Craft: Making a Viking Glass Bead at Greenoaks

Here's a photo of me in a Viking glass bead workshop, run by Scarlet Impressions at the Greenoaks Gathering last weekend. You can see the finished item inset in the picture.

It was the first time I've done anything with molten glass and I was a bit nervous before I started but Scarlet - who you can see on the left - was reassuring and gave expert tuition. 

The basic technique is similar to making rolled paper beads, which is something I've done many times before. The difference is that this time I was rolling layers of molten glass around a rod rather than strips of paper. You have to keep turning the molten glass in a flame to keep it even and make the layers blend properly.

The pattern is created by adding dots of molten glass of different colours, then keep turning so that they stick. My finished bead is a little wonky, but I'm sure I'd get better with practice. 

The technique of placing dots of different coloured glass on top of each other is the same used to make blue eye patterned amulets traditionally worn to protect against the evil eye.

You can read my earlier general review of Greenoaks here: https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/06/i-had-wonderful-time-at-greenoaks.html

Other previous related posts
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/05/witchy-craft-making-polymer-clay-charm.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/05/poppet-craft-pipecleaner-and-clothes.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/04/craft-i-painted-pebbles-it-was-easier.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/03/upcycling-crafts-paper-flowers-from.html

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests. There are online things you can do anywhere (bolded to spot more easily) plus in-person talks and workshops in or near London, and some conferences and festivals further afield.

Now – 29 November; The Coming of Age Exhibition - including displays on witches and crones. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Open daily 10am-6pm.  Free. https://wellcomecollection.org/

Now - 5 June; The Everyworld Redux exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 10.30am To 5pm, Monday To Friday With Saturday Openings. Tickets free. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/the-everyworld-redux/

Last day 3 June; Relics exhibition. Venue: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Time: Mon-Thur 9.30am to 8pm, 10-5pm Fri/Sat. Free entry. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events

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

Now – 13 September; The Material Heart: Front Line to Home Front. Exhibition of WWI folk art. Venue: Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF.  Open: Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11am – 6pm. Tickets free with general museum admission ticket or a ticket to the Paint, Pattern, Print exhibition that's also on, costing £11.50. https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/

Now - 1 November; Exhibition: The Saxons. Venue: Discover Bucks Museum, 9 Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 2QP. Time: Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm. Sunday noon – 4pm. Adult tickets from from £5.90. https://discoverbucksmuseum.digitickets.co.uk/tickets

Now – 16 August; Olivia Plender: Little Fennel’s Complaint Exhibition. Venue:: Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, UK, OX1 1BP. Open from 11am Tuesday - Sunday. Tickets from £7.21. https://modernartoxford.org.uk/

Now on; 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/?

5 June  - 8 September; The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial. Exhibition. Venue: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London, SW3 4RY. Open 10am-6pm. Tickets from £13. https://www.saatchigallery.com/whats-on

Every Tuesday to Sunday except over bank holidays; 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/

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

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/

Wednesday 3 June; Book Talk: Sylvia Plath and the Supernatural. Talk by Dr Dorka Tamas via the Centre for Victorian Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London. Venue: Royal Holloway, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX. Starts 10.30am. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-sylvia-plath-and-the-supernatural-tickets-1988822039257?

Wednesday 3 June (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 3 June; Psychic Mediumship for Beginners. Start of 6-session course with Sarah-Jane Jay, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 3 June;  Hail, Delirium! Dorothea Tanning Preview and Alyce Mahon's Biography Signing. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: evening. Tickets  free/£30, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Wednesday 3 June (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 3 June (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 3 June (usually on a Wednesday each month);  Brett Hollyhead: Fossilised Magic. Online talk via the Folklore Centre. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5. https://www.folkloremythmagic.com/

Wednesday 3 June; The Hidden World of Fairies and Women. Talk by Diane Purkiss via Seed talks online.  Time: 7pm. Tickets £13.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/36463428713?

Wednesday 3 June; The History of Greek Mythology. Talk by Dr Emily Hauser via Seed talks online.  Time: 7pm. Tickets £13.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/36463428713?

