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, and some bigger events further afield.  

Now to 20 April; Welcome To Fairy Land - Luciana Nedelea Art Exhibition. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: Museum opening hours, free entry https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/events-exhibitions/

Now to 2 May; Conspiracies exhibition. Venue@ Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. 11am to 6pm. Free entry. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/conspiracies

Now on; Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition. Venue: The Vaults, Leake Street, SE1 7NN. Open Wednesdays to Sundays. Tickets from £21. https://darksecretsexhibition.com/london/

Now – 19 April; Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection Exhibition. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/thirst-in-search-of-freshwater

Now - Saturday 14 March; Stuart Inman art exhibition: The Return - To Bloomsbury/To Painting. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 11.30am - 6pm daily except Sundays.  Free entry https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

4 - 27 March; Sean Jefferson 'Fairy Phenomena' art exhibition. Venue: David Messum Fine Art. St. James's, London. Free entry. https://www.messums.com/exhibitions/view/972

Now to 16 May; Broken, Burnt, Buried. Exhibition of Egyptians objects deliberately broken as part of ritual and religious practices. Venue: Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Free. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/

Every Tuesday to Sunday; College of Psychic Studies -  pop in to have a look around the lovely building.  Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-4pm. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Most lunchtimes and some other times: Meditation - in-person or online. In-person venue: Inner Space, 36 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London · WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm (for lunchtime meditation). Free. https://www.meetup.com/inner-space-covent-garden/events/

Every lunchtime: Rainbow Spirit offers a shared vegetarian lunch from a flat in Soho, London, for all people LGBT+Allies. The foundation is British witchcraft. Each meal is followed by Ancestor Circle, passing the talking stick. Alcohol-free event. To attend join the Whatsapp chat group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LhDxaCzGsmE2YI6AReyw3W

or email: rainbowawakening1@gmail.com

Various dates; London Witches and Chilling History Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London, SE1 9DF. Times various. Tickets around £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/enthral-experiences-58960674733

Wednesday 4 and 11 March; I'm running a two-part online evening class on Scrying: Divination Using Crystals, Mirrors, Water and Fire via the College of Psychic Studies. Each class starts at 7pm. Tickets are £90. Find our more here: https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/workshops/psychic-training/scrying-with-crystals-mirrors-water-fire/?

Wednesday 4 March (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm. Free  https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Wednesday 4 March (most Wednesdays); Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday 4 March (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 4 March  (usually on a Wednesday each month);  Massaged to Death by Mermaids. Online via the Folklore Centre. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5. https://www.folkloremythmagic.com/

Wednesday 4 March; Moonchild – A Nurturing Full Moon Gong Bath To Soothe Your Inner Child. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesday 4 March (every full and new moon); Moon Space online event via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 4 March; 7 Essential Plants for Protection. Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 4 March; Mirror Magic. Workshop with Levannah Morgan via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 4 March; The History and Mythology of Werewolves with Dr Laura Kounine. Hybrid event via By Seed Talks. In-person venue:  The Blues Kitchen Brixton, London. Time 7pm . Tickets from £13.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

Wednesday 4 March; The Haunted Folklore of Norway and Sápmi. Talk by Lena Heide-Brennand  on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 5 March (most Thursdays); Shamanic Dance with Luisa Passalacqua. Venue near Wandsworth Town Station, London. Time: 11am. Tickets donations (or free) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/luisa-passalacqua-16972493584?

Thursday 5 March (every Thursday); 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 5 March; After Earth School with Leon Deith, Talk and signing. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 5 March; Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris's Thoth Tarot. Event with Kingfisher Coven. Venue:  Lost Souls Pizza Camden, 245 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BA.  Time: 7pm. Tickets: £6.13 https://www.eventbrite.com/o/keith-broad-kingfisher-coven-88810783003

Thursday 5 March; Extraterrestrials, Evolution and AI Talk by Dr Pascal Michael on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 6 March (usually every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 6 March  (usually 1st and 3rd Friday each month); Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 6 March; Infinite Edge by James Vincent. Talk and signing. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Friday 6 March; An Evening of Mediumship with Q and A with Tony Stockwell Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Friday 6 March (and other dates); Holistic Sound Bath Meditation - Summoning The Sacred. Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Cooper's Yard, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holistic-sound-bath-meditation-summoning-the-sacred-tickets-223970159777?#

Friday 6 - Saturday 7 March; Awakening the Feminine Divine. Online gathering with talks for International Women's Day organised by Mystical Soul Academy. https://www.mysticalsoulacademy.com/afd?

