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 (bolded) and a few conferences further afield.

October 1 to early November; London Month of the Dead organised by Curious Invitation and Antique Beat in conjunction with London cemeteries. Talks, walks, workshops, and performances,  on the theme of death. For a full list of the events and to book tickets, visit the London Month of the Dead website: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Throughout October: 31 days of Witchcraft Daily Practice with author Rachel Patterson. Free online event. No need to sign up. https://www.rachelpatterson.co.uk/single-post/31-days-of-witchcraft-daily-practice?

Now to 8 November;  The Occult Temple of Agape - Exhibition. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets free. https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/

Now - 25 October; Richard Dadd - Beyond Bedlam exhibition. Venue: Royal Academy, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD Time: 10-6pm every day. Tickets £15. https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

Now to 9 January 2027; Anne Ryan’s Folkmoot art exhibition on London archaeology. Venue: London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE, 12 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AA. Free entry during opening hours. https://www.londonmithraeum.com/bloomberg-space/

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 to 16 December. Visionary Landscapes. Exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: during opening hours. Tickets free. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

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/

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

Wednesday 7 October (and 21 Oct 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 7 and 14 October; 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-more/?

Wednesday 7 October; Talk: Witchcraft and Witch Trials in 16th and 17th Century Essex with Professor Alison Rowlands. Venue: Epping Forest District Museum CIO, Essex, EN9 1EL. 7pm to 8.30pm. Doors open 6.45pm. £7 per person. https://www.ticketsource.com/efdmuseum?

Wednesday 7 October. An Intuitive Evening with Colour. Talk by Daniel Pitt.  Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 7 October; Meet Your Guides, Helpers and Gatekeepers with Hernan Cotroneo. Start of  8-session course. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 7 October; Trees, Folklore and Spirituality.  Talk by  Dr Helen Cornish via Seed Talks. Hybrid event. In-persoon enue: The Blues Kitchen Brixton, 40 Acre Lane, London SW2 5SP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: from £13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-in-london-1252979?

Wednesday 7 October (montlhly);  Esoteric Book Club Hallowvn Special with Allan Johnson at Treadwell's. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

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

Wednesday  7 October; Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, Hackney Wick,  London E9. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

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

Thursday 8 October. Calling in the Water Spirits: A Sangoma Ceremony with John Lockley.  Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time noon. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 8 October (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 8 October; Time Clocks: A Novel of AI, Fate, and the Threads of the Present Moment with Yoav Avni. 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 8 October (2nd Thursday each month); Trefor Wickens on the basics of Folk Magic at Magick Without Tears Moot. Venue: Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte St., London W1T 2LY. Time 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwtpubmoot

Thursday 8 October  (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

Thursday 8 October;  Four Horizons book launch: John Christie and Ken Worpole in conversation. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 7pm. Tickets free but you must reserve a place. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Thursday 8 October (2nd Thursday each month);  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 8  October;  Sea Alchemy, Seiðr and the Goddess Mysteries of the Deep with Helena Scott. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 9 October (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 9 October  (and other dates); Shamanic Drumming, Healing and Journeying. Venue: Atlantis Spiritual Centre, Crews Hill, Enfield EN2 9DG. Time 10.30am. Tickets:  £11.55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/110820030781?

Friday 9 to Saturday 10 October; UK Tarot Conference 2026. Venue: Copthorne Tara Hotel, Kensington, London. Full tickets including Thursday evening £380. Friday/Saturday £350, One Day: £175, Virtual £110. http://tarotconference.co.uk/

Friday 9 October; British Museum and the Magical Revival Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwell's. Time: 5pm. Meet outside the British Museum (North Entrance), Montague Place, London, WC1B 3DG. Tickets: contact Treadwells for details. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Friday 9 October; Autumn Magic – Drift into effortless relaxouron with Yoga Nidra, Reiki and Sound Healing. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 6.50pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Friday 9 October (and other dates); Tarot Practice group. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/astrotarotkitchen/events/

Friday 9 October; The Witch's Apothecary.  Spell Jar Workshop Inspired by Folk Magic with Mystic Primrose as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

Time: 7pm Tickets £35 http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Friday 9 October; New Moon Angelic Ritual for Protection and Healing with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Bankside Beach by Millennium Bridge, 52 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH. Time: 7pm.  Tickets £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803 or https://mani.org.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/PaganFrontiersOfLondon.