Wednesday 3 June  (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm. Free  https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Wednesday 3 June; Crystals for Psychic Development. Start of 6-session course with Sarah-Jane Jay, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 3 June;  Nocturnes, Symphonies and Seances: Whistler’s Life and Art, with Antony Clayton. Talk online 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 4 June (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 4 June (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 4 June to 13 September;  Hail, Delirium! Surrealist Dorothea Tanning art exhibition.  Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: during normal opening hours. Free entry. https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/

Thursday 4 June; Black Stars In Dim Carcosa with Marco Visconti. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 4 June;  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

Thursdays 4 and 11 June; Tree Magick and the Wisdom of the Ogham with Pixie P Carney, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 4 June; Freemasonry and Nature. Talk by Helena B. Scott.  via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £21. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 4 June; ; Recognise and Clear Negative Energy. Start of 8-session course with Martha Brett, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 4 June;  Islamic Occultism – with Amal Salem. Talk and Soirée. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 4 June; Psychometry: Learn to Read Objects. Start of 10-session course with Tia Price, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £240. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

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

Friday 5 June (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 5 - Sunday 7 June;  North Wales Pagan Fest 2026. Venue:  Halkyn Castle Wood, CH8 8DF. Starts noon. Tickets £80/£45. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/halkyncastlewoodeventsandeducationltd/1772715?

Friday 5 June (and other dates); Welcome Women's Circle. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House | 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Tickets: optional donation of £5 - £15. https://rsh.anth.org.uk/whats-on/

Friday 5 June (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?

Weekend 6 and 7 June; Magical Spiritual Event in aid of Fibromyalgia Action UK. Venue: Inn on the Lake, Shorne, Gravesend DA12 3HB. Starts 10.30am. Free entry. Donations for charity welcome. 

Weekends 6 and 7 June then 15 and 16 August; Akashic Records: Heart and Soul Connections workshops with Vicky Sweetlove. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £490.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 6 June: Honouring the Self workshop with Joan Osborne. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 6 June; Rose Priestess Temple Devotional Day. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: noon. Tickets free. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 6 June;  Amulets, Talismans and Charms. In-person workshop by me on the lore behind – and art of making – these important magical objects. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Cost: £25 per person. Find out more or book tickets here:  https://www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/amulets-talismans-charms-in-person-workshop-3

Saturday 6 June:  Divination with Coffee, Eggs and Mirrors. Workshop with Tia Price, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 6 June (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 7 June (and other dates); Kundalini Yoga and Sound Healing with Claudia Chapman. Venue: The Goddess Studio, 116 Whitehouse Way, London N14 7LU. Time: 10.30am. Tickets from £6.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/20248016862

Sunday 7 June;  Wisdom and Wyrd Psychic Market. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, Imperial Place, Chislehurst, NW Kent. Time: 11am. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335736923852705/

Sunday 7 June: The Seven Veils of Women Mystics. Painting workshop with Nicole Frobusch. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 7 June: London's Sacred Landscape - afternoon of talks via London Monthy of the Dead. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 1.30pm. Tickets £30 for the entire event. https://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html?

Sunday 7 June;  Forest Bathing in Crystal Palace Park. Meet at Sydenham Gate, CP Park, London SE20. Time: 2pm. Free, but parking is paid. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 7 June: The Feminine and Masculine in Tarot. Workshop with Amanda Watson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 7 June: Activate Psychic Skills with Astrology. Start of 5-session course with Carmen Turner-Schott, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £180. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 7 June (first Sunday each month); Light and Expansion - Collective World Meditation with Pauline Flitton. Online event. Time: 7.30pm - 8:30pm. Free. Contact Pauline 07415 054280 or Email

contact@crystal-manifestations.co.uk for the free Zoom link. Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1514249646502331/?

