 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 6 February; The Unicorn through History. Lecture by art historian Ruth Clydesdale. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Cost: £10 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 6 February; Full Moon Ceremony and Magical Work by the Thames with London Woodland Witches. Meet under the Millennium Bridge, South Bank near Tate Community Gardens, SE1 9JE at 7.30pm. Fee: £5/£3. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Friday, 7 February; Gong Bath - Super Snow Moon. Venue: Lauren Baker Art, Unit 1, Stonemasons Yard, Hepscott Rd, Hackney Wick · London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.meetup.com/Meditational-Sound-Healing-Gong-Bath/

Friday, 7 February;  Two Mediums - One Evening - Messages from the Spirit World with Anthony Kesner and Daniel Pitt. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13/£15.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 8, 15 and 22 February. Basic techniques of witchcraft and the Western Mystery Tradition. Three-Saturday course with Len Roberts. Venue:  Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, · London. Time: 2pm-5pm. Each workshop costs £20. You must a place by paying in advance. Call 020 7405 2120 or pay by Paypal, details here: http://theatlantisbookshop.com/atlantis-events/

Saturday 8 February; Nature - Intuitions Wisest Teacher. One-day workshop with Wiccan High Priestess, author and therapist Teresa Dellbridge. 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 8 February; An Introduction to Shamanic Journeying with Shamanic Walks of Consciousness. Venue: Shamanic Space, 11 Hilly Fields Crescent, Brockley, · south London. Time: 10am start. Tickets £97.50. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanic-Walks-of-Consciousness/

Saturday 8 February; Northern Myth, Runes and Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm-4pm. Cost: £30 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 8 February; Imbolc Workshop with Liz Gale. Venue: Friends Meeting House, Hemnall Street, Epping, CM16 4LL. Time: 1.30pm to 5.30pm. The cost is £20, which includes tea or coffee and a cake, but do bring your own packed lunch if you want one. To reserve a place in advance text 07927 288904 or email rainbowhealingsanctuary@outlook.com More details: https://artfromtheheart1.blogspot.com/

Saturday 8 February; Heart Beat - Monthly Drumming Collective with Gong Master Olaf Nixon. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £21/£23.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 9 February; 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/

Sunday 9 February; Behind the Scenes Tour of London's Oldest Occult Bookshop with talk about London's esoteric history. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 2pm. Tickets £10, reserve a place on this link: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/1360488.

Sunday 9 February; Witch Hunts Today. Talk by author Syd Moore and Kirsty Brimelow QC, hosted by London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £8/£5. https://conwayhall.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173599932

Sunday 9 February; Rite at Luna Iter for Pagan and Wiccan Seekers (normally on a Sunday close to the full moon each month). Venue: meet at Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road,London  E8 1JH from 5pm, moving on to a historic site in East London for the ritual at 6pm prompt. Fee: £7/£4. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154/

Sunday 9 February; Full Snow Moon Meditation. Venue: Hitchin Lavender, Cadwell Farm, Arlesey Rd, Ickleford, Hitchin, SG5 3UA. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £18. https://johnharrigan.bigcartel.com/product/fullmoon?

Please note: I do not organise any of these events. I try to make sure my listings are accurate, but do contact the organiser before turning up to anything.