Here are events in London and other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com. Please also email me if you spot any errors in my listings.
Now to Sunday 9 September; Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids. Free exhibition, coinciding with the publication of the book of the same name, bringing together 50 photographs of regional rituals performed throughout the year from Cornwall to Northumberland to mark the changing seasons and celebrate nature's bounty. Location: Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ.For more details, visit http://www.horniman.ac.uk/
Now to Sunday 9 September; Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids. Free exhibition, coinciding with the publication of the book of the same name, bringing together 50 photographs of regional rituals performed throughout the year from Cornwall to Northumberland to mark the changing seasons and celebrate nature's bounty. Location: Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ.For more details, visit http://www.horniman.ac.uk/
Now to 25 March; Witch Hunt - a touring exhibition about the East Anglian witch-hunt of 1645-47, put on by Epping Forest District Museum. Location: Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow London E17 9NH. Tel Tel 020 8496 4381. Email vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk or visit http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/leisure/museums-galleries/vestry-house/vhm-whats-on.htm
Wednesday 22 February; Atlantis Bookshops Presents (formerly The Moot with No Name) Psychic Cafe on Crystal Therapy and Angels with Bali and Geraldine Beskin at Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £8. Visit http://www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com//
Thursday 23 February; Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Price: £5. For more details, call Druid Order on 020 8659 4879.
Thursday 23 February; New Moon Meditation with priest of Avalon David Spofforth. Venue: Bonnington Centre, 11 Vauxhall Grove, London SW8 1TD. Time: 8pm - 9pm. Cost: £3 donation. For more details and to book places visit http://www.priestofavalon.com/
Thursday 23 February; Cross Bones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. Gather from 6.45pm in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, SE1, opposite the Boot and Flogger, just north of the junction with Union Street. Nearest tubes Borough or London Bridge, 5 minutes walk away. The event is free. http://www.crossbones.org.uk/
Friday 24 February; Holistic Sound as a Healing Force. Lecture by James D'Angelo at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Cost: £8/12. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Monday, 27 February; Thelema, Tantra, Gender, Blood and Death. Talk by Charlotte Rodgers, author of The Bloody Sacrifice: A Personal Experience of Contemporary Blood Rites,
at pagan forum Secret Chiefs. Venue: Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2. http://secretchiefslondon.wordpress.com/
Tuesday 28 February; Consciousness, Synchronicity and Science. Lecture by David Lorimer at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £8/12. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Tuesday 28 February; Queer Creatures, Engendered Beings, Changelings: An Evening of Storytelling and Myth with Lindsay River and Lou Hart at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7. Reserve a place by emailing info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Wednesday 29 February; Atlantis Bookshops Presents (formerly The Moot with No Name) An Evening With... at Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £5. Visit http://www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com//
Friday, 24 February; The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus. Talk by Gary Lachman at Research into Lost Knowledge Organisation (Rilko). Venue: Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, W1U 8EA. Admission £7 non-members, £5 members. Doors open 6.45pm, lecture at 7.15pm. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php
Tuesday 28 February; Conciousness, Syncronicity and Science. Lecture by David Lorimer at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £8/12. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Thursday 1 March; Undercover with Mummers and Maypoles: A Photographer's Adventure Round the Wheel of the Year. Talk by Sara Hannant, author of Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids, at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7. Reserve a place by emailing info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Friday 2 March; An Evening with Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki of the SOL: The Road as Symbol of the Quest. Special event at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £15. Reserve a place by emailing info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Friday 2 March; Enchantment - An Evening of Chant and Mantra with Stewart Pearce at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £10/15. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Saturday 3 March; Tribe of Avalon Wheel of Ana Workshop. First in a series of workshops exploring the Goddess in London led by Elle Hull, Priestess of Avalon, and David Spofforth, Priest of Avalon. Venue: Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Cost - £5 to help cover room hire cost, bring a snack or drink to share. For more details visit http://www.tribeofavalon.co.uk/
Thursday 8 March; Talk at South East London Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £2.50 / £1.50 concessions. No need to book in advance. Meetings are the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/
Friday 9 March; Some Secret Place. Monthly ritual evening for solitary pagans looking to explore group ritual. Time 7pm for 7.15pm start to 9.30pm. Location: Conway Hall, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL. Some experience of pagan ritual necessary. Small group sizes - advance book via the website http://www.somesecretplace.co.uk/. A £7 contribution towards equipment and room hire is required.
