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 to 6 January 2023; Wicked Spirits? Witchcraft and Magic. Exhibition at Colchester Castle, Essex, CO1 1TJ. 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

Now to 30 January 2023; 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

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 4 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

Thursday 5 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 5 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 5 January; Afro-Brazilian Numerology. Free online talk by Diego de Oxóssi via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 5 January; The Quickening. Online talk by Lars Muhl and Naleea Landmann via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 5 January; Divining the Year Ahead. Online workshop with Julian Vayne via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 5 January; Paula Dempsey on Animal Ghosts. 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/.

Friday 6 January; Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 6 January; Full Moon Peace Fires. Light a candle for peace wherever you are in the world, for for 10 minutes or longer and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Free. Details: http://peacefires.org/

Friday 6 January (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 6 January; Full Moon Ceremony by the River Thames with Mani and London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Meet at the Millennium Bridge, Bankside, London SE1 at 7pm for a Wiccan ritual on the banks of the Thames. Cost: £5. You must reserve a place in advance. Wear outdoor clothes.  https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Friday 6 January; Full Moon in Cancer Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 6 January; 'The Nightmare of Dr Jekyll'. Lecture Performance by mentalist and witchcraft speaker Cara Hamilton. Venue: Treadwell's Books, 33 Store St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Saturday 7 January;  New Year Energy Palace. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £30/35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 7 January; January - Walking The Wheel with Ganesha. Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday 7 January; Moon Space: A Cosmic Cyber  Circle. Online event with Tree Carr via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 7 January; 'Witches of London'. Lecture Performance by mentalist and witchcraft speaker Cara Hamilton. Venue: Treadwell's Books, 33 Store St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 8 January; 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 8 January; Feng Shui Cleanse. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £30/35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 8 January; Twelfth Night 2023 Festival with wassail and mummers' play by The Lion's Part. Starting on Bankside, London SE1, by Shakespeare's Globe, and continuing by procession to the Historic George Inn in Southwark for more fun. Starts 2pm. Free but donations welcome. http://www.thelionspart.co.uk/twelfthnight/

Sunday 8 January; Wassail at Woodspirits. Meet at Cheshunt station before walking to Lee Valley Park. Time: 2pm (earlier than usual time of 3pm). Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 8 January; Story Co-operative. 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 8 January; New Year New You with Spiritual Tiik London. Online Event. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £20.94. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Sunday 8 January (tbc but usually 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 8 January; The Long Lost Friend: An American Grimoire. Online talk by Dan Harms on 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

Most Mondays except during holidays: 2 talks on astrology via the Astrological Lodge of London, usually online but sometimes in person at The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm and 8.30pm. Tickets £10 per talk. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/

Monday 9 January (second Monday of the month); Power of the Goddess. Training group workshop for solitary witches hosted by the Wytchery. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/the-wytchery/

Monday 9 January; Robin Hood. 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 10 January;  Starting Your Psychic Journey. Start of six-session course run by Gary Wright, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £175. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 10 January; Gliding in the Churchway Paths: Corpse Roads and the Right to Roam. Online talk by Professor Stuart Dunn via the Folklore Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 10 January; A Bestiary of Austin Osman Spare art exhibition private view, with Devil's Botany Chocolate Absinthe. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum and The Last Tuesday Society, 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £0 – £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Tuesday 10 January; Sex Education. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 10 January; Energy Prescriptions for 2023. Online talk by Alla Svirinskaya via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £24. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 10 January; City of the Beast: The London of Aleister Crowley. Online talk by Phil Baker 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 11 January - 10 July; A Bestiary of Austin Osman Spare art exhibition. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum, 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Wednesday 11 - 17 January - 10 July; You Can Heal Your Life Summit via Hay House. Free access to the online audio via a downloadable app, $49 to listen on a laptop or computer. https://www.discover.hayhouse.com/ychyl-summit-welcome/

Wednesday 11 January; Rune Course. Four-session online workshop with Andre Henriques via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 11 January; Cosmic and Sensory Sound Bath. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Thursday 12 January; Vision of the Occult. Free talk by Victoria Jenkins. Venue:  Watkins Bookshop,

19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 12 January; Colour, Convalescence, Cosmos: The Late Watercolours of Dr Grace Pailthorpe. Online talk by Dr Hope Wolf via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets £16.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 12 January; A Witch's Guide to Ritual. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 12 January; Opening the Pathway to the New Year. Online workshop with Julian Vayne via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 12 January; Witch Wavelength Online Workshop by Sheena Cundy, based on her new book, The Witch Wavelength. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.facebook.com/events/1343201769584677

Thursday 12 January;  We Are Wassailing. Talk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm, but earlier if you want to order food. Free but you must reserve  a place.  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Thursday 12 January; Suffolk Ghost Tales  with Kirsty Hartsiotis through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 13 January; Ghost Tales of Eltham.  Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Friday 13 January; Friday 13th: Special Pub Moot with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: The Woodman Pub, Highgate, North London. Time: 7pm. Free event. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Friday 13 January; Sekhem Sound Healing. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 14 January; Learn the Techniques of Remote Viewing. In-person 1-day class with Ann Théato. Venue:  College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am - 5pm. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 14 January; NOTE: TIME HAS CHANGED FROM 1PM TO 11AM.  Candle Magic workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Cost: £22 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 14 January; The Fit Witch Retreat. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £45.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 15 January; Manifestation Workshop. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 15 January; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm. https://www.meetup.com/The-Kith-of-The-Tree-and-The-Well/

Sunday 15 January; The Snow Queen. Storytelling for adults with London Dreamtime. Venue: The Asylum chapel, Caroline Gardens, London SE15. Time: 3.45pm. Tickets £12. https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 15 January (usually second Sunday of the month); Luna Iter Ritual. In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. 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. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154

Sunday 15 January; Woodland Bard Online - Yew. Event by Walkwithtrees. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £7. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jonathon-huet-at-walk-with-trees-30650264428

Sunday 15 January; Stories of Mythical Monsters. Online event by Jason Buck Storyteller. Time: 7pm.  Tickets ·from  £3. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jason-buck-storyteller-5020006777

Sunday 15 January; Liberating Babalon, the Red Goddess. Online lecture by
Gabriela Herstik via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 15 January; The Last Wild Men of Borneo. Online talk by Carl Hoffman 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

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own candle magic workshop. 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.