Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of weird, wonderful and witchy events over the next week or so with a mixture of online and in-person things to do. 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 - 10 December; Creative Spirits Art Exhibition. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm. Details: https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Now to 6 January 2023; Wicked Spirits? Witchcraft and Magic. Exhibition at Colchester Castle, Essex, CO1 1TJ.  The Museum is also running some after-hours events. https://colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/wickedspirits/ 

Now to 24 December; Exhibition of Artwork by Hunt Emerson. Venue: The Gardner Room, The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Open daily, Monday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm to 24 December. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Now - 19 December. Sasha Chaitow’s solo art exhibition at Treadwell's, of Péladan-inspired works, including illustrations from her book on Joséphin Péladan. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Open Weds through Sat, 12pm - 7pm (closed Sun-Tues). Free to enter.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/.

Now to 19 February 2023; Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt. Exhibition at the Sainsbury Gallery at the British Museum, London. Find out more here: britishmuseum.org/hieroglyphs

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 30 November; Kundalini Meditations for Sleep. Online talk by Gemma Bliss via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 30 November (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 30 November (usually the last Wednesday every month); Yule Social at Hertford Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford), Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Thursday 1 Dececember (and other dates); Morning Meditation. Free online event via Mirthy. Time: 9am. https://www.mirthy.co.uk/event-calendar/30-minute-morning-meditation/

Thursday 1 Dececember (and other dates); Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 1 Dececember; Winter Warmer - wreathmaking, mulled wine, music and merriment! Event by Bankside Open Spaces Trust. Venue: Red Cross Garden, 50 Redcross Way, London SE1 1HA. Time: 5pm. Free but you must reserve a place.

Thursday 1 Dececember; How To Be Highly Sensitive and Empowered. Talk and book signing by Jane Novak. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Free event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 1 Dececember; Crowleymass. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Thursday 1 Dececember; Shamanic Plant Spirit Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 1 Dececember; Faery in Grail Mythology. Online talk by Wendy Berg via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 1 Dececember (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/.

Thursday 1 Dececember; Visions of the Occult: An Untold Story of Art and Magic. Talk by Tate archivist Victoria Jenkins. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL and online. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £8 / £5  concessions (Advance tickets). £5 Livestream. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Friday 2 December (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 December; NAZARTH: The Pillars of Gladness. Online alk by Alexander Cummins via Watkins Bookshop. Free event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Friday 2 December (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 2 December (and other dates); Laughter Playshop. Time: Time: 7pm. Free online event but £2 donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 2 December; Friday Night Self-Care and Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: from £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 2 December; Etan Ilfeld's Synchronicity Oracle - Free Launch Party. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS Time: 7pm start. Tickets: free but you must reserve a place. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Friday 2 December; Sacred Singing at Hildegard's Temple. Location given to those attending. Time: 7pm for 7.30pm start. Cost £5. Bring a your own cup. PM Hildegard if you are going to attend, which you can find via the Luna Ita Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154/

Friday 2 December (and other dates); Free Meditation Session Online. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 2 December; The Witches Circle Monthly Class. Venue: Kallima Wellbeing Centre, 8A Adam Business Centre, Cranes Farm Rd, Basildon, SS14 3JF. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/kallima-wellbeing-centre-15972923230

Friday 2 December; Llewellyn's Virtual Author Forum: Introducing the Witch's Sun Sign Series. Organised via Llewellyn Worldwide. Free online event. Starts 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/LlewellynBooks

Friday 2 December; Chakra Alignment Guided Meditation session with Yaw:waY and Akua Ofosuhene. Venue: Hub and Culture, 327 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ, Time: 9pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/akua-ofosuhene-17739083411

Saturday 3 Dececember; Your Life in Your Hands: An Introduction to Hand Reading. Online workshop with Felicity Booth via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 3 Dececember; Gong Bath with Jag. Venue: Upminster Sanctuary Complementary Healing and Teaching, Pea Ln, Upminster RM14 2XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://upminstersanctuary.com/events/

Sunday 4 December; Create and Charge Your Own Magical Amulets and Talismans. In-person workshop with Rachel PattersonVenue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets £115.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 4 December; The British Museum and the Awakening of English Magic. Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwell's of Bloomsbury. Meeting at the British Museum, London. Time: 11am. Ticket price £28. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events.