Sunday 18 March; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot on the third Sunday of each month. Venue: Upstairs at The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Road, Farringdon, London EC1M 6DB (near Farringdon tube). Time: 3pm-6pm. For more details contact Peter Warwick-Mahoney peter@dawnoftheoak.co.uk, or Eugenie eugenie@dawnoftheoak.co.uk.
Monday, 19 March; Croydon Crows. PF moot held every 3rd Monday of each month at the Skylark pub, South End, South Croydon from 8pm onwards.
Wednesday 21 March; Images of Witches: History, Fairy Tales, Films. Evening public lecture by Willem de Blécourt, Honorary Research Fellow at the Huizinga Institute, Amsterdam, author of Werewolves
and co-author of Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine: Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe
, Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6
and Witchcraft Continued: Popular Magic in Modern Europe.
Location: The Mitre Lecture Theatre, Chichester University. Time: 5.15pm - 6.30pm. For tickets (£5/£2 concessions)contact h.robbins@chi.ac.uk
Thursday 22 March; Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Price: £5. For more details, call Druid Order on 020 8659 4879.
Sunday, 25 March; Adventures in Shamanism Taster Day. One-day introduction to shamanism and the shamanic journey offering a taste of the world and work of the shaman. Explore the history and traditions of shamanism and learn where and why shamans go when they ‘journey’. Participants will learn to journey and meet spirit helpers. Location: Neal’s Yard Meeting Rooms, 14 Neal’s Yard, Convent Garden, London WC1. Time: 10am - 5pm. Cost: £75, some concessions available on request. For further information email info@shaman.uk.com or call 07847 894453. Website: www.shaman.uk.com
Sunday, 25 March; Anderida Gorsedd Spring Equinox open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.
Friday, 30 March; The Earth's Magnetic Field, Dowsing and Sacred Sites. Talk by Serena Roney Dougal at Research into Lost Knowledge Organisation (Rilko). Venue: Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, W1U 8EA. Admission £7 non-members, £5 members. Doors open 6.45pm, lecture at 7.15pm. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php
Friday 13 to Sunday 15 April; Folklore and Fantasy Conference run by The Folklore Society and the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy at the University of Chichester. This three-day conference will explore, investigate and celebrate the relationship between folklore and fantasy. For more details go to http://sussexfolktalecentre.org/folklore-and-fantasy. For a booking form and list of hotels email enquiries@folklore-society.com or phone 0207 862 8564.
Thursday 19 April; Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Price: £5. For more details, call Druid Order on 020 8659 4879
Sunday 22 April; Belostra with Pagan Future Fests. One-day pagan festival in Balham, South London. Venue: he Bedford Hotel, 77 Bedford Hill, Balham London SW12 9HD. Time: 12.30pm until 6pm. Tickets £13. For more details and to book tickets visit: http://www.paganfuturefests.org.uk/id1.html
Sunday, 29 April; Anderida Gorsedd Beltane open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.
Wednesday 30 May to Bank Holiday Monday 4 June; Mind Body Spirit London Festival. Venue: Earls Court, Brompton Hall, London SW5 9TA. Time: from 11am to 6pm weekdays, 10am to 7pm at the weekend and from 10am to 5pm on Bank Holiday Monday. Tickets cost £10 on the door, £8 advance. For full programme details or to buy advance tickets, call the ticket hotline: 020 7371 9191 or visit www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk
Friday 1 June - Sunday 3 June; The Magical Faerie Festival 2012. The Magical Faerie Festival 2012 celebrates colour, light and everything magical with a weekend of live music, workshops, a large faery market, camping and more. Location: Findon, near Worthing, West Sussex. Adult weekend tickets are £50 and day tickets are £20. For more details visit http://www.magicalfestivals.co.uk/. This event is organised by The Magical Times Magazine - http://www.themagicaltimes.com/
Sunday, 17 June; Anderida Gorsedd Summer Solstice open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.
