Books on Witchcraft: A Fairy Path by Daniela Simina

A book is coming out next week that I enjoyed reading so much that I wrote an endorsement for it before it was published. It's A Fairy Path: The Memoirs of a Young Fairy-Seer in Training by Daniela Simina, and is an autobiographical account of growing up in Romania and learning witchcraft at a young age. Daniela also told me that it's her favourite from all the books she's written. Here's what I said in my endorsement:

“In A Fairy Path: The Memoirs of a Young Fairy-Seer in Training, Daniela Simina offers a beautifully written tale of a childhood full of fairy magic, yet lived in fear during in Romania’s Communist past. It’s a story based in truth, of traditional folk beliefs passed on from grandmother to granddaughter and practiced in secret for the good of the community. It’s also about growing up, coming of age, and learning to take on the responsibilities of being a witch. The book ends with a wonderful collection of genuine charms and spells, as learnt by Daniella from her youngest days.”

A Fairy Path is published by Moon Books but can also be found at Amazon. 

(Note: I earn commission from advertisers for some links. This helps support my blog at no extra cost to those who read my posts.)

Other previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/09/book-travelling-fairy-path-by-morgan.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/01/book-endorsement-earth-spirit-honoring.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/09/authors-on-their-own-writing-rachel.html

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. If you are running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com 

Now - 31 December;  Documenting British Folklore in Paint, Photography and Sculpture. Exhibition by Ben Edge at The Viktor Wynd Museum of UnNatural History. Venue: 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/

Now - 22 December; Exhibition - Histories and Hauntings.  Venue: Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Tickets free https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Wednesday 29 November (most Wednesdays); 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 29 November (and other dates); Tea with a Medium - Gary Wright. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £55. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 29 November; An Evening of Fairy Magic. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £33. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Wednesday 29 November (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 29 November; Seeing with the Eye of the Heart: The Spiritual Path of Meister Eckhart. Online talk by Nicholas Colloff, hosted by the Scientific and Medical Network. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £11.99. https://scientificandmedical.net/events

Wednesday 29 November; Angelic Crystals: Talismanic Gems and the Magic of the Angels. 2 session online class with Nicholas Pearson via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 29 November; Where Magic Dwells in Sky. Class with Hannah Sanders on the magic of place and being, via Treadwells Online, delayed viewing available. Time: 7pm but delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 29 November (last Wednesday every month); Hertford Pagan Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Wednesday 29 November; Sigurd and Fafnir. Zoom storytelling with Katy Cawkwell through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 30 November; 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 30 November; The Astral Geographic. Talk by author Andy Sharp. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 9-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 30 November (and other dates); Sky Poetry - An Introduction to Learning Astrology. Free online event. Time: 6.30pm. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sky-poetry-an-introduction-to-learning-astrology-london-tickets-662504688357

Thursday 30 November; The Crab Walks, The Gods Talk: Divination in African Societies. Online talk with Helen Nde via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 30 November (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 30 November; Heart Wisdom Healing Ceremony with Sound. 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

Thursday 30 November; Runes as Detectives. Webinar with Imelda Almqvist on Zoom, Time: 8PM. Tickets: £26.25. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/surbitonshamaniccircle/1009915?

Thursday 30 November; Chilling ghost stories of the Scandinavian countries with Lena Heide-Brennand by Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Every Wednesday and Friday from 1 - 13 to December: Festive Pop-In 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

Friday 1 and Saturday 9 December (and other dates); Witches and Witchcraft History - Pay What You Can Walking Tour - London by Wonders of London. Meet outside the exit of Tower Hill Station by Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hill Station, London EC3N 1JL. Time: 6pm  Tickets by donation https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witches-witchcraft-history-pay-what-you-can-walking-tour-london-tickets-687827950917?

