This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London and other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans.

Now to Sunday 19 July. Numinous – photographic exhibition by Sara Hannant inspired by the tradition of offering votive rags at Cornwall’s Holy Wells. Venue: Forty Hill, Enfield EN2 9HA. Free to enter, opening times: Tuesday–Friday 11am–5pm, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays noon–5pm. For more details, call 020 8363 8196 or visit: http://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk/

Friday 17 July; Crystal Interaction with the Human Energy Field. Lecture by Harry Oldfield. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £10/£12 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 18 July; Earth Day Workshop – Sacred Connection and Drumming With The Spirits of Mother Earth run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in Croydon, South London. Time: 11am-4pm. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk/

Saturday 18 July; Starting Out in Tarot. Day Workshop with Sue Merlyn. Venue: Treadwell’s, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Price: £55 (£30 deposit, balance due on the day). Time: 10.45am start. Ends 5.30pm. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 18 July; The Hero’s Journey – Exploring the Sun in the Astrological Chart. Workshop with Cat Cox at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time 11am-5pm. Cost £55. To reserve a place, contact Bali on either 020 7405 2120 or [email protected]

Saturday 18 July; Learn Reiki Healing Level 1 Day Class with Sensing Energy and Intuition Development. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 10am start. £50. For more details and to reserve a place visit http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Sunday 19 July; The Highgate Vampire Symposium 2015. Talks from David Farrant, Geraldine Beskin and other supernatural and folklore experts. Venue: the haunted theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate. Time: 1pm-8pm. Tickets: £12/£10 Concessions. Details: http://highgatevampire2015.uk

Sunday 19 July; LGBTQ Discussion Group with Pagan Federation London. Venue: Treadwell’s Books, 33 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 2pm-5pm. For more details, visit http://london.paganfed.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1382323595402518/

Sunday 19 July; 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.

Monday 20 July; The Wyrd Sisters, Runes and Divination. Norse inspired session hosted by Pagan Pathfinders. Location in Finchley, London, shown only to members. Time: 7.30pm. Details at: https://www.facebook.com/PaganPathfinders

Monday 20 July; Divine I Am Transmission and Activation with Vaz of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 7pm. Cost: £20. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Monday 20 July; 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/

Monday 20 July; A Meditative Musical Adventure with Tom Fortes Mayer, author of The Freemind Experience.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/

Monday 20 July; 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/

Tuesday 21 July; Hoodoo: African-American Magic. Lecture with Lisa Mead – Dr Beetle. Venue: Treadwell’s, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Tickets £7. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tuesday 21 July; Sound Meditation. Venue: Goose Green Clinic, 57 East Dulwich Road, London SE22 9AP. Time: 10.45am. Cost:£12/£10. More information and booking: http://www.meetup.com/Holistic-SoundBath-Meditation-Summoning-The-Sacred-Dulwich/

Tuesday 21 July; New Pagan Moot. Venue: Souk Medina Tea Room, 1a Short’s Gardens, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9AT. Time: 6pm-9pm. Free event. http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/

Tuesday 21 July; Magic and the Supernatural in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods – Cardiff University Postgraduate Conference. Venue: Cardiff University, CF10 3XQ. Time: 9am – 7.30pm. Free event, but tickets essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magic-and-the-supernatural-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-periods-tickets-17209729765?

Tuesday 21 July; Children of Artemis Central London Monthly Moot Meeting. Venue: Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London. Time: 6pm. Gathering meeting up on the last Tuesday of the month, venue permitting. https://www.facebook.com/pages/CoA-Central-London-Gathering/505714086232636?

Wednesday 22 July; Mary Magdalen’s Feast Day at Crossbones. Venue: Crossbones Garden, Redcross Way, London SE1 1HA. Lunchtime/early afternoon. Free. Donations welcome. For more information on the BOST events contact Nicola: [email protected] or visit http://www.bost.org.uk/ Also visit: http://www.crossbones.org.uk/

Wednesday 22 July; 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 23 July; Crossbones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. Gather from 6.45pm for a 7pm start in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, SE1 1TA, opposite the Boot and Flogger pub, just north of the junction with Union Street. Nearest tubes Borough or London Bridge. The event is free, but donations are welcome. For more details, visit http://www.crossbones.org.uk/

Thursday 23 July; How to Find Heaven:Your Guide to the Afterlife book signing and talk with Theresa Cheung 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 23 July; 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

Thursday 23 July; Sacred heart Awakening: Relationship Healing with Aang of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday 24 July – 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

Friday 24 July; Gallery talk: Even more Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Venue: Room 4, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. Free event, just drop in. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Friday 24 July; Group Healing Night: Sacred Mother Earth and Crystal Bowl Bath with the London College of Spirituality. All Welcome. Venue: Windsor Suite, Columbia Hotel, 95- 99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15. Details and sign-up: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday 24 July; An Evening of Mediumship with Daniel Pitt, Maria Antoniou and Gary Wright. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.45pm. Cost: £10/£12 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 25 July; Occult London: Guided Walk with Delianne Forget organised through Treadwell’s bookshop. Meet 2pm at a central London tube station – details given after you book. Price: £10. Call 020 7419 8507. For further details: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 25 July; Lore and Mysteries of Lammas. A one-day course on symbolism, folklore, custom and magic by Suzanne Corbie at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am – 5.30pm. Cost £55, advance booking and deposit essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: [email protected]. http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 25 July; Autumn Youth Workshop hosted by The Pagan Federation London. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time 12.20pm-5pm. Cost £6 PF members, £8 all others. For more details, visit http://london.paganfed.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1605956043019323/

Sunday 26 July; “O Hear the Voice of the Bard” Workshop in Greenwich with Oak Druid Order. Meet at 2.30pm in front of The Greenwich Picture House, 180 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8NN. Details: http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/. Details: http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/

Sunday 26 July; Palmistry workshop with Cobwebs at Cauldrons at Unit 137, Romford Shopping Hall, 43 Market Place, Romford RM1 3AB. Price: £20 per person, deposit required to secure a place. Time: 11am. Visit http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/ or email [email protected]

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