Saturday 7 March; Folklore Inspired Creative Session with Saturday Morning Folklore Club. Venue: The Crosse Keys, 9 Gracechurch Street · London. Time: 10am. Tickets free but reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/saturday-morning-folklore-club/

Saturday 7 March; The Feminine Spirit in Our Time -  Celebrating International Women's Day. Venue: Temple Lodge, 51 Queen Caroline St, Hammersmith, W6 9QL. Time: 10am – 5pm. Free but reserve a place. https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/313615286/?

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March; Experience Braco's Gaze: Small Intimate Sessions. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Various times from 10am. Tickets: from £30. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 7 March; The Elysian Tarot by Lucia Dami. Talk and signing. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: noon (tbc). Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Saturday 7 March; Brothers: Meet Up, Work and Fireside Gathering.  Event organised by Aho. Venue: Berkeley farm, a few miles outside London. Starts noon. Tickets: free. https://www.aho.community/

Saturday 7 March; Guides of the Akashic Realms. Workshop with Claire Broad, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 7 March; Beckenham Library Book Fayre. I will have a stall where you can find out more about my titles published by Moon Books on witchcraft and my gothic novel Erosion. I'll also be giving a talk about writing your firt book. Venue: Beckenham Library,  22, Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4 PE. Time: 2pm to 5pm. Free. Just turn up.

Saturday 7 and 8 March 2026; Writing and rewriting fairytales. 2-session online course via City Lit. Time: 2pm. Fee: £79/£40. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writing-and-rewriting-fairytales

Saturday 7 March (date tbc but usually first Saturday each month); Gong Bath. Venue: Upminster Sanctuary Pea Lane, Upminster, RM142XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: tbc.  https://upminstersanctuary.com/

Sunday  8 March;  Group Constellation Workshop by Avideya. Venue: 30 Friern Watch Avenue, London N12 9NT. Time:  from 10am to 5pm.  From £53.80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/avideya-30020254011

Sunday  8 March;  Wisdom and Wyrd Psychic Market. Venue: Venue: Chislehurst Caves, Imperial Place, Chislehurst, NW Kent. Time: 11am. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335736923852705/

Sunday 8 March (and other dates and times); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday  8 March; Satanic Flea Market - Rites of Spring. Venue:· Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ. Time: noon-6pm. £5 Entry. https://www.facebook.com/events/2013885819185668/?

Sunday  8 March; I'm running an in-person 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: £25 per person.  You can find out more at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.    

Sunday 8 March; March Ritual in the Tower (Luna Iter). In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. Meet at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London, from 4.30pm, moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £9.73. https://www.hildegardmaier.co.uk/luna-iter or https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154 

Sunday  8 March;  Sound Bath Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 8 March; Paganism: From Ancient Myths to Modern Realities. Talk by Ethan Doyle White on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 9 March; The Houses (Part 2). Free online talk via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 5pm. Tickets free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 9 March; The Surreal world of Maeve Gilmore. Talk with Dr Lucy Scholes. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  from £16.14. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 9 March; The Witch's Apprentice: Natural Magic. Start of 4-Part Course with Rebecca Beattie, author of Planetary Magic and Nature Mystics, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £80. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Monday 9 March (every Monday); Embracing the North Node in Aquarius Transit. Talk by Celeste Brooks followed by chart discussion. Online talks via the Astrological Lodge of London. Times 7pm/8.30pm. Tickets £9/£6. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 9 March; Animal Healing and Communication. Start of 2-session course run by Elizabeth Whiter, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 9 March (usually a Monday early in the month); South East London Pagans Moot. Venue: The Ivy House, 55 Stuart Road, London, SE15 3BE. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Monday 9 March; The Hull Werewolf. Talk by Deborah Hyde at Greenwich Skeptics. Venue: The Plume of Feathers, 19 Park Vista, Greenwich, SE10 9LZ. Time: 7.30pm. Ssuggested donation: £4. https://greenwichskeptics.org/

Monday 9 March; Food, Potion, and Power in Old Norse and Folk Magic. Talk by Lena H-Brennand  on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 9 March (tbc but usually every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Tuesday 10 March; Session 2 – The Planets (The Characters). Part of seriesof astrology talks via Rest Less Events. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets £3.99 per class. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/

