Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of weird, wonderful and witchy events over the next week or so. Many are online, but an increasing number are outdoors or in-person. I generally list events in the UK, especially in or near London, but some are outside that time zone. If you know an online or London-based event you want included, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com

Now - 4 July; Ritual Britain. Exhibition by Ben Edge and the Museum of British Folklore. Venue: The Crypt Gallery (St Pancras), Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA. Open: Noon to 6pm. Free entry. http://cryptgallery.org/

Now- 22 August; Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery. Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. Time: Wed - Sun, 10am - 5pm. Entry: Free with general admission ticket. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands

Now to Friday 6 August; Strange Things Among Us - 2021 Summer Exhibition. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-5pm. Tickets free, but you can register your interest in attending. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Now to 1 July; Luke Jerram’s art installation Gaia at the Old Royal Naval College. Venue: Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NN.  Opening: 10am-5pm. Adult tickets £13.50 but concessions available. https://ornc.org/whats-on/gaia/

Now to 3 January 2022 Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature. Exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Waterhouse Gallery, South Kensington, London. Tickets: Adult £22, Conc £17.50. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/fantastic-beasts-the-wonder-of-nature.html?

Wednesday 30 June (every Wednesday); Wellbeing Wednesdays with Nadine and Caitriona. Online event. Time: 12.30pm. Tickets: £22 per monthly subscription. https://behappiest.co.uk/ 

Wednesday 30 June; Traditions of Death and Burial. Online talk by Dr Helen Frisby, author of the Shire book Traditions of Death and Burial. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £6. 

arnosvale.org.uk/events/online-talk-traditions-of-death-and-burial

Wednesday 30 June; Spirit of Flowers - 2-part workshop with Bell Senlle. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15 per session. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 30 June (every Wednesday); The Witching Hour on the Witches Inn YouTube channel. Time 8pm. Free. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4Kl-MbdjsApFvodCnvANA

Wednesday 30 June (every other Wednesday); Calming Sound Journey. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £10.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 1 July; Work with Shamanism to Grow Personally and Professionally. Online event with Harriet Goudard every Thursday. Time: 10am. Free. https://www.meetup.com/awaken-the-inner-shaman-london/

Thursday 1 July; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 for non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 1 July; The Static Alignments - Austin Osman Spare’s School of Draughtmanship. Online talk by Michael Staley via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 1 July; Dr. Peter McCue on 'The Black Eyed Children'. Online ASSAP talk. Time: 7pm. Free event for all ASSAP members. To join for £5 per year, visit http://www.assap.ac.uk/

Thursday 1 July; Magic in the Bottle: Vinegars. Zoom workshop with Hannah Sanders on practical herb lore, including the recipe for Four Thieves Vinegar, via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 1 July; Rituals of Hidden Rubbish. Zoom talky by archaeologist Wayne Perkin, via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £10/£8. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 1 July; Astro Magick 1 - The History of Astrology. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: 7pm. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 1 July; Launch event for 'A Spell in the Forest' by Roselle Angwin. Free online event. Time 7pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-event-for-a-spell-in-the-forest-by-roselle-angwin-tickets-158697116347

Thursday 1 July (tbc); Shooting the Wild Witch Breeze. Facebook Live Chat with Rachel Patterson and Elen Sentier.  A new chat video usually every two weeks on a Thursday. Time: 7pm.  Free. https://www.facebook.com/MoonBooks

Thursday 1 July; Reweirding: A Psychogeographical Pilgrimage – Seeking Thin Places. Online event with Conway Hall Ethical Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £5. https://conwayhall.org.uk/event/online-reweirding-a-psychogeographical-pilgrimage-seeking-thin-places/

Friday 2 July (every Friday); Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 2 July; Cacao Ceremony for Healing and Heart Opening via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. In-person event. Venue:Hampstead Heath, North London. Time: 11am-1.30pm. Tickets: £11. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Friday 2 July; Magic for the Month of July. Talk by me, Lucya Starza, creator of Every Day Magic, on Facebook Live. Time: 4pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/336489817873505

Friday 2 July; Spirit Animals with Fiongal Greenlaw. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 3 July; Spirit: An Introduction. Online workshop with Sarah Tyler-Walters via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm-5pm. Tickets: £80/£60. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 3 July;  The Fairy Tale and the Portal. Mystery Drama on Zoom hosed by Trevor Dance, through Rudolf Steiner House. Free. Time: 2.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/

Saturday 3 July; Love and gratitude message to river Thames with London Nature Water Spirits Gratitude Meetup Group. In-person event for group members. Meet at St Paul's Walk, near the Millennium Bridge. Time: 4.30pm. Free. https://www.meetup.com/London-Nature-Spirit-Consciousness-Gratitude-Meetup-Group/

Saturday 3 July; London Dreamtime Story Circle “Trees” (live). Venue: A secret location in the city of London.  Time: 7pm. Price: by donation.  https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/ 

Sunday 4 July; The Medium's Inner Work. In-person workshop with Gary Wright. Venue: College of Psychic Studies,  16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 4 July; Kambo with Marco and Susie. In-person event organised by Aho Studio. Venue: 12 Old Manor Yard, London SW5 9AB. Time: noon. Tickets: £50. www.aho.community 

Sunday 4 July; Visit to Richmond Park - Walk, Picnic and Stag-Lord magic! via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. In-person event. Venue: Richmond Park, West London. Time: 2pm. Free but you must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Sunday 4 July; 13 Knots Wicca Course: In-person introductory event with London Wiccans.  Venue: Colliers Wood, London. Time: 2.30pm. Free. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wiccans/events/278961910/

Sunday 4 July; Cornish Folklore and Myth with Alex Langstone. Zoom lecture through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cornish-folklore-and-mylth-with-alex-langstone-on-zoom-tickets-139158307243?

