This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here is a listing of pagan events in London and nearby over 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 - 1 August; Gods and goddesses of Roman Britain eye-opener tour - daily gallery talk. Venue: Room 49, 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 - 10 August; Ancient Egypt eye-opener tour - daily gallery talk. Venue: Room 64, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 2.30pm-3.10pm. Free, just turn up. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/ancient-egypt-eye-opener-tour

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 - 8 March; Exhibition - The Bard: William Blake at Flat Time House. Venue: Flat Time House, 210 Bellenden Road, London, SE15 4BW. http://flattimeho.org.uk/exhibitions/bard/?

Wednesday 26 February - Sunday 12 April. Multi-faith prayer and meditation vigil in Westminster, London, to call for an end to fossil fuels. People from all faiths and philosophies in conjunction with the Extinction Rebellion Faith Bridge, are invited to spend a couple of hours in vigil during that time. Free. Details and sign up here: https://www.24-7prayer.com/signup/68b291

Wednesday 26 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. Further details: http://www.buddhaonabicycle.com/

Wednesday 26 February; Astral Projection Workshop with Jade Shaw. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk.

Wednesday 26 February; High Magic: Planetary Magic with Kameas, Sigils and Seals. Workshop with London Woodland Witches. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, · London. Time: 6.45pm. Fee: £25. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Wednesday 26 February; A New Magic at the Old Mill: Talk by Dr John Callow coinciding with the launch of his new book Wicca on the Isle of Man: Gerald Gardner and the Crucible of Modern Witchcraft. 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 26 February; 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 27 Feb; 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 £12/£15, reserve a place on this link: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/1360488.

Thursday 27 February; The Self-Love Pledge. Talk and book signing with Katie Oman. 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 27 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 27 February;  Secret Tunnels - Folklore of Underground England. Talk by Antony Clayton as part of the festival of folklore events at Kensington Central Library. Venue: Kensington Central Library, Lecture Theatre, 12 Phillimore Walk, W8 7RX. Time: 6.30pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/secret-tunnels-folklore-of-underground-england-with-antony-clayton-tickets-85352378261

Thursday 27 February; Integrating the Shadow. Monthly workshop with Eddy Elsey. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. www.aho.community

Thursday 27 February; School of Tarot with Lucy Porter - Lesson 1. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk.

Thursday 27 February; Ithell Colquhoun: Artist, Occultist, Feminist. Lecture by Dr Richard Shillitoe. 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/

Thursday 27 - Friday 28 February; Aphrodite's Monthly Festival, 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/

Friday, 28 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, 28 February; Holistic Sound Bath Meditation - Summoning The Sacred. Venue: Training Points 5-6 Cooper's Yard, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7.30pm Tickets £20/£18 per session on £85 for 5 sessions. For more details call 07737473062 or visit: https://www.facebook.com/summoningthesacredsound/

Saturday 29 February; City Lit Classics Day: Journeys into Troy. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 10.30am-4.30pm. Tickets: £59/£36 (members)/ £18 (concessions), bookable via  City Lit, on https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/classics-day or telephone 020 7831 7831 City Lit course RC061. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/

Saturday 29 February; Psychic Fayre and Witches Market. Venue: Wainscott Memorial Hall, Holly Road, Wainscott Rochester, ME2 4LG. Time: Noon-5pm. Entry £3. https://www.facebook.com/events/1228809033979150/

Saturday 29 February; Tarot: The Healing Cards: Afternoon class exploring the Empress, Temperance, the Star and the High Priestess cards, with Sue Merlyn. 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 29 February; Beyond the Robot: The life and work of Colin Wilson. Lecture by Gary Lachman. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 2pm. Entry: £10/£7. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Sunday 1 March, Sigil Magic Workshop. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Cost: £40 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Sunday 1 March, Isidias Navigatum 2020 : Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony with London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Meet at Hollyhock Cafe, Terrace Gardens, Petersham Road, Richmond, TW10 6UX at 1.30pm to walk to the ritual site by the river. https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Sunday 1 March, Story Circle – World of Witchcraft, with London Dreamtime. A social afternoon for storytellers and story lovers with an opportunity to discuss the practical and esoteric aspects of the craft of storytelling. Venue: Folklore, 186 Hackney Rd, London E2 7QL, Time: doors 2.30pm for 3pm start. Price: £5 cash (advance booking by email essential via vanessa@londondreamtime.com) https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Monday 2 March; 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 2 March; When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism, and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance. Talk by Daniel Pinchbeck. Run by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm, talk starts: 7pm. Tickets £20. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 2 March; 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 2 March; Magic Mondays: Meditation Made Simple organised by She's Lost Control. Venue: 15 Broadway MarketHackney, London E8 4PH. Time: 7pm. Free event, but donations welcome to The Samaritans charity. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk.

Monday 2 March; Embodied Journeys Womens Circle. Venue: The Open Centre, Old Street, London EC1V 9FR. Time: 7pm. First session £30. https://www.facebook.com/events/1034837460229599/

Tuesday 3 March; Ayahuasca and Other Psychedelics - As a Portal to the Paranormal. Lecture by Daniel Pinchbeck. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £13/£15.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 3 March, Sound Bath for Magic - Saturn. 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 3 March; The Djin. Talk 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 3 March; Margaret Murray and Modern Witchcraft: Good, Bad, and Speculative Histories. Talk by Dr Helen Cornish of Goldsmiths College. Venue: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields, London Bridge, London, SE1 3SS. Doors open: 7:45pm. Tickets: £5.50/£2.20. https://www.wegottickets.com/event/496238?

Tuesday 3 March; Talk on Water at The Witches' Inn Moot. 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 4 March; Forest Bathing in Queen's Wood, Highgate. Meet in the Cabin, behind Queen's Wood Cafe, Highgate. Time: 9.30am,  Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Wednesday 4 March; 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/

Thursday 5 March; Astral Projection Made Easy – The Great Simulator Part 3. Talk by David McCready. 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 March; Gwen Tate Memorial Lecture - Sticky Bundles, Leaky Buckets and Rabbit Holes: Understanding The Survival Experience.  Talk by Dr Matthew Colborn. 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 5 March, Marks Against Evil. Talk by archaeologist Wayne Perkins. 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.

Friday 6 March; Wishcraft: Self Hypnosis Ceremony for Manifestation with Shauna Cummins. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk.

Friday 6 March; 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 7 March; Scrying for Beginners. Four-hour afternoon workshop on divination with crystal balls, mirrors, water and flame. 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 7 March; Release and Rebirth Day Retreat in London. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 10am-5pm. Tickets:  £88. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Saturday 7 March; 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 7 March; Urban Horror Fairy Tales with comedian CJ Hooper. Venue: The Exhibitionist, 73 High Street, Ware SG12 9AD. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/558766014851588/

Sunday 8 March; 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 8 March; Writing and rewriting fairytales. One-day course.  Venue: City Lit, Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 4BA. Time: 10.30am-4.30pm. Fee: £59. Course Code: HW565.
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writing-and-rewriting-fairytales

Sunday 8 March; The Alternative Bring and Buy Sale. Venue: The Dome, 2A Dartmouth Park Hill, London, NW5 1HL. Time: 11am-5pm. Entry: £1. https://www.facebook.com/events/481072422834758/

Sunday 8 March; Springtime Gathering with Earthkin Family Moot. Venue: Private house near Turnpike Lane, North London. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/283596275943958/

Sunday 8 March; 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/

Tuesday 10 March; Candle Magic Workshop. Evening workshop 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 and scrying 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