Tuesday 10 March; Bridget: Goddess and Saint. Hybrid talk by Professor Ronald Hutton, author of Triumph of the Moon and Blood and Mistletoe, via Gresham College. In-person venue Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London EC1N 2HH. Time: 6pm. Free to register for online viewing. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/

Tuesday 10 March (and other dates); Yoga for Mind, Breath and Body. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 6.15pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Tuesday 10 March;  Advanced Tarot. Start of 4-Part course with Delphine de la Mar. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £150. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 10 March; Fairy Tales, Papua New Guinea, an Idiosyncratic Approach, with Viktor Wynd. Talk via the Folklore Society online. Time: 7pm. Tickets £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Wednesday 11 March; Isis Blessing of the Fleet Ritual with Mani of London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Venue: Beddington park, Wallington. Time: 2pm.  More info: https://mani.org.uk/ Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Wednesday 11 March (and other dates); Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £60 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 11 March  (and other dates and times); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour and a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £12. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Wednesday 11 March; The 7 Hermetic Principles. Start of 8-session course run by Pixie P Carney, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 11 March; The Grammar of Tarot. Start of 3-session course run by Laetitia Barbier, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 11 March  (2nd Wed each month);  Power of Deity. Training group workshop by the Wytchery. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/the-wytchery/

Wednesday 11 March; The History of Witchcraft and Women: Magic, rituals and the patriarchy. Online talk via By Seed Talks. Online event. Time 7pm . Tickets from £11.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

Wednesday 11 March; Faerie Lore and Creative Writing Workshop with Bernadette Russell  via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 11 March; Calm Within: Spring Special. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £55. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesday 11 March  (tbc but usually 2nd Wed each month);  Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

From Thursday 12 March; Vikings: The Immersive Experience. Venue: Dock X, Unit 1 Canada Water, Surrey Quays Rd, London SE16 2XU.  Opening hours: daily from 9am. Adult tickets from £23 and children from £16. https://vikings-immersive.co.uk/london/?

Thursday 12 - 22 March; The History of Witchcraft. 7-module on demand online course. By Seed Talks. Online event. Time on demand. Tickets £59.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

Thursday 12 March; The Green Man: Myth, Memory, and the Roots of Renewal. Online talk via Rest Less Events. Time: 11.30am. Tickets £3.99 per class. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/

Thursday 12 March; The Korean Art of Living Well. Talk by author Dr Jenelle Kim via Watkins Bookshop. Online event. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 12 March (tbc); Magick Without Tears Moot. Event by Marco Visconti Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte St., London W1T 2LY. Time 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwtpubmoot

Thursday 12 March;  Talk and Soirée on Althea Gyles, Decadent Occult Artist, with Dr Sally North Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 12 March;  How Spells Work. Talk by Cunning Folk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm, Free but £5/£8 donations welcome.  Email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com to book a space or visit  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 13 March;  Friday 13th - Witches in the Woods - special Gathering with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at the entrance to Queen's Woods, Queen's wood Road, London N6 5UU, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Bring a torch and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Time: 7pm. Tickets: free. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Friday 13 March; "Touched by the Presence". Author talk with Gary Lachman. Venue: Mayfair Library, 25 South Audley Street, London W1K 2PB. Time:  7.30 pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/30532755584?

Friday 13 March (and other dates); Hex and the City Walking Tour with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Cowcross St, Farrringdon, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/event-details/magic-mystics-and-martyrs-2

Saturday `14 March; The Folklore Mini Summit by Seed Talks. Hybrid event. In-person venue: Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY. Starts 9.30am. Tickets  £20 - £66. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-in-london-1252979

Saturday 14 March; Explore the Subtle Energies of Colour with Hanelle Levine. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 14 March; Tarot Diploma: Develop as a Professional Tarot Reader. Start of 6-session course run by Avril Price, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £1,450. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 14 March; Past Lives and  Astrology: The Moon Nodes. Start of 3-session course run by Carmen Turner-Schott, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March; Goddess Sekhmet Healing Ceremony with Pixie P Carney. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March;  Meet the Plant Spirits and Flower Devas with Nicholas Pearson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March; Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/ or  https://allevents.in/london/dawn-of-the-oak-london-pagan-and-heathen-meeting-15th-february-2026-tickets/80001854227648

Sunday 15 March;  Shamanic Medicine Objects for Healing with Linda Star Wolf, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March; Scapulimancy and Second Sight in Scottish Gaelic. Talk by Andrew Wiseman on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own talks and workshops. Contact organisers directly if you have questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you're running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com Also please note I earn commission for some links.