Friday 1 December; Crowleymass celebrating the Greater Feast of the Prophet of the New Aeon, Aleister Crowley. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: to be confirmed. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 1 December (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 1 December; Money Manifestation Circle. 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

Friday 1 December (and other dates); Online Meditation Session. Time: 7.30pm. Free online event, but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents

Saturday 2 December; Herbal Cosmetics Workshop. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: £60. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday 2 December; Sacred Numbers of Initiation. In-person class with Lars Muhl and Naleea Landmann. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: from 11am. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 2 December; Let the Heart Light Glow! In-person class with Joan Osborne. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: from 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 2 December; Psychic Attack and Challenging Energies. Online workshop with Hernan Cotroneo via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 2 December; The Magic and Energy of the 12 Days of Yule workshop. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 1.30pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday 2 December; Altar Craft for Manifestation. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £30-£35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 3 December (and other times); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time:11am. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 3 December (first Sunday of the month); Labyrinth Walk at Woodspirits. Venue: Chorleywood Common, Rickmansworth near London. Time: 2pm. Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 3 December (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/

Sunday 3 December; When Spirit Calls. In-person class with Nicoletta Stephens. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 3 December; Sacred Rage Ceremony. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 3 December; Black Obsidian Mirrors: How to Use them for Scrying. In-person class with Gemma Petherbridges. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 3 December; Storytelling Co-Operative with London Dreamtime. Venue: Pullens Centre (Green door) 184 Crampton St SE17 3LL. Time: 2.30pm for  3pm. Tickets  Free. https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 3 December (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 3 December; Women Who Run With the Wolves - Wild Woman Sharing Circle inspired by the book by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 3 December; The Embers of 50 Years: The Iconic Legacy of The Wicker Man. Zoom talk by Peg Aloi through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Sunday, 3 December; Online Book Talk: Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas by Ellen Evert Hopman. Time 7pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-book-talk-sacred-herbs-of-yule-and-christmas-by-ellen-evert-hopman-tickets-760683664317? 

Sunday 3 December; Tales from The Frozen North with Jonathan Lambert by Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 4 - Saturday 23 December; Aleister Crowley Beastly Trumps - an art exhibition of the work of RH Stewart. Venue: The Gardner Room at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: During shop opening hours. Free entry. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Monday 4 December; 6pm Social, and Astrological Chart Discussion, 7pm The Year Ahead (2024) with Bernard Eccles, 9pm party. Talks on astrology and party via the Astrological Lodge of London. Venue: Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT Tickets £12 per talk for non members. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 4 December (tbc but usually 1st Monday each month); Drum Healing. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Monday 4 December;  Planetary Magic - The Occult Mars. Workshop with Dr Rebecca Beattie, author of Planetary Magic, via Treadwells Online, delayed viewing available. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 4 December (date tbc but usually on Mondays);  Moon Ritual by Intimate Animals and Ugly Duck. Venue: Ugly Duck, 49 Tanner Street, London SE1 3PL. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £10 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/intimate-animals-ugly-duck-48346099203

Monday 4 December; New Moon Lunar Magic in Scorpio Sound Bath with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £30.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Monday 4 December; Snowshill Collection at the Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle. Zoom talk by Mark Hewitt through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 4 December (every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/

Tuesday 5 December; Amulets and Talismans: An Exploration of Magical Objects. Online workshop by me, Lucya Starza, via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £75/£55. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/workshops/myth-magic/amulets-and-talismans-an-exploration-of-magical-objects/

Tuesday 5 December; Ghosts of the Goldfields by Dr David Waldron via the Folklore Society Online. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 5 December; A Psychedelic Odyssey into The Twelve Days of Christmas. Online talk by Sean Jefferson via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 5 December; Winter Solstice Gong Bath Sound Meditation with Triple Moon Gong. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Beckenham, Kent. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. www.triplemoongong.com

Tuesday 5 December (fortnightly); Men's Circle. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday 5 December; In Person Study and Conversation Group - Occult Background To The Bhagavad Gita. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London · NW1 6XT, Time: 7pm. Tickets £3 https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Tuesday 5 December (first Tuesday each month); Yule social and short talks at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £4. https://www.facebook.com/Romford-Pagan-Moote-634178063700381. 

Tuesday 5 December (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

Tuesday 5 December; Old Boots Concealed in Ancient Buildings. Zoom talk by Wayne Perkins through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Wednesday 6 December (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Wednesday 6 December; Restorative and Healing Breathwork. 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

Wednesday 6 December; Closer to the wisdom. Zoom event with Mark Bedford through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 7 December; Author Talk - Sarah Tomlinson on Planetary Yantras (Yantra Oracle Deck). Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 9-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events 