Monday 8 June; The Zodiac (Part 1). Free online talk via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 5pm. Tickets free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 8 June; Beauty Esotericism: Ritual and Identity with Charlotte Logue. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  from £16.77, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 8 June; Talk on How to read a consultation chart with Marcos Patchett followed by chart discussion. Online talks via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 7pm. Tickets £6/£9. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 8 June; The Medium's Path for Beginners. Start of 6-session course with TJ Higgs, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 8 June (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 8 June (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

Monday 8 June;  Sister Sharing Circle by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £14.79. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Monday 8 June; Egyptian mythology with Garry Shaw. Talk online 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

Tuesday 9 June (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 9 June;  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 9 June;  Creating a Magical Servitor. Start of 2-Part Workshop with  Mark Vincent via Treadwell's Online.  Time: 7pm. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 9 June; Earth Magic in Esoteric Art. Talk by Hazel Florez, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 9 June (and other dates); Cosy Candlelit Gong Bath by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £20.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Tuesday 9 June; Britain’s Empire and Its Afterlives with Tré Ventour-Griffiths. Talk online 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

Wednesday 10 June; Collage on Discarded Ceramics with House of Frisson. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £50 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 10 June (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 10 June (2nd Wed each month);  The Power of Practice. 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 10 June;  Spirit Allies for Support. Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 10 June (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/

Wednesday 10 June; Light Language. Start of 2-session course with Gemma Petherbridge, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 10 June; On Collecting as a Psychological Condition with Viktor Wynd. Talk online 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 11 June; The Hieroglyphica of Horapollon with Sasha Chaitow. Online talk via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 11 June (date tbc); Magick Without Tears Moot. Venue: Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte St., London W1T 2LY. Time 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwtpubmoot

Thursday 11 June; Heartspaces - Heart and Soul spiritual gathering. Venue: Essex Hall, Essex Street, London WC2R 3HY. Doors at 6.30pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/121061473538?

Thursday 11 June;  The Symbols of Alchemy with Eliza Swann. Talk and Soirée. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 11 June;  Way of the Witch monthly online circle with Samantha K. and Jacqui C. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/sammi-k-shamanic-practitioner-psychic-medium/events/

Thursday 11 June; Luck. 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, 12 - Sunday 14 June 2026; Greenoaks Gathering 2026. Pagan gathering in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens, at an eco venue. Music, talks, workshops (including a couple run by myself), kids activities, and a magickal market. Venue: Hatters Campsite, Second Drove Adelaide, Ely CB7 4UD. Tickets: £0 – £114.47. https://www.greenoaksgathering.co.uk/

Friday 12 June; Travel with the Sacred Drum with Heather McDonald. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 6.30pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 13 June; Folklore Inspired Creative Session with the Saturday Morning Folklore Club. Venue: The Crosse Keys, 9 Gracechurch Street, · London. Time:· 10am. Tickets free.  https://www.meetup.com/saturday-morning-folklore-club/

Saturday 13 June; Sacred Power of the Serpent Queen. Workshop with Frances Billinghurst, author of Encountering the Dark Goddess, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 10.30am. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 June: Tantric Symbols for Self-Empowerment workshop with Nishant Sharmaa. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 June: The Gifts of a Highly Sensitive Person workshop with Mel Collins. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 June: Mediumship and Spirit Communication workshop with Sean Collyns . Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: contact the college.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 June:  Wild And Witchy Day Retreat. Venue: Station Approach, Leatherhead KT227SQ. Time: 2pm. Tickets: from £108.51. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-and-witchy-day-retreat-tickets-1989903435743?

Sunday 14 June: The Way of the Ankh workshop with Pixie P Carney. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 14 June; The Magic of Trees at North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, NW Kent. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887

Sunday 14 June;. Betts Park - Mixed Adult Forest Bathing. Meet at Anerley Road, London SE20 8TQ. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 14 June; The Dark Night of the Soul. Workshop with Julia Shepherd, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 14 June (date tbc); Luna Iter (Ritual in the Tower). 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: £10. https://www.hildegardmaier.co.uk/luna-iter or https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154 

Sunday 14 June; Menstruation, Folklore, Tradition and The Power of Women.Workshop with Dr Deirdre Nuttall via Seed talks online.  Time: 5pm. Tickets £17 - £26.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/36463428713?

