Wednesday 22 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 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 23 March; The Bakor Monoliths exhibition. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Free to enter. https://www.britishmuseum.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

Now to 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 22 March (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 4pm to 10pm. Tickets · from £16.26. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Wednesday 22 March; Spring Equinox Cleansing Ritual. In-person class with Margo Marrone. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 22 March; Kensington’s Great Sister Cemeteries of Kensal Green and Brompton. Illustrated lecture by Robert Stephenson via The Victorian Society. Venue: St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington Church Street, London W8 4LA. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £10. victoriansociety.org.uk

Wednesday 22 March; Grief and Lamenting (about Nordic Death Rituals and Galdr for processing Grief and Loss). 2nd in bundle of two online classes by author Imelda Almqvist. Time: 7pm. Price: £75 for both classes. https://pregnant-hag-teachings.teachable.com/

Wednesday 22 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 22 March; Leonora Carrington in Spain. Online talk by Carlos Martin 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 23 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, 23 March; 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 23 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, 23 March; Mary Beth Edelson and The Spiral Dance of Goddess and Cyborg  - Lecture by Amy Tobin. 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: 5pm. Free but you must reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-beth-edelson-and-the-spiral-dance-of-goddess-and-cyborg-tickets-511648854497

Thursday, 23 March - 20 April; The Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.Online Course via The Egypt Exploration Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £100/£50/£25. https://www.ees.ac.uk/

Thursday, 23 March, Druids' Meditation and Discussion with The Druid Order.  Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT (Conference Room). Time:  6.30pm to 9pm). Entry: £5, pay on the door. http://thedruidorder.org/

Thursday 23 March (every 23rd of the month); Spring Equinox 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/ 

Thursday 23 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, 23 March; Aries Manifestation Workshop. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday, 23 and 30 March; Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. Two-session online class with Julian Vayne on ceremonial magic's concept, via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 23 March; The Concealed Revealed: The Magic of Shoes Rebecca Shawcross Online talk 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, 23 and 30 March; Advancing your Tarot Reading. Two-session online class with Adrien Mastrosimone, via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 23 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

Friday 24 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 24 March (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 24 March (and other dates); Online Meditation Session. Time: Time: 7.25pm. Free online event, but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 24 - Sunday 26 March; Water Priestess Confluence  2023 - Online event with The Way of Melusine, Mami Wata, and The Magdalene. Tickets: $69. https://www.waterpriestess.com/water-priestess-confluence-1?

Friday 24 March; Ancient Stories of Sound. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 24 March; Spring Equinox and New Moon Activation. Venue: Prana Space, 1 Windmill Lane, London E15 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £27.80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-equinox-new-moon-activation-welcome-to-aries-season-tickets-555782539537?

Saturday 25 March; Leaping Hare Convention. Venue: Highwoods Community Centre, Colchester, Essex. Doors open 8.30am. Ticket price tbc https://www.facebook.com/events/355732260044131

Saturday 25 March and Saturday 1 April; Hawaiian Prayer Offering. Full day workshop with Wayne Kealohi Powell. Venue: The Gardner Room at The Atlantis Bookshop,  49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am to 5pm. Tickets: £60. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday 25 March; Wild Witchcraft Conference. Speakers include Rachel Patterson. Venue: Merchistoun Hall, 106 Portsmouth Road, Horndean, Hants, PO8 9LJ. Starts 10am. Tickets: £27.54. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-witchcraft-conference-2023-tickets-431720887797

Saturday 25 March; The Haunted Gallery: Untold Stories of Art and Magic. A selection of talks and discussions on artists and magic in art, including occult art in the archives of Tate Britain and The College of Psychic Studies, the lives of Madge Gill and Austin Osman Spare, and the making of apotropaic genderqueer deities and how they ended up on walls across Britain. Organised through London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Talks 11am - 5pm. Tickets: £18 / £15. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Saturday 25 March; Women in Ancient Greece. One-day class with William Sterling via City Lit. Venue: Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London. Time: 11am. Full fee: £59, Concession: £38. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/

Saturday 25 March; Tea and Tolkien Activity Day. Venue: St Peter's-in-the-Forest, Woodford New Road, Walthamstow., London. Starts at noon. Free daytime activities, evening film screening £3. https://www.facebook.com/events/175387451932192

Saturday 25 March; Meet Your Inner Child Sound Journey. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £29. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday 25 March;  MeadFest. Venue: 72 Enid Street, London. Starts 3pm. Tickets £20. https://www.gosnells.co.uk/pages/gosnells-meadery-taproom

Saturday 25 March; Goddess Eostara 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 25 March, Earth Hour Yoga Class. Venue: The Westin London City. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: Tickets: £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/earth-hour-yoga-class-at-the-westin-london-city-tickets-539208145077

Saturday 25 March, Pan: God of the English Countryside. Online talk by Dr. Paul Robichaud via Folklore Podcast Lectures. Time:  8pm: Tickets: £5. http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/lectures.html

Sunday 26 March; Shamanic Group with Les Fuller. All welcome Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-3pm. Tickets: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 26 March; Soul Restore Sound Journey. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Two times: 11.30am and 4pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 26 March (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/events/291883950/

Sunday 26 March; Burn the House Down. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 26 March; Spring Equinox at Coldrum Long Barrow for members of NWK Pagans. Venue: Coldrum Long Barrow. Kent. 