Thursday 7 December (and other dates); Sacred Sounds Healing. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £31. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Thursday 7 December; Managing Stress with Yoga Nidra. Online talk by Grainne McAnallen via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 7 December; Shamanic Remote Seeing of the Unseen. Start of 2-session online workshop with Itzhak Beery via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 8 December;  Tales of Winter Magic - Family Storytelling. Venue: Butser Ancient Farm, Waterlooville, Hampshire. Time: 4.30pm. Tickets: £18/£10. https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/

Friday 8 December; Mermaids across the Millennia – a Zoom talk with Professor Sarah Peverley through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 8 December; K!Nkx-Mas Special - Transformative Healing and Kink. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £17.50.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 December; Spiritual Psychology, Opposites Within - 2- Day Workshop with

Vivianne and Chris Crowley. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am. Tickets £200.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 9 December; Welcoming the Hag of Winter Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: noon. Tickets: £41.99. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday 9 December; Healing and Guidance with Merlin and the Goddesses of Avalon. Online workshop with Liesl Duffy via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: noon. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 9 December; Explore the Subtle Energies of Colour. In-person class with Hanelle Levine. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 9 December; Gothic Yuletide - A Journey Through Dark Christmas Folklore with Sam George, organised by London, City of the Dead. Venue: Guys Hospital Chapel, London SE1. Time: 3pm. Tickets £12 including a gin cocktail and 20% donation to Guy's and St Thomas' Charity. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicadvent.html

Saturday 9 December; Whispers of Winter. A Theremin Christmas Odyssey with Lydia Kavina and Thomas Ang, organised by London, City of the Dead. Venue: Guys Hospital Chapel, London SE1. Time: 7pm. Tickets £16 including a gin cocktail and 20% donation to Guy's and St Thomas' Charity. https://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicadvent.html

Sunday 10 December; Satanic Flea Market - Anti-Christmas Fayre. Venue: Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ. Time: Noon - 6pm. Entry: £4  (card or exact change). https://www.facebook.com/events/331174902743365

Sunday 10 December; A Ceremony with Goddess Sekhmet for Healing and Transformation. In-person class with Pixie P Carney. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 10 December; Reading Hands to Discover Talents and Skills. Online workshop with Felicity Booth via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 10 December; Christmas Gong Bath - Sound Meditation in Brockley. Venue: 179 Brockley Road London SE4 2RS. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-gong-bath-sound-meditation-in-brockley-tickets-767489079497?

Sunday 10 December; Tudor Folk Tales - Dave Tong through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

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

Pagan Eye: A Picture of my Charm Bracelet

Here's a photo of my charm bracelet. I took the picture for one of the slides I'm creating for my workshops on Amulets and Talismans: An Exploration of Magical Objects via The College of Psychic Studies. 

Charm originally meant meant something spoken as a spell. The Oxford English Dictionary says the first examples are from about 1300 and mean: “The chanting or recitation of a verse supposed to possess magic power or occult influence” which could be associated with a talisman. By the mid 19th century, the OED says: “A charm...denotes any material object or outward act, the possession or use of which is thought to confer safety or blessing, not by natural operation, but by occult virtues inherent in it.” 

People have worn protective amulets on jewellery since ancient times. The Babylonians wore them on bracelets from about 700BCE. Early Christians also wore small fish symbols to indicate their faith. However, the concept of the charm bracelet in its current sense started in the 19th century. The tokens were often things like hearts or lockets that commemorated a life event or family connection. They became popular again in the mid 20th century, partly because American soldiers brought charms home as gifts for wives and girlfriends. In fact the OED gives the first written mention of the term "charm bracelet" as being from 1941.

In the early 21st century designer brands produced modular fashion bracelets with collectable beads. Modern witches, however, tend to regard charms as magical rather than mundane. I know quite a few who, like me, have bracelets. Each charm has its own meaning. On mine, some are tokens of love, one is the symbol of a coven I belonged to, some are for luck, some for protection and others were gifts from friends and family members who I cherish.

Charms can also be used in many types of spells. The other day I blogged about witch bells, and I'll be talking more about the magical uses of charms in my workshop. The link's in the first para if you're interested.

My Pagan Eye posts show photos that I find interesting - seasonal images, pagan sites, events, or just pretty pictures. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken yourself.

