This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here is a listing of general events in London plus a few in other parts of southern England over the week or so ahead 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 - 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. 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 - 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 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/

Wednesday 4 March; 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/

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 - 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; 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 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/

Friday 6, 13  and 20 March; 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 or £85 for 5 sessions. For more details call 07737473062 or visit: https://www.facebook.com/summoningthesacredsound/

Saturday 7 March; The myth, magic and mysticism of Kabbalah. One-day course. Venue: City Lit, Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 4BA. Time: 10.30am-4.30pm. Fee: £59. Course Code: HRS25. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/the-myth-magic-and-mysticism-of-kabbalah

Saturday 7 March; Wild Witchcraft Conference 2020. Venue: Merchinstoun Hall, 106 Portsmouth Rd, Horndean, Hampshire, PO8 9LJ. Time: 10.30am – 5.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://witchfest.net/events/wild-witchcraft-conference/

Saturday 7 March; Working Creatively with Spirit. Workshop with Patricia McNally and Daniel Naughnane. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time noon. Cost: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

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; 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; 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; 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/

Monday 9 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 9 March; Supermoon Ceremony Wiccan Esbat by the Thames. Meet under the Millennium Bridge, on the South Bank, close to Tate Community Gardens, SE1 9JE. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. Wear outdoor clothing and bring food and drink to share. You must reserve a place in advance. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Monday 9 March; Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep. Talk by Charlie Morley.  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 9 March; Spring Equinox Witchcraft. 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.

Monday 9 March; Supermoon Ceremony and Gong Bath. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £33 www.aho.community

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

Tuesday 10 March; Personal Mythology and Esoteric Practice. Talk by Ken Rees 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/615210099261195/

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.

Tuesday 10 March; 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/

Tuesday 10 March; Step into your Alchemical Power and Transform your Life. Wotkshop with the Shamanism and Evolving Consciousness Meetup Group. 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

Wednesday 11 March; 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.

Thursday, 12 March; Corpse Roads: Digital Landscape Archaeology. Lecture by Dr Stuart Dunn. Venue: Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London, EC1N 2HH. No reservations required, entry on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Doors open 5.30pm. Talk starts 6pm. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/corpse-roads

Thursday 12 March; Entering the Golden Era: Connecting to the Light of Thoth. Talk and book signing with Vicky Hartley. 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 12 March; Angus MacLeod, Witch and Craftsman. Inaugural lecture of 'Museum of Witchcraft and Magic', on one of Gerald Gardner's close friends, by Dr John Callow. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 12 March; Talk on London's Lost Rivers by Tom Bolton 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 13 March;  International Women’s Day including storytelling performances by London Dreamtime. Venue: 1 Rushworth Street, London, SE1 0RB. Time and ticket price tbc. Details: https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Friday 13 March; Food Forest of Souls: Discussion with Gordon White and Jack Hunter. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £14. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Friday 13 March;  The Highgate Vampire (online event). You can listen to a recording of the story told by Vanessa of London Dreamtime. Venue: Online, so anywhere you like and any time during the day.  Price: £10 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/listen-to-the-story-of-the-highgate-vampire-tickets-97446670615 More details: https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 14 March; Book Signing by Kitchen Witch Rachel Patterson. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 2pm-4pm. Free event, but please reserve a place in advance. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 14 March; Kabbalistic Wisdom of your Soul. Day workshop with Maggy Whitehouse. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, · London. Time: 11am-5pm. Tickets: £50. Details: https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Sunday 15 March; London Goddess Pilgrimage: Ostara 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-ostara-edition-tickets-92081238463?

Sunday 15 March; 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 15 March; 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 15 March; 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-history-tour-ostara-edition-tickets-92082117091?

Sunday 15 March; Love Message to River Thames and Spirit of Water with London Nature Water Spirits Gratitude Meetup Group. Venue: 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, London, EC3R 6DX . Time: 5.30pm. Free event, but reserve your place in advance. You can find more details and book here: https://www.meetup.com/London-Nature-Spirit-Consciousness-Gratitude-Meetup-Group

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