Tuesday 7 March 2023

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next week or so. I generally include things in the UK, especially in or near London, as well as online talks and workshops, but some are further afield. If you know an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com

Now to 23 March; The Bakor Monoliths exhibition. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Free to enter. https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Now to Saturday 17 June, Two exhibitions: Animal Guising and the Kentish Hooden Horse; Discovering a Bronze Age Hoard. Both exhibitions are at Maidstone Museum, St. Faith's Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1LH. Free entry. https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk/

Now to 12 March; Art Exhibition - M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds. Venue: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, London SE21 7AD. Full tickets: £16.50. https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/

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/

Now to 30 July; Labyrinth - Knossos, Myth and Reality. Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Full price tickets £15.30. https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/labyrinth-knossos-myth-reality

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/

Tuesday 7 - Thursday 9 March; Three Ways To Work With The Magic of the Moon. Three-part free live online event with Moonology author Yasmin Boland via Hay House. Time: 5pm each day. https://experience.hayhouseu.com/moonologycertification-webinar-index/

Tuesday 7 March; Leonor Fini’s Witches. In-person event by The Research Forum. Venue: The Courtauld Institute of Art, Lecture Theatre 2, Vernon Square Campus, Penton Rise London WC1X 9EW. Time: 5.30pm. Free but you must reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leonor-finis-witches-tickets-489337430427?

Tuesday 7 March; “There wis a lady dressed in green” - William Montgomerie’s recordings of children in the streets of Dundee, 1952. Online talk by Margaret Bennett via the Folklore Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 7 March first Tuesday each month); Delving into the realms of channeling and trance. 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 7 March; Moon Space - SLC's cosmic cyber circle with Tree Carr. Online via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 7 March; Full Moon in Virgo Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 7 March;  An Evening With David GoddardVenue: The Gardner Room at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/  

Tuesday 7 March; The Fool's Journey Through the Tarot. Online class with Suzanne Corbie via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 7 March; 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/events/291796696/?

Tuesday 7 March; Odin: The All Father of a Nordic Pantheon of Gods. Online talk by Terry Gunnell 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 7 March (tbc but usually first Tuesday each Month); The Witches' Inn Moot. Venue: Halt and Pull pub, Horley. Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/The-Witches-Inn-1568424150049437

Wednesday 8 March; Viking Pagan Gods in 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 8 March (usually first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial#

Wednesday 8 March (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 8 March; Soothing Sensory Sound Ceremony. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Wednesday 8 March; Visions of the Occult. Online talk by author Victoria Jenkins 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 9 March (and other dates); Morning Meditation. Free online event via Rest Less Events. Time: 9am. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/30-minute-morning-meditation/?

Thursday 9 March (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 9 March; The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi. Free talk and book signing with Charles Manson. Venue:  Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 9 March (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 9 March; Gargoyles and Grotesques. Online talk by Dr Alex Woodcock 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 9 March (tbc but usually 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 9 March; The Secret Commonwealth. 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

Friday 10 March (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 10 March; Treason: People, Power and Plot exhibition tours. Venue: The National Archives, Bessant Drive, Kew TW9 4DU. Time: 1pm. Free but you must book a ticket. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/treason-people-power-and-plot-exhibition-tours-tickets-482413330257?

Friday 10 March (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 10 March; Seckhem Sound Healing. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 10 March (and other dates); Online Meditation Session. Time: Time: 7.25pm. Free online event, but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Saturday 11 March; Moon Con 23 Spring Edition - a free day of online talks by Moon Books authors. I'll be giving a talk on Rounding the Wheel of the Year, about ways of celebrating the year as a whole, based on my book that's coming out in a few months. Run live from both the Moon Books Publishing Facebook page and YouTube channel. https://www.facebook.com/MoonBooks

Saturday 11 March; Witchfest Market - Frome 2023. Pagan market and bar during the day with folk music with Damh the Bard and Green Diesel in the evening. Event by Children of Artemis. Venue: Cheese and Grain, Market Yd, Justice Ln, Frome BA11 1BE. Starts 9am. Free entry to the market. Evening entertainment starts 6.45pm with tickets £25 plus service charge. https://witchfest.net/

Saturday 11 March; Courting the Cards: Understanding Tarot Court Cards. Online workshop with Avril Price via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 11 March; Clairsentience: The Psychic Feeling. Online workshop with Hernan Cotroneo via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 11 March; Blue Lotus Tea Ceremony and Shamanic Drum Meditation with Francesca. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 11am.  Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday 11 March;  (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 12 March; Psychedelic Breath, Beats and Sounds with Cacao Ceremony. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 10am. Tickets: £55 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 12 March; Advancing Your Psychic Mediumship. Online workshop with Jeremy Turner-Welch via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 12 March (tbc but 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 12 March (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 12 March; Fairies and The Witches Who Loved Them. Online talk by Professor Diane Purkiss through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 13 March (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 13 March, British Witchcraft Documentaries of the 1970s. Talk by Gary Parsons. Venue: Helgi's Bar, 177 Mare St, London E8 3RH. Bar open 6pm - 1am. Talk starts 8pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.wegottickets.com/event/572267?