Friday 9 October (and Thursday 19 Nov); Cosy Candlelit Gong Bath by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £21.84. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Saturday 10 or Sunday 11 October;  Broomstick making workshop. Venue: Crystal Wicca,  West Wickham, BR4. Time: tbc. Tickets: £55. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 October; Inipi Sweatlodge Ceremony Weekend with Joseph Christlow . Venue: Berkeley farm, Berkeley Farm, Lambourne End, Manor Rd, Essex RM4 1NH , a few miles outside London. Tickets:  £80. https://www.aho.community/

Saturday 10 October;  Forest Bathing in Betts Park. Meet at Park Entrance in Anerley Road, London SE20 8TQ. Time: 11am. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Saturday 10 October; Mediumship Tools of the Trade with Claire Broad.  Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 10 October; Hearing Spirit: Clairaudience with Hernan Cotroneo. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 10 October; Psychic Fayre and Witches Market organised by Herne and the Goddess Events. Venue: Wainscott Memorial Hall, Holly Road, Wainscott ME2 4LG. Time: noon. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/events/1074295491663599/?

Saturday 10 October; The Taro as Deer: Major Arcana with Caroline Harris. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time:noon. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Saturday 10 October;  Women's Voice and Drum Connection Workshop . Venue: Forest Hill, South East London, Time: 2–6pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/38061527643?

Saturday 10 October; The Crystal Skulls with Nicholas Pearson. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 10 October; Wild Moon Afternoon Hunters Moon. Venue: Heartwood Woodland Wellness, Featherbed Lane, Croydon CR0 9AA.  Time: 2pm. Tickets:  £12.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/39763045473?

Saturday 10 October (and other dates); New Moon, Full Moon or Divine Union Cacao Ceremony, Heart Ritual and Gong Bath. Venue: Private Location near Wandsworth Town/Clapham Junction. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £36.17. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/7885666957?

Saturday 10 October; The Language of the Hand. A Beginner’s Palmistry Workshop with Danny Nemu as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

Time: 7pm Tickets £40 http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Saturday 10 October; Magic, Mystics and Martyrs Walking Tour with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Fish St Hill, London EC3R 8AH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/book

Sunday 11 October;  Forest Bathing in Cator Park. Meet at Cator Park, Aldersmead Road, Beckenham BR3 1NA. Time: 11am. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 11 October; Breath: Reset the Nervous System with Sven Carlson. Start of  6-session course. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 11 October; Wicca Training Circles (1 /9) with WoodlandWitches.  Meet at Wimbledon Commons outside Windmill Tea rooms, Windmill Road, London SW19 5NR. Time: 11am. Tickets £29.96. More info  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Sunday 11 October; Tarot as a Healing Modality with Avril Price. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 11 October. Psychopomps and Soul Work with Tiffany Lazic. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 11 October; Talk on Druidism 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 11 October; Satanic Flea Market - Samhain Sabbat. Venue: Multi Storey Peckham

95a Rye Lane, London, SE15. Starts noon.  £5 Entry. https://www.facebook.com/events/2146846506712636/?

Sunday 11 October; Autumn Herbal Apothecary Workshop. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-on/

Sunday 11 October (second Sunday of the month); Luna Iter (Ritual in the Tower). In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. Venue: 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 11 October;  Labyrinth 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 11 October;  Ancient Attitudes toward Daimones with Debbie Felton . Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 12 October (usually every other Monday); MHA The Wilderness forest bathing walk (all mobilities welcome). Meet MHA The Wilderness, 17 Shirley Church Road, Croydon CR9 5AL. Time: 11am. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Monday 12 October. Shadow Work with the Tarot with Sasha Graham.  Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 12 October; The Planets part 2. Free online talk via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 5pm. Tickets free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 12 October; What Now? with Robyn Ray via the Astrological Lodge of London. Online event. Starts 6.45pm. Tickets £6/£9. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 12 October; Animal Healing and Communication Level 1 with Elizabeth Whiter. Start of  2-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 12 October; Theosophy. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Monday 12 October; How to Become a Medium: First Steps with Jeremy Turner-Welch. Start of  6-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Times: 5pm or 7.15pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 12 October; Witch Bells and Faerie Charms crafting workshop. Venue: Shrewsbury House

Bushmoor Crescent, London SE18 3EG. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/107097685491?

