Wednesday 5 July 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 couple of weeks. I include things in the UK, especially in or near London, as well as online talks and workshops. 

Now - Saturday 8 July; Don't Keep The Wicker Man Waiting. Exhibition celebrating 50 Years of the British cult horror film. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD. Exhibition open Monday-Saturday noon - 6pm. https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/thewickerman

Now - 14 July; Exhibition of art by Rebecca Jo Lesley. Venue: Downstairs gallery, CASS ART Islington, 66-67 Colebrooke Row, London. Open during shop hours.  https://www.facebook.com/cassartislington

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 - 13 August; Luxury and Power - Persia to Greece exhibition. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tickets £15/free for members. https://www.britishmuseum.org/

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/ 

Now - 6 July; Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global Environments Conference. Venue: Falmouth University, Cornwall.  Tickets: Full fee £150, Unwaged £95. https://darkeconomies.co.uk/haunted-landscapes/?

Wednesday 5 July (every Wednesday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Wednesday 5 July; Exploring Garden Herbs and how to grow them from scratch. Workshop by Core Landscapes. Venue: 1 St Barnabas Terrace, London E9 6DJ. Time: 2pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-garden-herbs-how-to-grow-them-from-scratch-tickets-625269747647

Wednesday 5 July (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 5 July (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Thursday 6 July; Morning Meditation. Free online event via Rest Less Events. Time: 9am. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/30-minute-morning-meditation/?

Thursday 6 July; 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 6 July; Author Talk - Initiation into Dream Mysteries by Sarah Janes. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 6 July; Queerying Occultures - Launch party for Phil Hine's new book. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £16 including a copy of the book, free if no book is required.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 6 July (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 https://assap.ac.uk/

Thursday 6 July; Living the Runes through Summer. Online class with Andre Henriques via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 6 July;  Shroom Magic. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 7 July (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 7 July;  Philosophy Café - Online and in-person (London). Hosted by Phil via Light in London. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/events/294396949/

Friday 7 July; An Evening of Mediumship with Q and A with Anthony Kesner. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £24. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 7 July; What is Nature? Free online seminar with Rudolf Steiner - Spiritual Science, Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Friday 7 July; The Womb Rules. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 7 July; Embody Your Masculine Energy - for all genders. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £33. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Friday 7 July (and other dates); Online Meditation Session. Time: Time: 7.30pm. Free online event, but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Saturday, 8 July; Tarot and Your Psychic Ability. One-day workshop with Avril Price. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 10am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 July. Journey to the Dark Goddess. Workshop with author Jane Meredith (non-residential weekend course). Venue in Sheffield. Starts 10am. Cost - £170, £145 concession  http://www.janemeredith.com/

Saturday, 8 July;  Ancient Metalworking Workshop. Venue: Butser Ancient Farm. Hampshire, P08. Time 10am. Tickets: £90. https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on

Saturday, 8 July; Psychic Attack online class with Hernan Cotroneo via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 8 July; Florence Farr and the Magical Imagination - Conference with talks and featuring a rare ritual reading of 'The Shrine of the Golden Hawk'. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Tube: Doors open noon.  Tickets  £35. https://www.sueterryacademic.com/courses-events 

Saturday, 8 July; Journey Through the Healing Power of Herbs and Oils for the Mind. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday, 8 July; Unlock Your Innate Creative Abilities. Workshop with Geoffrey Beitz. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 8 July; Crystal Magic. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday, 8 July; Shamanic Womb Awakening. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday, 8 July;  London Witches Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet outside Farringdon tube Station, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £16.50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 9 July; Suffolk Pagan and Alternative Summer Fayre Earth Spirit Event. Venue: New Green Community Centre, Thurston, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 3TG. Time: 10.30am.  Entry £2 on the door or from www.earthspiritevents.co.uk

Sunday 9 July; Expand and Trust Your Psychic Senses. One-day workshop with Jeremy Turner-Welch. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 9 July; Orpington Alternative Market. Venue: Priory Gardens, Church Hill, Orpington BR6 0HH. Time: 11am - 4pm. Free to enter. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063523864168

Sunday 9 July; North West Kent July Moot for members of NWK Pagans. Talk on magical use of herbs in the Shakespearean era. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, Bromley, Kent. Time: 11am. https://www.facebook.com/events/1629792507540140

Sunday 9 July (and other times and dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11.30am. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 9 July; Sound Bath and Energy Ritual Connecting with Ancient Egypt. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 4.30pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 9 July (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 (tbc), moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £8. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154

Sunday 9 July (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 10 July; Lunar Magic - Cancer - 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 10 July; Informal Gathering at South London Pagans Moot. Venue: The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Rd, London SE15 3BE. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/969185631107287/969185644440619/

Monday 10 July; By the Rivers of Babylon with Christian Koenig; The Male Asteroids in Your Chart (1) with Jessica Adams. Two online talks on astrology via the Astrological Lodge of London.  Time: 7pm and 8pm. Tickets £12 each talk for non members. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 10 July; Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft (Part 2). Talk by Anna Þórarinsdóttir on  Zoom through 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 10 July (every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/

Tuesday 11 July; Fires of Devotion - workshop. Online event by Halo Quin, author of Crimson Craft. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  on a pay-what-you-can sliding scale basis. Suggested options: £20, £35, or £50. https://haloquin.ck.page/products/fires-of-devotion?