Sunday 4 December (first Sunday of the month); Dark and Light at Woodspirits. Meet at Cheshunt station before walking to Lee Valley Park. Time: 2pm (an hour earlier than usual). Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 4 December; Story Co-operative - theme Darkness. 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 4 December (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/

Sunday 4 December; Russia’s Mystical Quest. Online talk by Dr. Christopher McIntosh 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

Sunday 4 December; Raucous Norse. Online event by Jason Buck Storyteller. Time: 7.30pm.  Tickets · £2.50-£9. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jason-buck-storyteller-5020006777

Monday 5 December; Woman as Symbol - Decoding the Archetypes and and Embodied Ideals. Online talk by  Parumveer Walia via London Drawing Group. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-drawing-group-11407647443

Monday 5 December;  2023 – The Year Ahead. Talk by Bernard Eccles via the Astrological Lodge of London. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/

Monday 5 December (every Monday); Candlelit Lunar Yoga. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15 per session.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Monday 5 December; Covens in Initiatory Wicca. Lecture by Rebecca Beattie, author of The Wheel of the Year, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 5 December (and other dates); Triple Moon Gong Meditation.  Venue: Telegraph Hill Centre - The Narthex, Kitto Rd, Lewisham, London, SE14 5TY. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/gong-meditation-upcoming-events-1126079

Monday 5 December; Winter Dreaming - Full Moon Mugwort Ceremony. Venue: Singleton Environment Centre, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £11.37.  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-rewilding-54592651113

Monday 5 December;  Christmas Party at the Astrological Lodge of London. Venue: 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £10. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/

Tuesday 6 December; Curator's Exhibition Tour of the exhibition Creative Spirits with Vivienne Roberts. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies. 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 6 December; Women and Walking. Talks by Kerri Andrews and Sonia Overall. Presented by: London Fortean Society. Venue: Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Rd, London SE14 6TY. Time: 6.30pm for 7pm. Tickets: £6.60. https://www.wegottickets.com/LondonForteanSociety

Tuesday 6 December; Cacao and Sound Ceremony. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Tuesday 6 and 13 December; Thoth Tarot. Two-session workshop by Julian Vayne, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £40. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 6 December (tbc but usually first Tuesday each Month); Talk at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. Time: 7pm. Entry £4. https://www.facebook.com/Romford-Pagan-Moote-634178063700381

Tuesday 6 December; British Traditional Wicca. Online talk by  Julia Phillips 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 6 December (tbc but usually first Tuesday each Month); The Witches' Inn Moot. Venue: Halt and Pull pub in Horley. Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/The-Witches-Inn-1568424150049437

Wednesday, 7 Dececember; Paganism in Roman Britain. Talk by Professor Ronald Hutton. Hybrid event. In-person venue: David Game College, 31 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2ET. Time: 6pm. To register for the free online viewing visit: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/

Wednesday 7 Dececember (tbc but usually first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial#

Wednesday 7 Dececember; Drum Healing. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 7 Dececember; Moonology Full Moon Ritual with Yasmin Boland. On Facebook Live. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/yasminbolandmoonology

Wednesday 7 Dececember;  Lincolnshire Christmas Witches: Pagan Xmas. Online event via Heritage Lincolnshire. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £11.37. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/heritage-lincolnshire-20095110961

Wednesday 7 Dececember (and other dates); Sensory Gong and Sound Bath. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Wednesday 7 Dececember; Baba Yaga in Russian Folktales. Online talk by Prof Sibelan Forrester 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

Thursday 8 December; 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/

Thursday 8 December; The psychology of ghosts and hauntings. Talk by Professor Chris French. Venue: Room 300a Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, Time: 4pm. Free, open to all, no need to book.

