Online and London Pagan Events in the Next Week

Here is a list of online events and in-person activities in or near London and for pagans, witches and those with similar interests. I generally list events in the UK, but some of the activities are outside that time zone, so check what time it will start in your location. If you know an online ritual, talk, meeting, workshop or London-based event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com

Wednesday 12 August; Dan Snow live in conversation with Suzannah Lipscomb to discuss her new book A History of Magic, Witchcraft and The Occult. Online. Time: 4pm. Free event, but you must sign up before 2pm to get a place. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUu7CpqnLi5Nbr1U5oCphG76iM8Z5UThinJCSgFyh_M9dGdw/viewform

Wednesday 12 August; Essential Oils for the Face. Online workshop with Hackney Herbal. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £20. http://www.hackneyherbal.com/workshops/

Wednesday 12 August; Siberian Wisdom for the Healing Family Lineage with AAYLA, Workshop with a Siberian shaman. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

Wednesday 12 August; Demonstration of Spirit Portraits. Online demonstration with June-Elleni Laine through the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: Members: £14, Non-members: £18. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 12 August; Moon Books Live Talk and Discussion with Luke Eastwood, author of The Druid's Primer, hosted by Moon Books. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/744658119692696/

Thursday 13 August and Saturday 15 August; Wisdom of the Goddess Athena. Online workshop. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £27.57.   https://www.facebook.com/events/331029751365954/

Thursday 13 August; Stories From Lore: Shapeshifting Hares, hosted by DD Storyteller. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £4.50. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/stories-from-lore/register

Thursday 13, 20 and 27 August;  Magic Witchcraft, Chaos and Beyond; Magical Self Care
Public with Airy Fairy. A 3-part mini-course via Zoom meetings, pdfs and a Discord forum for the 3 weeks of the course. Time: 7pm-8pm. Pay what you feel. https://www.facebook.com/events/2716995855286034/

Thursday 13 August; An Introduction to the Pagan Calendar. Online talk at South East London Folklore Society. Time: 8pm. Price: pay what you can - suggested donation £5. Details: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2438110887/

Thursday 13 August; Breathwork for Creativity. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £5-£20. Time: 7pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 13 August; Beth Darlington on 'Demonology vs Exorcism - What's the Difference?' Time: 7pm. Free event. Tickets limited to 100 and available first to Assap members, but can be booked by non-Assap members from Thursday morning. Email secretary@assap.ac.uk to reserve a place.

Thursday 13 August/Friday 14 August; Mystic Chat ep 15: Author Cyndi Brannen. Online event. 7pm on Thursday CDT, which is 1am Friday UK time. https://www.facebook.com/events/3129190090528854/

Friday 14 August (tbc - usually every Friday); Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 14 August; Teach Yourself Magic. Online talk via Children of Circe, is a private pagan group run by Richard Levy and sponsored by the Doreen Valiente Foundation. You have to join the group to watch the videos: Time: 8pm. Free event.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/725752541262809/

Saturday 15 August, Online Wellbeing/Mind Body Spirit event hosted by Life and Sole. Time: 11am-7pm. Free entry, but you must book a ticket in advance: https://www.facebook.com/events/291917268794812/

Sunday 16 August; Foraging Walk with John the Poacher on Hackney Marshes. Organised by Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 11am-3.30pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

Sunday 16 August; Caroline Wise (Working with Goddesses) and Ruth Bayer (Goddesses and Wild Women of the Alps). Part of the Magickal Women Conference Summer Salons. An online series of short, engaging talks with discussion via Zoom. Time: 7pm. Tickets for individual salons: £8.50. https://ti.to/magickal-women-conference/summer-salons?

Monday 17 August; Shakti Yoga - Awaken. Online event with Dancing the Goddess. Time: 7am. Tickets: £7. https://www.meetup.com/Dancing-the-Goddess/

Monday 17 August;  Mindful Still Life Monday Sessions with London Drawing, via Zoom. Two sessions: 12.30pm and 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. http://londondrawing.com/events/mindful-still-life-monday-sessions/

Monday 17 August; Elemental Magic: Earth. Online workshop with Rebecca Beattie, author of Nature Mystics, via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 18 August; Rune Magic. Online workshop with Dave Lee, via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £40. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 18 August (tbc, usually 3rd Tuesday of the month); Online Witches of London Gathering, hosted by Witches of London CoA Gathering and Children of Artemis. Time: 7.30pm. Free, but you must reserve a place. https://www.facebook.com/coawitchesoflondon/