Other previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/10/pagan-eye-jolly-skeleton-at-cps-for.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/09/amulets-talismans-how-we-protected-our.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/09/amulets-talismans-pewter-purse-for.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2021/03/spellcraft-magical-charm-bracelet-from.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2020/07/magic-and-games-monopoly-charm-candle.html

The Magical Times is back and I Have an Article Inside

The Magical Times Magazine is back after a three-year break, and I have an article in it on seasonal crafting using natural materials. Edition 29 of The Magical Times also has a complimentary 12-page wall calendar! It's available via www.themagicaltimes.com

The magazine is published by the organisers of the lovely Sussex Faerie Festival. It has a winter wonderland cover picture by Maria Mirage. Inside there are articles on Stonehenge, the medicine wheel, and the sacred fires of Brighid. Annwyn Avalon unravels the mysteries of sacred wells, and Steve Andrews writes about the magical transformation of the butterfly. My fellow Moon Books author Rachel Patterson writes about the mythology behind dragons, and Irisanya Moon talks about Gaia, also sharing ideas on how we can contribute to making positive changes in the world.

Also in the magazine is an exclusive interview with Fae As Folk, who will be performing at the next Faerie Festival in Sussex, and a feature on ‘From The Goddess’, the new docuseries by Laura Hirch. There is a feature on the uplifting power of plants, and - as I mentioned - I share some witchy ideas for crafting throughout the wheel of the year.

Next year's Sussex Faerie Festival runs from 17 to 19 May and you can find details here: https://www.magicalfestivals.co.uk/

Previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/05/pictures-from-magical-sussex-faerie.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/09/a-look-at-new-issue-of-magical-times.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2021/09/pagan-eye-collage-of-photos-from-sussex.html

Sherlock Holmes Tarot: Two of Analysis (Cups)

The Sherlock Holmes Tarot isn't a set I often use. Although I'm a fan of the stories and I love the artwork on these cards, I don't find these cards easy to interpret. However, I like to ring the changes with tarot so I decided to pick a card for the world using this deck. The card that came into my hand was the Two of Analysis, corresponding with Cups which are all about emotion.

Now, Sherlock Holmes isn't someone you'd think of as emotional, quite the opposite, which is why I guess the suit has been called Analysis by John Matthew and Wil Kinghan who created the tarot set. But the two card depicts an emotional situation: the moment Watson leaves 221B Baker Street, which he shared with his long-time friend Holmes. He is about to enter a hackney cab in which his new wife Mary waits. Holmes stands in the distance behind them.

The relationship between Holmes and Watson is open to many interpretations, but they are more iconic as a partnership than Watson and Mary. In fact, Watson returns to live with his old friend the consulting detective after Mary dies a few years later. The emotion in this scene feels stronger because it is constrained. 

The Two of Cups in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck is obviously about partnerships, friendships, romance and contractual relationships. It shows a man and women facing each other, each holding a large golden chalice. A winged lion-headed spirit flies above them, but it's unclear if the entity is entirely blessing their union or frowning. 

So, what do I think the message of this card is for the world? As usual, I have to work hard with this deck, but it's definitely about relationships - which could be romantic but could also be more contractual partnerships, and could also be about reconciliation between two parties. It's important to recognise our emotions, but not let them get the better of us. Use clear thinking and analysis when deciding what to do, but be guided by feelings of love and affection. Who are you in this situation of three people?  Remember that we never know exactly what the future might hold, so do your best now with your highest intentions.

The Sherlock Holmes Tarot was published by Connections but is now out of print although you can still find copies on Amazon. I'll be keeping my deck even though I don't use it that often.

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Amulets & Talismans: Witches' Bells for Protection

Witches' Bells are very much in esoteric fashion at the moment. They are highly popular as protection amulets as well as because they look - well, charming. The example in the photo to the right was made by Emma Thomsen who runs the Etsy shop LunaCharmsAndVintage. 

I chatted to Emma about them at Romford Pagan Moote last month as it was a thing I'd seen people talk about in witchcraft groups on social media. I'm always fascinated to learn new stuff about magic. 

The idea with witches' bells is that you either hang them up a bit like wind chimes so they tinkle in the breeze and clear the air with their sound, or you hang them from your door and they alert you when someone enters the room. Very small ones can be attached to bags and so on more as magical jewellery.

The use of bells for this kind of thing is ancient. In the Old Testament of the Bible, Exodus 28:33, it says priests' robes are supposed to have bells on the hems so: “The sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he comes out, so that he will not die.” That sounds serious, although I'm not sure whether it was a protection from outside evil or an angry god annoyed at being silently snuck up on. In the ancient world bells used for protection tended to be small things that were worn or carried. Big church bells only began in about the 5th century, but quickly got the reputation of being rung to signal the start of services and also to drive out evil spirits.

