Wednesday 30 September 2020

Online and London Pagan Events in the Next Week

 Here is a list of online events and small group activities over the next week or so for pagans, witches and those with similar interests. I mostly list online events, and things taking place in London, as that's where I live. At the moment, events are often being reorganised due to Covid-related rules changes, so please check before attending anything. If you know an online ritual, talk, meeting or workshop you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com

Wednesday 30 September; Moon Books Live Talk and Discussion with Mabh Savage, author of A Modern Celt, hosted by Moon Books. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/1153326131706845/

Wednesday 30 September (tbc, but usually every Wednesday); Open Space Online Gathering via Zoom. Organised by Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £3. www.aho.community

Wednesday 30 September; Full Moon Sound Journey. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets £5-£15. Time: 8.30pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 1 - 21 October; Make Your Home a Temple - A Course in Home Energy Clearing. Eight-session online course with Goddess Awakening. Time: Mornings. Cost: £255. https://www.starlight-temple.com/bookings-checkout/make-your-home-a-temple

Thursday 1 October; Cleansing, Banishing and Centring. Online workshop with Julian Vayne, via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Thursday 1 October; The Lost Spells: Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. Online book launch event including spells, art and a Q and A. Hosted by Penguin Books. Time: 7pm. Tickets: free to attend the talk, £16.56 including a copy of the book. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lost-spells-robert-macfarlane-and-jackie-morris-in-conversation-tickets-121170834227

Thursday 1 October; Steve Parsons on 'Infrasound'. Online Association for the Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP) talk. Time: 7pm. Free event. The zoom link for the regular Thursday talks is emailed out to all ASSAP members, but can be booked by non-Assap members from Thursday morning if there are places left. Email secretary@assap.ac.uk. To join ASSAP, for £5 per year, visit http://www.assap.ac.uk/.

Thursday 1 October; Reweirding: Unofficial Britain. Online talk by Writer Gareth E. Rees via Conway Hall. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: donation of at least £5 recommended. https://conwayhall.org.uk/event/online-reweirding-unofficial-britain-journeys-through-unexpected-places

Thursday 1 October (tbc); Aries Full Moon Ceremony on the bank of the Thames with London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Beginners of Wicca and Paganism welcome. This is likely to be just 6 people at the ritual site, with a zoom link for others to join in online, following social distance rules. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £5/£3. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches

Thursday 1 October; Full Moon Circle and celebration of the opening of a new crystal shop in Broadway Market. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets Free. Time: 8pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Friday 2 October (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 2 October (tbc, usually every Friday); Shakti Yoga. Online event with Dancing the Goddess. Time: 9am. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/Dancing-the-Goddess/

Friday 2 October; 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/

Friday 2 October; Witchcraft and Folk 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: 3pm. Free event.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/725752541262809/

Friday 2 October (tbc usually every Friday); Psychic and Intuitive Skills Development. Online via Zoom with Mahesh Gordhan of the London School  of  Spirituality. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £5/£7.50. https://www.meetup.com/londonschoolofspirituality/

Saturday 3 October, The Grey Soul of London. Walk with Minimum Labyrinth around Gray’s Inn Road which fired the imagination of Arthur Machen. Tickets:  £15/£12.50. Two times: 2pm and 7pm. Details and booking:  www.minimumlabyrinth.org.

Saturday 3 October, The Wild Hunt online lecture organised by the Folklore Podcast. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £5. https://thefolklorepodcast.weebly.com/store/c9/Tickets.html

Sunday 4 October; I-Day Wicca Course for Beginners with London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Small socially distanced group, meeting outdoors in woodland. Venue: Queens Wood, North London. Time: 10.30am-5.30pm. Tickets £30. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches

Sunday 4 October; Theatre of Blood - How Vincent Price Found Love in Kensal Green Cemetery. A guided tour with Peter Fuller as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, 364 Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Green, London W10 5AB. Time: 11am  Tickets £12 including a 20 per cent donation to Kensal Green Cemetery. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Monday 5 October; Shakti Yoga - Awaken. Online event with Dancing the Goddess. Time: 7am. Tickets: £7. https://www.meetup.com/Dancing-the-Goddess/

Monday 5 October; 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 5 October; Opening Session of Romsey Storytelling Festival 2020, which runs to Saturday 10 October. Online. Time: 5pm. Tickets: Free for opening event. www.ticketsource.co.uk/romseyfestival

Monday 5 October; Ways into Witchcraft - Witches' Books. 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 6 October; Beautiful Death - Art and the Mystery of Mortality. A live, illustrated Zoom talk with Joanna Ebenstein as part of London Month of the Dead. Time: 7pm. Early bird tickets £4, including a donation to NHS charities. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Tuesday 6 October; Moon Cycle Alchemy with hedge witch Tree Carr. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets £5-£20. Time: 7pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Tuesday 6 October; Intuition Masterclass. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets £20-£30. Time: 7pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Tuesday 6 October (date tbc); Heron Drums Online Shamanic Drum Circle via Facebook or Zoom. Time: 7pm: Details: https://www.facebook.com/herondrumsuk/