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of weird, wonderful and witchy events over the next week or so. Many are online, but an increasing number are in-person. I generally list events in the UK, especially in or near London, but some are outside that time zone. If you know an online or London-based event you want included, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com 

Wednesday 25 August (every Wednesday); Wellbeing Wednesdays with Nadine and Caitriona. Online event. Time: 12.30pm. Tickets: £22 per monthly subscription. https://behappiest.co.uk/ 

Wednesday 25 August; TROLLRÚN. Online talk by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Wednesday 25 August; Magic from the Gospel of Aradia. Zoom workshop with Suzanne Corbie via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 25 August; Chart Chat with Amanda Simon. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: evening. Tickets £25.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Wednesday 25 August; The Witches Circle Monthly Class with Gareth Hughes. Venue: Kallima Wellbeing Centre, 8A Adam Business Centre, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, SS14 3JF. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £14.61. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-witches-circle-monthly-class-with-gareth-hughes-tickets-146162063667

Wednesday 25 August (every Wednesday); The Witching Hour on the Witches Inn YouTube channel. Time 8pm. Free. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4Kl-MbdjsApFvodCnvANA

Thursday 26 August (tbc); Work with Shamanism to Grow Personally and Professionally. Online event with Harriet Goudard every Thursday. Time: 10am. Free. https://www.meetup.com/awaken-the-inner-shaman-london/

Thursday 26 August; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 for non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 26 August (every Thursday to 30 Sept); History of Art course on Zoom by Peter van Breda, via Rudolf Steiner House. Free. Time: noon. https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/

Thursday 26 August; Wolfs-Head and The Hanged God. Online talk by Shani Oates via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 26 August; City Magic. Zoom workshop with Julian Vayne, via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 26 August; Witch Familiars. Zoom workshop with Suzanne Corbie via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 26 August; Online ASSAP talk. Time: 7pm. Free event. Tickets available to ASSAP members. To join for £5 per year, visit http://www.assap.ac.uk/

Thursday 26 August; Astro Magick - The Houses, with Tree Carr. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: 7pm. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 26 August; Shooting the Wild Witch Breeze. Facebook Live Chat with Rachel Patterson and Elen Sentier.  A new chat video usually every two weeks on a Thursday. Time: 7pm.  Free. https://www.facebook.com/MoonBooks

Thursday 26 August; Cunning Folk Reading Group - Red Shift. Time: 7pm. Free, but you must reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Thursday 26 August; The Pagan Federation Lectures: Talk 7: Thor - God of the Sea? Free  · online event. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/2957657607805669/

Friday 27 August (every Friday); Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 August; Artemis Online Market. Free  · online event. Starts 10am. https://www.facebook.com/events/391779302253970/

Saturday 28 August; Walking the Lost Waterways: the Fleet. Walk organised by Museum of London. Meeting details sent after booking. Time: 11am. Tickets: £22/£18. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/whats-on/

Saturday 28 August; Bee Experience Day organised by Aho Studio. In-person event. Venue: Near Hainault Station on the Central line. Time: 11am. Tickets: £50. www.aho.community 

Saturday 28 August; Sweat Lodge Ceremony organised by Aho Studio. In-person event. Venue: Berkeley Farm, a few miles outside London. Time: 1pm-6pm. Tickets: £80. www.aho.community 

Saturday 28 August; Rural Gothic: Harvest. Online conference with the Folklore Podcast via Zoom. Time: tbc. Tickets: £7.50. http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/

Saturday 28 August; Spiritual Q and A online. Hosted by Cristina Popovici via Self-Development and Spiritual Workshops Central London. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/Self-Development-and-Spiritual-Workshops-Central-London/

Saturday 28 August; Stars - Story Circle with London Dreamtime (live outdoor event for adults). Venue: Secret location in Brockley. Time: 7.30pm. Free  https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 28 August;  Book Launch: A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars with Mael Brigde and Guests, Online, via Zoom. Time: 9pm . Free, register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/sunamongstars/556582? An alternative is to skip registration and watch it on Facebook, live or later, at www.facebook.com/BrigitsPortal/

Saturday 28 August; Intuition Development Circle with Gemma Petherbridge. Digital event organised by She's Lost Control. Time: evening. Tickets £25.  https://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/digital

