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 (bolded for clarity) plus in-person talks and workshops in or near London, as that's where I'm based, and some  festivals further afield.

Now - 11 July; Rediscovery: The Gary Dickinson Exhibition. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am-6pm  Free entry https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

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/

Friday 19 June -17 July; That Large Ghost, Curated by Jack Catling Exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/private-view-that-large-ghost-curated-by-jack-catling-tickets-1990949444383

Now - 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

Now 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/

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 – 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 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/?

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 1 July; Begninners Tarot. Start of 8-session online course with Jane Meredith. Time: 9.30am. Tickets AUD $400, concession: $350. https://www.facebook.com/events/1688469552400307/?

Wednesday 1 July; Venus Rising Oracle with Outi Harma. 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

Wednesday 1 July (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 1 July (usually on a Wednesday each month);  Sophie Hollinshead: Lincolnshire Witches and Cunning Folk. Online talk via the Folklore Centre. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5. https://www.folkloremythmagic.com/

Wednesday 1 July (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 1 July  (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm. Free  https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Wednesday 1 July;  Deathbed Visions: What do we see at the edge of life? with Stuart Gray. 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 2 July (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 2 July; Fungi: Creatures and Cultures with Kit Ondaatje Rolls. 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 2 July (tbc);  Event with Kingfisher Coven. Venue:  Lost Souls Pizza Camden, 245 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BA.  Time: 7pm. Tickets: £6.13 https://www.eventbrite.com/o/keith-broad-kingfisher-coven-88810783003

Thursday 2 July;  Ancient Divination. In-Person Workshop with Jules McArthur. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 2 July; Gong Bath. Venue: Akasa  Felstead Street, London E9 5LT. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Friday 3 July  (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 3 July (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 3 - 5 July Rewilding The Witch Summer Camp. Venue: The Leftfield, High Birch Road, Weeley CO16 9BU. Tickets: £40-£90. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rewilding-the-witch-summer-camp-tickets-1980770918137

Friday 3 July; Revealing the Stele, with Gary Dickinson. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 6.30 pm. Tickets £25.   https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 3 July (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: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/20043657289?

Saturday 4 July; Journey to the Akashic Records workshop with Frances Billinghurst, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 10.30am. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 4 July; Florence Farr and the Magical Imagination IV, esoteric conference. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am -6pm. Tickets £70. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/special-events/esoteric/florence-farr-conference/?

Saturday 4 July; Shamanic Drumming. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. Noon-2pm. Tickets £20. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 4 July; Trip to Brighton March of the Mermaids with London Woodland Witches and Pagans.  Meet at Brighton Peace Statue at noon. Donation to charity - £3 recommended. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Saturday 4 July;  Travelling Beyond the Body. In-Person Workshop with Fio Gede Parma. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Saturday 4 July (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 5 July;  The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits and Women via Seed talks. Online event.  Time: 8am. Tickets from $18.95. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-1262239?

Sunday 5 July;  The Power of Breath with Sven Carlson. Start of 6-session course with Maria Antoniou, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 10am. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 5 July; Talk on Mediumship 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 5 July; Midsummer ritual for members of the Woodspirits group. Venue: Highgate, London. Meet from noon for a social then ritual at 3pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 5 July; Kundalini: The Lived Phenomena. Workshop with Ann Mathie. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 5 July;  Understand Grief and Trauma with Tarot. Workshop with Jo Tiller, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 5 July (first Sunday each month); Empowerment and Inner Strength - 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 6 July (every 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 6 July; Week 6 – The Houses (Part 2). Free online talk via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 5pm. Tickets free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 6 July (and other dates); Ascending with Angels, led by David Goddard. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 6.30 pm. Tickets £40.   https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Monday 6 July; The Final Portrait: A History of Death Masks with Nick Reynolds. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  from £16.14, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 6 July; The Witch's Apprentice: Everyday Magic. Start of 4-Part Course with Rebecca Beattie, author of Planetary Magic and Nature Mystics, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £80. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 6 July; Hermetic Magical Training, Stage 1. Start of 4-Part Course with Julia Phillips, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £120. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 6 July; Talk onDoing Astrology in a Conscious Universe with Wendell Perry followed by chart discussion. Online talks via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 7pm. Tickets £6/£9. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 6 July (tbc but usually a Monday early in the month); 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 6 July;  Monstrosity, Folk Magic and Mysticism Against The Canon with Sergei Zotov. 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 6 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 7 July (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 7 July; Connect with the Seasonal Cycles. Talk by Tiffany Lazic, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 7 July; Hypnosis and Trance For Magic. Start of 2-Part Workshop with Mark Vincent via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 7 July;  Tarot Reversals. 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 7 July;  Dragons and their Hoardswith Jeremy Harte. Talk via the Folklore Society online. Time: 7pm. Tickets £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 7 July (tbc but usually first Tuesday each month); Talk at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £4: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064489640955

Wednesday 8 July; Shadow Work with the Dark Goddess. Workshop with Abiola Abrams, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 8 July; Revealing the Stele, with Gary Dickinson. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30 pm. Tickets £25.   https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 8 July; Sacred Gong Meditation 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 8 July; Sylvia Plath, Witchcraft and Radical Poetry. Talk via Seed talks online.  Time: 7pm. Tickets from £13.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/36463428713?