Sunday 26 March; Alchemy of the Womban Sacred Ceremony. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 3.30pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 26 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 26 March; Woodland Bard Online - Rowan. Event by Walkwithtrees. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £8. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jonathon-huet-at-walk-with-trees-30650264428

Sunday 26 March; How Nature Heals (Polyvagal Theory). Online event via Bennu's Table. Within Bennu’s Table, Katie Gerrard blends psychology with witchcraft and shamanism. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £2. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bennus-table-48276445013

Monday 27 March; Ancient Egyptian Magic. Online workshop with Rebecca Beattie, author of The Wheel of the Year, via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 27 March; Feeling Sound Monday Sound Bath Meditation. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Monday 27 March; Taking Nature's Hand: April. What has nature in mind for you this month? Online event with Jeremy Rye.  Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021#

Monday 27 March; A Unique Way to Look at Lunar Nodes by Wendell Perry and Toxic Relationships (2) by Martin Moritz. 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/

Monday 27 March (tbc but usually every Monday); Learn more about the OBOD Druid community. Time: 8pm. Free online event. https://www.druidry.org

Tuesday 28 March; Learn to Draw Spirit Portraits. Two-part online workshop with June-Elleni Laine via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 28 March; New Moon Cacao and Sonic Medicine 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 28 March; Sensory 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

Tuesday 28 March; Astro- Gong Pluto's Odyssey. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday 28 March; Aries Season Astro Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 28 March; Curse Tablets, Binding Spells and Poppets - part of the Magic and Witchcraft in Ancient Greece and  Rome series, a 7-part online course by Prof Marguerite Johnson, author of  Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature. Event through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £35.08 for the course or £6.86 for one talk. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Tuesday 28 March; The Brutality of Spectacle – A Brief History of the Execution Postcard. Talk by artist Jason B Bernard and historian Jennifer Wallis at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7EX. Door time: 7:30pm, Start time: 8pm. Tickets: £5/£3. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Tuesday 28 March; (tbc but usually 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

Wednesday 29 March; An Afternoon with... John Matthews. Venue: The Gardner Room at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets £10, tea and cake inlcuded. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/  

Wednesday 29 March; The Magic Knife 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 29 March; Tarot Circle. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Wednesday 29 March (usually last Wednesday every month); Social at Hertford Moot. Venue: The Blackbirds, 15-17 Parliament Square, Hertford, as the normal venue, The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford, is under new management. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Thursday 30 March; The Hidden Meaning of the Coronation. Illustrated lecture by Robert Stephenson. Venue: Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH. Time: 2pm. Free - In person and online - bookable on Eventbrite. guildhall.library@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Thursday 30 March; Joseph Glanvill and Late 17th Century English Witch Beliefs. Online talk by James and Sally North via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 30 March; Art and Altars of Africa and Beyond. Online talk by Lilith Dorsey via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 30 March; Developing and Anchoring a Secure Attachment Style. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Thursday 30 March; Cunning Conjurations: Spirit Calling in English Folk Magic. Online talk by Al Cummins 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 31 March, Lost Among the Trees. Storytelling for adults with London Dreamtime. Venue: One of London's Royal Parks. Time: 7pm. Tickets £12. https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Friday 31March; Blue Lotus and Shamanic Drum Journey. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 31March, London Witches. Walking Tour with Maria Beadell organised by Treadwells. Meet outside Farringdon Tube Station. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. Tickets: £16.50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Saturday 1 April; Goddess Day dedicated to the Mistress of Beasts. In-person events by Goddess Enchantments. Venue: North London. Time 11am - 6.30pm. Price £75. Discount code available for previous attendees. Parking is available. https://www.goddessenchantment.com/WORKSHOPS

Saturday 1 April;  Empowerment and Ancestral Healing with the Avebury Matriarch Dragon. In-person class with Caroline Mitchell. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 1 April; Beginner series: Intro to Spirituality with Gemma Petherbridge. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 11.30am. Tickets: Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday 1 April; Pagan FutureFests Belostra 2023. Festival with entertainment, talks and a market. Venue: Cryer Arts Centre,  39 High St, Carshalton SM5 3BB. Starts at noon. Tickets: £15 all day, £9 evening only https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063671617518

Saturday 1 April; Womens Sacred Healing Circle with the Moon Circles, Ceremonies, Meditations and More Meetup Group, Venue: Private address in · London SW17. Time: noon. Tickets £22/£15. https://www.meetup.com/sw-london-healing-circles-ceremonies/events/291934541/

Saturday 1 April; Wild Lab Workshop with Renato Guerrero, an alchemist, mentor and medicine man, organised in conjunction with Aho Studio. Venue:  Epping Forest, near Loughton Tube Station. Time: noon to 8pm, Tickets: £55.  To RSVP and make payment contact Renato sonidosmedicina@gmail.com.

Saturday 1 April; Scrying workshop - divination using crystal balls, mirrors and water - based on my book Pagan Portals - Scrying. 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 1 April; Wild Woman Awakening. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £35. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 2 April; Satanic Flea Market - Rites of Spring Fayre. Venue: Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ. Starts noon. Entry: £4. https://www.facebook.com/events/572202418120934/

Sunday 2 April (first Sunday of the month); 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 2 April; Friendship - 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 2 April; Hazel and Silk - Wands and Scourges. Talk via the Doreen Valiente Foundation as part of a series dedicated to the collection of artefacts once belonging to Doreen Valiente. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets:  £10 – £22.38. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hazel-and-silk-wands-and-scourges-tickets-524885616007?

Sunday 2 April; Cornish legends and healthcare. Online talk by Charlotte MacKenzie 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 2 April; Fairies 101 for Pagans and Christians. Online workshop by Katy Valentine and Morgan Daimler. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets $20 – $45. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fairies-101-for-pagans-and-christians-tickets-574675619247?

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events except 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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