Thursday 8 December; Glowing Garden Winter Walk organised by The South London Botanical Institute. Venue: The South London Botanical Institute, 323 Norwood Road, London, SE24 9AQ. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £8/£10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-south-london-botanical-institute-8460758615

Thursday 8 December; Women's Full Moon Circle for the Cold Moon - part of the Women's Circles collection by The Reformed Bohemian. Online event. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-reformed-bohemian-39644491363

Thursday 8 Dececember; Music and the Paranormal. Online talk by Melvyn Willin via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 8 December; Full Moon Ceremony by the Thames, Central London with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Meet near the Millennium Bridge, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5 and you must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Thursday 8 December; Inside The World of Stonehenge. Online talk by Dr. Neil Wilkin and Dr. Jennifer Wexler 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

Thursday 8 December; Full Moon In Gemini Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £15-£25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 8 December; Christmas Lore. A talk with Cunning Folk via South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE,  Time: 8pm. Free but donations of £5/£3 welcom8e. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 9 December; Sound Bath for Venus - Experiential Session. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Friday 9 December; Saturnalia at Atlantis including storytelling for adults with London Dreamtime. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets free. https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 10 December; Challenging Energies: Psychic Disturbance and Psychic Attack. Online workshop with Hernan Cotroneo via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 10 December; Sacred Sisterhood Circle with Cacao. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 11am. Tickets: £30.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 10 December; ArchAngel Magic and Psychic Safety. Half-day workshop with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Outdoors in Queen's Wood, Highgate, North London. Meet at the Woodman Pub at 11.45am to walk to the site. Tickets: £11. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Saturday 10 December; In-person scrying workshop. I'll be teaching the visionary practice of gazing on water, mirrors, flames and crystal balls, based on my book Pagan Portals - Scrying at Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. It's a 2-hour workshop with a 1pm start. Tickets: £22. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Saturday 10 December; The Witches Apothecary -Candle Making Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm.Tickets: £35 https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday 10 December; Candle Magic Holiday Making Workshop. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £45.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 10 December; Forecasting the Year Ahead. Online workshop with Daniel Pitt via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 10 December; KW Yule Ritual 2022. Online event for members of Kitchen Witch Coven of Natural Witchery. Time: 7pm. Free, but you have to be a member of the Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitchenwitchuk

Sunday 11 December;  An Introduction to the Shamanic Medicine Wheel. Online workshop with Annika Panotzki via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 11 December; Mythic London Walk: Legendary heroes, gods and goddesses of the City of London, with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet outside St Clement Danes, Strand, St Clement Dane Church, Strand, Temple, London WC2R 1DH. Time: 11.20am start. Tickets £30. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Sunday 11 December; Shamanic Group with Les Fuller. All welcome Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-3pm. Cost: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 11 December; Aphrodisiac Perfume Worskhop. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £30.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 11 December; Becoming a Votary to the Goddess of Love. Online class with Gabriela Herstik. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 11 December (tbc but usually second Sunday of the month); Luna Iter Ritual. In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group. Meet at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London, from 4.30pm, moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £8/£6. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events except my Scrying workshop at Treadwell's. Contact event organisers directly if you have any 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.

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Walking the Labyrinth at Julian's Bower

This is Julian's Bower, a historic turf path in Alkborough, near Scunthorpe. I was in that area yesterday for a family occasion and took the opportunity to visit and walk it. Although it's historically called a 'maze', nowadays people tend to call this type of pattern with a single winding path a labyrinth. However, the signs nearby all call it a maze. A chart one on side of Julian's Bower reads:  

"This turf maze is one of the few remaining in Britain but its age and origins remain a mystery. The first written record was in 1697 when it was thought to be Roman. However due to its likeness to maze patterns in Medieval French churches it is thought that Julian's Bower may be medieval. In later centuries the maze was used for 'maze running' games by local children. A Victorian replica can be seen in the porch floor at Alkborough Church."

A plaque on a stone plinth on the other side, placed there by Alkborough Maze Committee, offers this information:

"Mazes are associated with Theseus threading the Cretan labyrinth to slay the Minotaur-a common theme in ancient life. Turf mazes often bore the name of 'Julian's Bower' or 'Walls of Troy'. It is thought that these names record the belief that Julius, son of Aeneas, legendary founder of Rome, brought maze games to Italy from Troy after its sacking by the Greeks. Maze games were adopted by the early Church as a symbol of the Christian path to salvation and may have been used for penitential purposes."