Wednesday 8 July (tbc but usually 2nd Wed each month);  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 8 July (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/

Thursday 9 July; Monstrous Women with Elisabeth Brooke. 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 9 July (2nd Thursday each month); Magick Without Tears Moot. Venue: Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte St., London W1T 2LY. Time 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwtpubmoot

Thursday 9 July;  Healing with Your Higher Power. Start of 2-session course with Kim Chestney, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 9 July;  How to Kill a Witch Launch and Soirée with Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10/£20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 9 July; The Medium’s Path: Foundation. 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/

Thursday 9 July;  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 9 July; Pan. 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 10 July (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 10 July; Trance Mediumship with Master Chou, by Sarah Tyler-Walters. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 July; Sacred Tobacco Training with Renato Guerrero. Venue: Berkeley farm, Essex, a few miles outside London. Time: 10am start. Tickets:  £260. https://www.aho.community/

Saturday 11 July; Your First Steps into Mediumship 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 11 July;  Mindfulmess in the Park (Bromley Town Centre). Venue: Church House Gardens, 53 Mill Vale, Bromley, BR2 0EN. Time: Noon. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/1544720900390348/?

Saturday, 11 July; Secret Garden: Storytelling for Adults 2026. Venue:  St John’s Church, Waterloo, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/secret-garden-storytelling-for-adults-2026-tickets-1988329391735  (also a London Dreamtime event https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/)

Sunday 12 July; The British Museum and the Magical Revival Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet at: British Museum (North Entrance), Montague Place, London, WC1B 3DG. Time: 10.50am. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 12 July; Goddess Sekhmet Healing Ceremony 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 12 July;  Satanic Flea Market Midsummer Mayhem. Venue: Multi Story, Peckham Levels, Level 5, 95a Rye Ln, London SE15 4ST. Time: noon-6pm. Tickets £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/1288909286744032/?

Sunday 12 July; 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 12 July: Mapping Lost London - afternoon of talks via London Monthy of the Dead. Venue: The Guinness Vaults, London WC2H 9FA. Time: 1.30pm. Tickets £30 for the entire event. https://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html?

Sunday 12 July: 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 12 July: Luna Iter (Ritual in the Tower) Celebrating Early Harvest. 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 12 July; Harnessing the 12 Zodiac Signs with Carmen Turner-Schott, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 12 July; 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

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.

Rounding the Year: Taking Stock of my Goals & Wishes

How has the past 6 months gone for you? It seems to have gone quickly for me, and it's been a rollercoaster of good things and unpleasant surprises.

Every January I make a list of ambitions (you can see it here) and a Wheel of the Year vision board, which you can see in the picture above. I try to check how I'm doing regularly. The half-year mark is a good time. 

When it comes to my blogging intentions, I've been on track with what I aimed to do each month, including writing about seasonal folklore, books, crafting, and posting divinations for the world. 

One of my resolutions I've not worked towards yet is "Interview at least 6 pagan authors". So, if you are a pagan author who hasn't been interviewed by me yet but wants to be, let me know. You can email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com. 

The vision board reflects some great social events and a writing opportunity that flowered between Spring Equinox and Beltane. The Greenoaks Gathering was fun and something of an adventure before the Summer Solstice. I hope there'll be more days out and holidays before Lammas, rather than just "coming home", which I wrote on the chart. I wonder if I manifested those things, or if they'd have happened anyway?

The worst unpleasant surprise of the year so far was my cat Tommy dying suddenly. I still miss him. When I look at the vision board, however, I see that dark spiral before Imbolc. I intended it to mean a time for rest and introspection, but not laying my cat to rest. Still, I accept life always has moments of sadness. No one can guarantee they won't happen at any time.

Looking further round my Wheel of the Year vision board I see the time of harvest. I was in my garden yesterday and noticed fruit and berries filling out on the trees and bushes, although some fell prematurely in the recent thunder storm. I hope we don't have too many more of them before summer ends.

How are your plans for the year doing?  Please leave a comment. 

Rounding the Wheel of the Year

My book Pagan Portals - Round the Wheel of the Year offers more ways to acknowledge and celebrate the seasons in ritual, magic, folklore and nature. You can view Rounding the Wheel of the Year on Amazon, find it at esoteric bookshops or via my publisher Moon Books: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/our-books/pagan-portals-rounding-wheel-year

(Please note: I earn commission from some links.)