They haven't only been used by Christians. In Buddhism, the sound of bells is thought to attract good fortune and bring peace and comfort to those who hear the sound. Hindu temples often have a bell at the entrance which devotees ring before going inside. The Britannica Library Encyclopedia says: 

"Among the most basic and widespread uses of bells is signalling—marking significant points of ritual, calling to worship, tolling the hours, announcing events, rejoicing, warning, and mourning. In Christian and Buddhist monasteries, bells regulate daily routine."

Bells are also used widely in modern witchcraft. The sound of a bell changes the atmosphere in a room, a clear sound feels as though it is cleansing the space of unwanted energy. Bells are also used to help with meditation or to mark the start or end of a part of a ritual. The ones in the photo to the left are hanging on my charm tree in my witchy room. I bought them at the Faerie Festival in Sussex earlier this year. They were handmade in India.

I don't know when the use of the term witches' bells for protection began. I suspect it's pretty recent. The Oxford English Dictionary only mentions it as a name for bell-shaped flowers, especially foxgloves, and gives a first use of 1884 in R. Folkard's Plant Lore, Legends and Lyrics:

"The witches are popularly supposed to have...decorated their fingers with its [sc. the foxglove's] largest bells, thence called ‘Witches' Bells."

However, small bells on chains have been used as folkloric protection against the Evil Eye since at least the 18th century. There's a lovely example from Spain in the Victoria and Albert Museum's jewellery hall. It was made for a child.

Whatever the origins, I think the current trend for witches' bells as amulets is lovely. Emma Thomsen makes the ones she sells from recycled vintage necklaces, metal charms and small bells. If you feel crafty, you could create your own by attaching small bells to ribbon or thread. Ring them and visualise their sound as self-cleansing, then say some words as a blessing if you want and hang them from a hook on or by your door (or from a charm tree like mine if you prefer). 

On Tuesday December 5th I'm running an online workshop called Amulets and Talismans: An Exploration of Magical Objects via The College of Psychic Studies. It starts at 6pm and tickets are £75. You can find out more here: https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/workshops/myth-magic/amulets-and-talismans-an-exploration-of-magical-objects/

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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. If you are running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com 

Now - 31 December;  Documenting British Folklore in Paint, Photography and Sculpture. Exhibition by Ben Edge at The Viktor Wynd Museum of UnNatural History. Venue: 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/

Now - 22 December; Exhibition - Histories and Hauntings.  Venue: Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Tickets free https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

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 November (most Wednesdays); 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 22 November; Spirituality as a Way of Knowing. Online Presentation by Dr Cheryl Hunt, hosted by the Scientific and Medical Network. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £11.99. https://scientificandmedical.net/events/

Wednesday 22 November (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 22 November; New Witch's Club. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £27.80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Wednesday 22 November; Manawydan and the Enchantment on the Land of Dyfed - Guto Dafis Zoom talk through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 23 November; In Person Study and Conversation Group - Theosophy. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London · NW1 6XT, Time: 10.30am. Tickets £3 https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Thursday 23 November; 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 November; Author Talk - Architecture of Power with Robert Shaw. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 9-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events 

Thursday 23 November;  Bodywise and Wonderful. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Thursday, 23 November (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/

Thursday, 23 November; Mediums, Commuters and the Worlds In-between: Women and Spiritualism in Hilary Mantel's "Beyond Black". Online talk by Sue Terry Esoteric Academic. 7pm. Tickets: £7.50. https://www.sueterryacademic.com/

Thursday 23 November (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, 23 November;  Queer(Y)ing Chaos Magick. Patricia MacCormack and Phil Hine present adventures in queer weird chaos ritual and beyond. Hybrid event. In-person venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday, 23 November; Do We Need a New Witchcraft? Talk Online by Skeptics in the Pub, Coventry. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/717173013799241/

Tuesday 23 November; Mermaids across the Millennia – a Zoom talk with Professor Sarah Peverley through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 24 November; 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 24 November (and other dates); Witches and Witchcraft History - Pay What You Can Walking Tour - London by Wonders of London. Meet outside the exit of Tower Hill Station by Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hill Station, London EC3N 1JL. Time: 6pm  Tickets by donation https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witches-witchcraft-history-pay-what-you-can-walking-tour-london-tickets-687827950917?

