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 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 30 January; 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 18 January; Neoplatonism and Hermeticism in Western Esotericism. Part of Academic Study of Western Esotericism course by Sasha Chaitow via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £40 for the one talk (or £400 for the series) https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 18 January; The Broom in the 'Witch’s Tools Series'. Online workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 18 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 18 January (tbc but 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 18 January; Fools and Wise Men. Online talk by Michael O'Connor via Zoom 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

Thursday 19 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 19 January; 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 19 January; Writing Between the Worlds: Tending the Well of Grief. Intro to 6-session course. Online event by author Irisanya Moon and Marie Maccagno. Time: 1.30pm. Tickets: $500 - $750 for the entire course. https://forms.gle/DYwnvHnkJemQqSt67

Thursday 19 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 19 January; High John the Conqueror. Free talk by Tariq Goddard. Venue:  Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 19 January; Louise Bourgeois and Doodling the Unconscious. Online talk and guided drawing class via London Drawing Group. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-drawing-group-11407647443

Thursday 19 January; Poppets and Magical Dolls in History, Folklore and Practical Spellcraft. Online talk by me, Lucya Starza, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 19 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 19 January;  New Witch Literature: Seraphina Madsen and Anya Bergman talk to A.K. Blakemore about their novels. Venue:  Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DT. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £8. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-witch-literature-seraphina-madsen-and-anya-bergman-with-ak-blakemore-tickets-493644382637?

Thursday 19 January; A Beginner's Guide to Crystals. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 19 January; Traditional Charms. Online workshop with Levannah Morgan via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 12 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

Thursday 19 January; Personal Myths: the Weird World of Fake Native Americans. Online talk by Paul Willetts 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

Friday 20 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 20 - Sunday 22 January; The Crossroads and The Cave New Moon Weekend by Cyndi Brannen of Keeping Her Keys. Online event, free for anyone who has purchased a copy of Entering Hekate's Cave. Starts 5pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/682494416957056

Friday 20 January; Book Launch: Fifty Forgotten Books by R.B. Russell. Venue:  Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Friday 20 January (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 20 January; Dream Big Manifestation Setting. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30 workshop only, £50 with Lethally Her Productivity Planner option.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 20 January; Honoring the Wild. Free online book launch

event by Irisanya Moon. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/584613216820586/

Saturday 21 January; New Moon Circle Meditation with Spiritual Tiik London. Free online event. Time: 9.30am. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Saturday 21 January; The I AM. In-person 1-day class with Lars Muhl and Naleea Landmann. Venue:  College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 21 January; Attunement: Connecting with your Spirit Communicator. Online class with Ann Théato via the College of Psychic Studies. 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 21 January; Witch's Guide to Lunar Living. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 21 January;  New Moon Meditation. Venue: The Columbia, 95-99 Lancaster Gate, W2 3NS, London. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://weclustr.com/event/new-moon-meditation/

Saturday 21 January; An Evening with Awyn Dawn on Healing Spiritual Dis-Ease. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday 21 January; New Moon in Aquarius Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 21 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 21 January; Imagination as a Way of Knowledge. Online event with Gary Lachman by Theosophical Society in America. Time: 7pm. Tickets: $35. https://www.facebook.com/events/683927009901027

Saturday 21 January; Fellowship of the Phoenix: Fire of the Dragon Ritual. Online event by Chris Allaun. Free. Time: 11.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/904306707610785/

Sunday 22 January; London Wiccans (Hornsey and Wood Green): Pub gathering for members of the Wiccan Federation. Venue: a pub close to Bounds Green, North London. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wiccans/events/291013062/?

Sunday 22 January; London's Chinese New Year Festival to celebrate the start of the Year of the Rabbit. Free festival with parade followed by free performances in Trafalgar Square and China Town. https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event/4733685-chinese-new-year-in-london

Sunday 22 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/

Monday 23 January; Weaving Celtic Wisdom. Start of 10-session course run by Gary Wright, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £250. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 23 January (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/ 

Monday 23 January; Simply Psychic Foundation. 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/

Monday 23 January; Rhys Chatham on Astrological House Systems and Wendy Stacey on Astrocartography (1). 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 23 January; How Culhwch Won Olwen and tales of Arthur. Online talk by Dr Mark Williams 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 24 January (and other dates); Tarot and Devil's Botany Absinthe at The Last Tuesday Society. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP.  Various times from 3pm to 10pm. Tickets · from £16.26. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Tuesday 24 January; Dead Men Tell Tales: Bogs, Bog Bodies, and Bog Queens. Online talk by Sophia Kingshill via the Folklore Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 24 January; Planet Pulse Astrology Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 24 January; The Nazis and UFOs. Online talk by Michael Fitzgerald 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 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 (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; 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/

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

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; 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 - 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 (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 (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; 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

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own poppet talk. 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.