The Autumn Equinox, when the day and night are in balance, is on Friday September 23. Celebrations are taking place over the next week or so. Here's a listing of pagan and witchy events in or near London, because that's where I live, but I also a few festivals further afield and plenty of things online that you can enjoy anywhere.
Now to 6 January 2023; Wicked Spirits? Witchcraft and Magic. Exhibition at Colchester Castle, Essex, CO1 1TJ. https://colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/wickedspirits/
Every Wednesday and Friday; Open Days at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am - 4pm. Free, just pop in. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday 21 September (every Wednesday); Garden Therapy and Nature Connection by Garden of Earthly Delights. Venue: 161 Graham Road, London,
E8. Free for local residents. Time: 11am. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/garden-of-earthly-delights-33056693335
Wednesday 21 September; Meeting Your Spirit Guides, Helpers and Gatekeepers. Start of 8-session evening class with Hernan Cotroneovia via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event.
Time: 7pm. Tickets: £220. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday 21 September; Lincolnshire Witches; Tarot workshop. Online event via Heritage Lincolnshire. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £11.37. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/heritage-lincolnshire-20095110961
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Wednesday 21 September (every Wednesdays); Evening Sound Bath Meditation. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Wednesday 21 Septemner (tbc, usually 3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey, Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/
Wednesday 21 September; Awakening Wednesdays: Online Drop-in Group with Harry MacDonald via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10 (free for members). https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Thursday 22 September; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 for non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Thursday 22 September; Christian Giudice talking about Occult Imperium. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Free event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks
Thursday 22 September; An Evening With... Charles Langley on Navajo and Witchcraft. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Thursday 22 September; Burn the Witch! The Fight Against Witchcraft in Ancient Mesopotamia. Online talk by Dr Alinda Damsma via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Thursday 22 September (every Thursday); Talk on a paranormal subject for ASSAP members. Time: 7pm. Free event, with Zoom link details emailed out to members. To join ASSAP, for £5 per year, visit http://www.assap.ac.uk/.
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Thursday 22 September; Autumn Equinox Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Thursday 22 September; The Meaning of Witchcraft. Lectureby Julian Vayne via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Thursday 22 September; PF London Autumn Equinox Open Ritual 'Calling the Beasts' - Shamanic Power Animal Dance!. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members. https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon
Friday 23 September; Autumn Equinox Ceremony by Aho Studio. In-person event. Venue: Berkeley Farm, Lambourne End, Romford, RM4 1NH, a few miles outside London. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £10. www.aho.community
Friday 23 - Sunday 25 September; Women's Tribal Memories. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Kent. Camping event. Tickets: £150 includes food Saturday and Sunday. https://www.facebook.com/events/1159125891502187/
Friday 23 September; Chromatic - Colour, Sound and Light Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Friday 23 September; Equinox - an online celebration with Cunning Folk. Time: 7pm, Free but you must register for a ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560
Friday 23 September (and other dates); Laughter Playshop. Time: Time: 7pm. Free online event but £2 donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/
Friday 23 September (and other dates); Meditation Session. Time: 7.30pm. Free online event but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/
Saturday 24 October; Wachuma Ceremony organised by Aho Studio. In-person event. Venue: Berkeley farm, a few miles outside London. Time: 10am - 9pm. Tickets: £150. www.aho.community
Saturday 24 September; Weaving Celtic Wisdom. Start of ten-session course run by Gary Wright, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 11am. Tickets: £250. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 24 September; What's Your Story - Shamanic Event. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
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Saturday 24 September; Autumn Equinox Gorsedd 2022 by Kent Gorsedd. Venue: Coldrum Long Barrow, Trottiscliffe, Kent. Free event. Time: Meet at the car park at noon. https://www.facebook.com/events/1208166546694735/
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 September; Sigils, Servitors and Possession States. In person workshop over two-days, led by Mark Vincent Smith. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. Starts: 1pm Saturday. Tickets: £140. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Saturday 24 September; The Fairy Realm. Online workshop with Rachel Patterson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 24 September; Vision Questing with the Goddess Quan Yin. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/
Saturday 24 September; Autumn Equinox Goddess Circle by Claudia Chapman Reikilifecoach. Venue: 116 Whitehouse Way, London, N14 7LU. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £23. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claudia-chapman-reikilifecoach-20248016862
Saturday 24 September; Equinox Boat Burn. Venue: Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Chalton, Hants. Time: 5pm. https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/
Sunday 24 September (every Sunday); 30-Minute Mindfulness for people of all beliefs. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 6pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk/
Saturday 24 September; Autumn Equinox Ceremony by Priest of Indigo Earth Joseph Atiase. Venue: Hackney Marshes, 146 Lea Bridge Road, London, E5 9RB. Time: 6pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/priest-of-indigo-earth-joseph-atiase-35528479563
Saturday 24 September; Detegitur Benignitas Superna: Qabalah and the Early Days of Wicca. Zoom talk by Jack Chanek, hosted by Dr. Amy Hale through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Sunday 25 September; Embodied Tarot - Minor Arcana. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Sunday 25 September; Mindfulness in Nature - a relaxing Sunday afternoon mini-retreat by Symbiosia. Venue: Symbiosia, 28A Wynell Road, London SE23 2LW. Time: 1.30pm. Tickets: £9.75 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/symbiosia-33294355405
Sunday 25 September (usually every 2 months); 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 25 September; Deer-Watch in Richmond Park: Antlered God and Goddess Rite with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Meet at Richmond Gate, Richmond Park, London TW10. Time: 2pm. Tickets: Free but you must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/
Sunday 25 September; Sekhem Sound Healing. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £25. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Sunday 25 September; Woodland Bard Online - Blackthorn pt 2. Event by Walkwithtrees. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £7. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jonathon-huet-at-walk-with-trees-30650264428