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

Friday 24 November; Magic in the Mundane: Incorporating Witchcraft in Your Everyday Life. Exhibition ending event with curator and participating artist, Camille Joy. Venue: Hypha Studios Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London NW1 3DP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magic-in-the-mundane-incorporating-witchcraft-in-your-everyday-life-tickets-754098267217?

Friday 24 November (and other dates); New Moon, Full Moon or Divine Union Cacao Ceremony, Heart Ritual and Gong Bath. Venue: Private Location near Wandsworth Town/Clapham Junction, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £29.70. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-moonfull-moon-or-divine-union-cacao-ceremony-heart-ritual-gong-bath-tickets-169545022727

Friday 24 November; Monthly Astrology Learning Circle. 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

Friday 24 November; The Heart of Sekhem. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday, 24 November (and other dates); Online Meditation Session. Time: 7.30pm. Free online event, but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents

Friday 24 November; 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: £18.50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 25 November; Shadow into Light: Understanding the Darker Aspects in a Tarot Reading. Online class with Avril Price via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 10am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 25 November; Exorcism - Possession and Deliverance ~ Liberation from Evil. One-day workshop with David Goddard. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: £75. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday 25 November; Mindful Moments Women's Circle and Walk and Talk run by qualified psychotherapeutic counsellors Emma and Gemma, including hot cacao and vegan sweet snack. Venue: Keston Ponds, Fishponds Road Keston BR2 6HA. Time: 11.30am. Tickets: £8. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-moments-womens-circle-walk-talk-tickets-732784045807

Saturday 25 November; Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. In-person class with Ann Mathie. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: from 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 25 November; Introduction to Hoodoo. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday 25 November; Drumming Circle, organised by Emma Hewitt of Salamay Tarot and Healing Arts. Venue: Forest Hill Friends Meeting House, 34 Sunderland Road, London SE23 2QA. Time: 2pm. Tickets  £10. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/emma-hewitt-salamay-tarot-healing-arts-38061527643

Saturday 25 November; Alchemise Your Energy Through Dowsing. 2 session online class with 
Susan Gash and Sven Carlson via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 25 November; Golden Temple Circle with Past Life Regression, Blessing and Activation. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £120.96. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday 25 November; Launch event for Lupa. She Wolf of Rome, Mother of Destiny by Rachel Walker. Online. Time: 7pm. Tickets £3.33 https://www.underthedancingtree.co.uk/

Saturday 25 November; Full Moon Peace Fires. Light a candle or fire for peace wherever you are in the world, for 10 minutes or longer and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Free.  http://peacefires.org/

Saturday 25 November;  Join Witch and best selling author Rachel Patterson for a free online book launch of The Element of Water. Time: 7pm. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/Kitchenwitchuk

Saturday, 25 November; 'The Tale of the Three Weird Sisters': Lost Fairy Tales of 16th And 17th Century England and Scotland with author Katherine Langrish. Online talk via the Folklore Podcast. Time: 8pm. Tickets £5. http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/

Sunday 26 November; 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 November; Acohol Free High Vibe Cocktail Hour. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 1pm. Free event. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 26 November (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 26 November; The Northern Lights. 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

Sunday 26 November; Gong Bath - Sound Meditation in Brockley. Venue: 179 Brockley Road London SE4 2RS. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gong-bath-sound-meditation-in-brockley-tickets-725201405927

Sunday 26 November (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 November; Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present - Zoom Lecture by Prof Chris Gosden, author of  The History of Magic, through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Sunday 26 November; Summoning The Spirits - Seance with Medium Patti Negri on Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £26.43. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 27 November; Wild Alchemy: Astro-Botanical Remedies with Jemma Foster. Venue: The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £16.26. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-alchemy-astro-botanical-remedies-with-jemma-foster-live-tickets-726037887867?

