Occult London: Atlantis Bookshop Celebrates Crowley

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" is Aleister Crowley's most famous quote, and it comes from The Book of the Law.

Every year, the Atlantis Bookshop in London celebrates the anniversary of Crowley's reception of The Book of the Law by publicly declaring the three chapters, over three days. There's an open invitation to pop in and experience this annual occult event. I was there yesterday and listened to Geraldine Beskin reading Chapter One – Nuit (pictured above). 

Today, Thursday 9th April, you can go along to hear Chapter Two – Hadit, starting at noon. At the same time on Friday you can hear Chapter Three – Ra Hoor Khuit. 

What's special this year is that from now until Friday 17th April the shop is also hosting an exhibition of magical robes and handcrafted ritual artifacts relating to Thelema, the magical tradition founded by Aleister Crowley. The Art and Beauty of True Will is the creation of the artistic workshop LOGOS 373. You can see a photograph of part of it below.

The Atlantis Bookshop is at 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. It's open from 11am – 6pm (closed Sunday). Entry to the exhibition and readings is free. You can just turn up.  More details here:  https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Previous related posts
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/occult-london-tarot-exhibition-at.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/03/happy-birthday-to-3-magical-london.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/07/occult-art-something-calls-encounters.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/01/occult-london-helen-duncans-scrying.html

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 for easier identification) and some bigger events further afield.  

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

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

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

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

Now - 25 May; Hawaiʻi - a Kingdom Crossing Oceans exhibition. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Adult tickets £18. https://www.britishmuseum.org/

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

Now – 16 May; Witch/Craft. Art and Photography exhibition by Anne Jackson’s and Sara Hannant. Venue: St Barbe Museum, New Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9BH. Open Monday – Saturday 10am-4pm. Adult tickets £6. https://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/witch-craft/?

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/?

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

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

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

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

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

or email: rainbowawakening1@gmail.com

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

Wednesday 8 – Friday 17 April; An Exhibition of Handcrafted Artifacts by the Artistic Workshop LOGOS 373, relating to Aleister Crowley and Thelema. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am – 6pm (closed Sunday). Free entry https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 8 - Friday 10 April; Celebrating Aleister Crowley's Three Days of the Writing of The Book of the Law. Annual event. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: noon. Free event, just turn up. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 8-10 April; Finding Your Life’s Purpose: An Interactive Workshop on the True Will with Dr. David Shoemaker, hosted by Atlantis Bookshop. Venue: The Plough, 27 Museum St, London WC1A 1LH. Time: 7pm each evening. Tickets £16 www.totss.org or https://theatlantisbookshop.com/events/event/finding-your-lifes-purpose-an-interactive-workshop-on-the-true-will/

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

Wednesday 8 April (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 8 April (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 8 April; An Evening With the Author of 'Pixie', Jill Dawson. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 7pm. Tickets: free, but reserve a place. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 8 April  (2nd Wed each month); Spirits of Place 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 April; Crowley's 'Book of The Law'. Start of 2-part workshop with Julian Vayne via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 8 April  (2nd Wed each month);  Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 8 April;  Calm Within: A Breathwork and Sound Bath Journey. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesday 8 April; Wealth and Wicca Series:  Protection, Banishing and Reversal. Venue: Crystal Wicca,  West Wickham, BR4. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Wednesday 8 April; Britain’s Black Hauntings and The Future. Talk by Tré Ventour-Griffiths online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 9 April (most Thursdays); Shamanic Dance with Luisa Passalacqua. Venue near Wandsworth Town Station, London. Time: 11am. Tickets donations (or free) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/luisa-passalacqua-16972493584?

Thursday 9 April; HERMĒNEIA 2026 Esotericism in the Modern World: Bridging Scholarship

and Public Engagement. Venue: Swedenborg House, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH. Time: 11am - 6pm. Tickets £100 https://www.marcovisconti.org/hermeneia?

