Pagan Eye: Rain on my Window - A Welcome Sight

Living in England, where we normally get lots of rain, this picture would in the past have been a dreary sight. However, after a summer of drought it was delightful to see huge raindrops on my window. Even the grey storm clouds felt welcome. 

I photographed what I saw as I looked up from my work and realised the much-wanted rain had arrived. It might not be the prettiest of pictures I've ever posted on my blog, but we have all been reminded of the importance of water for our existence.

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.

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https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/08/pagan-eye-one-of-few-apples-of-this.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/08/exhibition-thirst-our-vital-connection.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/06/pagan-eye-river-god-father-thames-in.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/07/pagan-eye-sacred-spring-on-sussex-beach.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/07/witch-room-tales-instrument-to-call.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. 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 - 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 - 11 September; After Fragments by Hannah Hughes - Exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: during daytime opening hours. Tickets free. https://www.swedenborg.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

Tuesday 11-20 August; Discovery Days with the Royal Parks. Free children's storytelling with Vanessa Woolf Sessions, Venue: The Learning Centre, Hyde Park W2 2UH . Time: from noon. Tickets free. https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/)

Wednesday 19 August; Harvest Family Day with Seasonal Crafting and Garden Activities. Venue: Museum of the Home, 136 Kingsland Road, E2 8EA. Times: 10am and 1pm. Tickets: free. https://museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/harvest-family-day/

Wednesday 19 August (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 19 August (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 19 August; 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 19 August; The Automatic Parsemage Technique with Chantal Powell with Tyrone Cusack. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 20  August;  Connecting to The Ancestors with Philip Permutt. Venue: Unit 1, The Verulam Estate, 224, London Road, Saint Albans. Time: 2pm. Tickets:  £69. https://www.facebook.com/events/1061611986398736?

Thursday 20  August (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 20  August;  An Evening with Lovecraft, reading by Professor Dave. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 20  August (and other dates); Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, Hackney Wick,  London E9. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Thursday 20  August;   Women's Circle - Feminine Rage, Raging Goddesses. Event by Bibi’s Circle. Venue: East Dulwich Community Centre, 46-50 Darrell Road, London SE22 9NL  Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16.96 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/56277271483?

Thursday 20 August; Madeline Montalban, 'Magus' of St Giles. Online Lecture with Julia Phillips via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 20 August; Desire, Decay, and the Victorian Imagination with Lena Heide Brennand. 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 20 August (and other dates); Drum Circle. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 8pm. Donations welcome. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain

Friday 21 August (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 21 August; Self-Healing with the Gong workshop with Joe Summerfield. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am-4pm. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 21 August  (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 21 August;  The Curse on Bally na Bride with Sally and James North. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Friday 21 August; Sooxanne Rolfe - Wilde Volk, talk via the Folklore Centre. Venue: Wholefood Cafe, 65 Halifax Rd, Todmorden OL14 5BB,  Time: 6pm. Tickets £5. https://www.folkloremythmagic.com/

Friday 21 August;  Cacao - Venus and Luxmi Rite for Heart-Opening, Love and Abundance with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Queen's Wood Road, London, N6 5UU, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Time: 7pm. Tickets £11.55. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Saturday 22  August; The Nature of Wellbeing at Stoneford Community Garden. Venue: Stoneford Community Garden, 3 Leys Avenue, Dagenham RM10 9YR. Time 10am. Tickets:  £0 - £11.55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nature-of-wellbeing-at-stoneford-community-garden-tickets-1995688958397?

Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August; Dowsing: Sacred Space and Earth Energy. Two-day class with Vicky Sweetlove. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am-5pm. Tickets: £265. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 22  August; Temple of the Moon and Stars Sekhmet Devotional - 1 day workshop via Wicca Moon. Venue:  Eltham Spiritualist Church, 64A Well Hall Road, London, SE9. Time: noon-5pm, Tickets £45 https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 22 August; Shamanic Drumming. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. noon. Tickets £20. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 22 August; Tarot as a Visual Language class with Bel Senlle. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 22 August;  Ealdspell: an Exhibition of Modern Folklore By Seb Bradshaw. Venue: Unit 0, Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN. Time: 1pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ealdspell-an-exhibition-of-modern-folklore-tickets-1996208317815?

Saturday 22 August; Southwark Hysteries with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Green Dragon Court, London SE1 . Time: 3pm. Tickets: £22.50. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/book

Saturday 22 August; Charm Necklace and Bracelet Workshop By I Love A Good Jewel. Venue: Tipi Coffee Co, 117 George Lane, London E18 1AN. Time: 6pm. Tickets From £49.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charm-necklace-and-bracelet-workshop-tickets-1993921006405?