Labyrinths seems to be cropping up in my life a lot at the moment, and I pay attention when magical symbols keep presenting themselves to me, just like this. I've walked many labyrinths in the past, including ones cut in turf, but this is the first I've walked that's genuinely old.  As I traversed the twists and turns I felt shifted out of normal space and time, similar to the way I feel when I'm scrying. The message I got was that when you are pursuing a goal, sometimes you feel very close to it, but don't quite get there, while at other times you feel you are getting further and further away and even feel lost. The important thing is to just keep going, if you do, you will get there in the end. 

Throughout November, I've been taking part in the challenge of National Novel Writing Month write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days. That sense of not sometimes knowing where my plot was going was very much like walking a labyrinth. I haven't quite finished the first draft of that novel yet, although I have already completed 50,000 words of it. I will get there though. Just a little bit further.

Previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2013/11/pagan-eye-julians-bower-maze.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2013/09/review-ariadnes-thread-ancient-minoan.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/10/book-review-labyrinth-walking-radiant.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/11/im-writing-gothic-horror-novel-set-in.html

Monday, 28 November 2022

My Workshops: Candle Magic & Scrying at Treadwell's

I'm running more in-person sessions of my popular workshops on scrying and candle magic at Treadwell's in London over the next couple of months. Here are the details:

Scrying 
On Saturday 10 December I'm doing an in-person workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Scrying. Scrying is the ancient visionary practice of gazing on water surfaces, mirrors, flames and crystal balls for messages and insights. 

Candle Magic 
On Saturday 14 January I'm doing an in-person workshop teaching ways of using this traditional form of spellcraft, based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic.

Both workshops start at 1pm and end at 3.15pm. Tickets for each are £22 per person and you can reserve a place by visiting https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or at shop. Treadwell's Bookshop is at 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS.

I'm Lucya Starza and as well as writing A Bad Witch's Blog I'm the author of  books in the Pagan Portals series on Candle Magic, Guided Visualisations, Poppets and Magical Dolls, and Scrying. I also edited Every Day Magic. You can buy my books at Treadwell's Bookshop, as well as other places. You can find more about me at my author page at publisher Moon Books.

Friday, 25 November 2022

The Poetry of Tarot: Four of Swords

This month I've been taking part in the NaNoWriMo challenge, to write 50,000 words of a novel in a month. It hasn't left me too much time for blogging or poetry writing, even though I've managed to do a post most days of the week. I've also been writing a poem each month this year as well as picking a tarot card as a reading for the world. 

One of the things I've learnt from the NaNo experience is that setting a 10 or 15 minute timer and writing as much as I can in that time is a good way to be productive. I decided to do the same thing with my poetry, as well as combine it with a tarot reading. I drew a card at random from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, set a 10 minute timer, and wrote this poem. I don't think it's too bad considering it was written in just 10 minutes.

Four of Swords

Your grave is silent
Your sword at rest
Yet others stand
Prepared to test

Legends might tell
What wars you won
Yet other fights
Are not yet begun

Are you at peace
In your stone case,
Knowing others prepare
To take your place?

The Four of Swords card in the Rider-Waite-Smith shows a tomb, probably that of a knight or warrior. The traditional meaning is vigilance, retreat, solitude, being a hermit or possibly exile. My interpretation is more about the first few of those meanings. We must be vigilant in regards to fights that must be fought, but now is possibly a time to retreat for some solitude, if possible, and contemplate the conflicts of the past before any battles in the future.

Previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/10/poetry-of-witchcraft-halloween.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/03/poetry-of-witchcraft-should-you-tell.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/10/london-tarot-reading-sewer-gas-lamp-2.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/09/an-equinox-tarot-card-mourning-or-seven.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/03/tarot-ace-of-cups-signs-of-new.html

Thursday, 24 November 2022

Witchy Charity Shop Find: A Magic Notebook

I found this magic notebook in a charity shop. OK, the notebook itself isn't actually magic, it's book with blank pages to write magical stuff in, but I still think it was a pretty good charity shop find for 50p. It doesn't come with any recognisable fictional wizarding school logo or brand name on it, which I regard as a plus.

I do love a good notebook - and I still use paper and pencil or pen for writing as well as my laptop or phone. I find real handwriting is a bit better for coming up with spells, keeping a scrying journal, writing poetry, or jotting down creative ideas when I'm out and about.