Sunday 28 August (tbc but usually every Sunday);  Kambo with Marco and Susie. In-person event organised by Aho Studio. Venue: 12 Old Manor Yard, London SW5 9AB. Time: noon. Tickets: £50. www.aho.community 

Sunday 29 August; She of the Sea – Film as Ritual Magic with  Lila Moore and Channeling Dreams and Creating New Realities: Modern Magickal Adaptations through Art with  Charlotte Rodgers. Summer Salon via Zoom, through the Magickal Women Partnership. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/

Monday 30  August; Tarot Course for Beginners. Start of 8-week online course with Jane Meredith, author of Journey to the Dark Goddess and Aspecting the Goddess. Classes are Mondays from 10am UK time for 8 weeks. Cost: $500 (Australian dollars), concession: $350. Registration at: https://forms.gle/7T28VvZ2zC1d9Drg7 More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/191894102973419

Monday 30 August (every Monday); Mindful Still Life Monday Sessions with London Drawing, via Zoom. Two sessions: 12.30pm and 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://londondrawing.com/online-creative-sessions/

Monday 30 August (every Monday); Mindful Mondays with Caitriona of Be Happiest. Online event. Time 7pm. Tickets: £6 per session or £20 per month. https://behappiest.co.uk/ 

Monday 30  August; Elemental Magic Introduced. Earth, air, fire and water magics in theory and practice. Zoom workshop with Rebecca Beattie, author of Nature Mystics, via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 31 August; Conscious Communication with Amelia Griffiths. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 1 September (tbc but usually first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation Online with Taz Thornton. Monthly event. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial#

Wednesday 1 September;  Book Club - Braiding Sweetgrass with Kasia Gwilliam and Lucy Porter. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £20. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 1 September; The Fool's Journey of the Tarot. Zoom workshop with Suzanne Corbie via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £20/£18. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 1 September; Witches of Zoom Gathering - September. Free online event by  Children of Artemis. Time: 7.30pm Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/598176234511070/

Thursday 2 September; Kenneth Grant and Cults of the Shadows. Online talk by Michael Staley via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 2 September; Meeting the Fey: Folk Magic Methods. Two part Workshop, taught on the 2 and 9 September with Hannah Sanders via Treadwell's Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £40/£36. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 2 September; Virgo Season Release Ritual with Lucy Porter. Digital event by She's Lost Control. Tickets: £15. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 3 September; Magic for the Month of September. Talk by me, Lucya Starza, about the festivals of September, the signs of autumn, and Equinox lore. Online on Facebook Live. Time: 4pm. Free.  https://www.facebook.com/events/593922601776840

Friday 3 September; Flower Essence Workshop with Bel Senlle. In-person event by She's Lost Control. Venue: She's Lost Control - Retail and Events, Broadway Market, London. Tickets: £35. Time: evening. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 4 September; Walking the Lost Waterways: the Tyburn. Walk organised by Museum of London. Meeting details sent after booking. Time: 11am. Tickets: £22/£18. https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/whats-on/

Saturday 4 September;  Nunhead Cemetery Open Day 2021. Tours and talks of the Victorian cemetery, with stalls, food and drink on sale. Venue: Linden Grove, London SE15 3LP. Time: 11am to 5pm. Free entry. https://www.fonc.org.uk/2021-open-day.html

Saturday 4 September; Crystal Basics: From Science to Spirit. Online workshop with Nicholas Pearson via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £80/360. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 4 September; The Thin Veil of London. An unusual walk around Holborn and Bloomsbury, with mysteries from the stories of Arthur Machen. By Minimum Labyrinth. Meet at The Queen's Larder, 1 Queen's Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AR. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets £12.50/£17.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/minimum-labyrinth-4600043469

Saturday 4 September; Ragnarok. Storytelling by  Jason Buck Storyteller. Online via Zoom. Tickets: £2.50-£10. Time: 7.30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ragnarok-tickets-154076176993?

Sunday 5 September;  Stories in the Garden with London Dreamtime (live outdoor event ). Venue: Southside House, 3-4 Woodhayes Rd, London, SW19 4RJ. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: by donation (£10 suggested) https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 5 September; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot (normally on the 1st Sunday of each month). Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm-6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/

Sunday 5 September; Woodspirits in September - Blackberry Harvest. Venue: outdoor location, meet at Cheshunt station. Time: 3pm. Free for members of Woodspirits group.

