Magical Events Over Imbolc both Online & in London

Here's a list of magical events over the next week or so with a mixture of online and in-person things to do, including celebrations for Imbolc and the first stirrings of spring. 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 to 19 February; Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt. Exhibition at the Sainsbury Gallery at the British Museum, London. Find out more here: britishmuseum.org/hieroglyphs

Now to 28 February; Concerning an Idea About Place. Art exhibition at Swedenborg Gallery, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH. Time: 10am-5pm Mon to Fri. Free but booking required. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-swedenborg-society-8460713300

Now - 10 July; A Bestiary of Austin Osman Spare art exhibition. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum and The Last Tuesday Society, 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

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 25 January and 22 March; Class 1: Disablity and the Loss of a Body Part (and how this relates to acquiring shamanic super powers in Old Norse Cosmology). Class 2: Grief and Lamenting (about Nordic Death Rituals and Galdr for processing Grief and Loss). Bundle of two online classes by author Imelda Almqvist. Time: 7pm. Price: £75 for both classes. https://pregnant-hag-teachings.teachable.com/

Wednesday 25 January; Tarot Beginners. Start of 6-week online course via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £175. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 25 January (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 25 January (last Wednesday every month); Candle Magic at Hertford Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford, Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Thursday 26 January (and other dates); Morning Meditation. Free online event via Mirthy. Time: 9am. https://www.mirthy.co.uk/event-calendar/30-minute-morning-meditation/

Thursday 26 January (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 26 January; Egyptomania! Three short online talks chaired by Dan Cruickshank via the British Museum. Time: 5.30pm. Free but donations welcome and you must reserve a place. https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/egyptomania

Thursday 26 January; Mind Wanders City Hike and Sound Bath. Meet at Liverpool Station and walking to She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 6.15pm. Tickets: £25. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 26 January; A Journey with Spirit. Start of 10-session course run by Gary Wright, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £240. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 26 January; Numerology Foundation. Start of 10-session course run by Richard Abbot, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £240. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 26 January; Learn to Use Lenormand Oracle Cards. Start of 10-session course run by Geoffrey Beitz, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £240. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 26 January (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 26 January (every Thursday); Eimear Burke, Chief of the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, has an in-depth conversation with fellow practitioners on Facebook Live. Time: 8pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Friday 27 January (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 27 January; A Wheel of Small Gods and Oracle of the Decans. Talk by Brian Wilkins. Venue (tbc):  Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Friday 27 January; Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 27 January; Psychedelic Meditation. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 27 January; Sacred Singing with Hildegard of Luna Iter. Venue: Private address in London. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/743828220174327

Friday 27 January; Online Meditation Session. Time: 7.25pm. Free online event, donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 January; Wellness Weekend: Wassailing, Forest Bathing, Winter Wellbeing and other activities. Venue: National Trust Morden Hall Park, Morden Hall Road, London SM4 5JD. Various times. Tickets from £3. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/morden-hall-park-national-trust-20125017854

Saturday 28 January; Walking in the Footsteps of your Year, at this Imbolc Solar Festival. Guided walk with Jeremy Rye. Meet at the London Stone (TBC prior to the walk) 111 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AR. Time: 10am. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021#

Saturday 28 January; Green Lunar New Year Celebration. Venue: Museum of the Home, 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA. All day. Free but you must book a ticket. https://www.museumofthehome.org.uk/

Saturday 28 January (and other dates); Witches and Witchcraft History. Pay What You Can Walking Tour by Wonders of London. Meet at Tower Hill Station, Trinity Square Gardens, London EC3N 1JL. Time: 7pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witches-witchcraft-history-pay-what-you-can-walking-tour-london-tickets-481606948347?

Sunday 29 January; 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 29 January; Space Clearing You and Your Home. In-person workshop with Vicky Sweetlove. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 29 January; 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 29 January; Earthbound Spirits: How to Recognise and Release Them. Online workshop with Giancarlo Serra via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 29 January (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 29 January; New Year - Same You. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 29 January; Woodland Bard Online - Yew. Event by Walkwithtrees. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £8. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jonathon-huet-at-walk-with-trees-30650264428

Sunday 29 January (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 29 January; Imbolc/Candlemas Pagan Celebration. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk/

Sunday 29 January; Kitchen Witch Imbolc ritual live on the Kitchen Witch Coven Facebook page and YouTube channel. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.youtube.com/c/KitchenWitchSchool

Sunday 29 January; Pilgrimage and Powerspots: A Discussion on Sacred Travel. Online talk by C Greer and M Oing 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

