The Autumn Equinox, when the day and night are in balance, is on September 22, but celebrations of the festival are taking place this week and next. Here is a listing of magical events to celebrate the season. Most of the ones I list are in or near London, because that's where I live, but I also mention online talks and workshops that you can enjoy wherever you are.
Wednesday 15 September; Guided Meditation online with Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witchcraft series of books. Time: 8am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitchenwitchuk
Wednesday 15 September (every Wednesday); Wellbeing Wednesdays with Nadine and Caitriona. Online event. Time: 12.30pm. Tickets: £22 per monthly subscription. https://behappiest.co.uk/
Wednesday 15 September; Working with Psychic Symbols. Start of 6-week online evening class with Hernan Cotroneo via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £160. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday 15 September; Major Arcana of the Marseille Tarot. Start of four-session course with Adrien Mastrosimone via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £100. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Wednesday 15 September; Book Club - Honouring the Earth with Kasia Gwilliam and Lucy Porter. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £20. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Wednesday 15 September; Heron Drums - Spirit of the Drum. Start of four-week online course via Zoom. Time: 7pm: Tickets: £99. Details: https://ancientroots.thinkific.com/courses/spiritofthedrum?
Wednesday 15 September; Tony 'Doc' Shiels - Reenchanted Landscapes of Cornwall. Talk by Dr Rupert White. Online event through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7pm. Tickets · £5-£10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday 15 September (every Wednesday); The Witching Hour on the Witches Inn YouTube channel. This week I will be a guest on the show! Time 8pm. Free. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4Kl-MbdjsApFvodCnvANA
Thursday 16 September; 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 16 September (every Thursday to 30 Sept); History of Art course on Zoom by Peter van Breda, via Rudolf Steiner House. Free. Time: noon. https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/
Thursday 16 September; Sitting Comfortably. Online talk by author Swami Saradananda via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks
Thursday 16 September; 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 16 September; Herb Magic: The Four Humours. Workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Thursday 16 September; Cunning Folk Music. Online event. Time: 7pm. Price: Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cunning-folk-music-tickets-169318806107
Thursday 16 September; Intro to Chakras - Higher Chakras, with Sushma Sagar. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Thursday 16 September; Moon Cycle Alchemy, with Tree Carr. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Thursday 16 September; Tammy Blee's Cabalistic Agency. Jason Semmens talking about a historic cunning woman. Online event through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Friday 17 September; Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/
Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September; Two-day SPR conference. Talks on current research and the launch of the SPR’s new book, Using Equipment. Online Zoom event via the Society for Psychical Research. Starts 9.45am. Tickets: £30/£25. https://www.spr.ac.uk/
Saturday 18 September; Intuition Development Circle, with Gemma Petherbridge Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £25. Time: 10.30am. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Saturday 18 September; The Initiatory Dance of Ishtar Goddess Day. Workshop with Caroline Wise and Carrie Kirkpatrick. Venue: Highgate, North London. Time: 11am - 7pm. Tickets: £65. http://goddessenchantment.com/
Saturday 18 September; Clairsentience: The Psychic Feeling. One-day class with Hernan Cotroneo via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 18 September; Beginners Tarot Workshop via Wicca Moon in Eltham, South-East London. This is being run as an in-person event. Time: noon – 5pm. Tickets: £50. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/
Saturday 18 September; Intuition Development Circle with Gemma Petherbridge. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: evening. Tickets £25. https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital
Sunday 19 September; 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.” Free. Details: http://peacefires.org/
Sunday 19 September; Ritual Rising with Kasia Gwilliam. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £20. Time: 10.30am. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Sunday 19 September; Celebrating the Wheel of the Year, Madron: Healing Mother Earth, Healing Us. One-day workshop with Sarah Jane Dennis via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Sunday 19 September; Autumn Equinox Full Moon Sacred Day Retreat. Venue: Private Location near Wandsworth Town/Clapham Junction, London, SW18. Time: 11am. Tickets: £71.74. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/autumn-equinox-full-moon-sacred-day-retreat-tickets-170538930532?