Thursday 23 February; Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Price: £5. For more details, call Druid Order on 020 8659 4879.
Thursday 23 February; New Moon Meditation with priest of Avalon David Spofforth. Venue: Bonnington Centre, 11 Vauxhall Grove, London SW8 1TD. Time: 8pm - 9pm. Cost: £3 donation. For more details and to book places visit http://www.priestofavalon.com/
Thursday 23 February; Cross Bones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. Gather from 6.45pm in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, SE1, opposite the Boot and Flogger, just north of the junction with Union Street. Nearest tubes Borough or London Bridge, 5 minutes walk away. The event is free. http://www.crossbones.org.uk/
Friday 24 February; Holistic Sound as a Healing Force. Lecture by James D'Angelo at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Cost: £8/12. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Monday, 27 February; Thelema, Tantra, Gender, Blood and Death. Talk by Charlotte Rodgers, author of The Bloody Sacrifice: A Personal Experience of Contemporary Blood Rites,
at pagan forum Secret Chiefs. Venue: Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2. http://secretchiefslondon.wordpress.com/ Tuesday 28 February; Consciousness, Synchronicity and Science. Lecture by David Lorimer at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £8/12. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Tuesday 28 February; Queer Creatures, Engendered Beings, Changelings: An Evening of Storytelling and Myth with Lindsay River and Lou Hart at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7. Reserve a place by emailing info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Wednesday 29 February; Atlantis Bookshops Presents (formerly The Moot with No Name) An Evening With... at Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £5. Visit http://www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com//
Friday, 24 February; The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus. Talk by Gary Lachman at Research into Lost Knowledge Organisation (Rilko). Venue: Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, W1U 8EA. Admission £7 non-members, £5 members. Doors open 6.45pm, lecture at 7.15pm. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php
Tuesday 28 February; Conciousness, Syncronicity and Science. Lecture by David Lorimer at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £8/12. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Thursday 1 March; Undercover with Mummers and Maypoles: A Photographer's Adventure Round the Wheel of the Year. Talk by Sara Hannant, author of Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids, at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7. Reserve a place by emailing info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Friday 2 March; An Evening with Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki of the SOL: The Road as Symbol of the Quest. Special event at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £15. Reserve a place by emailing info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Friday 2 March; Enchantment - An Evening of Chant and Mantra with Stewart Pearce at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £10/15. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Saturday 3 March; Tribe of Avalon Wheel of Ana Workshop. First in a series of workshops exploring the Goddess in London led by Elle Hull, Priestess of Avalon, and David Spofforth, Priest of Avalon. Venue: Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Cost - £5 to help cover room hire cost, bring a snack or drink to share. For more details visit http://www.tribeofavalon.co.uk/
Thursday 8 March; Talk at South East London Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £2.50 / £1.50 concessions. No need to book in advance. Meetings are the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/
Friday 9 March; Some Secret Place. Monthly ritual evening for solitary pagans looking to explore group ritual. Time 7pm for 7.15pm start to 9.30pm. Location: Conway Hall, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL. Some experience of pagan ritual necessary. Small group sizes - advance book via the website http://www.somesecretplace.co.uk/. A £7 contribution towards equipment and room hire is required.
Sunday 18 March; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot on the third Sunday of each month. Venue: Upstairs at The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Road, Farringdon, London EC1M 6DB (near Farringdon tube). Time: 3pm-6pm. For more details contact Peter Warwick-Mahoney peter@dawnoftheoak.co.uk, or Eugenie eugenie@dawnoftheoak.co.uk.
Monday, 19 March; Croydon Crows. PF moot held every 3rd Monday of each month at the Skylark pub, South End, South Croydon from 8pm onwards.
