Lammas Pagan Events in London and Elsewhere

Pagan events for Lammastide in London and other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans.

Now – Sunday, 2 August; Fabularium Fairytale Festival run by the Crick Crack Club. Various locations in London. For more details: http://crickcrackclub.com/fabularium/. Tickets: www.fabularium.eventbrite.co.uk

Thursday 30 July; PF-London Lammas Open Ritual. Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn London. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. Ritual ends around 9pm followed by feasting until 10pm. Entrance: £6/£5 PF members. Please bring seasonal food and drinks to share at feast after ritual. For more details, visit http://london.paganfed.org/

Thursday 30 July; The Awakening: 9 Principles for Finding the Courage to Change Your Life.Book signing and talk with Sidra Jafri at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Friday 31 July; Story-Fest – storytelling aimed at children and families at the Museum of Childhood.Venue: A Museum of Childhoodm, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA. Free event for all ages, just drop in. Sign up for some workshops on the day. Time: 11am – 4pm. http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/events/osummer-holidays-fun-fridays/

Friday 31 July; The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving.Book signing and talk with Lisa J Miller at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Friday 31 July; Gong Soundbath – for people who seek deep relaxation, rejuvenation and acceleration of their inward journey. With Diana Vernon MCSH. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £18/£20 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 31 July; Once in a Blue Moon – Energize your aura with powerful Lunar energy with Global Wicca Earth Healing Temple London. Meet at St James Street railway station, Walthamstow, London E17 7PJ, event is at a private location. Bring any of your own ritual tools if you have. Meet at 7pm. Price: £10. To reserve a place and for more information, visit http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Friday 31 July; Blue Moon Ceremony and Picnic with optional evening visit to Krishna Temple with Wiccan High Priest Mani Navasothy. Location: St James Park, London, London. SW1A 2BJ. This event is also part of a Hindu Magical meetup. Location: Terrace Gardens Richmond, London. Meet at 4pm. To find out more and to reserve a place, visit: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/ or http://www.meetup.com/Krishnas-and-Hindu-Magicians/

Saturday, 1 August; Digital workshop – Ancient Egyptian journey to the afterlife. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 11am-4pm. Free event, just drop in. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday, 1 August; Wheel of the Year Festival – Fruition Meditation at Chalice Well World Peace Garden, in Glastonbury. Gather at the Well Head at noon for celebration and meditation until 12.30pm, followed by a chance to chat on the lower lawn. Free admission to the gardens from 10am to noon. http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/

Saturday, 1 August; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Aribi Lughnasadh Ritual. Druidic ceremony to celebrate the First Harvest and the festival of Lugh at Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire. Time: meet at the Red Lion pub from noon; ritual 1.30pm – 3pm. Free event but offerings of bread, cake, mead and Bardship welcome. Camping in tents in the overflow car park is allowed on the nights of Friday and Saturday.

Saturday, 1 August; HT Lammas: Pan’s Picnic 2015. Venue: Queen’s Wood, Highgate, London. Meet at the Woodman’s pub at 2pm. Ritual takes 4-5 hours. Bring food and drink to share. Free event, all pagans welcome. Full details: https://www.facebook.com/events/671409319639224/

Saturday, 1 August; Chakra Healing: Energetic Cleanse and Harmonisation with Aang and Vaz of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 1pm. Cost: £33. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Saturday, 1 August; Lammas Earth Healing Ritual – free event with Global Wicca Earth Healing Temple – London. Meet at Meet at the Peter Pan Statue near Lancaster Gate side of Kensington Gardens, London. Time: 5pm. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Saturday, 1 August; Hendon Heathens Moot, Venue: Greyhound Pub, Church End, Hendon, London, NW4 4JT. Time: 6pm. Hendon Heathens meets at this pub the first Saturday of every month.

Sunday 2 August; Lea Bridge Conservation Volunteers will be scything the Lammas Meadows in Walthamstow Marshes. To find out more, visit http://www.lbcv.co.uk/

Sunday 2 August; The Craft of Silversmithery With Neil Burridge. Full-day workshop at Caer Corhain Shamamic Development Centre of the Isle of Sheppey, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey ME12 3SW. Time: 11am-4.30pm. Cost £35 per person. Very limited places, so advance booking and payment essential. For more details and information on how to book, call 07885682295 or 01795 874542, email [email protected] or visit;http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Sunday 2 August; Pagan Pride Nottingham – UK’s largest celebration of the diversity within the Pagan community with live music, dance, talks, workshops, performances. Venue: The Arboretum, Nottingham. Time: noon-6pm. Free event. http://www.paganpride.org.uk/

Sunday 2 August; The Silver Chalice Lammas ritual is taking place at 12 noon in the sun circle at Avebury henge, in Wiltshire. All welcome.

Sunday 2 August; Anderida Gorsedd Lughnasadh open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.

Sunday 2 August; Wheel of the Year ritual drawing from Celtic earth/pagan traditions at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim’s Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Tel: 020 7433 3267. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/

Monday 3 August; Psychic Circle run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in Croydon, South London. The circle is held on Mondays fortnightly starting at 7.30pm. Cost £5. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk/

Monday 3 August; London Energy Share meet-up. Venue: Friends Meeting House, 52 St Martins Lane London WC2N 4EA. Cost: £10. Time: 7.15pm. To reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/londonenergyshare/

Tuesday 4 August; Cobwebs and Cauldrons Moot. Venue: White Horse Pub, Chadwell Heath, Essex. Moot takes place on the first Tuesday of every month. 7.30pm start. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/

Wednesday 5 August; Free Outdoor Event – Guided Meditation and Picnic Social with Himesh and the London Spirituality Meetup Group in Regents Park. Meet at Regents Park tube at 6.40pm to walk to St Johns Lodge. Free event but bring water and a picnic and something to sit on. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity

Thursday 6 August; ‘The Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magick’. Lecture by Dr Al Cummins. Venue: Treadwell’s, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets £7. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 6 August; I Met a Monk: 8 Weeks to Happiness, Freedom and Peace.Talk and book signing by Rose Elliot at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Thursday 6 August; Fortnightly Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) at an evening with talks and a meditation. Venue: Treadwell’s, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Price: £5 on the door. For more details, visit http://thedruidorder.org/druidorder/Meetings.html

Friday 7 August; Open Evening at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 5pm-9pm. Cost: £20. Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 8 August; Meet the Archetypes: Tarot. Workshop with Suzanne Corbie. Venue: Treadwell’s, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am – 5.30pm. Tickets £55. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 9 August; PFL Lammas Family Picnic at Coram’s Fields, 93 Guildford Street, London WC1N. Family gathering for the festival of first harvest – bring some picnic food to share. Coram’s Fields is a children’s playground and adults are only allowed with accompanying children. Starts at noon. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/527764950708771/

Sunday 9 August; Lughnasadh, also known as Lammas, Celebration on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, between 12.30pm and 12.45pm to prepare the site ready for a prompt 1pm start. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. All are welcome.

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