Saturday 22 August; (usually 4th Friday or Saturday of the month); Shakespeare and Folktale: Magic, Monsters and the Stories We Still Tell with Dr Koel Chatterjee.  Online event via the Folklore Library and Archive. Time: 8pm. Tickets:  £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-library-archive-68703440013?

Sunday 23 August; Sound Bath and Shamanic Cacao Ceremony in the Forest (Loughton). Venue: Epping Forest, Loughton IG10 4AF. Time: 10am. Tickets:  £33.22. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sound-bath-shamanic-cacao-ceremony-in-the-forest-loughton-tickets-1992639314831?

Sunday 23 August; A Time for Truth with Joan Osborne. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 23 August; Mythic London Walking Tour with with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwells. Meet outside  St Mary Le Strand Church, Strand, London WC2R 1ES. Time: 11.20am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 23 August; How to Navigate Grief workshop with Tree Carr. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 23 August; Crossbones Vigil  to Honour the Outcast Dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 6.45pm for 7pm. Free, just turn up  You can also view the vigil online.   http://crossbones.org.uk  

Sunday 23 August;  Dreamscapes at Dusk. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Monday 24 August (every other Monday); MHA The Wilderness forest bathing walk (all mobilities welcome). Meet MHA The Wilderness, 17 Shirley Church Road, Croydon CR9 5AL. Time: 11am. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Monday 24 August; Your Relationship with the Spirit World workshop with Daniel Pitt. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 24 August; K-Pop Demon Hunters: Women, Spirits, and Korea’s Occult Traditions talk by Melanie Hyo-In Han. 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 24 August; Dreams - A Multidimensional Experience. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House | 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets: optional donation. https://rsh.anth.org.uk/whats-on/

Monday 24 August; Theosophy. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Monday 24 August; Modern Witchcraft.  Online class with Rebecca Beattie author of Planetary Magic via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 24 August;  Full Moon Gongh Bath in the Mansion. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Monday 24 August  (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 25 August (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 25 August; The Magic of Mushrooms talk with Tia Price. Online event via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 24 August (4th Monday each month);  Ponderings Upon Walking with Ghosts by Bec Lambert. Talk at Nova Stella pagan moot. Hybrid event. In-person venue: The Angel, City Road, London EC1Y 18D. Time: 7.30pm.  Entry £5/£6.13.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472510443017948 or  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/120712003251?

Tuesday 25 August; 7 Essential Herbs For Witches. Online Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 25 August (and other dates); Trippy Tuesdays: Surreal Still Life Drink and Draw with Devil’s Botany. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 7pm. Tickets  from £26.20, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Tuesday 25 August;  The History of Witchcraft and Women: Magic, rituals and the patriarchy with Dr Julia Phillips via Seed talks. Online event.  Time: 7pm. Tickets from £11.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-1262239?

Tuesday 25 August  (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

Tuesday 25 August (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: £21.84. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Tuesday 25 August; The Hidden Road To Self-Help. Talk by Ross MacFarlane presented by London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7EX. Door time: 7.30pm. Start time: 8pm  Tickets £5.50/£3.30. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com or https://www.facebook.com/LondonForteanSociety/ 

Wednesday 26 August; Astrology, the Four Elements and You workshop with Debra Silverman. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 26  August; Unseen - The Town Answers Back. Part 2 of 3 via Alexandrian Witchcraft x Bexhill Museum.  Live online viewing of Alex Sanders exhibition with walkthrough by Julian Porter.  (Note: part 1 can still be watched as a recording). Time: 4pm. Tickets: £7.50. https://www.alexandrianwitchcraft.com/unseen

Wednesday 26 August;  Crooked Confessions with Ian C Edwards. Online event via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Wednesday 26 August; Bloomsbury Folklore Club – Fairies. 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 26 August (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 26 August;  Sylvia Plath, Taylor Swift, and the Power of the Witch Imagery with Dr Dorka Tamás via Seed talks. Online event.  Time: 7pm. Tickets from £13 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-1262239?

Thursday 27 August; Saturn: The Greatest Teacher workshop with Debra Silverman. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 27 August;  Death - You Gotta Love It  with Tony Christi. 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 27 August;  Magical Protection in Homes. Lecture and Soirée with Archaeologist Wayne Perkins. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 27 August;  Full Moon Celebration with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Wimbledon Commons outside Windmill Tea rooms, Windmill Road, London SW19 5NR. Time: 7pm. Tickets £6.13. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Thursday 27 August;  Full Moon Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue:  One Tree Hill, Honor Oak, South London. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Thursday 27 August (last Thursday every month); Hertford Pagan Moot. Venue: The White Horse Pub, 33 Castle Street, Hertford, Herts SG14 1HH) (45 mins from central London). Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Thursday 27 August; The Wicked Women Whom the Devil Feared with Tommy Kuusela,. 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 28 August; Travel with the Sacred Drum with Heather McDonald. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 6.30pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 28 August; Witch Choir  with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Friday 28 August; Kin-Inanna Open Ritual: The Festival of Inanna-Ishtar. This is a public, open ritual, and all are welcome. Venue: Location: The Pirate Castle, Camden, London. Time: Doors at 7pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets: £10 via Eventbrite or on the day in cash. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kin-inanna-open-ritual-the-festival-of-inanna-ishtar-tickets-1992721235859?