Monday 30 January; Learn to Draw Spirit Portraits. Online workshop with June-Elleni Laine via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 30 January; Julia Margaret Cameron: Feminism, Photography and PreRaphaelitism. Online talk via London Drawing Group. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-drawing-group-11407647443

Monday 30 January; Imbolc Magic. Online workshop with Rebecca Beattie via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 30 January; Mercury Magic Experience Sound Bath. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £30 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Monday 30 January (every Monday); Adult's Workshop: Mindful Pottery. Venue: Old Spitalfields Market, 63 Brushfield Street, London E1 6AA. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £24.30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adults-workshop-mindful-pottery-tickets-287927818857?

Monday 30 January; Richard Fidler on The Liabilities and Gifts of Debilitated Planets and Wendy Stacey on Astrocartography (2). Two online talks on astrology via the Astrological Lodge of London.  Time: 7pm and 8pm. Tickets £10 each talk for non members. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/

Monday 30 January; Crimson Craft Book Launch Party. Free online event by Halo Quin, author of Crimson Craft - s*xual magic for the solo witch. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/533183992177336/

Monday 30 January;  The Fairies of Suffolk - From Green Children to Tom Tit Tot. Online talk by Francis Young 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 31 January; Imbolc - Brigid Cross Workshop and Intuitive Messages with  Justine Nagaur. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday 31 January; Shamanic Plant Spirit Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 31 January; The Witch's Mirror, 'Witch’s Tools Series'. Interactive online class with folk witch Hannah Sanders via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 31 January; Path of Bride : A Ceremony of Light with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. (Some walking involved). Venue: Outdoor space near St Brides Church, Fleet Street · London EC4Y 8AU. Time: 7pm. Free event. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Tuesday 31 January; Death Cafe; Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 7.15pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/death-cafe-at-electric-elephant-tickets-478224701957?

Tuesday 31 January; (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 31 January; John Schorn: the Rector Who Conjured the Devil Into A Boot. Talk by archaeologist Wayne Perkins 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. (photo from St Gregory's church in Sudbury by GeographBot, CC),  http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Tuesday 31 January; So Moot It Be January Pagan Moot. Venue: The Rising Sun, Rochester, Kent.  Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/609012137654638

Tuesday 31 January; Towards a Philosophy of Magic. Online talk by J.F. Martel 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

Wednesday 1 February; Anglo-Saxon Pagan Gods. 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 1 February (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 1 February; Magic of the Greek Magical Papyri. Start of four-week online course by Lucia Segura via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £100. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 1 February; Palm Reading for Beginners. Start of 10-session course run by Robin Lown via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £240. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 1 February; Imbolc: an free online celebration by
Cunning Folk. Time: 7pm.  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Wednesday 1 February; Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England. Online talk by Sean O'Connor 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

Thursday 2 February; Begin Again Imbolc Ritual. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 2 February; PF London Imbolc Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.15pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cahs only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon

Saturday 4 February; Sweat Lodge  organised by Aho Studio. In-person event. Venue: Berkeley Farm, a few miles outside London. Time: 11am. Tickets: £80. www.aho.community

Saturday 4 February; Full Moon 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/

Saturday 4 February; The Shamanic Warrior: Action Whilst Facing Fear. Online workshop with Itzhak Beerye via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 62pm. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 4 February; January - Walking The Wheel with Freya. Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Sunday 5 February; Brixton Orchard Wassail - with Urban Growth and Brixton Tatterjacks Morris. Venue: Brixton Orchard, 2 St. Matthews Road, London SW2 1RH. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brixton-orchard-wassail-tickets-491667920987? 

Sunday 5 February; Herbal Magic: Spells That Really Work. Online class with the Seed Sistas, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 5 February (first Sunday of the month); Imbolc at 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 5 February; Woodland Witches Imbolc 2023 and Full Moon: Seasonal Gathering with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Outdoors in Queen's Wood, Highgate, North London. Meet at 3.30pm to walk to the site. Tickets £5. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Sunday 5 February; Crimson Coven Collective online Imbolc and Full Moon ritual. Time: 7pm. Free, but you will need to joing the group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/crimsoncoven/

Sunday 5 February; A Shire Spring. Online event by Jason Buck Storyteller. Time: 7.30pm.  Tickets ·from  £3.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jason-buck-storyteller-5020006777

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events. I don't always know about changes or cancellations to events I don't run - tbc means to be confirmed. Contact event organisers directly if you have questions. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical wellbeing and healing, this is *not* medical advice.