This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Friday, 10 April; Group Healing Night with the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Westminster Quakers Meeting House, 8 Hop Gardens, off St Martins Lane (alleyway between Gymbox and Cote Brasserie) London WC2N 4EA. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday, 10 April; Storytelling by Candelight – An evening of medieval storytelling by candlelight in the beautiful setting of St Etheldreda’s church crypt, with wine provided. Stories come from the Old Norse, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman worlds. EMICS (Simon Thomson). Venue: Saint Etheldreda’s Roman Catholic Churc, Ely Place , Holborn London EC1N 6RY. Time: from 7:30pm to 10pm. Tickets £15. http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/storytelling-by-candelight-tickets-15955858402?

Friday, 10 April – Saturday, 11 April; Conference: The Call of the Pyramids of Bosnia – The Mysteries of the Visoko Valley and the Bosnian Pyramids. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. From 7pm Friday to 9.30pm Saturday. Cost: £48 – advance tickets must be booked here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-call-of-the-pyramids-of-bosnia-the-mysteries-of-the-visoko-valley-and-the-bosnian-pyramids-registration-15220616273 http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Saturday 11 April; meditation course in Dulwich Library, 368 Lordship Lane London SE22 8NB, London. Time: 11AM to 12PM. Free. http://www.meetup.com/Free-meditation-course-in-Dulwich-library/events/221269083/

Saturday 11 April; Aztec gods and their symbols. Gallery talk: Room 27, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15PMpm-2pm. Free event. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Sunday, 12 April; Ley Line Ritual at Primrose Hill. Meet at Chalk Farm Tube Station, Adelaide Road, London NW3 2BN at 11.30am. Bring dowsing rods and a picnic for afterwards. For details: http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/

Sunday, 12 April; Tea-leaf reading workshop with Cobwebs at Cauldrons at Romford Shopping Hall. Time: Contact Cobwebs and Caudrons for details. Cost £20, deposit £5. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]

Monday 13 April; London: Legend Magic and Myth. Storytelling at Penge Library, London SE20. Time: 7pm. Price: Free, but booking essential. Visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Monday 13 April; Vanished City.Lecture by author Tom Bolton at the The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art and Natural History, 11 Mare St, London, E8 4RP. Time: 6pm – 8pm. Tickets £10/£5 concessions. More details and to book tickets: http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Monday 13 April; Treadwell’s Open Circle. Wiccan-style ceremony for those with some experience led by Lisa Grace and Ellie Hughes. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7, advance booking required. For further details: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 13 April; Recovery 2.0 – Overcome Addiction and Upgrade Your Life. Talk by Tommy Rosen. Venue: Alternatives. Venue: St James’s Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm – 8.30pm. Tickets £12/£8 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Tuesday 14 April; The Mysterious World of the 1734 Tradition and other Strange Happenings in Witchcraft: The Magickal Life of Stuart Inman. Talk at Nova Stellar Wicca Meet-Up Group for genuine seekers to the Craft. Venue The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DB London. 6.30pm – 10pm. You must reserve a place in advance by emailing [email protected]. The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month. http://www.meetup.com/South-London-Wicca-Meetup/

Tuesday 14 April; Sound Meditation. Venue: Goose Green Clinic, 57 East Dulwich Road, London SE22 9AP. Time: 10.45am. Cost: £10. More information and booking: http://www.meetup.com/Holistic-SoundBath-Meditation-Summoning-The-Sacred-Dulwich/

Wednesday 15 April; Collecting Occult Books. Evening Workshop for Beginners at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Cost: £15. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday, 16 April; Margot Adler Day – worldwide event. Celebrate the birthday of legendary priestess, journalist, and activist by writing for a pagan publication, archiving stories from your tradition, donating to pagan causes or learning about the growth of the pagan movement. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/848399601872577/

Thursday, 16 April; The Circle of Ankerwycke moot on the third Thursday in each month. Venue: Function room at the back of the Two Rivers Pub, 43 Church Street, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 4EN. Time: 8pm.

Friday 17 April; Screen and Scream – a talk on Lewisham’s paranormal past, a ghost tour of Manor House Library followed by a screening of a cult 1960s horror film. Venue: Manor House Library, 34 Old Road, SE13 5SY. Time: 6.30pm to 9.30pm. Free event. To book call 020 8314 7794. Website: http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/libraries/branches/Pages/manor-house-library.aspx

Friday 17 April; Cunning Folk at Sutton House – Music from Wiz Jones and Nigel of Bermondsey and scary storytelling from London Dreamtime by candlelight. Place: Sutton House, Hackney, London. Time: 7pm. Price: £10. For more details, email [email protected] or visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 18 April; Incense Making workshop with Christina Oakley Harrington. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm to 5.30pm. Tickets £30. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 18 April; The Peter Ackroyd Charity Pub Crawl- a guided walk lead by Robert Kingham Clerkenwell to St Giles. Tickets are £20 per person, 100% of which goes to Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Time: 2pm to 9pm. For more details and to book tickets, visit, http://www.minimumlabyrinth.org/peter-ackroyd-charity-pub-crawl-2015.html

Sunday 19 April; Free Social: Walk, Meditate, Picnic – Live From Your Heart – with the London Spirituality Meet-up group. Meet at 11:45am at Highgate tube station on the Northern Line. Walk and picnic will be in Highgate Wood, Muswell Hill Road, Muswell Hill, London. Picnic from 1:45pm To reserve a place and find out more, visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity/

Sunday 19 April; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot on the third Sunday of each month. Venue: Upstairs at The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Road, Farringdon, London EC1M 6DB (near Farringdon tube). Time: 3pm-6pm.

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