Sunday 5 September;  Celtic Goddess: Teachings of the Cauldron-Keeper Cerridwen with Sequoia Brittany and The Ancestor and the Womb: Representations of Magickal Black Women with Yvonne Chireau. Summer Salon via Zoom, through the Magickal Women Partnership. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/

Sunday 5 and 12 September; Sigil Workshop with Chaos Magician David Lee. Two-part online event through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 9pm. Tickets · £5-£10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Sunday 5 September; Tales of Wonder and Enchantment From The Arabian Nights by Viktor Wynd. Online event through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7pm. Tickets · from £52.84. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own talk on Magic for the Month of September. Contact the organisers directly with questions. I generally list things in the UK, especially in or near London, but some are outside that time zone. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical wellbeing and healing, this is *not* medical advice.

Demetrius Lacroix: Haitian Vodou Cursing

Haitian Vodou cursing was the subject of one of the talks at The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic’s annual conference, Poppets, Pins and Power: The Craft of Cursing, earlier this month. 

The talk was by Demetrius Lacroix, an initiate of Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Quimbanda and Santeria, and a specialist on misunderstood cultures. I took a few notes during his talk and I've posted them here: 

Ekspedisyon, Dispatch, ak Pelene: The Art of Haitian Vodou Cursing

Vodou is a combination of family traditions from Africa that were brought to the New World. It is about being alive and ways in which people could continue to do their thing in freedom or under oppressive forces.

There is a history of oppression in Haiti. Vodou is the idea that: “No one will oppress me.”

In countries where justice does not exist, another force will take its place, such as magic.

During times of oppression in Haiti, people who lived in the mountains were hard to get to, but if they were caught they would be mutilated and left to die. However, if they got back to the mountains they would have a super connection to magic and to nature. This was the start of secret societies.

All these groups have different relations to spirits that allow them to do certain forms of magic. Forms of cursing that started in these groups then disseminated into public knowledge. Priests of Vodou don’t really do curses - they work with spirits. The use of dolls for cursing is by non-initiated members of the public.

A curse to make someone to die can be one of several things. It could be zombification or could actually make someone die.

Death curses
In the international cemetery in Haiti there are four trees. There are things nailed to these trees and some are curses to make people die. Gede are spirits lost in passage, their names are known. The Mother of Gede is the owner of these four trees. You could have a doll created from fabric or wax and nail it to tree and make an offering, perhaps a chicken; offer it to the Mother of Gede, then come back when the person has died.

Zombification
There are two ideas of zombification. One is to take their spirit if they are dead or if they are alive. The other is someone trapped in their own body.

The soul has many different parts – if you remove the part that makes a person an individual, that makes them a zombie.

Zombification is reserved for serious criminals. They live out their lives providing for the community by working in the fields, but are no longer dangerous. A famous study of zombies was done in The Serpent and the Rainbow, a book by anthropologist Wade Davis.

Curses

Haiti is a verbal country, everyone works the land. If you ask a spirit to do something, you have an obligation. Spirits can be bought too. For example, you could buy the soul of someone's grandmother and give them an intention – such as to show up in someone’s dreams.

Trees, earth and fire are very powerful. So, putting an object in a tree or burying it in earth is a very powerful thing to do. Lamps and oil are popular for curses as fire can be seen, but not touched. You can also tie body parts to affect their abilities.

Reversing curses

There are ways to reverse a curse. The main one is to attend a party that the spirits attend and they can help you break the curse.

The photo shows Demetrius Lacroix at the conference. I will be typing up more of my notes from talks at the museum's annual conference and posting them on my blog over the next few weeks.

Links and previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/05/a-weekend-of-cursing-at-museum-of.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/02/focus-on-vodou-or-voodoo.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/05/mogg-morgan-apophis-mother-of-all-curses.html
http://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/
@SalemDemetrius

Preparing for the Pagan Federation London Conference

Who is coming to the Pagan Federation London 2014 Conference next Saturday?

I've always enjoyed going to the PF London Conferences. Not only are they packed with interesting talks and workshops, entertainment and stalls to buy lovely things, they are also a great opportunity to meet up with other pagans in London.

This year, however, I have to admit I'm a little bit nervous - because I'm giving a talk there myself.  My talk is apparently timed to start at 11am, so at least it'll be finished by lunchtime and I can have a nice glass of wine in the bar to celebrate.