Sunday 4 July; Woodspirits in July - Summer Solstice. Free, in-person event for members of the group.   · Meet at Cheshunt station before walking to Lee Valley Park for the ritual. Time: 3pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/1090833881445079/

Monday 5 July (every Monday); Mindful Still Life Monday Sessions with London Drawing, via Zoom. Two sessions: 12.30pm and 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://londondrawing.com/online-creative-sessions/

Monday 5 July (every Monday); Mindful Mondays with Caitriona of Be Happiest. Online event. Time 7pm. Tickets: £6 per session or £20 per month. https://behappiest.co.uk/ 

Monday 5 July; Protective Magic. Online workshop with Rebecca Beattie, author of Nature Mystics, via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 5 July; Recent Development in Thoughtography. Talk by Simon Duan. Online Zoom event via the Society for Psychical Research. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £0-£5. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Tuesday 6 July; Henry Glassie and Doc Rowe in Conversation. Online talk through the Folklore Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £5: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/henry-glassie-and-doc-rowe-in-conversation-tickets-158512169165

Tuesday 6 July; Tarot Archetypes - Queens. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: evening. Tickets £15.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Tuesday 6 July (tbc); Heron Drums Online Journeying Circle via Facebook or Zoom. Time: 7pm: Free. Details: https://www.facebook.com/herondrumsuk/

Tuesday 6 July; Free Introduction Call for the Shamanism and the Medicine Wheel Foundation Course. Zoom event organised by Aho Studio. Time: 7.30pm. www.aho.community 

Tuesday 6 July; Nazis and the Occult. Zoom lecture by Michael Fitzgerald through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Tuesday 6 July (first Tuesday each month); The Witches' Inn Moot. Venue: The Pavillion, Plough Road, Smallfield, Horley, RH6 9JL. Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/The-Witches-Inn-1568424150049437

Wednesday 7 -  Saturday 10 July; New Approaches to Cosmos and Spirit in the Premodern World. Online conference via the The Warburg Institute. Starts 2pm. Tickets free but advance registration required. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events

Wednesday 7 July; Walking the lost waterways: at the source: the Fleet, the Westbourne and the Tyburn. Walk organised by Museum of London. Meeting details sent after booking. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £22/£18. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/whats-on/

Wednesday 7 July (tbc); Drumming and Meditation Online with Taz Thornton. Monthly event, first Wednesday of the month. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial#

Wednesday 7 July; Happy Birthday Cancer with Tree Carr. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 7 July; Minor Arcana of the Rider-Waite Smith Tarot. Start of  4-evening online workshop with Adrien Mastrosimone via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £100. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 8 July; Folklore, Folk Tales and Funny Folk. Free online talk running at three times during the day with  48-hour replay available. https://www.mirthy.co.uk/event-catalogue/folklore-folktales-funnyfolk/

Thursday 8 July; This is It. Online talk by James Low via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 8 July; Blessing Oils. Zoom workshop with Hannah Sanders on practical  lore, via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 8 July; Astro Magic Water Signs with Tree Carr. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 8 July; The UnNatural History Museum - NMM Cornwall - Viktor Wynd's Zoom Tour. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-unnatural-history-museum-nmm-cornwall-viktor-wynds-zoom-tour-tickets-150916464207?

Thursday 8 July (tbc); Online talk at South East London Folklore Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets: Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2438110887/

Thursday 8 July (tbc);  Make Your Own Magic Breathwork (every other Thursday). Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £5-£20. Time: 8.30pm. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 10 July; High-Powered Advice for Spellcraft Success. Online workshop with Kelly-Ann Maddox via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 10am-1pm. Tickets: £75/£55. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 10 July; Into the Bronze Age: Walking Vauxhall. Walk organised by Museum of London. Meeting details sent after booking. Time: 11am. Tickets: £22/£18. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/whats-on/

Saturday 10 July; Birth of Goddess Isis - New Moon Ceremony with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Richmond, London. Time: 1pm. Tickets £5, you  must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Saturday 10 July (and other dates); Drury Lane: Walking tour with of Drury Lane, London, and environs street theatre, songs and pub stops via Minimum Labyrinth. Time: 2pm. Tickets £19.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/minimum-labyrinth-4600043469

Saturday 10 July; Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki: The Four Faces of Eve. Spotlight event via Zoom, through the Magickal Women Partnership. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/

Saturday 10 July; New Moon Circle. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 10 July; Aphrodite's Flame Flame Vigil Annual Festival - First year of the 700th Olympiad begins. Join Aphrodite's Flame Keepers to tend a candle flame from for as long as you wish in your own home, from dusk to dusk. Venue: Worldwide. Details: https://www.facebook.com/aphroditesflame/

Sunday 11 July; The Goddess in Irish Mythology. Online talk by Eimear Burke via The Doreen Valiente Foundation. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-goddess-in-irish-mythology-with-eimear-burke-tickets-148395299335?

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own talk on Magic for the Month. Contact the organisers directly with questions. I generally list things in the UK, especially in or near London, but some are outside that time zone. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical wellbeing and healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you are attending an in-person event, make sure you are aware of regulations.