Thursday 9 April; Heal Your Shadow, Reclaim Your Power, workshop with Abiola Abrams, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 9 April (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 9 April; The Going Down by Duncan Barford. 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 April; Magick Without Tears Moot. Venue: Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte St., London W1T 2LY. Time 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwtpubmoot

Thursday 9 April; Swedenborg’s core texts: Reading Heaven and Hell. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6pm. Tickets £3. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/introducing-core-texts-swedenborgs-heaven-hell/

Thursday 9 April;  Noke Kuin Fundraising Hapé Circle and Concert with Pana and Memy Kamanawa. Venue:  Shoreditch and Soul, The Sanctuary, London E2 6EJ. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets:  £37.50. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/junglegateway/2090848

Thursday 9 April;  Bran: A Mabinogion Tale. 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 April (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 10 April;  Celtic Magic: A Practitioner's Guide by Brigid Ehrmantraut. 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

Friday 10 April (and other dates); Southwark Hyseries with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Green Dragon Court, London SE1 . Time: 6pm. Tickets: £22.50. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/book

Friday 10 April (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 April; Welcome Women's Circle. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House | 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Tickets: optional donation of £5 - £15. https://rsh.anth.org.uk/whats-on/

Fri 10 April; Greco-Egyptian Statue Magic. In-person workshop with Jules McArthur. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £25 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/.

Friday 10 April (Normally the 2nd friday of every month);  Wiccan Apprentice Circle (1 of 9)  with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at the entrance to Queen's Woods, Queen's wood Road, London N6 5UU, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Bring a torch and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Time: 7pm. Tickets: free, but donations welcome. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Friday 10 April; Game of Crones - performance. Venue:  Stanley Hall; 12 South Norwood Hill, London, SE25 6AB. Time 7:30 pm till 9:15 pm. Tickets £17. https://stanleyarts.org/event/game-of-crones/?

Friday 10 April  (and other dates); Cosy Candlelit Gong Bath by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £20.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Saturday 11 April; Palmistry for Beginners workshop with Madalyn Aslan. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 11 April; The Tools of a Medium, workshop with Maria Antoniou. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 11 April;  Belostra 2026 organised by Pagan Future Fests.  Live music, market stalls, readers, talks and workshops. Venue: Cryer Arts Centre,  39 High St, Carshalton SM5 3BB. Time: noon - 11pm. Tickets: £30 all day - £15 evening only (5pm - 11pm) https://www.paganfuturefests.org.uk/tickets-for-belostra-2026?

Saturday 11 April;  Brothers: Meet Up, Work and Fireside Gathering. Berkeley Farm. Event organised by Aho. Venue: Berkeley farm, a few miles outside London. Time noon-6pm Tickets: free. https://www.aho.community/

Saturday 11 April; 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/.

Saturday 11 April; Death and Dreams: The Liminal Realms. Workshop with Tree Carr, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 April; Festival of Magical History with 4 talks each day. Online 2-day event via the Folklore Library and Archive. Time: 2pm. Tickets:  £11.55 per day. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-library-archive-68703440013?

Saturday 11 April; Moon Magic Circle. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 2.30pm . Tickets £20. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Sunday 12 April (and other dates and times); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 12 April;  Malice Market. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, Imperial Place, Chislehurst, NW Kent. Time: 11am. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335736923852705/

Sunday 12 April; Learn to Interpret Playing Cards with Bel Senlle. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 12 April; Poetry as Ritual and Revelation. Workshop with Sarah Fletcher. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 12 April;  Crystals workshop 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 12 April (and other dates);  Mythic London Walking Tour with with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwells. Meet outside St Mary le Strand Church, Strand, London, WC2R (nearest tube: Temple). Time: 11.50am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Sunday 12 April; Magic For Overcoming Creative Blocks. In-person workshop with Mark Vincent. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Tickets £60 per person. https://www.treadwells-london.com/.

Sunday 12 April; Crystals for the Heart and Soul, workshop with Nicholas Pearson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 12 April; Mindful Stroll and 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 April; Ritual in the Tower (Luna Iter). In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. Meet at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London, from 4.30pm, moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £10. https://www.hildegardmaier.co.uk/luna-iter or https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154 

Sunday 12 April;  Labyrinth Walking Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Monday 13 April; Graveyards, mourning and boozy burials: Talk and tasting with Millie Milliken of Wet Ink. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets  from £26.20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 13 April; Rachel Pollack's 'Trans Central Station. Talk and Soirée with Sarah Schulman and Morgan M Page.  Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10, or £15 with book. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 13 April;  Hermetic Magical Training. Start of 4-Part course with Course with Julia Phillips via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £120. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 13 April (usually a Monday early in the month); South East London Pagans Moot. Venue: The Ivy House, 55 Stuart Road, London, SE15 3BE. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Monday 13 April; River Spirits, Drowned Ghosts and Water-Witchest. Talk by Lena Heide Brennand online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 13 April (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 14 April (and other dates);  Journalling and Creative Writing for Wellbeing. Online via Rest Less Events. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets £3.99 per class. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/

