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) plus in-person talks and workshops in or near London, and some 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 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/

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 30 September;  An Afternoon with…Benjamin Stimpson to talk about his book Of Toads and Hares. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £20 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 30 September; Spirit Circle: Intermediate with Nicoletta Stephens. Start of  8-session course. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 30 September; Hand Reading for Beginners with Robin Lown. Start of 10-session course. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £280. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 30 September (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 30 September; Bloomsbury Folklore Club – Baba Yaga. Venue: Gower Street Waterstones event space, 82 Gower Street, Lower Ground Floor, London WC1E 6EQ.  Doors at 6.30pm.Tickets  £10. https://connectionwithwonder.com/events/

Wednesday 30 Septembert; Ritual Writing for Solitary Practitioners. Online Class with Bernadette Russell via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 30 September (monthly); Melissa's Tarot Club. Monthly In-Person Workshop. 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 30 September; Pathologizing Mediumship in the Victorian Era with Dr Kate Cherrellr. 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

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?

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

Thursday 1 October; Medicinal Trees Tour in Chelsea History Festival. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time: 11am. Tickets: £20. https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-on/

Thursday 1 October - 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/

Thursday 1 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 1 October; Practical Ancient Necromancy. Start of 2-Part Online Workshop. Online Class with Jules McArthur via Treadwells. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 1 October; Recognise and Clear Negative Energy. Start of 8-session online course with Martha Brett via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 1 October;  Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris's Thoth Tarot. Part of a series by Keith Broad, Kingfisher Coven. Venue: Lost Souls Pizza Camden, 245 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BA. Time: 7pm. Tickets  £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/88810783003?_

Thursday 1 October; Finding the Philosopher's Stone. Online talk by Eliza Swann via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 1 October; Ghost Lore with Three Ravens – Launch and Soirée. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 1 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/

Friday 2 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 2 - Saturday 3 October; Season of the Witch online conference. Free event. https://wisewomanwitchery.net/season-of-the-witch-7-virtual-conference

Friday 2 October. Radionics Board for Healing and Intention with Nishant Sharmaa. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £150. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 2 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 2 October; The Magic of Obsidian, with Sarah-Jane Jay Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 6.30pm  Cost £25 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 2 October; Moon Magic. A Workshop in Lunar Witchcraft with May Draper as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Kensal Green Cemetery, London. Time: 7pm Tickets £35  http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Friday 2 October; Sacred Geometry. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  £12. https://rsh.anth.org.uk/whats-on/

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Friday 2 October (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 3 and Sunday 4 October; Experience Braco's Gaze: Small Intimate Sessions. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Various times from 10am. Tickets: from £30. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October;  Empower Your Life: A Weekend of Connection, Insight, and Transformation. Online weekend by Hay House. Free. https://www.discover.hayhouse.com/empoweryourlife-live/?

Saturday, 3 and Sunday 4 October; Open Weekend. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time: from 10am. Tickets: free. https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-on/

Saturday 3 October; Intuito nella vita quotidiana. Class taught in Italian by Susanna Copelli. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 3 October; Sound Bath. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. Time  3pm. Reading £15. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 3 October; Firewalk and ceremony to honour Tyr, Norse god of justice and courage, organised by Sheelagh Keddie and Anita Odin. Venue: The Clophill Centre, Shefford Road, Clophill, Beds, MK45 4BT. Time 3:30 pm to 9pm. Tickets £65 per person or £60 each for 2 or more booking together. To book email harmony@sheelaghkeddie.com or text on 07751828303 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063454031524 and https://www.facebook.com/AOdin73

Saturday, 3 October; Hex in the Garden - Healers, Harmers and the Witch Craze with Herstorical Tours. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/book

Saturday, 3 October; Arcana Awakened. A Tarot Workshop with May Draper as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Kensal Green Cemetery, London. Time: 7pm Tickets £40 including a tarot deck http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Saturday, 3 October (date tbc but usually first Saturday each month); Gong Bath. Venue: Upminster Sanctuary Pea Lane, Upminster, RM142XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: tbc.  https://upminstersanctuary.com/

Saturday, 3 October; In-person evening for anyone interested in learning about the Alexandrian Tradition from initiated witches. Venue: Northwest London (exact details given to attendees). Time: 8pm. Tickets free. RSVP by email alexandrianwitchcraft@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/alexandrianwitchcraftsoiree

Sunday 4 October;  Luck and Plenty workshop. Venue: Crystal Wicca,  West Wickham, BR4. Time: 11am. Tickets: £33. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Sunday 4 October;  Macabre Makers Market at The Absinthe Parlour. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 11am. Tickets  free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Sunday 4 October; Mythic London Walking Tour with with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwells. Meet outside  St Mary Le Strand Church, Strand, London WC2R 1ES. Time: 10.15am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 4 October; Orpington Alternative Market. Venue: The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington. Time: 11am. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335736923852705/

Sunday 4 October. Neurographica: Clarity and Flow States with Carol Bosack. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 4 October; 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 4 October; Beginner Tarot (Major Cards). Start of 4-session In-Person Course with Delphine de la Mar. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £150. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 4 October (first Sunday each month); Release and Letting Go - 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/?