Occult London: Treadwell's Massive Basement Book Sale

I popped into Treadwell's the other day to have a look at the shop's new decor, and discovered they are currently having a huge sale of books.

All the books in the basement room are being sold at £2 each or 3 for £5. There are rows of tables filled with volumes that you can browse through. Some of them are on esoteric subjects, but there's also fiction and loads of other non-fiction titles as well. I came away with a paperback novel, a medieval recipe book and a hardback on crafting. 

The upstairs shop still has its usual wonderful selection of books on witchcraft, magic, paganism and other occult subjects at regular prices. Oh and the new decor is lovely too - both upstairs and down. The collage on this post shows photos I took when I was there.

Treadwell's Bookshop is at 33 Store Street, London WC1E and is open every week from Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 6pm, and browsing is welcomed. You can visit the website here: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thomas Becket: Christian Miracles or Medieval Magic?

At the Thomas Becket exhibition at the British Museum there are several items on display relating to the saint that people believed had miraculous powers. 

After his death, people at the time thought objects associated with him could offer supernatural aid. Fragments of his clothing or pieces of his bone, held in ornate reliquaries, were famed for their healing properties. Pilgrims bought badges, partly as souvenirs of visits to holy places, but also as amulets of protection or as ways of channeling the power from the site after they had left. One particularly strange, and to modern eyes gruesome, custom related to the saint was St Thomas Water. This was his blood mixed with water, put into little flasks that his cult followers drank or soaked onto bandages as a cure-all. But are these things Christian miracles, or are they really more like medieval magic?

It is quite easy, as a modern pagan, to think there's a clear divide between magic, as in spellwork, and Christian miracles, but when you consider both to be supernatural ways of creating change in the material world, they aren't so different. We might wear a specific crystal or burn a certain colour candle, holding the view that a mixture of the properties of the object plus our own will or belief have the power to make what we want happen. A medieval member of the cult of St Thomas might wear their pilgrim badge or burn a candle to the saint holding the view that the properties of the object and their own faith would heal them or protect them. Not really so very different at all.

The picture on this post is one I took at the Becket exhibition, and shows a reliquary viewed through a translucent screen that creates a beautiful illusion of Canterbury Cathedral. I really enjoyed the exhibition, which covers the life of Thomas Becket as well as giving a glimpse into what London was like at the time. It relates the story of his murder, using objects and an animated display, then looks at changing attitudes towards the man, rebel and saint. You can find out more here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/thomas-becket-murder-and-making-saint

I'm Giving a Free Online Talk on Magic for Month: July

I'll be giving a free Facebook Live talk on Magic for the Month of July next Friday, July 2nd. I'll be talking about seasonal folklore and festivals as well as giving a guided visualisation. I'll be going live at 4pm, although the video will stay on Facebook so you can watch it later. It will be completely free and you can find the details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/336489817873505/

I'll put it up on my YouTube channel after the event, which is where you can watch recordings of my earlier talks on magic for January, February, March, April, May and June. 

You can find out more about my books, Pagan Portals - Candle Magic, Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls and Every Day Magic, on my author page at publisher Moon Books' website or at my Amazon author page.

Walking Bodies: Seeking Chaos, Chance & Inspiration

I love walking as a way to get inspiration, and I don't have to visit beautiful unspoilt countryside either. Just a stroll around my own town can give me ideas for what to write about. 

On Wednesday evening I went to the online launch event for the new book Walking Bodies, which is about walking as art and walking to inspire art. It's part of a new movement using techniques from psychogeography, guided tours, perambulatory theatre and other forms of performance art. The subtitle of the event was Scores and Exchanges. Scores are basically brief ideas for themes and topics when going for a walk. 

The organisers sent out seven different scores beforehand and invited participants to do one or two, and then write something short. The image to the right shows the score I decided to do. The collage at the top shows photographs I took when I was out, and the poem below is my creative offering inspired by it:

 On Straight Streets

Worms and wildflowers,

Snowflake symbols,

Fallen fence and child's spinner,
Shops for bets and Lucky booze 

Art and writing on the walls - 

All of these things I saw

Winding my way

On straight streets

Walking Bodies: Papers, Provocations, Actions from Walking’s New Movements, the Conference is ​edited by Helen Billinghurst, Claire Hind and Phil Smith. It is published by Triarchy Press. I've ordered a copy of the book and am looking forward to trying out more of the ideas within it.

You can also view Walking Bodies on Amazon. Please note I earn commission from some links.

Previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/07/review-on-walking-psychogeographical.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/06/review-walking-stumbling-limping-falling.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/07/psychogeography-full-circle-walking.html

Book Excerpt: Secret Medicines from Your Garden

Here's an excerpt from Secret Medicines from Your Garden by druid and herbalist Ellen Evert Hopman. The book is published by Healing Arts Press.

Snake Medicines

Snake Medicines were used for snake bites, insect stings, infections and poisoning. These herbs clean the blood by strengthening the liver, the organ that clears poisons from the blood stream. They also help to foster a strong metabolism.

Snake teaches us to shed our skin and renew ourselves, even after suffering many bites, poisons and traumas. When we let go and allow the universe to re-create us, we transmute our suffering into divine power.

Black Cohosh, Black Snake Root, Rattle Root, Black Bugbane (Cimicifuga racemosa)

The root tea was taken to “promote menstruation”, for colds and coughs, for tuberculosis, for constipation, for hives, as a blood purifier, as a kidney aid, to promote breast milk and for rheumatism. It was used as a sedative to help infants sleep and was considered a general tonic (sometimes it was mixed with elecampane root (Inula helenium) and stone root (Collinsonia Canadensis) to make a tonic).