Tuesday 14 April (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/

Wednesday 15 April  (and other dates and times); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour and a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £12. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Wednesday 15 April; Tarot Twins: Doppelgangers and Duals, workshop with Laetitia Barbier. Online via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 15 April;  Manifestation Poppet Workshop. Venue: Crystal Wicca,  West Wickham, BR4. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £44. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Wednesday 15 April;  Astrological  Sound Bath with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £30 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Wednesday 15 April (tbc but usually 3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/

Wednesday 15 April; Enchanted Words for Strength. Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 15 April; Spring Witchcraft Practices. Workshop with Levannah Morgan via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 15 April;  Researching the Weird and Wonderful. Talk byDr Ciaran O’Keeffe online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

 

Thursday 16 April; Awakening the Serpent Power. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets £20. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Thursday 16 April; Respell Your Reality with Lisa Lister. 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 16 April; Swedenborg’s core texts: Afterlives: Influence and Legacy. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6pm. Tickets £3. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/introducing-core-texts-swedenborgs-heaven-hell/

Thursday 16 April; The Art of Intuitive Colour. Start of 2-session course run by Tyrone Cusack, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 16 April; May Folklore with Three Ravens. Talk and Soirée. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 16 April;  Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris on The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss. Vemue: The MCT at Alleyn's School, Townley Road, London, SE22 8SU. Time:  · 7.30pm. Book plus ticket: £45 (includes a signed copy of The Book of Birds, book RRP £35) Standard ticket: £12. Concession ticket (under 18): £10. https://www.village-books.co.uk/events/robert-macfarlane-and-jackie-morris-on-the-book-of-birds-a-field-guide-to-wonder-and-loss

Thursday 16 April; Poetry Evening. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Thursday 16 April; New Moon Women's Circle - Spring Renewal. Venue: East Dulwich Community Centre, 46-50 Darrell Road, London SE22 9NL. Time: 7pm. Tickets £16.96. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bibis-circle-56277271483

Thursday 16 April;  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

Friday 17 April (tbc but usually 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/

17-19 April; Inipi Sweatlodge Ceremony Weekend with Joseph Christlow organised by Aho Studio. In-person camping event. Venue: Berkeley farm, a few miles outside London. Tickets: Full event £210, day tickets from £70. https://www.aho.community/

Friday 17 April (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 17 April 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/

Friday 17 April; Hex and the City Walking Tour with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Cowcross St, Farrringdon, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/

Saturday 18 April; Strange Central: Mysteries, Monsters, Ghosts and UFOs. One-day conference with  London Fortean Society. Hybrid event. In-person venue: Conway Hall Ethical Society, London, WC1X 8. Time: 9.30am-5pm. Tickets from £12. https://conwayhall.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173671347?f

Saturday 18 April; Special Event: Techniques of Prediction, talks by four top astrologers. Online event the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 10am. Tickets £10/£15/£20. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Saturday 18 April; Enhancing Your Mediumship Messages. Workshop with Tony Stockwell. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 18 April (and other dates);  Reiki and Sound Healing. Venue: Hilton, 61 - 67 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HU. Time: 11am. Tickets £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/121074557489?

Saturday 18 April (and other dates);  9D Transformative Breathwork. Venue: Hilton, 61 - 67 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HU. Time: 12.30pm. Tickets £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/121074557489?

Saturday 18 April (every full and new moon); Moon Space online event via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 19 April; Group Constellation Workshop by Avideya. Venue: 30 Friern Watch Avenue, London N12 9NT. Time:  from 10am to 5pm.  From £53.80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/avideya-30020254011

Sunday 19 April; Year of the Fire Horse. Start of three-session lunar experience with Crystal Wicca. Venue: West Wickham, BR4. All-day workshops. Tickets: £200 for the entire course. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Sunday 19 April; Women's Forest Bathing in South Norwood Lake and Grounds. Meet at Sylvan Road, London SE25 4AN. Time: 11am. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 19 April; Birthing the New Earth with 5D Energy. Workshop with Natasha Astara. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 19 April;  Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/ or  https://allevents.in/london/dawn-of-the-oak-london-pagan-and-heathen-meeting-15th-february-2026-tickets/80001854227648

Sunday 19 April;  Shamanic Breathwork Journey withg Linda Star Wolf. Online via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 19 April;  Works from The Witchcraft Series: Anne Jackson. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of 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.