Sunday 19 September; Divination and Magic with Runes - Practical course with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Wimbledon Woods, · London SW19. Meet at 1pm. Tickets: £24. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/
Sunday 19 September; Dragon Ritual organised by The Witches' Inn. Meet at: Roosthole Car Park, Hammerpond Road, Horsham, RH13 6PG. Time: 3.45pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/2760458057585037
Sunday 19 September; Celebration of the Pagan Festival of Mabon. Wheel of the Year ritual at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/
Sunday 19 September; The Body as a Temple With Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki. Summer Salon via Zoom, through the Magickal Women Partnership. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/
Monday 20 September (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 20 September (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 20 September; Breathwork - acceptance. Workshop with Ade Clark. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Monday 20 September; Autumn Equinox. Zoom Wheel of ther Year workshop with Rebecca Beattie, author of Nature Mystics via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Monday 20 September; Encounters with the Uncanny. Talk by Helen Cornish. Online event through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Tuesday 21 September; Where Do I Start? Start of 6-week course with Anthony Kesner.via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 5.15pm. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Tuesday 21 September; Thames Full Moon Ceremony and Peace Day Magic with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Meet at Bankside Pier by the Globe Theatre, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/
Tuesday 21 September; Autumn Equinox Feminine Sanctuary. Venue: The Mat Sanctuary, Heathdene Road, London, SW16 3NZ. Tickets: £38.32. Time: 7pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autumn-equinox-feminine-sanctuary-tickets-168846629815
Tuesday 21 September; Autumn Equinox with Tree Carr and Aisha Carrington. In-person event by She's Lost Control. Venue: Core Clapton, Northwold Road, London, UK. Tickets: £45. Time: 7pm. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Tuesday 21 September; Equinox Tree Walk from the Camden Forest with Think and Do Camden. Meet at Parliament Hill Bandstand, London, NW5. Time: 5.30pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equinox-tree-walk-from-the-camden-forest-tickets-170180005979
Tuesday 21 September (tbc but usually 3rd Tuesday of the month); Talk at Witches of London Gathering, hosted by Witches of London CoA Gathering and Children of Artemis. Time: 7.30pm. Free. Details: https://www.facebook.com/coawitchesoflondon
Tuesday 21 September; Traditional Fairies. Zoom lecture with Professor Ronald Hutton. Online event through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday 22 – Saturday 25 September; Shamanic Drum Workshop. An intensive 4-day workshop to birth your own drum and connect with the ancestors. Run by Wicca Moon, Eltham, South-East Lonson. Time: noon to 5pm. Tickets: £375. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/shamanic-drum-workshop/
Wednesday 22 September; Harvest Home Ritual with Cunning Folk. Time: 7pm. Free, but you must reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mabon-ritual-harvest-home-tickets-166863357795?
Wednesday 22 September; The Witches Circle Monthly Class with Gareth Hughes. Venue: Kallima Wellbeing Centre, 8A Adam Business Centre, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, SS14 3JF. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £14.61. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-witches-circle-monthly-class-with-gareth-hughes-tickets-146162093757?
Thursday 23 September; Join Etan Ilfeld, owner of Watkins Books, for the launch of his new and ground-breaking oracle deck The Synchronicity Oracle. Online via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks
Thursday 23 September (tbc); Crossbones Online Vigil. On the 23rd of every month since June 2004, people have honoured the outcast dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. In the past year, this has being offered via Zoom. Time: 7pm. Free. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/GooseandCrow/
Thursday 23 September; London City of the Dead: The Corpse Gives Life - The Magical and Medical History of Executions. A Live, Illustrated Zoom Talk with Historian Owen Davies via Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £4.80. https://londonmonthofthedead.com/events.html
Thursday 23 September; Incense: The Power of Resins. Workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Thursday 23 September; Moon Cycle Alchemy wk 2. Workshop with Tree Carr. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Thursday 23 September; 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
Friday 24 September; Saturn: A New Look at an Old God. Talk by Dr Vivianne Crowley via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 25 September; Len Roberts’ Advanced Training Session for
Initiated Alexandrian Witches and Initiated Gardnerian Witches. Venue: The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AT. Time: 10am – 4 pm, inc light lunch. Tickets: £35. https://roseankhpublishing.com/len-roberts-event/
Saturday 25 September; Turn of the seasons - Autumn. Forest therapy walk with The Connective Space and Estelle Asselin. Venue: Epping Forest, 6 Rangers Road, Chingford, London, E4 7HQ. Time:
10.30am. Tickets: £13.52 – £22.15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/turn-of-the-seasons-autumn-tickets-153211400423
Saturday 25 September; 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 25 September (and other dates); Activity-based show for families with children. Event by Disentangle Projects and Stanley Arts. Venue: South Norwood Country Park. South London. Time: 11am. Tickets £8. https://stanleyarts.org/event/dragon-guardian/
Saturday 25 September; Essex Faery Fayre. Venue: Museum of Power, Maldon, Essex. Time: noon. Entry: Adults £6. https://www.facebook.com/events/1773822089485146/
Saturday 25 September; Sweat Lodge organised by Aho Studio. Venue: Berkely Farm, Near London. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. www.aho.community
Saturday 25 September; Woodland Autumn Ceremony 2021 and Walking the Spiral Magic via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Queen's Woods, Highgate, North London. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £7/£5. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/
Sunday 26 September; LCS Social: Free Gathering in Hyde Park organised by London Spirituality Meetup Group. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/
Sunday 26 September; Meeting of Kith of The Tree and the Well. Venue: The Horseshoe Inn, 26 Melior St, London SE1 3QP. Time: 2pm. Entry £2. https://www.meetup.com/The-Kith-of-The-Tree-and-The-Well/
Sunday 26 September; Vodún Secrecy and the Search for Divine Power. Talk by Timothy R. Landry by Zoom Online event through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 6pm. Tickets · from £5. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Sunday 26 September; How The Occult Practitioners Dion Fortune and Anna Bonus Kingsford Developed and Used Their Skills As Mediums to Experience Spiritual Initiation and the Manifestation of Divine Forms with Elaine Bailey, and Invoking Life and Death: A Ritual For Balance with the Irish Goddesses with Becca De La Rosa and Mabel Martin. Summer Salon via Zoom, through the Magickal Women Partnership. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/
Sunday 26th September; Kitchen Witch Autumn Equinox Ritual, Live, Online. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitchenwitchuk
Sunday 26 September; Confluence of Chaos: Two Chaos Magicians Talk Practices and Approaches via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £10/£8. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Please note: I do not organise any of these events. I try to make sure all details are correct, but contact the organisers of any event you are interested in for more information before turning up. If you know of something you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.
2 comments:
Thank you for this! So useful!
Glad you find it useful Divya!
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