Monday 13 March; Social, and Astrological Discussion; and Sorry, Not for you? Planets in the 12th House - lecture by Rod Chang. Two in-person events on astrology via the Astrological Lodge of London. Venue: Rudolph Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 6pm and 8pm. Tickets £10 each event for non members. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 13 March (second Monday of the month); Spirit of Place. 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 13 March; Spring Equinox. Online class with Rebecca Beattie, author of The Wheel of the Year, via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 13 March (every Monday); Learn more about the OBOD Druid community. Time: 8pm. Free online event. https://www.druidry.org

Tuesday 14 March; Blue Lotus Dreaming Circle. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £35/£40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Tuesday 14 March; Shamanic Plant Spirit Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 14 March; Meeting Aleister Crowley and his Magick. Online talk by Marco Visconti via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 14 March (first Tuesday each month); Talk at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub. Venue: Davy’s Wine Vaults, 161 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8JA. Time: 7.30pm. Suggested donation: £3. https://sitp.online/sitp/greenwich

Tuesday 14 March; Ostara Spring Equinox Egg Cleansing and Plant Medicine and Dream Weaving. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7.30pm.  Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday 14 March; Scottish fire festivals. Online talk by Dr Tom McKean 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 15 March; The Cauldron 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 15 March; The Renaissance and Esoteric Traditions. Part of Academic Study of Western Esotericism course by Sasha Chaitow via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £40 for the one session (or £400 for the series) https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 15 March; Beginners Tarot. Start of 8-week online course with Rain McManus. Time: 7pm. Cost: £160; which can be paid in instalments. For details email rain.mcmanus@gmail.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/548551947121467/

Wednesday 15 March (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 15 March; British Reclaiming Online Conversations: Personal Practice. Online event with Irisanya (author of Pagan Portals - Reclaiming Witchcraft and Aphrodite), Fortuna, Halo and Woody. Free event, but you must agree to the Reclaiming Principles of Unity. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/502951748719678

Wednesday 15 March; The Artist as Medium. Online talk by Jacqui 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

Thursday 16 March; Mirror Magic. Online class with Levannah Morgan via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 16 March; Aho Brotherhood Circle. Monthly online event for men. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.aho.community/ or https://www.meetup.com/aho-studio/events/291188190/

Thursday 16 March; PF London Spring Equinox Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.20pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon

Friday 17 March; Starseeds: What's it All About? Free talk and book signing with by Alexander Quinn. Venue:  Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Friday 17 March; Damh the Bard House Concert 36. Free online event. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/damhthebard/ 

Saturday 18 March;  Kent Gorsedd Spring Equinox 2023. Venue: Coldrum Stones. North Kent. Time: noon. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/586804723082976/

Saturday 18 March; Poppet Magic workshop, run by me Lucya Starza. A talk on the history of magical dolls and a chance to make a poppet for protection to take home. 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 18 March; Walking in the Footsteps of your Year, at this Ostara Solar Festival. Guided walk with Jeremy Rye. Meet at the London Stone (TBC prior to the walk) 111 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AR. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021#

Saturday 18 March; Spring Equinox 2023 : Woodland Seasonal Gathering with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Meet Queen's Wood, Highgate, North · London. Time: 2pm. Tickets £7 and you must reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/events/291796696/?

Saturday 18 March; Energy Evolution for the Equinox. Online event via She's Lost Control. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £30-£35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 18 March; Holi Ritual. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday 18 March; OBOD online Alban Eilir/Spring Equinox Ceremony
Online event, organised by the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. Free. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/904659997444363/

Saturday 18 March; Aphrodite - Free online author event with Irisanya Moon. Time: 7pm. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aphrodite-author-event-with-irisanya-moon-tickets-561322650157?

Sunday 19 March; Sacred Stones of the British Isles. In-person class with Nicholas Pearson. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 19 March;  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 19 March; Spring Equinox Ra Sun Worship Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 19 March; 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 19 March; Kitchen Witch Spring Equinox ritual live on the Kitchen Witch Coven Facebook page and YouTube channel. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.youtube.com/c/KitchenWitchSchool

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events except my talk at MoonCon and my workshop at Treadwell's. Contact the organisers directly if you have any questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical protection, this is *not* medical advice.

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