Friday 28 August (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 29 August; Coffee Morning with readings, healing and crafts. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. Time 10am. Tickets free entry but charges for readings. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 29 August; Hedgewitch Oracle and Fairytale Oracle with Kate Forsyth. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 2pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Sunday 30 August; Shamanic Group with Les Fuller. All welcome Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-3pm. Tickets: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 30 August;  Women's Mindful Stroll and Forest Bathing in South Norwood Lake and Grounds. Meet at Sylvan Road, London SE25 4AN. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 30 August; (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: noon. 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

Sunday 30 August; 2026 Museum Virtual Open Day / Diwrnod Agored Ar-lein yr Amgueddfa. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets free (Donations welcome.) https://ko-fi.com/s/e696ae8d57?

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.

My Photos from the Awakened Spirit Festival

What could be better on a sunny day in August than to spend time out in nature, surrounded by trees and water with blue sky above, and also listen to music, do shopping and maybe take part in a magical workshop? That's what I did at the Awakened Spirit Festival the weekend just gone. 

I was there to run a cloud scrying workshop on Saturday afternoon. You can see some lovely cloud shapes in one of the photos on this post. The market stall in another picture is Bits, Bobs and Jelly Tots. I bought a couple of dowsing pendulums there, which I will be trying out and blogging about another day. 

Below can also see Anya Lilly performing beautiful songs, which I sat and listened too while enjoying cold drinks and icecream.

Awakened Spirit is a lovel community-based festival with workshops and live music.  It takes place each year at Crossland Riverside, Box End, Bedford, MK43 8RN. This was the first time I've been, but I hope to go again. You can find out more here: https://awakenedspirit.co.uk/

Pagan Eye: One of the Few Apples of This Year's Harvest

The drought has not been kind to my apple tree. This is a photo of one of the very few fruits it's produced this year. I left it for the birds, which probably need it more than I do. Most years I love to pick apples as part of my own harvest, but this year I'm thinking more about how I can help the wildlife in my garden. I'm also putting out water every day to help my fellow creatures survive. My garden is their home too.

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/2011/04/pagan-eye-apple-blossom.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2011/09/pagan-eye-fallen-apples.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2021/08/harvest-time-thanking-apple-tree.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/07/folklore-st-swithuns-day-rain-apple.html

Books: Happy Birthday to Poppets & Magical Dolls!

This month I'm celebrating the eighth birthday of my book Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls. It's well on the way to becoming a Moon Books best-seller. At the moment, it only needs to sell another 48 copies to reach the milestone figure of 5,000 copies sold. I'm hopeful it will do that very soon. A big thanks to everyone who has bought a copy, left a review, and told me they've enjoyed reading it. Here's the description from the back cover: 

Poppets are dolls used for sympathetic magic, and are designed in the likeness of individuals in order to represent them in spells to help, heal or harm. Pagan Portals – Poppets and Magical Dolls explores the history of poppets and offers a practical guide to making and using them in modern witchcraft. It also covers seasonal dolls, from Brigid dolls, used in celebrations for the first stirrings of spring, to fairy dolls enjoyed in tree-dressing at Yuletide.

Where to Find my Books

Here are some of the places you can find Poppets and Magical Dolls and my other books:

• My publisher is Moon Books, an imprint of Collective Ink. You can see Poppets and Magical Dolls on the website via this link: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/our-books/pagan-portals-poppets-magical-dolls
• Treadwell's bookshop in London stocks of all my titles. You can pop in to 33 Store Street, London or order online. 
• The College of Psychic Studies usually has copies at 16 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2EB.
• Paperbacks can be ordered from Bookshop.org, which supports independent bookshops.
• Ebooks and paperbacks can be also be viewed on Amazon

(Note: I earn commission from some links.)

Poppet Talks and Workshops

On Tuesday 1 September  I'll be talking about poppets and magical dolls at Romford Moot. This monthly Pagan gathering meets at The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. it starts at  7.30pm. Entry is £4, pay at the event. You can find out more about the moot here.

On Sunday 22 November I'm running a workshop showing how to make poppets at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. It starts at 1pm and tickets £25 per person, including all materials.  You can find out more at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.  

Other Previous Related Posts

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