The roots were infused in alcoholic spirits for rheumatic pain and a tea of the roots and plant was used in steam and as a bath for rheumatism.

A leaf poultice was applied to a baby’s sore back.

Snakeweed, Plantain

Largebracted Plantain (Plantago aristata)

The root tea was taken for dysentery.

The leaf tea was taken for poisonous bites and stings, for snake bite, bloody urine, for diarrhea and was given to children to strengthen them.

The leaf tea was used externally as a wash for bites and stings, and as a douche for vaginal discharges.

The juice was applied to sore eyes.

Narrow Leaf Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)

The leaf poultice or a tea of the leaf was applied to headaches, snake bites, burns, blisters, ulcers, insect stings.

The tea of the leaf was taken for poisonous bites, stings, snake bite and earache.

The leaf tea was used as a douche for vaginal discharge.

The root tea was used for dysentery and babies diarrhea.

Common Plantain (Plantago major)

The tea of the whole plant was used for coughs, stomach problems, as a laxative. 

The leaf tea was taken for poisonous bites, stings, snake bite and bloody urine.

The leaf tea was used as a wash for sore eyes, as a douche and applied to earaches.

A crushed leaf poultice was applied to bruises and used to pull pus from wounds and infections.

A hot leaf poultice was used to draw thorns and splinters.

The leaves were bound to burns, bruises, snake bites and insect bites.

A poultice of the chopped root and leaf was applied to snake bite.

A poultice of the cooked flower stems was applied to abscesses.

The leaf poultice was applied to painful and rheumatic parts and swellings, burns, wounds and contusions, to headaches, sprains, blisters, ulcers, cuts, boils, sores, infection and stings.

The leaf was chewed and eaten to treat stomach ulcers and chewed and applied as a poultice for sores, carbuncles and hemorrhoids.

The tea of the root was used for dysentery, for diarrhea in babies, for fevers, colds, pneumonia and as a laxative.

The tea of the seeds was used to improve digestion and regulate the menses.

You can view Secret Medicines from Your Garden on Amazon, on the publisher website and at Ellen's online shop. 

Note: This book excerpt is for information purposes only, it is not medical advice.

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of weird, wonderful and witchy events over the next week or so. Many are online, but an increasing number are outdoors or in-person. I generally list events in the UK, especially in or near London, but some are outside that time zone. If you know an online or London-based event you want included, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com

Now - 4 July; Ritual Britain. Exhibition by Ben Edge and the Museum of British Folklore. Venue: The Crypt Gallery (St Pancras), Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA. Open: Noon to 6pm. Free entry. http://cryptgallery.org/

Now- 22 August; Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery. Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. Time: Wed - Sun, 10am - 5pm. Entry: Free with general admission ticket. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands

Now to Friday 6 August; Strange Things Among Us - 2021 Summer Exhibition. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-5pm. Tickets free, but you can register your interest in attending. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Now to 1 July; Luke Jerram’s art installation Gaia at the Old Royal Naval College. Venue: Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NN.  Opening: 10am-5pm. Adult tickets £13.50 but concessions available. https://ornc.org/whats-on/gaia/

Now to 3 January 2022 Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature. Exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Waterhouse Gallery

South Kensington, London. Tickets: Adult £22, Conc £17.50. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/fantastic-beasts-the-wonder-of-nature.html?

Wednesday 23 June (every Wednesday); Wellbeing Wednesdays with Nadine and Caitriona. Online event. Time: 12.30pm. Tickets: £6 per session or £20 per month. https://behappiest.co.uk/ 

Wednesday 23 June; Hay House Hour Featured Speaker: Shereen Öberg on Summer Solstice Celebration: Honoring Nature and Ourselves. Virtual Event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: Free. Details: https://www.discover.hayhouse.com/hayhouse-hour-virtual-event/?

Wednesday 23 June; Crossbones Online Vigil for St John's Eve. On the 23rd of every month since June 2004, people have honoured the outcast dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. At the moment, this is being offered via Zoom. Time: 7pm. Free. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/GooseandCrow/  

Wednesday 23 June; Walking Bodies: Scores and Exchanges Tickets. An evening of walking arts hosted by Triarchy Press to celebrate the recent publication of the book. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: Free. Details: https://www.triarchypress.net/walkingbodieslaunch.html

Wednesday 23 June;  Twins – Superstitions and Marvels, Fantasies and Experiments. Talk organised by London Fortean Society and Conway Hall. Venue: online and in person at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £5 minimum recommended donation. https://conwayhall.org.uk/

Wednesday 23 June (every Wednesday); The Witching Hour on the Witches Inn YouTube channel. Time 8pm. Free. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4Kl-MbdjsApFvodCnvANA

Wednesday 23 June; Full Moon Ceremony with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Thames shore near the Millennium Bridge, London. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £5, you  must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Thursday 24 June; Work with Shamanism to Grow Personally and Professionally. Online event with Harriet Goudard every Thursday. Time: 10am. Free. https://www.meetup.com/awaken-the-inner-shaman-london/

Thursday 24 June; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 for non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 24 June; Agrippa's 4 Books of Occult Philosophy. Online talk by Paul Summers Young via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 24 June; Dr. David Sivier on 'Archaeology and Magic'. Online ASSAP talk. Time: 7pm. Free event. Tickets available to ASSAP members. To join for £5 per year, visit http://www.assap.ac.uk/

Thursday 24 June; Dragons with Professor Ronald Hutton. Zoom lecture through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dragons-professor-ronald-hutton-zoom-lecture-tickets-145010356881?

