This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are some of the events taking place in London  and a few in other parts of England over the next week or so that could be of interest to pagans.

Now – 31 January 2016; Celts: Art and Identity Exhibition. Venue: Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery (Room 30), British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tickets £16.50, children under 16 free. Booking online at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/celts.aspx and by phone: 020 7323 8181

Thursday 7 January; Colouring for Contemplation. Talk signing by Amber Hatch and Alex Ogg 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 7 January; Gallery talk: Scanning Sobek: Mummy of the Crocodile God. Room 3, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. Free event that you can just turn up for. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Thursday 7 January; 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 8 January – Saturday 9 January; Stroud Wassail and 12th Night Revels in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Details and Tickets: http://stroudwassail.com/

Friday 8 January; An Introduction to Healing with Sacred Oils. Lecture by Felicity Warner. 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/

Friday 8 January; Group Healing Night with Crystal Bowl Sound Bath. Venue: Windsor Suite, Columbia Hotel, 95- 99 Lancaster Gate, W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Friday 8 January; Om Healing for Body, Mind and Soul with Light in London Meet-up Group. Venue: The Dhyana Centre, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Time: 8pm. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/

Saturday 9 January; Kenneth Grant Day followed by Starfire Publishing’s book launch party for Kenneth Grant: A Bibliographyby Professor Henrik Bogdan at Treadwell’s. Venue: Basement in Treadwell’s Bookshop, 33 Store St, WC1E 7BS, London. Time: 11am-5pm. Tickets for the day are £15. If you just want to go to the launch party in the evening, that is free you must reserve a place in advance. Details: https://www.treadwells-london.com/event/kenneth-grant-day/

Sunday 10 January; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity

Sunday 10 January; New Year New Moon Success Spell. Venue: Victory Park Mirror Maze, Fortune Walk, Stratford international, London E15 2ER. For time and more details: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Monday 11 January; Discovering The Divine Perfection Even In Your Imperfections. Talk by Jeff Foster. Venue: Alternatives. Venue: St James’s Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Talk: 7pm – 8.30pm. Tickets £15/£10 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 11 January; The Hidden People, Walthamstow, with London Dreamtime and Stow Tellers. Venue: St Mary’s Church, 8 Church End, London E17 9RJ. Price: £2/£3. For details email [email protected]. For more details, visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Monday 11 January; Group healing share with London Energy Share. Venue: Friends Meeting House, 52 St Martins Lane, London WC2N 4EA. Time: 7.15pm. £10, you must reserve a place in advance. http://www.meetup.com/londonenergyshare/

Tuesday 12 January; 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 12 January; The Astrological Year Ahead: 2016 with Demian Allan. 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/

Tuesday 12 January; Drumming Circle run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in Croydon, South London. The circle is held fortnightly starting at 7.30pm. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk/

Tuesday 12 January;  UFOs – Fact or Fantasy. Talk by Ian Ridpath, author of books varying from Life off Earth – an Illustrated guide to Life in Spaceto A Dictionary of AstronomyVenue: LG01, Professor Stuart Hall Building, Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Time: 6.10pm. Attendance is free and there is no need to book in advance. For further information, visit http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru/speakers or contact Duncan Colvin (email: [email protected]).

Tuesday 12 January; Wimbledon Pub Social organised by Mani for London Woodland Witches. Venue: The Wibbas Down Inn, 6-12 Gladstone Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1QT. Time: 7pm. Details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Tuesday 12 January; Magical Lives with Robin Cousins at Nova Stellar Wicca Meet-Up Group for genuine seekers to the Craft. Venue is normally a pub in London, but the location for this event will only be shown to members of the closed group. Door open 7pm, talk starts 8.30pm. You must reserve a place in advance by emailing [email protected]. The group normally meets on the second Tuesday of each month. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472510443017948/

Wednesday 13 January; South Essex Red Tent. Women only event. Venue: Fairkytes Art Centre, 51 Billet Lane, Hornchurch, Essex. Time: 8pm. Suggested donation to cover costs is £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/576680125818875/

Thursday 14 January; Gallery talk: The everyday life of the Celts. Room 50, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. Free event that you can just turn up for. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Thursday 14 January; Enfield Town Circle Pagan Moot. Venue: Crown and Horseshoes pub, 15 Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 6PZ. Time: 7pm to 11pm. This moot takes place on the 2nd Thursday of every month. For more details join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Thursday 14 January; Thursday Psychic and Spiritual Circle hosted by Rain and Karen. Venue: Fairkytes Art Centre, London RM11 1AX. Time: 7pm-9pm. Cost per head £8 and includes refreshments. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/112130845830269/

Thursday 14 January; Middle Pillar Ritual. Evening workshop with Marysia Kay. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm to 9.15pm. Ticket price £15 in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 14 January; Unprepared to Die. Talk a talk from Paul Slade on murder ballads at South East London Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King’s Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £3/£1.50 concessions. Time: 8pm. Meetings are normally the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/ To guarantee a seat, email [email protected]

Thursday 14 January; Men and Women of Heron Drum Circle. Venue: Caer Corhrain, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey ME12 3SW. Time: 7.30pm. For more information visit http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Friday 15 January; Lecture: The National Eisteddfod of Wales: a cultural celebration 1176–2015. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.30pm. Free event but booking essential. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Friday 15 January; Lecture: Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies as Votives, Souvenirs and Specimens. Venue: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.30pm. Free event but booking essential. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Friday 15 January; Enchantment – An Evening of Chant and Mantra with Stewart Pearce. 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/

Friday 15 January; Om Healing for Body, Mind and Soul with Light in London Meet-up Group. Venue: The Dhyana Centre, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Time: 8pm. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/

Saturday 16 January; Intuitive Development for Tarot (Intermediate). Workshop with Sue Merlyn. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am – 5.30pm. Cost £60. Deposit £35, balance of £25 due on the day. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 17 January; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity

Sunday 17 January; 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.

Note: I do not organise any of these events so please check with the organisers about tickets and timings before turning up to anything listed on my blog. I try to keep my listings accurate, but do not always know of late changes, cancellations or ticket availability. If you know of an event you want listed, or notice a correction that needs to be made, email me at [email protected]

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