The title of my talk is Psychogeography: Pathways into the Visionary City and the short description that is going in the programme explains:

In paganism, the natural landscape of the countryside is often seen as more inherently magical than the built environment of towns and cities. The psychogeographer, by contrast, finds just as much wonder and mystery in the urban landscape. Lucya Starza, of A Bad Witch’s Blog, talks about the tools of psychogeography and what they offer the spiritual quester in London.

I'll be explaining what psychogeography is, its origins and history, how to do it - and why I think it is a magical way of exploring the city.

Although my talk is now written and slide show put together, I'm still a bit nervous so I'm going to practise going over it a few more times before next weekend. My biggest hope is that plenty of people come along to listen.

The conference runs from 10am – 9pm on Saturday 30 August 2014 at Leytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist School, 159 Colworth Rd, London E11 1JD. The nearest tube is Leytonstone (10 minute walk). For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://london.paganfed.org/

Links and previous related posts
http://london.paganfed.org/
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/08/event-im-giving-talk-at-pf-london.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2013/06/the-pf-london-conference-2013-rites-of.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/09/gaia-fortuna-convention-2008.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/02/psychogeography-by-merlin-coverley.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/08/review-this-other-london-adventures-in.html

Alan Moore on magic, snake gods and reality

Alan Moore is best known as a comic-writing genius, the author of such classics as Watchmen,Prometheaand V for Vendetta. He is also a magician – and that was what he was talking about at pagan pub meet The Moot with No Name last week.

The weekly event which has lectures on occult subjects is very highly regarded and attracts some of the UK’s most experienced magicians - and the venue was packed to hear Alan Moore.

Alan turned up with a bad cold. He admitted he had felt too grotty to prepare his talk and had been going to wing it, but added: “You people know about magic, you won’t accept rubbish. This is about my magic, from my perspective.”

He said: “When I was a child, I knew what magic was – witches, wizards and spells – but when I got a bit older I realised that wasn’t in abundance. By school age, I thought that magic existed in a made-up way; no more real than Father Christmas. I still have doubts.”

“In my teenage years I thought magic was a palliative thing that cheered us up in a bleak world. No matter how many times you do incantations over a broom, it won’t multiply and clear up the rubbish. But, in the 1960s people were dabbling in magic. There’s an excellent although depressing book by Gary Lachman on the darker side of the occult in the 1960s [The Dedalus Book of the 1960s: Turn Off Your Mind.]”

“When I was much older I started to visit occult shops, but I felt that only I was rational. I felt other customers' needs were emotional rather than intellectual; the need to have secret knowledge to liven up a dull personality.”

“When I was in my late 30s, I read about John Dee. He certainly was not an idiot. He sounded like a genius, a mathematician and the man who invented the concept of the British Empire in the reign of Elizabeth I after studying mythology. But he spent a lot of his time talking to beings he called ‘angels’. John Dee probably had to call them angels; people were always wanting to prove occultists were flammable.”

It was after reading about John Dee that Alan Moore decided to take magic seriously, but his declaration that he was a magician – on his 40th birthday after a bit too much to drink – didn’t seem to surprise any of his friends. “Most people didn’t bat an eyelid,” he said.

Deciding to follow through on his drunken announcement, Alan talked to his friend Steve Moore (no relation, despite the surname, but a fellow comic-writer and an occultist).

Alan said that Steve, who honoured the moon goddess Selene, recommended choosing a god or goddess “because magic is an imaginary territory, so you need an imaginary friend”.

Steve told Alan: “Either choose a god, or let one choose you.”

In January 1994, at Steve’s house, Steve asked him if he had seen the Greek snake god Glykon and showed him a picture of a statue that had been discovered in the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Tomis, in Constanta, Romania.

He said: “It was a beautiful snake with a humanoid head and a face a bit like Paris Hilton. It was comical, beautiful, awesome – and smug. I thought I could relate to that god.”

Alan then asked Steve how exactly one should go about worshipping a god. They took some magic mushrooms – legal back in 1994, but now an illegal Class A drug. While waiting for the psychedelic substance to start working, they chatted about what form a magical ritual involving Glykon could take. They started to formulate a ritual using cut-up techniques to combine two sets of writing; one an evocation of the God and the second a piece of purposive magic.