Thursday 24 June; Full Moon Circle with Tree Carr and Aisha Carrington via She's Lost Control. Venue: Core Clapton, Northwold Road, London. Time: 7pm.  Cost: £45. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/products/irl-full-moon-circle-with-tree-carr-and-aisha-carrington

Thursday 24 June; Luna Iter online ritual. Time: 8pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154/

Thursday 24 June; Make Your Own Magic Breathwork (every other Thursday). Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £5-£20. Time: 8.30pm. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 25 June (every Friday); Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 25 June; Austin Osman Spare: Artist, Occultist, Sensualist. Online talk by Geraldine Beskin via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 25 June;  Online launch event for the book Making Magic Happen, Selected Essays from the Inaugural Magickal Women Conference 2019. Time: 7pm. Tickets: Free. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/

Friday 25 June; Full Moon vigil 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 during that time and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Free. Details: http://peacefires.org/

Friday 25 June; The Pagan Federation Community Quiz - Episode 6. Free  · online event. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/971509956957847

Saturday, 26 June; Grounding and Protection. In-person workshop with Lucy Aumonier. Venue: College of Psychic Studies,  16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 10am-5pm. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 26 June; Fortunalia. Free  online event via· Facebook Live. Time: 3.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/252381339980098/

Saturday, 26 June;  Woodland Midsummer 2021 - Outdoor Ritual Gathering via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London.. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Sunday 27 June (every Sunday); Kambo with Marco and Susie. In-person event organised by Aho Studio. Venue: 12 Old Manor Yard, London SW5 9AB. Time: noon. Tickets: £50. www.aho.community 

Sunday 27 June; Spell Crafting 101. Free  · online event by The Lunar Hearth Cauldron. Time: 11pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/298725128541499

Monday 28 June (every Monday); Mindful Still Life Monday Sessions with London Drawing, via Zoom. Two sessions: 12.30pm and 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://londondrawing.com/online-creative-sessions/

Monday 28 June (every Monday); Mindful Mondays with Caitriona of Be Happiest. Online event. Time 7pm. Tickets: £7 per session or £25 per month. https://behappiest.co.uk/ 

Monday 28 June; Underworld Deities: Meeting the Gods. Online talk with Rebecca Beattie, author of Nature Mystics, via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 28 June; How to Know Higher Worlds. Study and conversation group on Zoom hosed by Dr Sue Peat and Philip Martyn, through Rudolf Steiner House. Free. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/

Monday 28 June; Decoding your Energy with Shoba Haridas. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £22. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 29 June; Tarot Archetypes. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: evening. Tickets £15.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Tuesday 29 June; Empath Self Care (every other Tuesday). Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: 7pm. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 30 June; Traditions of Death and Burial. Online talk by Dr Helen Frisby, author of the Shire book Traditions of Death and Burial. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £6. 

arnosvale.org.uk/events/online-talk-traditions-of-death-and-burial

Wednesday 30 June; Spirit of Flowers - 2-part workshop with Bell Senlle. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15 per session. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 30 June (every other Wednesday); Calming Sound Journey. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £10.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 1 July; The Static Alignments - Austin Osman Spare’s School of Draughtmanship. Online talk by Michael Staley via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 1 July; Magic in the Bottle: Vinegars. Zoom workshop with Hannah Sanders on practical herb lore, including the recipe for Four Thieves Vinegar, via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 1 July; Rituals of Hidden Rubbish. Zoom talky by archaeologist Wayne Perkin, via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £10/£8. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 1 July; Astro Magick 1 - The History of Astrology. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: 7pm. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 1 July; Launch event for 'A Spell in the Forest' by Roselle Angwin. Free online event. Time 7pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-event-for-a-spell-in-the-forest-by-roselle-angwin-tickets-158697116347

Thursday 1 July (tbc); Shooting the Wild Witch Breeze. Facebook Live Chat with Rachel Patterson and Elen Sentier.  A new chat video usually every two weeks on a Thursday. Time: 7pm.  Free. https://www.facebook.com/MoonBooks

Thursday 1 July; Reweirding: A Psychogeographical Pilgrimage – Seeking Thin Places. Online event with Conway Hall Ethical Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £5. https://conwayhall.org.uk/event/online-reweirding-a-psychogeographical-pilgrimage-seeking-thin-places/

Friday 2 July; Cacao Ceremony for Healing and Heart Opening via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. In-person event. Venue:Hampstead Heath, North London. Time: 11am-1.30pm. Tickets: £11. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Friday 2 July; Magic for the Month of July. Talk by me, Lucya Starza, creator of Every Day Magic, on Facebook Live. Time: 4pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/336489817873505

Friday 2 July; Spirit Animals with Fiongal Greenlaw. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 3 July; Love and gratitude message to river Thames with London Nature Water Spirits Gratitude Meetup Group. In-person event for group members. Meet at St Paul's Walk, near the Millennium Bridge. Time: 4.30pm. Free. https://www.meetup.com/London-Nature-Spirit-Consciousness-Gratitude-Meetup-Group/

Saturday 3 July; London Dreamtime Story Circle “Trees” (live). Venue: A secret location in the city of London.  Time: 7pm. Price: by donation.  https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/ 

Sunday 4 July; The Medium's Inner Work. In-person workshop with Gary Wright. Venue: College of Psychic Studies,  16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 4 July; 13 Knots Wicca Course: Introductory Event with London Wiccans. In-person event. Venue: Colliers Wood, London. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wiccans/events/278961910/

Sunday 4 July; Cornish Folklore and Myth with Alex Langstone. Zoom lecture through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cornish-folklore-and-mylth-with-alex-langstone-on-zoom-tickets-139158307243?