Monday 27 November; Taking Nature's Hand: December. 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 November;  Thames Full Moon Ceremony with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Meet at the Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment,· London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5 https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/events/

Monday 27 November; Moon Space Online Moon Coven with She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Monday 27 November;  Full Moon Women's 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

Monday 27 November; Full Moon Ritual: 8 gateways of the primal self, by Intimate Animals and Ugly Duck. Venue: Ugly Duck, 49 Tanner Street, London SE1 3PL. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £10 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/intimate-animals-ugly-duck-48346099203

Monday 27 November; A Forty Year Retrospective – Astrological Thoughts from a Jungian and Therapeutic Perspective by Babs Kirby; Joys and Gains of the 11th House by Israel Ajose. Online talks on astrology via the Astrological Lodge of London.  Time: 7pm and 8pm. Tickets £12 per talk for non members. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 27 November (every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/

Monday 27 November; ‘Fiona Macleod’ and the Celtic Revival in Scotland. Zoom talk by Dr Mark Williams through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

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

Tuesday 28 November;  To Abandon Wizardry - Poetry at Kirkdale Bookshop with Matthew Caley, Venue: Kirkdale Bookshop, 272 Kirkdale, Sydenham, London, SE26 4RS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Kirkdale-Bookshop/poetry-at-kirkdale-bookshop/e-oqpyey

Tuesday 28 November; The Astrology Almanac Book Launch with author Emma Howarth. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £38. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday 28 November; In Person Study and Conversation Group - Occult Background To The Bhagavad Gita. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London · NW1 6XT, Time: 7pm. Tickets £3 https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Tuesday 28 November; Queer as Folklore. Zoom talk with Sacha Coward through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Tuesday 28 November; A New Demonology: John Keel and the Mothman Prophecies. Talk at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX, Doors: 7.30pm. Start: 8pm. Tickets: £5/£3 www.wegottickets.com/event/599621/  or http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Wednesday 29 November (and other dates); Tea with a Medium - Gary Wright. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £55. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 29 November; An Evening of Fairy Magic. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £33. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Wednesday 29 November; Angelic Crystals: Talismanic Gems and the Magic of the Angels. 2 session online class with Nicholas Pearson via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 29 November; Where Magic Dwells in Sky. Class with Hannah Sanders on the magic of place and being, via Treadwells Online, delayed viewing available. Time: 7pm but delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 29 November (tbc but usually last Wednesday every month); Hertford Pagan Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Wednesday 29 November; Sigurd and Fafnir. Zoom storytelling with Katy Cawkwell through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 30 November; The Astral Geographic. Talk by author Andy Sharp. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 9-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 30 November (and other dates); Sky Poetry - An Introduction to Learning Astrology. Free online event. Time: 6.30pm. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sky-poetry-an-introduction-to-learning-astrology-london-tickets-662504688357

Thursday 30 November; The Crab Walks, The Gods Talk: Divination in African Societies. Online talk with Helen Nde via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 30 November; Heart Wisdom Healing Ceremony with Sound. 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

Thursday 30 November; Runes as Detectives. Webinar with Imelda Almqvist on Zoom, Time: 8PM. Tickets: £26.25. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/surbitonshamaniccircle/1009915?

Thursday 30 November; Chilling ghost stories of the Scandinavian countries with Lena Heide-Brennand by Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 1 December; Crowleymass celebrating the Greater Feast of the Prophet of the New Aeon, Aleister Crowley. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: to be confirmed. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 1 December; Money Manifestation Circle. 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

Saturday 2 December; Herbal Cosmetics Workshop. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: £60. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday 2 December; Sacred Numbers of Initiation. In-person class with Lars Muhl and Naleea Landmann. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: from 11am. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 2 December; Let the Heart Light Glow! In-person class with Joan Osborne. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: from 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 2 December; Psychic Attack and Challenging Energies. Online workshop with Hernan Cotroneo via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 2 December; The Magic and Energy of the 12 Days of Yule workshop. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 1.30pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 3 December (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/

Sunday 3 December (first Sunday of the month); Labyrinth Walk at Woodspirits. Venue Chorleywood Common, Rickmansworth near London. Time: 2pm. Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 3 December; When Spirit Calls. In-person class with Nicoletta Stephens. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 3 December; Sacred Rage Ceremony. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 3 December; Storytelling Co-Operative with London Dreamtime. Venue: Pullens Centre (Green door) 184 Crampton St SE17 3LL. Time: 2.30pm for  3pm. Tickets  Free. https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 3 December; The Embers of 50 Years: The Iconic Legacy of The Wicker Man. Zoom talk by Peg Aloi through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Sunday 3 December; Tales from The Frozen North with Jonathan Lambert by Zoom through The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.68. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

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