Tuesday 11 July;  Astrology Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 11 July; Dragon Energy: An Evening with the Original Dragon Lady Caroline Mitchell. Free online event via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 12 July;  Tea and Talks at Atlantis Bookshop. Jane Meredith, author of Journey to the Dark Goddess and Falling Through the Tree of Life, is this week's guest author. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £10. Call Atlantis  020 7405 2120 for bookings. https://www.facebook.com/events/548919524113063/

Wednesday 12 July (2nd Weds of each month); Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Enfield  Time: 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 12 July; Esotericism in the Enlightenment - Seminar. 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

Thursday 13 July; Author Talk - The Mighty Goddess by Sally Pomme Clayton. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 13 July;  Annie Horniman: In Conversation. Professor Vivien Gardner (Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester) and Geraldine Beskin (The Atlantis Bookshop, London), and  Simon Costin (Director of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Museum of British Folklore) discuss Annie Horniman's life, work, and occult interests. Event organised by British Association of Decadence Studies (BADS)  Goldsmiths, University of London 8 Lewisham Way London SE14 6NW. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets free but you must book a place. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annie-horniman-in-conversation-tickets-644340719437?

Thursday 13 July; Nancy Spero - Drawing, Collage and the Goddess. Online talk via London Drawing Group. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-drawing-group-11407647443

Thursday 13 July; Chakra Balancing Sound Journey. 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

Thursday 13 July; Psychedelic Sound Meditation. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 13 July;  Tree Lore. Talk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 14 - 16 July; Folklore, Geography and Environment: Ways of Knowing Water, Landscape and Climate in the Anthropocene. Folklore Society Conference. Hybrid event. In-person venue: The Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull, 27 High St, Hull, HU1 1NE. Tickets: £90 online participation/ £140 in person. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Friday 14 July; Connecting to your Spirit Guides. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Friday 14 July; Bees. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1. Time: 7pm. Tickets by donation https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/

Friday 14 July; Strumpets and Harlots - Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet at Covent Garden tube Station, Long Acre, London WC2E 9JT. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £16.50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 15 July;  Trance Mediumship: First Steps. One-day workshop with Sarah Tyler-Walters. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 15 July; Sweat Lodge organised by Aho Studio. In-person event. Venue: Berkeley Farm, a few miles outside London. Time: noon. Tickets: £80/£40. www.aho.community

Saturday 15 July; Poppet Magic workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls. 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 15 July;  Using Hag Stones for Art, Creativity and Seeing the Fairy Realm with Jan Arden. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 15 - 16 July;  Writing and rewriting fairytales, with Lucy Popescu. Online class via City Lit. Time: 2pm. Full fee: £69, Concession: £35. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/

Saturday 15 July; Awaken Your Inner Goddess. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday 15 July; Hands-On Magic: Incense-Making - In-person Class with Dr Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 4pm. Cost: £22 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 15 July; Mindfulness in Merton Art Therapy Workshop. Write to Heal with Way Wive Worz. Venue: Johmard Community Centre, 65-67 High Street, Colliers Wood, London SW19 2JF. Time: 4pm. Free but reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/way-wive-wordz-16931449271

Saturday 15 July;  Book Signing: Pagan Portals - Planetary Magic with Dr Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 6pm. Free, just turn up.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 15 July;  Midsummer Rose and Lavender Ritual for Self Love. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 15 July;  8pm: Online talk. Disasmbiguating The Scottish Fairy Courts Online talk presented by Morgan Daimler via the Folklore Podcast. Time: 8pm. Tickets £5. http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/

Sunday 16 July;  Mythic London - Caroline Wise's super-walk, organised via Treadwell's. Meet outside St Clement Danes, Strand, St Clement Dane Church, Strand, Temple, London WC2R 1DH. Time: 11.15am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 16 July; Hands-On Magic: Magical Herbs - In-person Class with Dr Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: noon. Cost: £80 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Sunday 16 July; 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/events/

Sunday 16 July; Transmission New Moon Series. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 16 July; Dark Moon Priestess Healing Sound Journey. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 16 July; Welsh Fairy Tales from The Mabinogi by Viktor Wynd on 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

For details of events after Sunday 16 July 2023 please look at my events page: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/p/online-events.html

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events except my poppet workshop. 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.  If you know an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com

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