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own talk on Magic for the Month. Contact the organisers directly with questions. I generally list things in the UK, especially in or near London, but some are outside that time zone. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical wellbeing and healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you are attending an in-person event, make sure you are aware of regulations.

Practical Witchcraft: Making Charged Solstice Water

Here is a post by Jane Mortimer on making charged water, which she wrote on the Summer Solstice. It is a companion to her earlier post on making Blue Moon Water:

21st June

It's wet and miserable here today, but I've put a bottle of sparkling spring water in each of the front and back gardens to catch today's magickal sunlight, such as it is. 

Charged water really is magickal. There's been a pot of Tradescantia Zebrina slowly dying from the roots up on the spare room windowsill for months on end, and I finally got round to re-potting all the live bits on Saturday. I watered them with Samhain Blue Moon water and now they're positively flourishing - and they haven't even got roots yet! 

It's lovely to see plants come back to life.

The picture is copyright Jane Mortimer.

Other previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2020/07/pagan-eye-scrying-by-water-and-lantern.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2020/10/craft-making-candles-using-mini-jelly.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2020/07/spells-making-peace-dust-from-foraged.html

Summer Mandala: Sun Wheel of Leaves & Fallen Flowers

Midsummer's Eve is a traditional time for picking herbs. While there's some disagreement on whether that's June 20th or 23rd - just before the Solstice or a few days later - I decided to go into my garden yesterday to collect flowers and leaves for a summer mandala. The heavy rains of the past few days had battered my roses and foxgloves and the ground was covered in fallen petals. I was drawn to collect some and create a sun wheel using them as well as leaves. Some of the things I picked were from wild plants in my lawn. I have deliberately let my grass grow long for the sake of insects and bees. 

Earlier this year I decided to continue a project I did back in 2017,when I made a mandala each month using flowers and other found objects, inspired by the book I edited, Every Day Magic - A Pagan Book of Days. This year, I have been doing one for each season. Back in January, I created a winter mandala and then I did one for spring in April. 

Creating my summer mandala  and meditating on it afterwards reminded me of the cycle of life that the Wheel of the Year represents. The fallen petals, which would soon wither and fade, show that even at the height of summer there is both life and death. The rains that caused the blooms to drop earlier than they might have done are also necessary for other plants to grow.

Weird London: Stonehenge's Brutalist Child - Stonepenge

Everyone loves to visit a stone circle at the Solstice, don't they? If you live in South London, rather than going all the way to Stonehenge in the middle of nowhere, why not visit it's near-namesake close to home - Stonepenge!

Here are just a few of the 49 reviews posted on Google Maps of the site us locals hold sacred:

"My tribe and I go there at summer solstice to sacrifice a Beyond Meat Burger goat.  We honour my ancestors who legend has it sacrificed a real goat, we have updated this tradition to be more animal friendly and modern."

"If I need to balance my chakras, I head straight to Stonepenge. Such a place of peace and tranquility, complete with the gentle hum of illegal quad bike riders and the subtle smell of South London's finest weed."

"The heart of the local community. We meet there every full moon to enact the rites that keep the dinosaurs asleep and protect all good Pengeuins. And we have cake purchased earlier in the day from the fine new cafe in the Park. Five stars. Would recommend."

Oh and this is the review I left: 

"The sacred heart of Crystal Palace! Happy memories of picnicking at the stones in my childhood, after bathing at the sports centre pool!"

Actually, that last bit's true. Those three brutalist concrete megaliths surrounded by an outer ring of smaller slabs was a seating area built in the early 1960s as part of the National Sports Centre, and I do have very happy memories of eating packed lunches there with my friends after going swimming. While those reviews were written with humour, those weirdly tall seats are a local landmark and, in their way, are loved by the people who live around the park in Penge and Crystal Palace. 

As well as the photos, which I took recently, you can see a map of the area - just in case you want to visit for the Solstice or any other time. The park is mostly famous for its Victorian dinosaur statues, well worth seeing too.

Where to Watch the Sunset on Solstice Eve in London

If you're thinking of watching the sunset on the Summer Solstice Eve in London, here are some suggestions. The picture you can see at the top is one I took of the city skyline at dusk from One Tree Hill, in Honor Oak, Southwark, about 7 years ago. It's a great place to view both the sunset and the sunrise. Here are four other places in London that are recommended as good spots to watch the sunset at any time of the year, but Solstice Eve is a perfect time to do so:

• Primrose Hill, Camden
• Telegraph Hill Park, Brockley, Lewisham
• Richmond Park, Richmond
• Waterloo Bridge, London SE1

Primrose Hill and Richmond Park are also good for catching the sunrise too, if you fancy a shortest-night vigil. The actual moment of the Summer Solstice 2021 is on Monday, 21 June at 4.32am in London. Sunset on 20 June is 9.21pm and sunrise on 21 June is 4.23am.

If you know of a great spot in London to watch the sunrise or sunset that I haven't mentioned, do leave a comment.