Things started to get a bit weird. A conversation in which Alan translated “piece of purposive magic” as “evocation of the goddess” and Steve corrected him turned into a kind of Groundhog Day time-loop while the ceiling seemed to disappear and they felt the presence of entities watching from above. Alan said “it felt as though this was the body of Glykon, curving back on itself”.

Certainly it could have been the mushrooms, but Alan said: “If it was an hallucination, it was different from any I had had before – and it was a shared experience.”

He said: “I was in a peculiar state for several months, because I knew magic was real in a certain sense. I am a rational person and I like to think things through. There is no proof that magic affects physical reality, but it does affect immaterial reality.

“If something is happening in someone’s mind, we think it is not real. But are thoughts real? Wittgenstein said a thought is a real event in space and time.”

Alan expressed the opinion that science cannot really explain the human mind and that “psychiatry is occultism in a lab coat”. He pointed out that psychiatrist Carl Jung was accused of occultism, while physician and occultist Paracelsus came up with the idea of the unconscious mind even before Freud and Jung wrote about it.

Alan said: “We do not experience reality directly – our sensory organs send messages to our brain, which interprets them. Some scientists, such as behaviourist BF Skinner, say that there is no such thing as consciousness; it is all conditioned response. Scientists would like to be able to explain everything as biology, chemistry or physics. Thought messes up the rational universe.

“But what if there are two different sorts of reality; physical existence and the idea of things?

“The idea of a chair is more important than the physical existence of a chair because, if there aren’t any physical chairs we can always make some new ones so long as we have the idea of a chair.” Perhaps Alan was inspired in that idea by the immediate reality that he was giving his talk in a crowded pub room with a real shortage of chairs...

He went on: “Physical reality and immaterial reality are both real, but in a different way. We all have our own identity and our own mind space. The geography of the physical world is based on distance, but the geography of mind space is based on association. For example, Land’s End and John O’Groats might be many miles apart, but they are always close together in association.

“Time is also different in mind space and imaginary creatures can live there. Gods, monsters and aliens can all be inhabitants of mental space.”

Describing magical experiments he had taken part in to share and transmit images from one person to another in mind space, Alan concluded that magic was real.

“Magic has become an important part of my life,” he said. “Most of the stuff I have got out of magic has been a help to my work and well being.”

Pagan forum The Moot with No Name meets at the Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ on Wednesdays from 7.30pm (although the meetings on 7 December and 14 December will be at The Cartoonist in Shoe Lane in London).

For further information about events run by Atlantis Bookshop visit http://www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com/

The picture top right is of Alan Moore. The picture bottom right is the cover of his graphic novel Promethea.

Note: The Bad Witch does not recommend drug taking. Magic mushrooms are illegal in the UK.

Links and previous related posts:
The Dedalus Book of the 1960s: Turn Off Your Mind (Dedalus Concept Books)

http://surprising-romania.blogspot.com/2009/03/glykon-snake.html

Promethea: Book 1
V for Vendetta: New Edition
Watchmen
Alan Moore's Neonomicon (Avatar)

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2007/11/happy-birthday-paracelsus.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2011/07/on-this-day-john-dees-birthday.html

Pagan events in and near London

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.

Tuesday 28 June; Firebreathing Dragons and How the Mind Shapes Myth. Talk by Jeremy Morgan at London Earth Mysteries Circle. Admission is £4.50, concessions £4, members £3, concessions are £4. Talks are usually held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7.15PM at First Floor, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. http://www.londonearth.com/

Tuesday, 28 June; Spirit Revelations. Lecture by Nigel Peace at The College of Psychic Studies 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Cost: £8/£12. Advance booking essential. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Wednesday 29, June; Trance-Formational Magic. Talk by Ursula James, author of The Source – A Manual of Everyday Magic, at Pagan forum The Moot with No Name, arranged through Atlantis Bookshop. Venue: Devereux public house (pictured), 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £5.

Friday 1 July; The Power of Universal Energy. Lecture by Douglas Ballard at The College of Psychic Studies 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Cost: £10/£15. Advance booking essential. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Saturday, 2 July, Talk by John Constable, author of The Southwark Mysteries and Secret Bankside, at the Urban Physic Garden, 100 Union Street, London SE1 0NL. Time: 1.15pm–2pm. This is a free event.

Sunday, 3 July, In Honour of John Michell presented by The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. John Constable will talk about Enchanting the Landscape in the Heart of London. Venue: The George Inn, 77 Borough High Street, SE1. Time: 1.45pm for 2pm start. Cost: £15/£10 concs.