Monday 12 October;  An Exploration of Korean Mythology with  Dr Melanie Hyo-In Han via Seed talks. Online event.  Time: 7pm. Tickets from £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-1262239?

Monday 12 October; 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 12 October (every Monday); Welcome Men's Circle. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: optional donation of £5 - £15. https://rsh.anth.org.uk/whats-on/

Monday 12 October (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 13 October; Inspirational and Automatic Writing with Sarah Tyler-Walters. Start of  6-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 10.30am. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 13 October;  Reflections on Ethelwynne M. Quail. Talk by Jacqui McIntosh and Barrie Gasson.  Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 2pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 13 October (fortnightly);  Writing Group. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6pm. Tickets free. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Tuesday 13 October  (every Tuesday); 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 13 October; The Magical Qabalah. Start of 2-Part Workshop with Julian Vayne via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £100. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 13 October; Samhain, the Feast of Apples. Talk by Tia Price. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 13 October; Learn Marseille Tarot (Major Cards). Start of 4-Part Course with Adrien Mastrosimone via Treadwells online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £150. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 13 October; How to Become a Medium: Foundation with Jeremy Turner-Welch. Start of  8-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday  14 October; Spellbound: A History of Witchcraft, Magic and the Occult (live online). Start of 20 week course with Dr Tom Waters via Imperial. Fees: Standard £531,  Associate £419. Internal £324. For course content enquiries: Contact t.waters@imperial.ac.uk, For booking enquiries contact Christian Jacobi at c.jacobi@imperial.ac.uk  More information at https://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes/winter-courses-list/spellbound-history-of-magic-online/

Wednesday 14 October; An Evening With…Jake Morningstar. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 6.30pm  Cost £20 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 14 October; Psychic Mediumship for Beginners with Sarah-Jane Jay. Start of  6-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 14 October; Working with the Spirit Doctor Team with Susan Gash. Start of  6-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 14 October; Sacred Gong Meditiation with Joe Summerfield.  Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 14 October; The Power of Psychic Reiki with Nicholas Pearson. Start of  6-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 14 October; Explore your Psychic Senses with Tyrone Cusack. Start of  6-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 14 October (2nd Wednesday each month); Power of Intention. 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 14 October (tbc as the group is considering shifting to Tuesdays);  Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 14 October (tbc);  Cryptozoology: Hunting the Impossible with Richard Freeman. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 15 October; Love's Secret with Katie Abbott. 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 15 October; Morris Dancing Workshop. Venue: The Victory Club, 227 Selhurst Rd, S Norwood. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/oldpalaceclog

Thursday 15 October; Magic in Contemporary Art. Talk and Soirée with Dr Amy Hale . Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 14 October; How to Use Crystals for Psychic Mediumship with Sarah-Jane Jay. Start of  6-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 14 October; Connect With Your Witch Ancestors with Benjamin Stimpson. Start of  2-session course. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 15 October;  Intuitive Living with Sarah-Jane Jay.  Start of 6-session course. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £165. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 15 October and 22 Oct; Phantom Femmes walk with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Cowcross St, Farrringdon, London EC1M 6BY.  Time: 7.50pmm. Tickets from £10. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/book

Thursday 15 October (recurring event); Welcome Women's Circle. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: optional donation of £5 - £15. https://rsh.anth.org.uk/whats-on/

Thursday 15 October; Occult Music. 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 or https://connectionwithwonder.com/events/

Thursday 15 October; The Mysteries of Easter Island with James Grant-Peterkin. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 16 October (and other dates); 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  16 to Sunday 18 October; The Mind Body Soul Experience and OM Yoga Show. Venue: Alexandra Palace, London N22 7AY. Tickets from £16.44 for one day. https://www.mindbodysoul.show/

Friday 16 October - 3 May 2027; Exhibition: Folklore. Venue: The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0AQ. Entry: Adults: £7.70, Children: Free. https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/folklore/

Friday 16 October (tbc but 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 16 October (and other dates); Thoth Tarot study group. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/astrotarotkitchen/events/

