This Friday is Valentine's Day - and Friday is also sacred to Venus, Goddess of Love. Here is a listing of pagan events in London and nearby over that festival and the 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 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 - March; 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 - 23 May; 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
Now - 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 12 February; 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 12 February; Leo Full Moon Gong Bath with Welford Wellbeing. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Two sessions: Time: 7pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk
Thursday 13 February; Do the Work You Love. Talk and book signing with Joe Barnes. 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 13 February; Hedge Shamanism 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 13 February; Phil Hine Book Launch: Celebrating Hine's Varieties: Chaos and Beyond. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15 including book, £8 without. Tickets include a drink. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Thursday 13 February; Are Poltergeists Rare? Lecture by John Fraser. Venue: The Society for Psychical Research (SPR), 1 Vernon Mews, West Kensington, London, W14 0RL. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5/£2. https://www.spr.ac.uk/
Thursday 13 February; Freyja's Day Goddess Circle with Lucy North. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD.Time: 7pm. Tickets: £32. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk
Thursday 13 February; Talk on Mermaids 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 14 February; Valentines Night: Unlucky. Adult storytelling and music with London Dreamtime. Venue: Secret outdoor location in SE15. Time: 6.30pm. Price: £9 cash on the night. More details: https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/ Booking is essential, email vanessa@londondreamtime.com
Friday 14 February; Feast of Eros candle ritual with Aphrodite's Flame. Everyone around the world is invited to light Aphrodite's Flame in honour of Eros on Valentine's Day. https://www.facebook.com/aphroditesflame/
Friday 14 February; 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/
Friday, 14 February; 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 14 February; Embodied Archetype Workshop - Lover. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community
Saturday, 15 and Sunday 16 February; The Enchanted Market. Garth Hill College, Bull Lane, Bracknell, Berks RG42 2LN. Day tickets are £2, Weekend tickets including evening entertainment are £15. https://www.facebook.com/theenchantedmarketbracknell/
Saturday, 15 February; Womb Awakening Full Moon Ceremony: Shame and Forgiveness. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: Noon-9pm. Tickets: £160. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/
Saturday, 15 February; Herb Magic Introduced - workshop. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm-5.30pm (with a break in the middle). Cost: £40 per person. You can reserve a place by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/
Saturday 15 and 22 February. Basic techniques of witchcraft and the Western Mystery Tradition. Second part of three-Saturday course with Len Roberts. 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/
Sunday 16 February; Abbeys, Woodlands, Witches Caves and Country Houses of the River Wey 19km day hike. Meet at Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London SE1 8SW to get a train to the start of the hike. Time: 8.30am-6.40pm. Tickets £28 must be booked in advance. https://www.meetup.com/Outdooraholics/events/266996712/?
Sunday 16 February; Becoming the Alchemist - day workshop. Venue: Neal's Yard Meeting Rooms, 14 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DP. Time: 10.15am-5,15pm. Tickets: £78. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/
Sunday 16 February; Shamanic workshop. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford London, E18 2JR. Time: 11am-4pm. Cost: £10 pay at door. http://woodfordchurch.com/
Sunday 16 February; 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 16 February; Medicine of the Heart: Sacred Bobinsana Ceremony. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £44. www.aho.community
Monday 17 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 17 February; Film Screening: Ram Dass - Becoming Nobody and Director Q and A with Jamie Catto. Run by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm, film starts: 7pm. Tickets £25. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/
Monday 17 February; Witchcraft with the Moon workshop. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £20 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Tuesday, 18 February; Cacao Ceremony with Sound Awakening. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £32. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk
Tuesday 18 February; Integrative Quantum MedicineTM. Talk by Louise Mita. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13/£15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Tuesday, 18 February; Witches of London Gathering. Venue: front bar of the Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, London WC1V 6BS. Starting 7.30pm. Meets on the third Tuesday of each month. For any questions email coacentral@witchcraft.org or visit http://www.witchfest.net/ or https://www.facebook.com/coawitchesoflondon/
Tuesday 18 February; Thoth Tarot Introduced workshop. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £20 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Tuesday, 18 February; Geraldine Beskin talk on Dion Fortune Theosophist at West Byfleet and Woking Pagan Moot. Venue: The Station Pub West Byfleet, 2 Station Road, West Byfleet KT14 6DR. Time 8pm. Moot is free, but donations welcome. https://www.facebook.com/events/168828454344476/
Thursday 20 February; Meeting the Shadow with the Obsidian Mirror. Workshop with Ricardo Goni. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £33. www.aho.community
Thursday 20 February; The Shapeshifter. Talk and book signing with Claudia Navone. 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 20 February; Decadent London, Occult-style. Lecture by Antony Clayton. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm. Cost: £10. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Friday, 21 February; Sacred Singing. Open your heart and voice through chanting (every 1st and 3rd Friday). Venue in London N16. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/Sacred-Singing-107030010683454/
Friday 21 February; The Cunning Folk. Talk by 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 21 February; Friday Lates: Magical Modernism - Modern Art and Esotericism. Lecture by Christopher Collier. Venue: City Lit, Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 4BA. Time: 6pm. Fee: £25. Course Code: VB887. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/friday-lates-magical-modernism-modern-art-and-esotericism?
Saturday 22 to Sunday 23 February, Spiritual Psychology: Opposites Within. Weekend two-day workshop with Vivianne and Chris Crowley. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 10.30am-5.30pm. Cost: £160 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Saturday 22 February, Daylight Music at the Union Chapel, with storytelling: The Snow Queen. Venue: Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Islington, London, N1 2UN. Time: 12 noon-2pm. Price: pay what you can. More details: https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/ and http://daylightmusic.co.uk/
Saturday 22 February, Gong Bath with Guru Ben. Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary, Pea Lane, Upminster, Havering, RM142XH. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.healingandteaching.co.uk/course/gong-bath-with-guru-ben/
Sunday 23 February; NWK Pagans Moot. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, Bromley, London BR7. Time: 11am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887/
Sunday 23 February; British Museum and the Awakening English Magic: Walking tour with Caroline Wise, organised through Treadwell's. Meet at Montague Place Entrance. Price: £20, advance booking essential. Time: 11am 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 23 February; Vigil for the Outcast at Crossbones Graveyard. Gather from 6.45pm for a 7pm start in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, London SE1 1TA. For more details, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/173169457332904/
Sunday 23 February; Woodland Witches - Wicca New Moon Circle 2020 in Wimbledon. Meet at the small monument by bus stop `Parkside Avenue (stop S)', Parkside, Wimbledon, South · London at 3.30pm to walk to the outdoor site. Tickets: £5/£3. Wear outdoor clothing and bring food and drink to share. You must reserve a place in advance. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/
Tuesday 25 February and Tuesday 10 March; Candle Magic workshops. Evening workshops based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £20 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Please note: I do not organise any of these events except my candle magic workshops. I try to make sure my events listings are accurate but am not always aware of changes or ticket availability. Please contact the organiser of any event before turning up. If you spot something that needs correcting please let me know by emailing badwitch1234@gmail.com
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