Pagan Eye: Constable's Stonehenge at the Tate Britain

Constable's watercolour of Stonehenge with a rainbow in the sky above it is one of my favourite paintings of the famous ancient monument. I took this photo of it at the Turner and Constable exhibition at the Tate Britain, in London, which I went to see over the bank holiday. It's only on until 12 April. I'm so glad I managed to get there before it closed as it's a fabulous chance to view paintings by two of England's most famous artists. 

Many years ago I managed to take an actual phtograph of Stonehenge with a rainbow above it. It's hardly anything to compare with Constable's work of art, but if you want to have a look, here's the link: www.badwitch.co.uk/2013/01/pagan-eye-rainbow-over-stonehenge.html

My Pagan Eye posts show photos that I find interesting - seasonal images, pagan sites, events, or just pretty pictures. 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. 

Other previous related posts
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/08/pagan-eye-women-artists-and-moon-goddess.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/08/art-tate-britains-ithell-colquhoun.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/02/british-museum-exhibition-world-of.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/03/pagan-eye-woodland-witch-from.html

Craft: I Painted Pebbles - It was Easier Than Expected

Ages ago I picked up a craft kit called Paint Your Own Mandala Stones, but the designs on the front looked so complicated I put off using it. This week, with Easter coming up, I realised the techniques might not be much different from painting seasonal eggs. As I didn't have any wooden eggs to paint, and didn't want to waste real eggs for environmental reasons, I thought I'd give rock art a go. You can see my attempts in the picture at the top.  

The kit contained four pebbles, tiny pots of paint, brushes, thin dowels or sticks and the booklet. The instructions gave a clear explanation of how to get those dot patterns. You use a stick to dob tiny spots of paint onto the surface. You also need a set of compasses to draw circles and arcs, and a ruler for straight lines. 

My attempts weren't as neat as those in the book, but it was pretty easy to do and I quickly got better with practice. Apart from teaching the techniques and instructions for various patterns, I'd say you don't need the kit if you already have paint and paintbrushes. You can use flat pebbles you find in your own garden, if you have one, or buy them cheaply from craft shops. The wooden end of a paintbrush can be used to apply the blobs of colour if you don't have dowels, or you can paint things freehand of course.

The kit calls them mandala stones because they're loosely inspired by Hindu and Buddhist spiritual symbols used for meditation and to contemplate harmony in the world. I actually found the process of creating them was relaxing - the perfect antidote to a stressful week. They will go on my altar.

Previous related posts

https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/04/craft-slow-stitch-scraps-and-scents-egg.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/01/magical-craft-my-2026-wheel-of-year.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/09/craft-autumnal-wheel-of-origami-leaves.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/04/april-mandala-blossom-and-shadows.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/03/upcycling-crafts-paper-flowers-from.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/08/mandalas-spiritual-circles.html

Witchcraft: Is it a Bad Omen if Your Spell Goes Wrong?

I did a spell at the Spring Equinox. It involved planting a seed and setting an intention, with the idea that as the seed grew into a flower, so my wish would come true. Sadly, I have to report that the things I used didn't quite do what I wanted them to do. In fact my potting compost went mouldy and I had to throw the whole thing away. Does that indicate I'll never get whatever I wished for? 

It's the kind of question I often get asked when I teach practical magic classes. If a spell candle goes out, a wax or clay effigy cracks, or indeed a seed fails to germinate or even goes mouldy, is it a bad omen?  Will the spell backfire?

My answer is that it's far more likely to just mean that particular spell attempt didn't work. It won't backfire on you. You can try again. You can always try again. In fact, trying again is the best thing to do. 

Most spell component failures are for boringly mundane reasons. In my case, I'm pretty sure I know what I did wrong. I improvised a propagator, upcycled from two clear plastic food pots. However, I later realised I hadn't cleaned the pots properly before reusing them. They were in a warm place and obviously moist inside, which is the perfect environment for things to go mouldy.

Of course I'm a bit annoyed this happened, but I'm not taking it as an omen of doom and catastrophe. Instead, I'm going to have another go with more seeds and cleaner pots. The lesson I'll take is not to rush things and to check my spell ingredients more carefully in future.

The picture at the top shows the ingredients for a seed-planting spell I did a few years ago, which worked perfectly. I thought I'd show you that rather than a photo of something mouldy. The reason is that you shouldn't overly dwell on mistakes or things that go wrong. Recognise any error, learn from it, and move forwards with the intention of doing better in future.