Sunday 14 June (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

Sunday 14 June; Labyrinth Walk Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 8pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 14 June; Psychedelic Plant Medicines and Faerie Realms with Zina Brown. Talk online 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 any of these events. 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 I earn commission from advertisers for some links.

My Witchy Events: Charms, Dowsing, Dolls & Candles

Here are details of the witchy events I'm involved with from now until the end of July. There are London-based workshops on amulets and candle magic. I'll also be at the lovely Greenoaks Gathering in Cambridgeshire where I'll be teaching dowsing and giving a talk on poppets and magical dolls.

June

Amulets, Talismans and Charms In-Person at Treadwell's

On Saturday 6 June I'm running an in-person workshop on amulets, talismans and charms at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS.  It starts at 1pm and tickets are £25 per person.  Visit https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Greenoaks Gathering 2026

This lovely pagan festival runs from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June. The Greenoaks Gathering takes place in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens, at an eco venue. There's music, talks, workshops, kids' activities, and a magickal market. I'll be talking about poppets and running a workshop on dowsing. Venue: Hatters Campsite, Second Drove Adelaide, Ely CB7 4UD. Tickets: £0 – £114.47. https://www.greenoaksgathering.co.uk/

July

Candle Magic Workshop In-Person at Treadwell's

On Sunday 12 July I'm running a workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic  at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS.  It starts at 1pm and tickets are £25 per person.  Visit https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

I'm Lucya Starza and as well as writing A Bad Witch's Blog I'm the author of books in the Pagan Portals series on Candle Magic, Guided Visualisations, Poppets and Magical Dolls, Scrying, and Rounding the Wheel of the Year. My Gothic novel Erosion is also published by Moon Books.

You can buy my books at Treadwell's Bookshop, via Amazon, at the College of Psychic Studies in London and at other bookshops. You can find more about me at my author page at publisher Moon Books, and on my Amazon author page. Please note I earn commission from advertisers for some links.

Occult London: Peeking into a Magical Special Collection

I got a chance to both see and handle some of the arcane tomes and magical objects in University College London's Special Collections. How exciting!

The archive contains many items related to the history and practice of magic and western esotericism, including astrology, tarot, spirit summoning and folk traditions. There are books and manuscripts that have influenced the development of subjects such as astronomy and cryptography or are part of modern esoteric traditions. Last Friday morning. the department held an open morning to showcase objects from the collection. Of course I jumped at the chance to go along.

The photos here show just a couple of things on display. At the top you can see a famous cunning man's notebook. James Murrell, or Cunning Murrell, was a 19th century folk magician living in Hadleigh, Essex. His work involved astrology, herbalism and exorcism. The book is primarily an almanac and contains astrological charts.

The photo at the bottom shows Hebrew mezutot (parchments inscribed with material from the Torah) including amulets.

Experts were there to talk about  the items on show, answer questions, and presumably make sure no one sneaked off with anything or attempted to summon something using any of the rituals in the grimoires!

UCL Special Collections is in the basement of the university building on Gower Street, 

London WC1E 6BT. You can find out more and get on the list to learn about future open days here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections

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My Witchy Events: Divination, Books, Amulets & Dowsing

 Here are details of the witchy events I'm involved with from now until the end of June. There are workshops on scrying, amulets, poppets and dowsing. I'll also be giving a free talk at the Beckenham Library Wednesday Waffle about the craft of writing.

May

Beckenham Library Wednesday Waffle

On Wednesday 13 May I'll be talking about my writing, including my inspiration for my gothic novel Erosion, at Wednesday Waffle, a regular meeting to chat about books and writing. Venue: Beckenham Library,  22 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4 PE. Time: 10am-11.30am. Free but reserve a place by phoning 020 8650 7090 or email beckenham.library@gll.org.