This notebook, which is a nice size, also comes with a pencil in the shape of a wand. I've tried using it to cast a circle and it does the job perfectly well. I'm not sure I'd want to sharpen it and use it for writing though, it would seem a bit of a waste of a wand. What do you think?

Previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/01/books-of-shadows-and-magical-art-of.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/05/witchy-charity-shop-finds-huge-haul-of.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/10/samhain-shopping-whimsigothic-fashion.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/06/charity-shop-finds-esoteric-books.html

Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of weird, wonderful and witchy events over the next week or so with a mixture of online and in-person things to do. 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 -10 December; Creative Spirits Art Exhibition. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm. Details: https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Now to 6 January 2023; Wicked Spirits? Witchcraft and Magic. Exhibition at Colchester Castle, Essex, CO1 1TJ.  The Museum is also running some after-hours events. https://colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/wickedspirits/ 

Now to 19 February 2023; Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt. Exhibition at the Sainsbury Gallery at the British Museum, London. Find out more here: britishmuseum.org/hieroglyphs

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 23 November; Moonology Dark Moon Ritual with Yasmin Boland. On Facebook Live. Time: 5pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/yasminbolandmoonology

Wednesday 23 November (and other dates); New Moon Circle, Ritual and Manifesting, by Moment. Venue: 54 Charterhouse Rd, London E8 2RE. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £13.66. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-moon-ritual-tickets-469250128767?

Wednesday 23 November; The Power of Mind, Talk and book siging by Khentrul Lodrö T'hayé Rinpoche. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Free event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Wednesday 23 November; New Moon Sound Bath and Meditation With Spiritual Tiik London. Free Online Event. Time: 6.30pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Wednesday 23 November (every 23rd of the month); Crossbones Vigil to honour the outcast dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 6.45pm for 7pm. Free. Details here: http://crossbones.org.uk/category/events/  or https://www.bost.org.uk/ 

Wednesday 23 November;  OBOD Healers Circle - first public online ritual. Time: 7pm. Free event on the OBOD YouTube channel and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1802599376768368/

Wednesday 23 November; Aleister Crowley’s Magic. Online Workshop with Julian Vayne via Treadwell's Bookshop. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 23 November; Old Norse Cosmology. Online Heathenry Workshop with Andre Henriques  via Treadwell's Bookshop. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 23 November (and other dates); Sensory Gong and Sound Bath. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Wednesday 23 November (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 23 November; New Moon In Sagittarius Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £15-£25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 24 November (and other dates); Morning Meditation. Free online event via Mirthy. Time: 9am. https://www.mirthy.co.uk/event-calendar/30-minute-morning-meditation/

Thursday 24 November; It Takes a Village Mama Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 11am. Tickets: £20.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 24 November; Step Into Your Power with Archangel Ariel and the Goddesses of Love. In-person workshop with Liesl Duffy. Venue: The College Of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets:£115.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 24 November (and other dates); Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 24 November; How to Live with Dragons. Talk and signing by Caroline Mitchell. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Free event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 24 November; A Beginners Guide to Wicca with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Hub and Culture Cooperative shop, 325 Kentish Town Road, Kentish Town, North · London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Thursday 24 November; The Goddess in Prehistory. Zoom Lecture by Keith Broad via Treadwell's Bookshop. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 24 November; Goddess Astrology. Online talk with Elisabeth Brooke via Magickal Women and Company. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/events

Thursday 24 November; An Introduction to Wicca, a Beginners' Guide by Mani Navasothy and Akua Ofosuhene. Venue: Hub and Culture, 327 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ, Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/akua-ofosuhene-17739083411

Thursday 24 November (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/.