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http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/12/rounding-year-reflections-on-new-years.html
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http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/01/the-bad-witchs-10-new-year-resolutions.html

Art: Frida Kahlo & Day of the Dead Imagery @ the Tate

I went to the new Frida Kahlo exhibition at London's Tate Modern yesterday and loved it, both as someone who enjoys art and who is interested in folklore and mythology. Day of the Dead imagery is one aspect of Mexican culture that appears both in Frida's paintings and in other artist's work that she inspired. 

The photo at the top shows Altar for Frida Kahlo by Carmen Lomas Garza with other paintings in a room displaying creations in homage. The picture to the right shows one by Frida herself called Girl with Death Mask.

Here's more general information about the exhibition from the Tate website:

"Frida: The Making of an Icon... showcase[s] over 30 of Kahlo’s most iconic works that introduce her ‘many selves’ – the dedicated wife, the intellectual, the modern artist, and the political activist. Alongside treasured garments, jewellery, photographs and memorabilia, there are over 200 works by her contemporaries and the artists she inspired from later generations, celebrating her lasting impact on those who continue to reimagine and reclaim her remarkable story."

Frida: The Making of an Icon  is on at the Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG until 3 January 2027. Tickets are £25 or free for nembers. You can find out more here: https://www.tate.org.uk/

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Book Review: Pagan Portals - The Wild Hunt

Fairy and folklore expert Morgan Daimler's latest book is on The Wild Hunt, and it's brilliant. I was delighted to read it before it's officially published next month.

The concept of a group of spectral horsemen and hounds swooping down from the sky in relentless pursuit of their prey, animal or human, is a topic that fascinates me both as a writer and a witch who might potentially be out in the wilds of nature at a time the Hunt is said to ride.

But what exactly is the Wild Hunt and who leads them? Well, there are many theories and many folktales from around the world that seem to fit the archetype, but are they the same phenomena or just similar?

The answer seems to be, no one quite knows, but this book offers an overview of the various entities that could be called by that name, or operate in a similar way. Morgan is renowned for her painstaking research into the topics of all her books, and this is no exception, but this new title in the Pagan Portals series far more than a scholarly exploration of folklore. It's also about how to deal with "the spirits who hunt the skies". It covers how to avoid them, how to work with them in pagan ritual as safely as possible, and even includes a guided visualisation to meet them.

Here's the synopsis of Pagan Portals - The Wild Hunt offered by Moon Books on the publisher's website:

"This book is an introduction to the Wild Hunt, the group of spirits which hunt the sky, heralded by the baying of hounds and the sound of horses' hooves in the air. With stories from across Europe and its history, the Wild Hunt is as intriguing today as it's ever been, and many modern pagans are drawn to learn about it and even interact with it. Here you will explore the history of the Wild Hunt and similar groups of spirits from Europe to the US, looking at who may lead the Hunt and what its wider purpose might be."

You can view Pagan Portals - The Wild Hunt on Amazon

(Please note: I earn commission from some links)

About the author

Morgan Daimler teaches classes on Irish myth and magical practices, fairies, and related subjects in the United States and internationally. She has been published in multiple anthologies as well as articles in various magazines, and she is one of the world's foremost experts on all things Fairy. Besides the titles available through Moon Books Morgan has a high fantasy novel 'Into Shadow' through Cosmic Egg and has an urban fantasy/paranormal romance series called Between the Worlds. Morgan has also presented papers on fairies and on fairies and witches at several university conferences.

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Pagan Eye: The River God Father Thames in London

This pyramidal-shaped work of art depicts the river god Father Thames and you can find it at William Henry Walk, Nine Elms Wall, London, between between Vauxhall and Battersea. It was crafted by sculptor Stephen Duncan in 1988.

The photo was taken by my witchy friend Jessica Howard, who is a fellow writer at Moon Books and the author of The Water Witch. I was delighted to learn about this depiction of Father Thames as I'd not seen it myself. I really must pay a visit.  

Father Thames is London's most famous river god. No one yet knows how long ago he was first named, but there's archeological evidence of worship in general at the banks of the river since ancient times. 

You can see another representation of Father Thames at Trinity Square. 

I've blogged more about deities of the Thames here: https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/10/deities-of-week-thames-isis.html

Pagan Eye Posts

On each of my Pagan Eye posts, I show a photo that I find interesting, with a few words about it. 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.

The photograph at the top is copyright Jessica Howard

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https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/09/london-gods-neptune-at-secret-rivers.html 

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/03/london-goddesses-isis-her-temple-by.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/05/goddesses-of-london-trivia-and-cloacina.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/10/review-thames-sacred-river-by-peter.html