This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here is a listing of events in London and nearby over the next couple of weeks 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 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 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; 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/?

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

Wednesday 5 February; Reading Group: Themes from 100 Years Ago. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 4,15pm.  Entry: £3. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/ and https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiners-spiritual-science/

Wednesday 5 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 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; 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 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/

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; Cunning Folk Film Club: Requiem For A Village. Venue: Balham Bowls Club
7-9 Ramsden Road, London SW12 8QX. Time: 8pm. Admission: £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/516395929305941/

Friday, 7 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, 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/

Friday, 7 February; Holistic Sound Bath Meditation - Summoning The Sacred. Venue: Training Points 5-6 Cooper's Yard, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · £20. https://www.facebook.com/summoningthesacredsound/

Friday, 7 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/

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/

Saturday 8 February; Full Moon Ceremony and Gong Bath. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £30. www.aho.community

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 (tbc); 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 9 February; A Tarot Journey - Taster course for Beginners with Cristina, in association with London Woodland Witches. Venue:Queenswood cafe, 42 Muswell Hill Rd, London N10 3JP. Time: 2pm. Entry: £10. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

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?

Monday 10 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 10 February; Spiritual Evolution: Where we have come from and where we are going. Talk
by Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon. Run by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm. Tickets £15/£20. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 10 February; Occultism, Modernity and Visual Art. Lecture on occultism in art c 1880 - c 1920. Dr Chris Guidice's 'Occult and Modernity' series of talks. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tuesday 11 February; Introduction to Shamanism. Venue: Neal's Yard Meeting Rooms, 14 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/

Tuesday 11 February; Talk by Tam Campbell at Nova Stella Meet Up. Venue: The Devereux, 20 Devereux Court, London WC2R 3JJ. Time: social from 7pm, talk at 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/3455729997802127/

Tuesday 11 February; Ways to Go Beyond - and Why they Work. Talk by Rupert Sheldrake. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13/£15.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 12 February; Spellcraft workshop for Beginners with London Woodland Witches. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, · London. Time: 7pm. Fee: £20. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

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; 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; 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; 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; Embodied Archetype Workshop - Lover. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

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/

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/

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/

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.