Previous related posts:
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2021/06/lucya-starza-on-magic-for-month-of-june.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/06/the-sun-temple-summer-solstice-guided.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/06/happy-summer-solstice-from-crystal.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2016/06/more-photos-of-solstice-sunset-at.html

Magical Summer Solstice and Midsummer Pagan Events

The Summer Solstice in 2021 is on Monday 21 June at 4.32am British Summer Time. There are lots of things happening over the next week to mark the moment when the sun appears to stand still before lengthening days turn into lengthening nights. The Summer Solstice is most celebrated festival of the pagan Wheel of the Year, while traditional midsummer is a few days later on 24 June. Here are pagan events over that time. Many of the ones I list are in London, because that's where I'm based, but some are in other parts of England and I also list oodles of online things you can do wherever you are.

Now - 4 July; Ritual Britain. Exhibition by Ben Edge and the Museum of British Folklore. Venue: The Crypt Gallery (St Pancras), Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA. Open: Noon to 6pm. Free entry. http://cryptgallery.org/

Now- 22 August; Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery. Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. Time: Wed - Sun, 10am - 5pm. Entry: Free with general admission ticket. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands

Now to Friday 6 August; Strange Things Among Us - 2021 Summer Exhibition. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-5pm. Tickets free, but you can register your interest in attending. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Now to 1 July; Luke Jerram’s art installation Gaia at the Old Royal Naval College (pictured). Venue: Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NN.  Opening: 10am-5pm. Adult tickets £13.50 but concessions available. https://ornc.org/whats-on/gaia/

Now to 3 January 2022 Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature. Exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Waterhouse Gallery

South Kensington, London. Tickets: Adult £22, Conc £17.50. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/fantastic-beasts-the-wonder-of-nature.html?

Now -19 June; Second Annual LlewellynCon, 10 Days of author talks, giveaways, and more. Online event. Free but you must reserve a place. https://www.llewellyn.com/LlewellynCon2021/

Wednesday 16 June (every Wednesday); Wellbeing Wednesdays with Nadine and Caitriona. Online event. Time: 12.30pm. Tickets: £6 per session or £20 per month. https://behappiest.co.uk/ 

Wednesday 16 June; BSL tour: Gods and goddesses of Roman Britain by British Museum. live-streamed tour exploring the collections in Room 49 and Room 50. Free  · Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: free. https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/british-sign-language-tour-gods-and-goddesses-roman-britain

Wednesday 16 June (every other Wednesday); Calming Sound Journey. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £10.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Wednesday 16 June (every Wednesday); The Witching Hour on the Witches Inn YouTube channel. Time 8pm. Free. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4Kl-MbdjsApFvodCnvANA

Thursday 17 June; Work with Shamanism to Grow Personally and Professionally. Online event with Harriet Goudard every Thursday. Time: 10am. Free. https://www.meetup.com/awaken-the-inner-shaman-london/

Thursday 17 June; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 for non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 17 June; The Two Antichrists. Online talk by Peter Grey via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 17 June; Old Folklore: Tree Magic. Online workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 17 June; Christopher Laursen on 'Poltergeists in ASSAP's first decade'. Online ASSAP talk. Time: 7pm. Free event. Tickets available to ASSAP members. To join for £5 per year, visit http://www.assap.ac.uk/

Thursday 17 June; The Thoth Tarot Workshop. Second in two-part workshop by Julian Vayne on Aleister Crowley’s Thoth tarot deck. Taught via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £40/£36. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 17 June; Exploring Archetypes. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: evening. Tickets £15.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Thursday 17 June; London City of the Dead: Built on Bones. A live, illustrated Zoom talk with historian Brenna Hassett via Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £4.80. https://londonmonthofthedead.com/events.html

Thursday 17 June (tbc); Shooting the Wild Witch Breeze. Facebook Live Chat with Rachel Patterson and Elen Sentier. A new chat video usually every two weeks on a Thursday. Time: 7pm.  Free. https://www.facebook.com/MoonBooks

Thursday 17 June; The Grove of Hidden Roots - Foundation Seidr. Start of 6-evening course with Andreas Kornevall.. Venue: Online via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £160. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 17 June; The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon - Dr.Manon Hedenborg White. Zoom lecture through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 17 June (every Friday); Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 18 June; Modern Paganism and Witchcraft. Online talk by Professor Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 19 June; Online OBOD Summer Gathering. All-day event, starts 10am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Saturday 19 June;  Summer Solstice Day Retreat for Self love, with Claudia Chapman of Reikilifecoach. Venue: Reikilifecoach, 116 Whitehouse Way, London, N14 7LU. Time: 10am. Tickets: £65.  https://www.reikilifecoach.org/

Saturday 19 June;  Bee Experience Day organised by Aho Studio. In-person socially distanced event for 6 people only. Venue: Near Hainault Station on the Central line. Time: 11am. Tickets: £50. www.aho.community 

Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 June; Summer Solstice Sweat Lodge: Weekend Retreat organised by Aho Studio. In-person camping event. Venue: a few miles outside London. Starts 2pm. Tickets: £180. www.aho.community 

Sunday 20 June (tbc but usually every Sunday); Kambo with Marco and Susie. In-person event organised by Aho Studio. Venue: 12 Old Manor Yard, London SW5 9AB. Time: noon. Tickets: £50. www.aho.community 

Sunday, 20 June;  Breaking Dawn: Drum-Out in the Woods via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London.. Time: noon. Free event, but subject to rules on group numbers. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Sunday, 20 June;  Summer Solstice/HoldaBlot with Kith of the Tree and the Well. Venue:  · Greenwich Park, South East London. Time: 1pm. Free, but you must be a member of the group. https://www.facebook.com/events/2007639919386062/

Sunday, 20 June;  Summer Solstice Celebration. Live event in Clapham, London, SW4 7TS. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: £11.37 – £16.76 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-solstice-celebration-live-event-tickets-158479643881?