Sunday 25 September; New Moon In Libra Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15-£25. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Sunday 25 September; Moonology Dark Moon Ritual with Yasmin Boland. On Facebook Live. Time: 6pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/yasminbolandmoonology
Sunday 25 September; The Toys of Torment and Transcendence. Online talk with Harper Feist via Magickal Women and Company. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/events
Sunday 25 September; Vodou and Art : Between the altar and the market. Zoom talk by by Leah Gordon through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Monday 26 September; Commanding the Elements. Introductory lecture with Rebecca Beattie, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
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Monday 26 September; Psychics and Mediums: Their Charts Unveiled, Online talk on astrology by Anita Chakraburtty via the Astrological Lodge of London. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/
Monday 26 September; Annual Distributors and Divisions. Online talk on astrolog by Israel Ajose via the Astrological Lodge of London. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets: £10. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/
Monday 26 September; Simply Psychic Foundation. Start of 10-week online course by Geoffrey Beitz via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £240. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Monday 26 September; Bewitched by K-pop: What Modern Witches Can Learn About Ritual Magic. Talk via Zoom through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Tuesday 27 September; Night Fears and Nursery Lore: the Origins of the Sandman. Online talk by Dr Juliette Wood via the Folklore Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089
Tuesday 27 September; Modern Druidry. Part of the Ronald Hutton series of lectures collection via Zoom through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Tuesday 27 September; I Put a Spell on You: Mara Gold on Sapphic women and witchcraft. Venue:The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London, WC1N 1JD. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £8: Standard, £4: low income/unwaged. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-put-a-spell-on-you-mara-gold-on-sapphic-women-and-witchcraft-tickets-397200045027?
Tuesday 27 September; The Founding of the Ghost Club. Talk by Prof Roger Luckhurst at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7EX. Door time: 7:30pm, Start time: 8pm. Tickets: £5.50/£3.50. https://www.wegottickets.com/event/554053/
Tuesday 27 September (last Tuesday each month); Heron Drums Shamanic Drumming Circle. Venue: Singleton Environment Centre, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10 https://www.herondrums.co.uk/servicesback/p/heron-drums-shamanic-drumming-circle
Tuesday 27 September; The Gemstone Oracle presented by Margaret Ann Lembo. Free online event by The Crystal Garden and Llewellyn Worldwide. Time: 10.45pm. https://www.facebook.com/LlewellynBooks
Wednesday 28 September; Palm Reading for Beginners. Start of 10-week online course by Robin Lown via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £240. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday 28 September; Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, and the Fourth Way by Gary Lachman. Talk via Zoom through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday 28 September usually last Wednesday every month); Hertford Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford), Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047
Thursday 29 September; Brazilian Black Magic. Talk by Diego de Oxóss and Nicholas de Mattos Frisvold via Watkins Bookshop. Free online event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks
Thursday 29 September; Past Life Regression. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Thursday 29 September; Queer Magic. Lecture by Julian Vayne via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Thursday 29 September; Secret Histories: Monuments and Memories. Online event by Jason Buck Storyteller, Amelia Armande and Joshua Crisp. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · £3-£15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jason-buck-storyteller-5020006777
Friday 30 September; Sitting Comfortably. Talk by author Swami Saradananda. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Free event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks
Friday 30 September; Blue Lotus Ceremony and Shamanic Drum Journey. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Throughout October; London Month of the Dead, a month-long festival of talks, concerts, workshops and guided walks, many taking place at in Kensal Green Cemetery Dissenters' Chapel or Brompton Cemetery. Among the events, I will be giving an in-person workshop on candle magic on Saturday 1 October and a workshop on poppets on Sunday 2 October, both at 3.30pm at Kensal Green. Tickets for individual events are £12-£25. You can find the full programme here: https://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html
Saturday 1 October; Healing Group: Breathe, Balance and Thrive! Workshop with Lucy Aumonier via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 1 October; Altar Craft. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Saturday 1 October; Women in Magic Conference 2022. Online event by Sisterhood of Avalon. Guests include: Jhenah Telyndru, Clio Ajana, Najah Lightbody, Brandy Williams, Tamara Suida, Laurelei Black. Starts: 4pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/614142113635288/
Saturday 1 October; Pagan Picnic & Drumming social with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Meet at the central clearing in Queen's Woods, Google map coordinates:
51.582208, -0.141830 at 5pm. Tickets free but you must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/
51.582208, -0.141830 at 5pm. Tickets free but you must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/
Saturday 1 October; North American Paganisms by Professor Sabina Magliocco. Talk via Zoom through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Sunday 2 October (tbc but usually first Sunday of the month); Woodspirits. Meet at Cheshunt station before walking to Lee Valley Park. Time: 3pm. Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960
Sunday 2 October; Story Co-operative (theme: blood). Organised by London Dreamtime. Meet at the Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE, storytelling at Pullens Yards Hall, entrance on Crampton Street. Time: 3pm, but earlier if you want to order food. Free but you must reserve a place. https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/
Sunday 2 October; Lincolnshire Witches; Sympathetic Magic workshop. Online event via Heritage Lincolnshire. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £11.37. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/heritage-lincolnshire-20095110961
Sunday 2 October; Priestess and Witch: Thorn Mooney and Rebecca Beattie in Conversation. Online talk via Treadwell's Bookhop. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Sunday 2 October; Finding Enchantment Beyond Belief by Peter Bebergal. Talk via Zoom through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Please note: I am not responsible for any of these events except my candle magic and poppet workshops at London Month of the Dead. 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.
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