Wednesday 12 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 mainly include in-person things in or near London, because that's where I'm based, as well as online talks and workshops you can do anywhere. 

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 - 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

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 12 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 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 Wed each month); Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Enfield  Time: 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 12 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 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; Morning Meditation. Free online event via Rest Less Events. Time: 9am. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/30-minute-morning-meditation/?

Thursday 13 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 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 (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 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 (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

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

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; Spiritual Astrology and the English Qaballa with Cath Thompson and Barry Down. Hybrid event. In-person venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 2pm. Facebook event page has zoom details https://www.facebook.com/events/1132767407640889

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; Money Manifestation Masterclass. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

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; Online talk. Disasmbiguating The Scottish Fairy Courts Online talk presented by Morgan Daimler, author of A New Dictionary of Fairies and other titles, 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 (and other times and dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

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 (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 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

Monday 17 July; New Moon in Cancer Manifest Your Desires. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Monday 17 July; 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

Monday 17 July;  A Shift in Time by Chris Mitchell followed by the Astrological Lodge Summer Party. In-person talks and following event via the Astrological Lodge of London.  Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm and 8pm. Tickets £12 each event for non members. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 17 July; What does precognition "see"?. Online talk by Dr Dean Radin via the Society for Psychical Research. Time: 8pm. Tickets free for members, £5 non members. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Monday 17 July (every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/

Monday 17 July; Night of the Cradle Birth of Isis New Moon Ceremony by the Thames with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Meet by the Millennium Bridge, · London. Time: 8pm. Tickets £5. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/events/

Tuesday 18 July; History of Halloween. Online talk by Professor Ronald Hutton, via the Folklore Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 18 July; Royal Society of Arts Wellness Event - create your own flower essences with Fire and Alchemy. Venue: RSA House, 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ. Time: 6.30pm.  Tickets £35. https://www.thersa.org/events

Tuesday 18 July; New Moon Circle Meditation with Spiritual Tiik London. Free online event. Time: 6.30pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Tuesday 18 July; 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 18 July;  High Vibe Third Eye Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 18 July;  (tbc but usually third Tuesday each month); Witches of London Gathering with Children of Artemis. Venue: Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, London WC1V 6BN. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/childrenofartemis

Tuesday 18 July; Geomitica - the Mythology of Shape. Talk by Adrian Fisher 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

Tuesday 18 July (Third Tuesday each month); Talk on The Various Ways to Work with Trees at West Byfleet and Woking Monthly Moot.  Venue: The Station Pub next to West Byfleet Station. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/269236719025528/

Wednesday 19 July;  Sacred Earth Activism Monthly Gathering. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sea-monthly-gathering-tickets-502764932447

Wednesday 19 July; Witch-Bottles - Lecture by Brian Hoggard  via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm (or watch later with delayed viewing). Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 19 July; Sacred Circle Shamanic Drumming. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £26. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Wednesday 19 July. Talk by Chris French:  Putting the claims to the test. Invited presentation to PubSci. Venue: Old King’s Head, London. https://www.skeptic.org.uk/cgi-bin/paranormal/mail.cgi/archive/paranormal/20230505095315/

Wednesday 19 July (tbc but usually 3rd Wednesday each month); Witches of Zoom CoA Gathering. Free online event. Time: 7.30pm, for an 8pm start.  https://www.facebook.com/ZoomWitches

Wednesday 19 July (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/

Thursday 20 July; Ithel Colqhoun - Language of Body. Online talk via London Drawing Group. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-drawing-group-11407647443

Thursday 20 July;  Intro to Sound Healing. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 20 July; Self Love Circle - Reclaim Your Power in Love. 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

Friday 21 – 22 July; African Spiritual Practices. Two day conference exploring African spirituality. Venue: Richmix Cinema, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch, London E1 6LA. Starts 10am. https://www.facebook.com/events/207564488757739/

Friday 21 July; College of Psychic Studies Guided Tour with Curator and Archivist Vivienne Roberts. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 21 July; The Human Being Stands Between... Free online seminar with Rudolf Steiner - Spiritual Science, Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Saturday 22 July; Embodied Kabbalah, one day workshop with Jane Meredith, author Falling Through the Tree of Life. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: £60. Call Atlantis  020 7405 2120 for bookings. https://www.facebook.com/events/1616899305463176

Saturday 22 July;  Love Eternal Magdalene Feast. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £65.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 22 July; Candle Magic workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. 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 22 July; Healing with the Archangels and Goddesses: Transition and Change. Workshop with Liesl Duffy online via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 22 July; An evening with the Anglo Saxons - Mead, Music and Storytelling. Venue: Butser Ancient Farm. Hampshire, P08. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18. https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on

Saturday 22 July; Monthly Shamanic Drumming. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £26. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 23 July; Woodland Bard Online - Hawthorne. Event by Walkwithtrees. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £8. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jonathon-huet-at-walk-with-trees-30650264428

Sunday 23 July (tbc but usually 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, just turn up  http://crossbones.org.uk/

Sunday 23 July; Potions (pharmakeia) of the Ancient World. Talk by Prof. Marguerite Johnson,. part of the Magic and Witchcraft in Ancient Greece and Rome Series on Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £6.86. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

For things happening after 23 July 2023 please visit my events page.

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events except my workshops on poppets and candle magic at Treadwell's. Contact 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 (Note: I earn commission from advertisers for some links. This helps support my blog at no extra cost to those who read my posts.)

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