Sunday 4 October (and other dates); Sister Circle. Venue: Atlantis Spiritual Centre, Crews Hill, Enfield EN2 9DG. Time 6pm. Tickets:  £11.55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/110820030781?

Sunday 4 October; Deep Dive into the Water Signs and Houses with Carmen Turner-Schott. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 4 October;  Symbolism of Tibetan Rope Divination with Alexander Smith. 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 5 October; What is the Purpose of Yoga: Transcendence or Transformation? Lecture by Jim Mallinson via Gresham College. Hybrid event. Venue: Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London EC1N 2HH. Time: 1pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/

Monday 5 October (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 5 October; Geomancy and Astrology with Chris Mitchell. Hybrid event via the Astrological Lodge of London. In-person venue: Steiner House 35 Park Road, London, United Kingdom. Starts 6.30pm. Tickets £9. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 5 October; Witch bells and Faerie Charms crafting workshop. Venue: St Patricks Church Hall, Albany Road, Chislehurst BR7 6DB. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/107097685491?

Monday 5 October; Dark Fairy Tales From Around The World with Viktor Wynd . Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  from £15, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 5 October; Magical Circle Casting class with Rebecca Beattie author of Planetary Magic via Treadwells Online. Two Times: Noon and 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 5 October (recurring event); 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 5 October;  The Nordic Legends of the Wild Ride with Terry Gunnell. 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 5 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 6 October (and other dates); 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: 45-min tours from 6pm. Tickets from £16. Price includes a cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Tuesday 6 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 6 October; Witchcraft, Women and Power: The untold story of Irish magic with Dr Gillian Kenny via Seed talks. Online event.  Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £17 - £26.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-1262239?

Tuesday 6 October; The Chaos Chambers. Start of 2-Part Workshop with Mark Vincent  via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £80. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 6 October; 7 Essential Potions for Witches. Start of 2-Part Workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £40. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 6 October; 'The Seven Sages of Rome' Database talk by Jane Bonsall. Talk via the Folklore Society online. Time: 7pm. Tickets £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 6 October; The Mindbenders of Mayfair. Talk on Satanic Swinging London of the 1960s with Gary Lachman as part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Brompton Cemetery, London.

Time: 7pm Tickets £12.50 http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Tuesday 6 October. Grounding and Protection with Lucy Aumonier. Start of  5-session course. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: £180. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 6 October (first Tuesday each month); Ritual Tattoos talk at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford, RM1 1HR. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £4: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064489640955

Tuesday 6 October; Second part of monthly 3-part webinar series devoted to the Nine Maidens of Lyfjaberg with Imelda Almqvist. Online event. Time: 8pm. Tickets for the series: £92. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/surbitonshamaniccircle/2341175?

Wednesday 7 October (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. Venue: 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 Halloween 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

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;  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 (tbc but usually 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 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  (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 (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  (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; 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; 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;   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;  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;  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 (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;  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; 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;  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 STORY Peckham

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

Sunday 11 October (tbc but usually 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. 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

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.

Nature & Art: Beauty & Destruction in Wartime London

This painting is called  The Haberdashers' Hall 8th May 1945. That's the date WW2 hostilites ended in Europe. It's on display at Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London, a free exhibition that tells the story of London during the Second World War as seen by artists, and is at the Imperial War Museum until November 1st. 

It's a really moving exhibition, showing the turmoil and devastation the city experienced during the war. Most of the pictures depict things like air raids, buildings on fire, people in shelters, and wounded being treated. I chose to focus on this one for my blog, because it's about nature thriving in the aftermath of destruction. 

Artist Eliot Hidgkin wanted to capture plants growing on a bombsite "before post-war rebuilding sweeps them away forever."  Although I wasn't alive during the war, I do remember there were still some bombsites covered in wildflowers when I was very young.

The flowers in the painting include "bombweed", or rosebay willowherb, known for  being one of the first plants to emerge where buildings have been destroyed. It has pink flowers and long leaves. I can also see what looks like ox-eye daisies and possibly ragwort, but I'm not entirely sure. If you think you can identify the  various wildflowers better, please leave a comment.

I'd never been inside the Imperial War Museum before, because I'm not someone who feels war should in any way be glorified, but I'm glad I saw this exhibition. I very much recommend it for anyone interested in London's history.

The museum is situated in a large park, which I'll be blogging about in a separate post as part of my Green London series, but I thought this picture was worth mentioning first. The park will be there for a long while (hopefully), but the exhibition ends in just a month.