Sunday, 20 - Monday 21 June; 5th Annual Summer Solstice 26-Hour Global Healing 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 during that time and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Free. Details: http://peacefires.org/

Sunday, 20 June; Solstice Divine I AM Transmission and Activation with Vaz Sriharan and Adya Nova and the London College of Spirituality. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10/£20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solstice-divine-i-am-transmission-and-activation-vaz-sriharan-adya-nova-registration-154826053895?

Sunday, 20 June; Summer Solstice Sound Bath Meditation. Venue: Ethereal Primrose Hill, 107 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 8UR. Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £36.17. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-solstice-sound-bath-meditation-tickets-157079506031?

Sunday 20 - Monday 21 June; Summer Solstice at Stonehenge. English Heritage has cancelled open access to the stones for the sunset and sunrise due to regulations. The event will be livestreamed for online viewing. Details: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/solstice/ You can also watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/englishheritage  

Monday 21 June; Avebury Summer Solstice Livestream  Meditation. Free  · online event by Cosmic Classroom and the Henge Shop in Avebury. Time: 4.15am https://www.facebook.com/events/472676653821878/

Monday 21 June (every Monday); Mindful Still Life Monday Sessions with London Drawing, via Zoom. Two sessions: 12.30pm and 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://londondrawing.com/online-creative-sessions/

Monday 21 June (every Monday); Mindful Mondays with Caitriona of Be Happiest. Online event. Time 7pm. Tickets: £7 per session or £25 per month. https://behappiest.co.uk/ 

Monday 21 June; Midsummer: Wheel of the Year. Online talk with Rebecca Beattie, author of Nature Mystics, via Treadwell's Online. Via Zoom. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 21 June;  Aphrodite's Flame Summer Solstice Flame Vigil. Join Aphrodite's Flame Keepers to tend a candle flame from for as long as you wish in your own home, from dusk to dusk. Venue: Worldwide. Details: https://www.facebook.com/aphroditesflame/

Tuesday 22 June; Starting Your Psychic Journey. Start of 6-session course by Gary Wright via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £160. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 22 June;  Stargates - Stephen Clucas on: 'Hieroglyph, Anatomy and Cosmos: John Dee’s Monas Hieroglyphica'. Online talk via the The Warburg Institute. Time: 5.30pm. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events

Tuesday 22 June;  The Strange History of Mother Shipton. Online talk by Prof Richard Jenkins,Organised by The Folklore Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £5 via Eventbrite here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-strange-history-of-mother-shipton-tickets-158201096739

Tuesday 22 June; Norse Goddess Freyja - The Vanadis! Seidr Class #5 with Imelda Almqvist, author of Medicine of the Imagination. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://pregnant-hag-teachings.teachable.com/p/norse-goddess-freyja-the-vanadis/

Tuesday 22 June; Heron Drums Online Drumming Circle via Facebook or Zoom. Time: 7pm: Free. Details: https://www.facebook.com/herondrumsuk/

Tuesday 22 June; Cursed and Enchanted Objects in Scottish History. Online event with Evelyn Hollow. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £5 . https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cursed-and-enchanted-objects-in-scottish-history-evelyn-hollow-tickets-146388795829?

Wednesday 23 June; Crossbones Online Vigil for St John's Eve. On the 23rd of every month since June 2004, people have honoured the outcast dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. At the moment, this is being offered via Zoom. Time: 7pm. Free. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/GooseandCrow/  

Wednesday 23 June; Walking Bodies: Scores and Exchanges Tickets. An evening of walking arts hosted by Triarchy Press to celebrate the recent publication of the book. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: Free. Details: https://www.triarchypress.net/walkingbodieslaunch.html

Wednesday 23 June; Full Moon Ceremony with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Thames shore near the Millennium Bridge, London. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £5, you  must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Thursday 24 June; Agrippa's 4 Books of Occult Philosophy. Online talk by Paul Summers Young via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 24 June; Dragons with Professor Ronald Hutton. Zoom lecture through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dragons-professor-ronald-hutton-zoom-lecture-tickets-145010356881?

Thursday 24 June; Full Moon Circle with Tree Carr and Aisha Carrington via She's Lost Control. Venue: Core Clapton, Northwold Road, London. Time: 7pm.  Cost: £45. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/products/irl-full-moon-circle-with-tree-carr-and-aisha-carrington

Thursday 24 June; Luna Iter online ritual. Time: 8pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154/

Thursday 24 June (tbc); Make Your Own Magic Breathwork (every other Thursday). Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £5-£20. Time: 8.30pm. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 25 June; Austin Osman Spare: Artist, Occultist, Sensualist. Online talk by Geraldine Beskin via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 26 June. Fortunalia. Free  online event via· Facebook Live. Time: 3.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/252381339980098/

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events. Contact the organisers directly with questions. I generally list things in the UK, especially in or near London, but some are outside that time zone. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical wellbeing and healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you are attending an in-person event, make sure you are aware of regulations.