Scrying In-Person at Treadwell's

On Saturday 16 May im running an in-person scrying workshop, on divination using crystal balls, mirrors and water. This is at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. It starts at 1pm and costs £25 per person. Find out more or book tickets here:  https://www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/the-art-of-scrying-in-person-workshop-6

June

Amulets, Talismans and Charms In-Person at Treadwell's

On Saturday 6 June I'm running an in-person workshop on amulets, talismans and charms at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS.  It starts at 1pm and tickets are £25 per person.  Visit https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Greenoaks Gathering 2026

This lovely pagan festival runs from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June. The Greenoaks Gathering takes place in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens, at an eco venue. There's music, talks, workshops, kids' activities, and a magickal market. I'll be talking about poppets and running a workshop on dowsing. Venue: Hatters Campsite, Second Drove Adelaide, Ely CB7 4UD. Tickets: £0 – £114.47. https://www.greenoaksgathering.co.uk/

I'm Lucya Starza and as well as writing A Bad Witch's Blog I'm the author of books in the Pagan Portals series on Candle Magic, Guided Visualisations, Poppets and Magical Dolls, Scrying, and Rounding the Wheel of the Year. My Gothic novel Erosion is also published by Moon Books.

You can buy my books at Treadwell's Bookshop, via Amazon, at the College of Psychic Studies in London and at other bookshops. You can find more about me at my author page at publisher Moon Books, and on my Amazon author page. Please note I earn commission from advertisers for some links.

Pagan Eye: Birth, Belief & Protection Exhibition

The Wellcome Collection in London currently has an exhibtion called Expecting, about protective practices and beliefs around pregnancy from medieval times. I took the photo above of a painting called The Birth of a Baby, done in the 15th or 16th century. It shows the mother surrounded by attendants including both a nun and an astrologer, revealing that the community worked together to offer the new mum and her child many forms of help.

Also on display is a parchment scroll created about 1500 CE. It's covered in prayers. These could be recited, but the scroll itself was worn by women  during childbirth and at other moments of danger, believing that it had amuletic properties. 

Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection is on until 19 April at the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Entry is free and you can just turn up to see it. 

On each Pagan Eye post, I show a photo that I find interesting, with a few words about it. I'm not quite sure what I'll be including - it could be a seasonal image, a pagan site, an event, or just a pretty picture. 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 and you must confirm that you are submitting it for A Bad Witch's Blog.

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Craft: A Box of Charms & Amulets for Protection

Halloween or Samhain might be when we want extra protection from the baneful supernatural. You could wear charms and amulets, but if you prefer to be more discreet than openly displaying a bunch of amulets and religious symbols, you could fill a small box to carry in your pocket or bag. That's what I've done.

I upcycled a tin that once contained mints, but you could use any pretty tin or box, or even use a matchbox. I painted the outside of the tin black, then cut out a pentacle shape from a greeting card I'd saved for crafting purposes. I then glued it to the top of the tin. Use decoupage techniques if you want to completely cover a matchbox with paper images. Cut pictures from magazines, wrapping paper or, like I did, greeting cards. Arrange them how you want, glue them in place, and put another layer of clear-drying glue or varnish over the top.

Inside your tin or box, put whatever crystals, symbols, herbs and other small things you personally find protective or comforting. The picture above shows my selection, which includes:

• Salt, which is cleansing
• Traditional protective symbols including an eye of Horus, a hamsa, and a pentagram
• A blessed candle
• A cleansing amethyst and a citrine to attract wealth
• An iron nail, good against mischievous fairies
• A bell
• Rowan berries
• A little heart for love

The photo below shows the original tin and card next to the finished tin with the charms inside it.

Other previous related posts 
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http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/11/pagan-eye-picture-of-my-charm-bracelet.html
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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. There are online things you can do anywhere plus in-person talks and workshops in or near London, as that's where I'm based, and some conferences and festivals further afield.