Thursday 24 November; Zombies: the New Dead. A Zoom talk with Roger Luckhurstvia 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

Friday 25 November (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 November (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 25 November; Women Heart Circle with Moon Circles, Ceremonies, Meditations and More. Venue: Tooting, London SW17. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/sw-london-healing-circles-ceremonies/

Friday 25 November (and other dates); New Moon, Full Moon or Divine Union Cacao Ceremony, Heart Ritual and Gong Bath  Private Location near Wandsworth Town/Clapham Junction. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £27.54. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-moonfull-moon-or-divine-union-cacao-ceremony-heart-ritual-gong-bath-tickets-169545022727

Friday 25 November; Exhibition of Artwork by Hunt Emerson Launch Party. Venue: The Gardner Room, The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets free but contact the shop to reserve a place. The exhibition will be open daily, Monday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm to 24 December. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 25 November; Laughter Playshop. Time: Time: 7pm. Free but £2 donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 25 November; Free Meditation Session. Online. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Saturday 26 November;  SPR Study Day. Day of Talks on the Early Years of the Society for Psychical Research. Online event. Time: 10am. Tickets: £25/£20. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Saturday 26 November; Decoding Psychic Symbols. Online workshop with Hernan Cotroneo via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 26 November; Candle Magic workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Cost: £22 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 26 November; Nature, Loss and Change:  Working with the metaphors of nature to support self expression in relation to loss and change. Workshop by Dr Catherine Pestano, Nature and community arts worker. Venue: 26 Avenue Road, London, SE25 4DX. Free. 1.30pm. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/dr-catherine-pestano-nature-amp-community-arts-worker-55246103483

Saturday 26 November; Brockwell Park Tree Walk organised by The South London Botanical Institute. Venue: Brockwell Park Dulwich Road London SE24 0PA. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-south-london-botanical-institute-8460758615

Saturday 26 November; Willow Weaving and Wreath-Making. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £65.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 26 November; Lucid Dream - An Immersive Experience. Venue: St. Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets free but donations welcome. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lucid-dream-an-immersive-experience-tickets-431912069627?

Saturday 26 November; Stories of Mythical Monsters. Online event by Jason Buck Storyteller, Amelia Armande and Joshua Crisp. Time: 7pm.  Tickets · £3-£15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jason-buck-storyteller-5020006777

Sunday 27 November; Self-Discovery and Symbology in Tarot. Online workshop with Avril Price via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 27 November; Restorative Sunday with Yoga and Meditation. Venue: Upminster Sanctuary Complementary Healing and Teaching, Pea Ln, Upminster RM14 2XH. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £45. https://upminstersanctuary.com/events/

Sunday 27 November (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 27 November (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/

Sunday 27 November; Woodland Bard Online - Pine (2). Event by Walkwithtrees. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £7. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jonathon-huet-at-walk-with-trees-30650264428

Sunday 27 November; Witchcraft on the Go - Doreen's Holdall and its Contents. The first series of 8 talks by Marco Romeo-Pitone on artefacts, once belonging to Doreen Valiente. Online event by the Doreen Valiente Foundation,  Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10 or free for benefactors. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-doreen-valiente-foundation-32651226799

Monday 28 November (every Monday); Candlelit Lunar Yoga. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15 per session.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Monday 28 November; Taking Nature's Hand: December. What has nature in mind for you this month? Online with Jeremy Rye. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021

Monday 28 November; Five Grimoires Every Witch Should Know. Lecture by Rebecca Beattie, author of The Wheel of the Year, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 28 November;  What Now? Online talk on astrology by Robyn Ray via the Astrological Lodge of London. 60 Gloucester Place. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/

Monday 28 November; Waxing Moon Ritual-Workshop: the bliss of chaos. Venue: Ugly Duck 49 Tanner Street London SE1 3PL. Time: 7pm. Tickets: from £5.98. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/intimate-animals-amp-ugly-duck-48346099203

Monday 28 November; Péladan Book and Art Exhibition launch. Free online salon launching Sasha Chaitow’s book on Joséphin Péladan (1858-1918), Rosicrucian occult writer of the French fin-de-siècle. Time: 7pm. Free, but you must register: https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 28 November - 19 December. Sasha Chaitow’s solo art exhibition at Treadwell's, of Péladan-inspired works, including illustrations from her book on Joséphin Péladan. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Open Weds through Sat, 12pm - 7pm (closed Sun-Tues). Free to enter.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/.

Monday 28 November - 12 December; Moon Yoga for the Winter Solstice. Three online lessons with  Sarah Scott via City Lit. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £49. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/moon-yoga-for-winter-solstice?