Previous related posts
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/06/art-frida-kahlo-day-of-dead-imagery-tate.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/08/art-richard-dadd-beyond-bedlam-at-ra.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/04/pagan-eye-witch-at-coming-of-age.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/09/book-review-art-of-unknown-visual.html

My Witchy Events: Scrying, Candles & Poppets

Here are details of the witchy events I'm involved with from now until the end of November. I'm teaching an online divination course and in-person candle magic and poppet workshops in London. 

October

Scrying Online via the College of Psychic Studies 
On 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, with discount for members. Find out more here: https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/workshops/psychic-training/scrying-with-crystals-mirrors-more/?

Candle Magic in London
On Sunday 18 October I'm teaching a 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/.

November

Poppets and Magical Dolls

On Sunday 22 November I'm running an in-person workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls. Everyone will make and enchant an easy poppet for protection to take home with them. 

The venue is Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. It starts at 1pm and tickets are £25. 

 Find out more at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.   

About me

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 as well as at my author page at publisher Moon Books. Please note I earn commission from advertisers for some links.

Book Review: The Art of the Unknown - A Visual Treasure

Art has always been one of humanity's most effective ways of depicting the mysterious - of showing experiences and phenomena that cannot easily be defined. The Art of the Unknown - A Visual Treasury of the Esoteric, Uncanny, and Unexplained is a beautiful new book that explores the ways in which artists have done that over the centuries.

To me, art, spirituality, and magic all feel very closely connected and I loved this book, which brings out those themes in a way that's easy to read and gorgeously illustrated. It has the perfect mix of reproduced images and text about them.

The Art of the Unknown is published by Frances Lincoln, an imprint of The Quarto Group, and this is the official description:

Discover how artists across the centuries have explored the unexplainable, documented the impossible and illuminated the dark unknown. What lurks at the edges of human perception? Across time and cultures, artists have found themselves drawn to document encounters with forces and phenomena that defy comprehension, from ghostly manifestations and cosmic energies to twilight realms and parallel dimensions. While science seeks answers, artists illuminate the unknown through intuition, imagination and vision, creating visual records of the esoteric, the uncanny and the unexplainable. The Art of the Unknown brings together nearly 200 artworks that delve into the limits of perception and belief, for example:

• William Blake’s celestial visions

•Léon Spilliaert's mysterious paintings

•Penny Slinger's spectral photographs

•Daniel Martin Diaz’s symbolic diagrams

Uniting historical artists with contemporary creators who continue to push at the boundaries of reality, this book asks: what worlds exist alongside our own – and how do artists give form to what can’t be seen? The Art of the Unknown is an enthralling journey for anyone fascinated by mystery and the esoteric, inviting you to look again at the forces that persist just beyond the threshold of ordinary reality, and to discover how artists have long attempted to make the invisible visible.

Whether you read it from cover to cover, or just dip into it, this book really is a treasury. I know my copy will inspire me in both the art and the magic I create in the future.

You can view The Art of the Unknown on Amazon

(Please note: I earn commission from some links)

About the Author

S. Elizabeth (aka Mlle Ghoul) is a writer, curator, and frill-seeker. She is a columnist for Rue Morgue Magazine, her essays and interviews focusing on esoteric art have appeared in Haute Macabre, Coilhouse, Dirge Magazine, Death and The Maiden, and her occulture blog Unquiet Things, which intersects music, fashion, horror, perfume, and grief. She is the co-creator of The Occult Activity Book Vol 1 and 2. Her books include The Art Of The Occult: A Visual Sourcebook For The Modern Mystic (2020), The Art Of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre (2022) and The Art of Fantasy: A Visual Sourcebook of all that is unreal (2023). Each work reflects her deep engagement with the weird and the wonderful, blending personal insight with artistic exploration.

Previous Related Posts

https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/08/art-richard-dadd-beyond-bedlam-at-ra.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/06/art-frida-kahlo-day-of-dead-imagery-tate.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/05/pagan-eye-austin-osman-spare-exhibition.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/04/pagan-eye-witch-at-coming-of-age.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/10/art-ronald-hutton-and-sara-hannant-on.html

A Bad Witch's Blog Named Among the Top Witch Sites

A Bad Witch's Blog has once again been listed among the top 60 Witchcraft blogs worldwide according to Feedspot. This year I'm at number 13, which is lucky enough, but slightly lower than my placing last year. You can find the full list here:  https://bloggers.feedspot.com/witchcraft_blogs/

Feedspot ranks the best Witchcraft blogs based on multiple factors, including content relevancy, subject expertise, posting frequency, and freshness of content. 

I'm also on the list of top Pagan blogs, but a bit lower down. You can find that here: https://bloggers.feedspot.com/pagan_blogs/?

Feedspot is an RSS Reader that lets you subscribe to blogs, news sites, and any website you want to keep up with.

Previous related posts

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/11/im-top-witchcraft-blogger-with-two.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/06/it-seems-ive-won-yet-another-blogging.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/04/a-bad-witchs-blog-named-among-top-witch.html