Now - 19 October; Ancient India Living Traditions Exhibition. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tickets £20 (free for members). https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/ancient-india-living-traditions

Now - October 31; Alexandrian Witchcraft exhibition. Venue: Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall. Musueum opening hours: 10am-4.30pm. Entry £10/£5. https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/

Now - 21 August; Whittington: The Man, The Myth and The Cat. Venue: Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH. Time: 10am - 4pm, Mon to Thu. Admission: Free. https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/events/whittington-the-man-the-myth-and-the-cat

Now Until 19 October; Edward Burra/Ithell Colquhoun: Two art exhibitions with one ticket. Venue: Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Tickets: £18 / Free for Members https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain

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 Wednesday and Friday (except Bank Holidays); 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-5pm weekdays. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Wednesday 9 July and other dates; Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £55 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 9 July; Ancestral Futures: Water, Wealth and Wisdom in a World on Fire. Three  Indigenous leaders from Brazil and the Amazon in conversation with two UK creative thinkers.  Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Time: 3pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ancestral-futures-water-wealth-and-wisdom-in-a-world-on-fire-tickets-1446973098489?

Wednesday 9 July (2nd Wed each month); Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 9 July  (and other dates); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour + a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm and other times. 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 9 July; Mary Queen of Scots, Satanist? In-Person Lecture by Cara Hamilton. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Wednesdays 9 and 16 July; How to Connect with Your Spirit Guides. Two-part workshop with Maria Antoniou, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 9 July; Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £21.29. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday, 9 July (every Wednesday); Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 10 July (and other dates); Relaxation Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £21.29. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday 9 July (2nd Wed each month); Has Elvis Really Left the Building? A Short History of Celebrity Séances. Talk by Dr Kate Cherrell at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub. Venue: The Duke of Greenwich, 91 Colomb St, SE10 9EZ. Time: 7.30pm. free but suggested donation: £4. https://sitp.online/sitp/greenwich

Wednesday, 9 July; Sound Bowl Meditation with Spiritual Tiik. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £12.74. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Thursday 10 July; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Thursday 10 July; My Earth School. Talk and signing by Leon Deith. 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 10 July; Three Pagans You've Never Heard Of. Lecture and Soirée with Robin Douglas . Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 10 July; Women's Full Moon Gong Ceremony. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £25.63. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Thursday 10 July;  Full Moon Sound Journey in Capricorn. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 10 July (every full and new moon); Moon Space online ritual with Tree Carr via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 10 July; Full Moon Sound Bath and Reiki. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Thursday 10 July; Full Moon Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: Peckham Rye, London, SE15. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Thursday 10 July;  Full Moon Wiccan Ceremony by the Thames with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment, · London. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/

Thursday, 10 July; Gerald Gardner. 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. Turn up on the night or email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com to book a space.  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 11 July; Drum Birthing Workshop with Lynn Gosney. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 8.45am. Tickets £225/£250. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain

Friday 11 July (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 11 July; Who was St Ignatius and what is so Special about his Spiritual Exercises Anyway? Class with Steve Peters. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £30 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 11 July; Astrology Discussion Group Online with Rest Less Events. Time: 4pm. Tickets free. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/

Friday 11, Saturday 12, Sunday 13 July/ and other dates; London Witches and History Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London, SE1 9DF. Time: 2pm/6pm. Tickets from £13.19. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/20-off-london-witches-history-bankside-walking-tour-tickets-1335204034209?

Friday, 11 July (every fortnight until July 25); Practice Reading Tarot. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/astrotarotkitchen/events/

Friday, 11 July; The Journey of the Anthroposophical Movement. Online talk via Rudolf Steiner House. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Saturday 12 July; Magic of the Pearl Pentacle – a workshop with Jane Meredith.  Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: £65 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday 12 July; Create Your Divine Feminine Vision Board with Natasha Astara. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am-5pm. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 12 - Sunday 13 July; Rewilding The Witch summer camp. Venue: The Leftfield in High Birch Road, Weeley Heath, CO16 9BU. Starts 11am. Tickets  From £33.22. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rewilding-the-witch-tickets-1272257268739?