Tuesday 6 October; Shamanism and the Medicine Wheel. Start of 13-week online and retreat foundation course with Miguel Da Silva and Gareth Hughes. Organised by Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30 per online session. www.aho.community

Tuesday 6 October; Merpeople - A Human History. Online talk by author Vaughn Scribner via London Fortean Society and Conway Hall. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: donation of at least £5 recommended. https://conwayhall.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173604458

Tuesday 6 October; The Witches' Inn Online Moot. Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/2125531280924696

Wednesday 7 October; Forest Bathing: Seasonal Self with London Forest Bathing Meet-up Group. Venue: Queen's Wood, Highgate, North London. Time: 9.30am. Tickets: £35. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Wednesday 7 October; Shakti Yoga - Decompress. Online event with Dancing the Goddess. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £7. https://www.meetup.com/Dancing-the-Goddess/

Wednesday 7 October; Living With Plague And Pestilence - The Medieval Experience. A live, illustrated Zoom talk with Dr Elma Brenner as part of London Month of the Dead. Time: 7pm. Early bird tickets £4, including a donation to NHS charities. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Wednesday 7 October; Moon Books Live Talk and Discussion with Elen Sentier, author of books on Elen of the Ways, Merlin and Gardening with the Moon and Stars, hosted by Moon Books. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/MoonBooks

Wednesday 7 October; Working with the Tylwyth Teg: Welsh Fairies and Fairy Magick. Start of four-week course by This Welsh Witch, through YouTube with course materials also emailed to learners.. Course price: £50, including Welsh Witch Tylwyth Teg Spell Kit. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/596948680980850

October 7-14; Hay House Finding Your Flow Summit. Online talks from personal growth authors, with 4-5 new lessons available free for 24 hours each day. https://www.discover.hayhouse.com/flow-summit-homepage/

Thursday 8 October; The Magic of Seidr. Start of 8-week online foundation course with Andreas Kornevall through the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: Members: £170, Non-members: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 8 October; Breathwork for Creativity. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £5-£20. Time: 7pm. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 8 October (tbc); Meeting the Archetypes: Maiden, Mother and Crone, with David and Kasia from Sacred Union. Online event via Zoom organised by Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. www.aho.community

Thursday 8 October; The Lore of Wolves and Werewolves. 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/

Friday 9 - Saturday 10 October; The 17th UK Tarot Conference. Virtual online conference with speakers: Kim Arnold, Chris Butler, Sasha Fenton, Ethony Dawn, Liz Dean, Christiana Gaudet, Juliet Sharman-Burke, John Matthews, Andrea Aste, Darren Shill and Neil Kelso. Organised with Atlantis Bookshop. Full ticket price: £56  Details: http://tarotconference.co.uk/

Friday 9 October; Herbal series - Bay Leaf. 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

Friday 9 October; Ulfhednar: From Fear to Love, from Boy to Wolf. Online storytelling by Jason Buck as part of Romsey Storytelling Festival 2020. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £6/£3. www.ticketsource.co.uk/romseyfestival

Friday, 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October; Arias Of The Undead. A candlelit concert in Kensal Green Cemetery with Gothic Opera as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, 364 Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Green, London W10 5AB. Time: 7pm.  Tickets £20 including a 20 per cent donation to Kensal Green Cemetery. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Saturday 10 October;  Season Of The Witch - Online Craft Fayre. Starts 10am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/3420590494721679/

Saturday 10 October; Cemetery of All Souls. A guided tour with Robert Stephenson as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, 364 Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Green, London W10 5AB. Time: 11am  Tickets £12 including a 20 per cent donation to Kensal Green Cemetery. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Saturday 10 October; The Pantheon of Pancras. Walk with Minimum Labyrinth around St Pancras in North London, looking at its mythology, history and folklore. Tickets:  £15 (£12.50 concessions). Two times: 2pm and 7pm. Details and booking:  www.minimumlabyrinth.org.

Sunday 11 October; A New Way Of Death. A Guided Tour of Nunhead Cemetery with Keith Turpin as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, London SE15 3LP. Time: 11am  Tickets £12 including a 20 per cent donation to Nunhead Cemetery. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Sunday 11 October; Chills of Chelsea. Stories of Murder and Satanic Rituals in SW3. A Guided Tour with Lauren Barnettas part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Chelsea, West London. Time: 2.30pm  Tickets £12 including a 20 per cent donation to Brompton Cemetery. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Sunday 11 October; Werewolves of London. Tour and storytelling around Charing Cross with Vanessa and George or London Dreamtime. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £13 via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-dreamtime-werewolves-of-london-tickets-119908153515?. Details: https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

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.

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