Friday 16 October (various dates); Hex and the City Walking Tour with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Cowcross St, Farrringdon, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets from: £25. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/

Saturday 17 October; Shamanic Drumming. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. Time  noon. Tickets £20. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 17 October;  The Vampire's Tale Tarot with Sasha Graham. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time:noon. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Saturday 17 October; Grounding Rituals, East and West – In-person workshop with Lucia Ring-Watkin. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Tickets: Contact Treadwells for info. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Saturday 17 October; Astrology for Shadow Work with Tree Carr. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 17 October; Collective Storytelling with Tarot with Bel Senlle and James Jude. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 17 October; Egyptian Temple Rites with Pixie P Carney. Online via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 17 October; Qigong. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. Time  3pm. Tickets £10. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 17 October; Fairies and the Deqad. Talk on Folklore from the Edge of the Otherworld with Elizabeth Dearnley as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Brompton Cemetery, London.

Time: 3.30pm Tickets £13.50 http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Saturday 17 October; (usually 4th Friday or Saturday of the month); An Evening with Joanne Harris - Sleepers in the Snow.  Online event via the Folklore Library and Archive. Time: 8pm. Tickets:  £11.55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-library-archive-68703440013?

Sunday 18 October; Reading Tea Leaves and Coffee Grounds with Kylie Holmes. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 18 October;  The Witchcraft Summit. Part of the Seed Talks Online Summits collection. Starts 11am. Tickets from £29. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-summits-3977003/?

Sunday 18 October; Candle magic workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. The venue is Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. It starts at 1pm and tickets are £25 per person. To find out more and reserve a place visit: https://www.treadwells-london.com/.

Sunday 18 October; Practical Magic and Spellcraft workshop Outdoors with Woodland Witches. Windmill Tearooms, Windmill Road, London SW19 5NQ. Time: 1pm.   Tickets from £24.54. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803 or https://www.facebook.com/PaganFrontiersOfLondon.

Sunday 18 October; Adults Forest Bathing in South Norwood Lake and Grounds. Meet at Sylvan Road, London SE25 4AN. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 18 October; Apple Day at the Tree Nursery. Venue: Hackney Community Tree Nursery, Homerton Road, London E9 5PF Time: 2pm. Tickets £0 - £5 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/33594237991?

Sunday 18 October (date tbc but usually 3rd Sunday each month); Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue:  The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/ 

Sunday 18 October;  In Season: Ghosts and Gargoyles. Online with Jason Buck Storyteller. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets From £3.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/5020006777?

Sunday 18 October; A Halloween Evening of Fear on Film with Dr Murray Leeder. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £6.59. 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. 

Book News: Best Sellers and a Foreign Rights Deal

I've got wonderful news from my publisher, Moon Books, that another of my witchcraft titles is now officially a best-seller.  Pagan Portals: Poppets and Magical Dolls has now sold 5,000-plus copies, which is an industry criteria for best-seller status. It joins Pagan Portals: Candle Magic, which was the first of my magical books to get that accolade.

In the same week I was also told that another of my books - Pagan Portals: Scrying - has a foreign rights deal. It will be translated into Italian and published in Italy by Edizioni Mediterranee.

I  want to thank everyone who has bought my books, attended my workshops and supported me by writing reviews. You can find out more about my writings on witchcraft at Moon Books and you can also view Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls on Amazon.

(Please note I earn commission from some links)

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Review: Magick - Decoding the Visual Culture of Spells

Did I really need another book about the history and culture of magic?  Yes. Yes, I did. But it's called  "Magick", the way Aleister Crowley chose to spell it, to differentiate between genuine attempts to alter reality and stage tricks. Mind you, the book does have a really interesting chapter on stage-type illusions, as well as oodles of well-researched and brilliantly explained information on everything from folklore through ceremonial rituals to modern-day witchcraft. 

The subtitle is Decoding the visual culture of spells, illusions and psychic powers and it's by Thomas Waters, who earlier wrote the excellent book Cursed Britain. It's part of a series that have relevant pictures with key aspects itemised and explained. 