Tuesday 18, Thursday 20 and Tuesday 25 August. The Magic of the Tarot. Free three-part workshop with Radleigh Valentine of Hay House. Time noon Pacific time/8pm UK time. Free, but you must register in advance. https://experience.hayhouseu.com/certifiedangeltarotreader-webinarseries-homepage/

Tuesday 18 August; Annual Honouring of Lion-Headed Egyptian Warrior Goddess Sekhmet by the Thames. Organised through London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment. Meet at the Tate Community Gardens  by 7.30pm to be led to river bank area for ritual. Tickets: £3/£5, you must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches

Tuesday 18 August; New Moon Circle. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets £5-£20. Time: 8pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Wednesday 19 August; Waking The Water Ceremony, organised by Sacred Earth Activism. A ritual to do at a water course near you, in your own time. https://www.facebook.com/events/202821244312001/

Wednesday 19 August; Moon Books Live Talk and Discussion with Irisanya Moon, author of Pagan Portals - Reclaiming Witchcraft, hosted by Moon Books. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/282380626182159/

Wednesday 19 August; Russian Folk Tales. Storytelling with Jason Buck. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £2-£6.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/russian-folktales-tickets-116049871289?

Wednesday 19 August; Practical Witchcraft Theory and Practice. Monthly training session with the Kinship of the Round Table Meetup Group. Venue: private address in Mitcham, CR4. Entry: £5. https://www.meetup.com/Kinship-of-TheRound-Table/

Wednesday 19 August;  New Moon Sound Journey. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets £5-£15. Time: 8.30pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 20 August; Breathwork for Creativity. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £5-£20. Time: 7pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 20  August, Tarot Magic. Online workshop with Julian Vayne, via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 20 August; Vision Board Masterclass. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £20-£30. Time: 7pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Friday 21 August; Shakti Yoga. Online event with Dancing the Goddess. Time: 9am. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/Dancing-the-Goddess/

Friday 21 August; Morality in Witchcraft. Online talk via Children of Circe, is a private pagan group run by Richard Levy and sponsored by the Doreen Valiente Foundation. You have to join the group to watch the videos: Time: 8pm. Free event.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/725752541262809/

Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 August; Mind, Body, Spirit Summer of Wellness. Weekend of online live and recorded talks. Full access £111, day pass for live talks £49, two days of live talks £80. https://www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk/whats-on/summer-of-wellness

Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 August; Aphrodite's Flame Monthly Festival. Join Aphrodite's Flame Keepers to tend a flame from dusk to dusk in your own home. Venue: Worldwide. Time: 8pm to 8pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/aphroditesflame/

Saturday 22 August; Secret storytelling in the Forest with London Dreamtime. An MP3 and detailed map with things to look for, history and folklore from Honor Oak Park, South London, which you can follow in your own time. Tickets: £10. Details: https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 23 August; Essential Oils for the Mind. Online workshop with Hackney Herbal. Time: 11am. Tickets: £20. http://www.hackneyherbal.com/workshops/

Sunday 23 August; Live Curative Magic Chat. Live chat online with Rachel Patterson, author of Curative Magic. Time: 4pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/584730955547252/

Sunday 23 August (tbc); Crossbones Vigil (on the Astral). At 7pm on the 23rd of every month since June 2004, people led by John Crow and friends have gathered by Crossbones Graveyard in Redcross Way, London, to honour the outcast dead. In your own space, light a candle and say the words you can find here: https://www.facebook.com/GooseandCrow/

Sunday 23 August; Elaine Bailey (Isis Unveiled and how H.P. Blavatsky wrote and published it) and Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman (Beyond the Mirror: Feminist Fairy Tales). Part of the Magickal Women Conference Summer Salons. An online series of short, engaging talks with discussion via Zoom. Time: 7pm. Tickets for individual salons: £8.50. https://ti.to/magickal-women-conference/summer-salons?

Free Practical Magic 101 tutorials: How to do Candle Magic, How to Burn Loose Incense, How to use a Sage Smudge, How to use a Pendulum at https://www.treadwells-london.com/intro plus free podcasts: https://www.treadwells-london.com/treadwell-s-podcast For £12.99 a month you can also subscribe to gain access to uploaded illustrated lectures and seminars from Treadwell's renowned catalogue of events: https://www.treadwells-london.com/lectures

Disclaimer: Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical protection, this is *not* medical advice.