Saturday 12 July; The Power of the Yin Oracle Deck. Talk and signing with Daven Lee. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: noon. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Saturday 12 July (and other dates); Drum Circle with Emma Hewitt of Salamay Tarot and Healing Arts. Venue: Forest Hill Friends Meeting House, 34 Sunderland Road, London SE23 2QA. Time: 2pm. Tickets  £22.38. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/emma-hewitt-salamay-tarot-healing-arts-38061527643

Saturday 12 July;  Secret Garden Storytelling for Adults. Venue: St John Waterloo Church, London SE1 Garden. Time: 5.30pm.  Free but tickets must be booked.  https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 12 July; Strengthen Your Connection with Spirit. Workshop with Jeremy Turner-Welch, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 12 July;  Alchemy X Swedenborg. Venue: Swedenborg Bookshop And Gallery, Swedenborg House, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £3 https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Sunday 13 July; Strengthen Your Intuitive Gifts. Workshop with Frances Billinghurst, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 10.30am-1.30pm. Tickets: £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday, 13 July; Eye Am Elevation Summit 2025 - A Rising Of Drumming And Sound. Venue: Stanley Arts, 12 South Norwood Hill, London SE25 6AB. Time: 10.30am. Tickets £24.54. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Sunday 13 July; The Infinity of Love workshop with Joan Osborne. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am-5pm. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 13 July; North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, NW Kent. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887

Sunday, 13 July; Keeping it Wild Collective: Woodland Folklore Walk. Venue: Gunnersbury Triangle Local Nature Reserve, Bollo Lane, London W4 5LN. Time: noon. Tickets Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-it-wild-collective-woodland-folklore-walk-tickets-1446904212449?

Sunday 13 July; I'm running an in-person workshop on Amulets, Talismans and Charms at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Cost: £22 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.  

Sunday 13 July (and other dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 13 July (second Sunday of the month); 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 or https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ritual-in-the-tower-luna-iter-tickets-1434741242679?

Sunday 13 July (every Sunday); Mindfulness Meditation followed by Sound Bath Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 6pm/7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 13, 20, and 27 July 2025; Secret Teachers of the Western World, an online class in a series with Gary Lachman, hosted by The Philosophical Research Society. Time: 7pm. Tickets: $30 per class or $100 for all 4 classes. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-teachers-of-the-western-world-online-class-series-wgary-lachman-tickets-1368132915379

Monday 14 July (and other dates); Meditative Art and Visualisation: Inspired by the Seasons. Online with Rest Less Events. Time: 10am. Tickets £3.99. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/relaxation-and-art-making/

Monday 14 - 17 July; Raise Your Vibration: Shift Your Energy, Open Your Heart, and Attract Miracles, free online event with July Kyle Gray via Hay House. Starts 5pm UK time. https://www.discover.hayhouse.com/raiseyourvibration/?

Monday, 14 July (Mondays);  6pm:  Chart Discussion. 7.15pm   Eccentric Women. Talk by Martin Sebastian Moritz. Hybrid events via the Astrological Lodge of London. . In-person venue in London (tbc but usually 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT) Tickets £9/£6. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 14 July; Introduction to Pagan Paths. Class with Rebecca Beattie, author of The Wheel of the Year and Planetary Magic, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 14 July 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, 14 July (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 15 July; 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 15 July;  Learn Marseille Tarot (Major Cards). Start of 4-part course with Adrien Mastrosimone. Online and delayed viewing via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £120. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 15 July; How to Create Sanctuary Now? A Folklore Society online talk by Marina Warner . Time: 7pm. Tickets £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday, 15 July; Tolkien’s Elves: The inspirations, lore and lessons of Middle-earth. Part of the Seed Talks in London collection. Hybrid event. In-person venue: The Blues Kitchen Brixton, 40 Acre Lane London, SW2 5SP. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10 – £33.  . https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

Tuesday 15 July;  Astro Club Align with Cancer. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15-£20.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 15 July; The Knights Templar, Women and Sacred Sexuality. Talk by Helena B. Scott, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 15 July, Thursday 17 (and other dates); Gong Bath / Sound Journey by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £20.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Wednesday, 16 July; Kabbalah: Fate, Destiny and Free Wil. A Workshop with Maggy Whitehouse.  Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: £50. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday, 16 July; Free “Space for Storytelling” Summer Harvest. Venue:  The Bridge at Waterloo (access via front door of the church and use stairs or lift to the crypt), Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY Time: 6.30pm, free.   https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Wednesday, 16 July; Mindful Stroll and Forest Bathing in Crystal Palace. Meet at: Sydenham Gate, Crystal Palace Park Road, London SE26 6UF. Time: 6.30pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Wednesday, 16 July;  Witch Choir. In-Person Event with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.  