Here's the description from publisher Thames and Hudson's website:

Combining powerful imagery of artworks and ritual objects with insightful analysis and expertly written text, Magick tells the visual story of the magical arts, from personal and community-based folk magic to ceremonial magic, illusionists and psychics.

Since the Ice Age, humans have sought to bend reality with magic. Powerful wands, enchanted talismans, transformative spells and potent herbs have been used to conjure everything people desire: love, wealth, health, protection and knowledge of the future. Join historian of magic, Thomas Waters, as he presents and demystifies an astonishing array of magical artefacts and occult acts. Understand the symbolism of a spirit-summoning magic circle; discover how to harness the protective power of amulets; scrutinize psychic tools and techniques; and explore the methods of performance magicians, including how they have been used by the CIA.

The magical beliefs and traditions explored are illustrated with spellbinding images of elaborate grimoires, spirit beings and esoteric diagrams together with select magical artefacts, such as amulets, crystals and magic mirrors. Many are examined in close-up detail and their symbolism decoded. Key magicians, rituals and enchanted landscapes are also profiled.

This wide-ranging book reveals how magic has evolved from ancient times, through the ages of science and technology, to the present-day era of spiritual wellbeing trends and magical products that can be ordered on next-day delivery.

There's a section at the end on modern witchcraft, which I thought was very good. Mind you, I had to snigger a bit at the photo of Crowley doing yoga with just the corner of a leopard skin rug covering his privates. Poor leopard!

You can view Magick on Amazon 

Please note: I earn commission from some links

Learn about the History of Magic Online with Tom Waters

Dr Tom Waters is teaching a 20-week university course called Spellbound: A History of Witchcraft, Magic and the Occult live online via Imperial. It starts on Wednesday 14 October. The standard fee is £531, but there are concessions. For course content enquiries contact t.waters@imperial.ac.uk, For booking enquiries contact Christian Jacobi at c.jacobi@imperial.ac.uk  More information is at https://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes/winter-courses-list/spellbound-history-of-magic-online/

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Charity Shop Find: Black Bowls for Samhain and Scrying

I found these two black bowls in a charity shop for 50p each. What a bargain! They're vintage and made from Arcoroc, which is a type of toughened glass similar to Pyrex. I'm particularly delighted because they match an octagonal black tea set I found in a charity shop for £1 a few years ago. I bring that out each Halloween or Samhain - or when witchy friends come around at any time. You can find my post about that here.

These bowls will also be great to use for divination with water, and I need quite a few of that kind of thing when I teach in-person scrying workshops. I'm actually running some scrying classes on Wednesday 7 and 14 October, but they're online so people will have to find their own bowls - they don't have to be black - or use a crystal ball or black mirror if they own one.

Details of my online scrying workshop

The two-part online evening class is called  Scrying: Divination Using Crystals, Mirrors, Water and Fire. It's being run via the College of Psychic Studies. Each class starts at 7pm. Tickets are £90, with discount for members. You can find out more here: https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/workshops/psychic-training/scrying-with-crystals-mirrors-more/?

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Green London: A Park for War, Peace & Ice Age Trees

This silver birch tree, along with oaks, willows and a wych elm, is in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park. It's a large and rather lovely green space in south London, only marred, in my opinion, by the two whopping huge guns in the middle of it. They're standing outside the Imperial War Museum. 

I went there to see an art exhibition last weekend, but in general I prefer the park to displays about conflict. In fact, the park is home to the Tibetan Peace Garden. His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened it as a tranquil spot for meditation in 1999. I've visited it and blogged about it before. You can read that post here.

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park also contains an Ice Age tree trail of 34 species that grew when ice retreated, around 12,000 years ago. You can find a pdf of the guided walk here. There are also plaques with information under each of the trees. One of them is a wych elm, which you can see in the photo at the bottom of this post. 

Elms are rare in London, due to Dutch elm disease, so this is a rare example. The name doesn't have anything to do with witches. The word means it has pliant branches. Wood from elms was once commonly used for coffins, because it's water-resistant. The tree is also associated with death in folklore, but is also reputed to inspire prophetic dreams. 

Green London

I regularly write about Green London with posts about parks, woods, nature reserves and street trees. This is to show the city isn't all concrete. It has many places where nature thrives and people can sit on grass, relax and enjoy the sight of plants, trees and flowers.

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