Monday 28 November; Near-Death Experiences: Four Decades of Research pt 2. Talk by Jan Holden for the Society for Psychical Research. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets free for members/£5 non-members. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Monday 28 November; Myrddin – the Welsh Merlin. Online talk by Dr Mark Williams 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

Monday 28 November; Murder Most Foul (3) Robert Black. Online talk on astrology by Lianne Mccafferty via The Astrological Lodge of London. Time:  8.30pm. Tickets: £10. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/

Tuesday 29 November; New Moon Cacao and Sound Ceremony. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Tuesday 29 November; Shamanism and Medicine Wheel Foundation Online Course organised by Aho Studio. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. www.aho.community

Tuesday 29 November; Experiences of a Paranormal Investigator. Online talk by James A. Willis via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 29 November (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 29 November; The Science of Weird Shit: Twenty Years of Weird Science at Goldsmiths. Talk by Emeritus Professor Chris French 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. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Tuesday 29 November: Tarot, Nice to Meet You. Comedy performance about tarot and three sexy witches. Venue: Three Hounds Beer Cafe and Bottle Shop, 57 Beckenham Rd, BR3 4PR.  Tickets: £11. Time: 7.30pm doors open, 8pm start. https://www.wegottickets.com/event/563255

Tuesday 29 November; Exploring Handfastings. Online talk by Liz Williams organised by the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids (OBOD). Time: 8pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/527275939272626

Wednesday 30 November; Kundalini Meditations for Sleep. Online talk by Gemma Bliss via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 30 November (usually the last Wednesday every month); Yule Social at Hertford Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford), Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Thursday 1 Dececember; Winter Warmer - wreathmaking, mulled wine, music and merriment! Event by Bankside Open Spaces Trust. Venue: Red Cross Garden, 50 Redcross Way, London SE1 1HA. Time: 5pm. Free but you must reserve a place.

Thursday 1 Dececember; How To Be Highly Sensitive and Empowered. Talk and book signing by Jane Novak. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Free event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 1 Dececember; Shamanic Plant Spirit Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 1 Dececember; Faery in Grail Mythology. Online talk by Wendy Berg via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 1 Dececember; Visions of the Occult: An Untold Story of Art and Magic. Talk by Tate archivist Victoria Jenkins. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL and online. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £8 / £5  concessions (Advance tickets). £5 Livestream. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Friday 2 December; NAZARTH: The Pillars of Gladness. Online alk by Alexander Cummins via Watkins Bookshop. Free event. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Friday 2 December; Etan Ilfeld's Synchronicity Oracle - Free Launch Party. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS Time: 7pm start. Tickets: free but you must reserve a place. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Friday 2 December; Friday Night Self-Care and Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: from £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 2 December; Sacred Singing at Hildegard's Temple. Location given to those attending. Time: 7pm for 7.30pm start. Cost £5. Bring a your own cup. PM Hildegard if you are going to attend, which you can find via the Luna Ita Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154/

Friday 2 December; Llewellyn's Virtual Author Forum: Introducing the Witch's Sun Sign Series. Organised via Llewellyn Worldwide. Free online event. Starts 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/LlewellynBooks

Friday 2 December; The Witches Circle Monthly Class. Venue: Kallima Wellbeing Centre, 8A Adam Business Centre, Cranes Farm Rd, Basildon, SS14 3JF. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/kallima-wellbeing-centre-15972923230

Saturday 3 Dececember; Your Life in Your Hands: An Introduction to Hand Reading. Online workshop with Felicity Booth via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 4 December; The British Museum and the Awakening of English Magic. Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwell's of Bloomsbury. Meeting at the British Museum, London. Time: 11am. Ticket price £28. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events.

Sunday 4 December; Create and Charge Your Own Magical Amulets and Talismans. In-person workshop with Rachel PattersonVenue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets £115.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 4 December (first Sunday of the month); Dark and Light at Woodspirits. Meet at Cheshunt station before walking to Lee Valley Park. Time: 2pm (an hour earlier than usual). Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 4 December; Story Co-operative - theme Darkness. 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 4 December; Russia’s Mystical Quest. Online talk by Dr. Christopher McIntosh 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

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events except my candle magic workshop. Contact event organisers directly if you have any 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.