Wednesday, 16 July (tbc but usually 3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/

Thursday 17 July;  Magic of the Pearl Pentacle. Talk and signing by Jane Meredith. 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 17 - 19th July; ‘Something Calls: Encounters with Spirits’. Interdisciplinary exhibition exploring encounters with the spirit world through visual and performative mixed-media artworks by Rebecca Adams, Sasha Spyrou, and Jessica Arcana. Venue: Crypt Gallery St Pancras, London (opposite Euston Station). Thursday 17 Private viewing, everyone welcome, no invite necessary,  6-9pm. Entry by donation on the door. July 18t /19th : public viewing 1-6pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/567980066156186/

Thursday 17 July; Circle of Infinity Drumming Circle. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/

Thursday 17 July;  The History of Tarot. Lecture and Soirée with tarot reader and researcher Melissa Mercury. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.  

Thursdays 17 and 24 July; Quantum Consciousness: Unlock the Secrets of Your Limitless Mind. Two-part workshop with Kim Chestney, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 17 July (tbc but usually every fortnight); Inquisitive Spirit open circle. Learn Mediumship and Psychic development with a group.  Venue: Bretons Manor, 411 Rainham Road, South Hornchurch RM13 7LP. Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Cost £10 per session  Text 07549 638276 for details.

Friday 18 July (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 18 July (1st and 3rd Friday each month); The Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 18 July; Alchemy and Art. Workshop with Kate Southworth. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £100. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 18 July; The Big Book of Magical Incense. Talk and signing by Sara Mastros. 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 18 July; London Witches Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet Meet outside Farringdon tube Station, London EC1M 6BY, UK. Time: 7.50pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 18 July (Every 3rd Friday of the month until December 19); Way of the Witch monthly online circle with Samantha K. and Jacqui C. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/sammi-k-shamanic-practitioner-psychic-medium/events/

Saturday 19 July; The Complete One-to-One Reading. Workshop with Daniel Pitt. Workshop with Kate Southworth. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 19 July; Hawaiian Healing. Workshop with Anna Parkinson. Workshop with Kate Southworth. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 19 July; Navigating Grief with Tree Carr, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 19 July; Witchcraft for the Resistance. In-person workshop with Laura Tempest Zakroff. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 2pm. Cost: £22.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.  

Saturday 19 July; Warburg Library and Collections Tours. Venue: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Time: 2pm Tickets: free. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/

Sunday 20 July; Mythic London Walking Tour with with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwells. Meet outside St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London, WC2R 1DH (nearest tube: Temple). Time: 11.50am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Sunday 20 July; Mythic London – Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwell's. Meet outside St Mary Le Strand Church, Strand, London WC2R 1ES. Time: 11.50am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 20 July; Introduction to Tarot Workshop with Melissa Mercury in The Absinthe Parlour. Venue: The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: noon. Tickets £32.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/the-absinthe-parlour-338339

Sunday 20 July; How to Use Tarot as a Tool for Self-Awareness, Self-Care and Self-Help with Amanda Watson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 20 July/17 August; Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 2.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/

Sunday 20 July; Magic in Contemporary Art, Ep. 5. Dr. Amy Hale chats with artists Chantal Powell and Mary MacGregor Reid. Online and delayed viewing via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £5. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 20 July; Aphrodite: entering the temple series. Online class with Irisanya Moon. Time Noon Pacific Time/8pm UK time. Tickets $27 - $47 https://forms.gle/kJ6X7sP2PdCCcmqn7

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

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