Wednesday 21 March; Images of Witches: History, Fairy Tales, Films. Evening public lecture by Willem de Blécourt, Honorary Research Fellow at the Huizinga Institute, Amsterdam, author of Werewolves
and co-author of Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine: Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe, Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6and Witchcraft Continued: Popular Magic in Modern Europe. Location: The Mitre Lecture Theatre, Chichester University. Time: 5.15pm - 6.30pm. For tickets (£5/£2 concessions)contact h.robbins@chi.ac.ukThursday 22 March; Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Price: £5. For more details, call Druid Order on 020 8659 4879.
Sunday, 25 March; Adventures in Shamanism Taster Day. One-day introduction to shamanism and the shamanic journey offering a taste of the world and work of the shaman. Explore the history and traditions of shamanism and learn where and why shamans go when they ‘journey’. Participants will learn to journey and meet spirit helpers. Location: Neal’s Yard Meeting Rooms, 14 Neal’s Yard, Convent Garden, London WC1. Time: 10am - 5pm. Cost: £75, some concessions available on request. For further information email info@shaman.uk.com or call 07847 894453. Website: www.shaman.uk.com
Sunday, 25 March; Anderida Gorsedd Spring Equinox open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.
Friday, 30 March; The Earth's Magnetic Field, Dowsing and Sacred Sites. Talk by Serena Roney Dougal at Research into Lost Knowledge Organisation (Rilko). Venue: Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, W1U 8EA. Admission £7 non-members, £5 members. Doors open 6.45pm, lecture at 7.15pm. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php
Friday 13 to Sunday 15 April; Folklore and Fantasy Conference run by The Folklore Society and the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy at the University of Chichester. This three-day conference will explore, investigate and celebrate the relationship between folklore and fantasy. For more details go to http://sussexfolktalecentre.org/folklore-and-fantasy. For a booking form and list of hotels email enquiries@folklore-society.com or phone 0207 862 8564.
Thursday 19 April; Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Price: £5. For more details, call Druid Order on 020 8659 4879
Sunday 22 April; Belostra with Pagan Future Fests. One-day pagan festival in Balham, South London. Venue: he Bedford Hotel, 77 Bedford Hill, Balham London SW12 9HD. Time: 12.30pm until 6pm. Tickets £13. For more details and to book tickets visit: http://www.paganfuturefests.org.uk/id1.html
Sunday, 29 April; Anderida Gorsedd Beltane open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.
Wednesday 30 May to Bank Holiday Monday 4 June; Mind Body Spirit London Festival. Venue: Earls Court, Brompton Hall, London SW5 9TA. Time: from 11am to 6pm weekdays, 10am to 7pm at the weekend and from 10am to 5pm on Bank Holiday Monday. Tickets cost £10 on the door, £8 advance. For full programme details or to buy advance tickets, call the ticket hotline: 020 7371 9191 or visit www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk
Friday 1 June - Sunday 3 June; The Magical Faerie Festival 2012. The Magical Faerie Festival 2012 celebrates colour, light and everything magical with a weekend of live music, workshops, a large faery market, camping and more. Location: Findon, near Worthing, West Sussex. Adult weekend tickets are £50 and day tickets are £20. For more details visit http://www.magicalfestivals.co.uk/. This event is organised by The Magical Times Magazine - http://www.themagicaltimes.com/
Sunday, 17 June; Anderida Gorsedd Summer Solstice open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.
Sunday 24 June 2012 Greenman Walk organised by The Goddess Foundation. This is a family event that takes place every summer in Arundel, Sussex. It is an event for all of the family to celebrate Summer Solstice, the date of the event actually being on Midsummers Day! Bring a picnic, go for a walk, watch the Summer Solstice Mummers Play and take part in a treasure hunt. No charge, but donations greatly appreciated. The location has a public car park, refreshments and public toilets. For more details, contact The Goddess Foundation via its website: http://www.goddessfoundation.org.uk/
Sunday 16 September; A Day with Ronald Hutton and Friends - Modern witchcraft: Building a future from history. Pagan conference organised by The Centre For Pagan Studies in association with Greenmantle Magazine. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, United Kingdom WC1R 4RL. Time: 10am until 11pm. For more details, visit http://centre-for-pagan-studies.com/
