This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London and a few in other parts of southern England over the next week or so that could be of interest to pagans. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at [email protected].

Now – 29 July 2016; Scholar, Courtier, Magician: the lost library of John Dee. London exhibition. Venue: Royal College of Physicians, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4LE. Entry free. Opening times vary but normally only Monday-Friday until 5pm, visit the website for details: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/events

Now – 12 September; Austin Osman Spare – A Major Retrospective. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art and Natural History, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Now to 30 September; Folklore, Magic and Mysteries: Modern Witchcraft and Folk Culture in Britain – exhibition of artefacts, manuscripts and documents from the Doreen Valiente Foundation. Venue: Preston Manor, Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD. Time: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 2-5pm. Free entry to exhibition with Preston Manor admission (adult £5.85, child (5-15) £3.15). Details: http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/prestonmanor/

Thursday 2 June; Secrets of the 5000-Year-Old Toltec Wisdom Path. Lecture by Sergio Magana. 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/

Thursday 2 June; Spiritual and Psychic Circle – Tasseography or tealeaf reading workshop. Venue: Willow Herbal Centre, 2 The Dr, RM3 0DU Essex. Time: 7pm. Cost: £8. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/567533260096188/

Thursday 2 June; Liber XXV: The Star Ruby Evening Workshop with Marco Visconti. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm start. Ticket price £15. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 3 June; Living the Truth of Awakening in the Midst of Everyday Life. Lecture by Amoda Maa. 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 3 June; Photography and Nazi Pagan Dreams. Lecture by Christopher Webster van Tonder. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm to 9pm. Ticket price £8. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 4 June; The London Tarot Festival hosted by the UK Tarot Conference and The Atlantis Bookshop. Venue: The Islington Ecology Centre and Gillespie Park Nature Reserve, 191 Drayton Park, London, N5 1PH. Time: 10am-5.30pm. Tickets £11.99 on the door, or in advance from Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum St, London. For more details, call 01843 847803, email: [email protected] or visit the website: http://tarotconference.co.uk/tarot-festival/

Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5; Psychology of the Sacred – Integrating Opposites Weekend Workshop with Vivianne and Chris Crowley. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Price: £120 (£65 deposit, balance due on first day). Times: Sat 10.30am-5.30pm, Sun 10.30am-5pm. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5; London Alchemy – a series of salons on alchemy and magic in Brompton Cemetery Chapel, organised by A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Talks include Secrets and Wisdom of the Sorcerers, the Tarot Decks of Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare and Alchemy of the Psyche – Paracelsus and Jung. Tickets £12-£15 per session, including one Hendrick’s Gin cocktail and a 20% donation toward renovation projects at Brompton Cemetery. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Fulham Road, London. Details and tickets: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/alchemyatbrompton.html

Saturday 4 June; The Upminster Sanctuary Open Day – a chance to try out mini treatments. Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary Pea Lane Upminster Essex, UK, RM14 2XH. Time: 11am-4pm. No charge for mini treatments, but donations are welcome and booking advised. Email [email protected] or 01708 251124 https://www.facebook.com/events/1683803895216091/

Saturday 4 June; Awaken Your Hero – Greenwich – Free Afternoon Workshop.Venue: Devonport House, Greenwich, London. Time: 2.30pm-5.30pm. Free, but you must book tickets in advance: http://www.academyofgreatness.co.uk/Awaken_Your_Hero.html

Saturday 4 June; William Blake’s Songs of Innocence. Live performance. Venue: Deptford Cinema, 39 Deptford Broadway, London SE8 4PQ. Time: 4.30pm. Tickets £5. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/EGFLLEhttps://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/EGFLLE

Sunday 5 June; 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 5 June; Family storytelling at Vauxhall City Farm with Vanessa Woolf and George Hoyle of London Dreamtime. Free event. Starts at 2pm. For more detials email [email protected] or visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Monday 6 June; Embodying the Power of Love. Talk by Shiva Rea. Venue: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm. Talk: 7pm – 9pm. Tickets £15/£10 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Tuesday 7 June; Meet and Greet followed by Storytelling open circle, run by Behind The Veil – Shamanism, Venue: Organic Down to Earth Cafe, 240-242 High Street Kensington, London W8 6ND. The Meet and Greet is from 6pm-7pm and is free. The storytelling starts at 7pm and entry is £20. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Behind-The-Veil-Shamanism/

Tuesday 7 June; Working in the Energetic Realms to Influence the Physical World. Talk by Abby Wynne. 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 7 June; Healing Energy Workshop: Healing Body Activation with the Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meetup Group. Venue: St Stephen’s Church Hall, 48 Emperor’s Gate, London SW7 4HJ. Time:7pm. Cost £10. http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Tuesday 7 June; Meditation for Action – New Avenues for Conscious Discernment. Lecture by Angus Jenkinson. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm – 9pm. Entry £3.50 (£1 concessions, students and under 25s). No bookings required – just turn up. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Tuesday 7 June; Cobwebs and Cauldrons Moot. Joanne will be talking about Domnu, ancient British Goddess who is Lady of the Oceans, Queen of the Deep, Woman of the Springs and Wells. Venue: Romford White Horse Pub, 118 High Road, RM6 6NU. Entry £4. Moot takes place on the first Tuesday of every month. 7.30pm start.

Tuesday 7 June; Witches’ Inn Gathering. Venue: The Feathers Hotel in Merstham, Surrey RH1 3EA. Starts at 8pm. Moots are the first Tuesday of each month. For more details and to reserve a place visit: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Witches-Inn/1568424150049437

Wednesday, 8 June; Discussion Forum at the Society for Psychical Research. Venue: Society for Psychical Research HQ, 1 Vernon Mews, London W14 0RL.  Time: 6pm to 9pm,  Details: http://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info

Wednesday, 8 June; Visionary Epigenetics and The Meaningfulness of Altered States hosted by The Shamanic Lands. Venue: Rudolph Steiner House Theatre, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm. Tickets: £15. Details: http://www.theshamaniclands.com/

Wednesday, 8 June; Hendricks Museum Tour – Join Viktor Wynd, proprietor of the museum for tour and a glass of gin. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art and Natural History, 11 Mare St, London, E8 4RP. Time 6.30pm-7.30pm. Tickets: £10 or £15 for 2 tickets including a Hendricks G&T. Details and tickets: http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/listings/event

Wednesday, 8 June; Evening with Kurikindi, Amazonian Shaman from Ecuador: The Path of a Shaman. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Starts: 7pm. Tickets: £25 per person. Advannce booking essential. Tel: 020 7405 2120 or email [email protected].

Wednesday, 8 June; Palmistry Workshop with The Summerland Pagans. Venue: 92a, London Road, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead. Time: 7pm. Tickets £20. Details: http://www.meetup.com/The-Summerland-Pagans/

Wednesday, 8 June; Healing Share 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

Wednesday, 8 June; Open to love: Heart Chakra Meditation with Sound Journey run by Himesh with the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Columbia Hotel (Regency Suite), 95 – 99 Lancaster Gate W2 3NS,. Time: 7pm. Tickets £15. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Thursday 9 June;  Shakespeare and the Stars: The Hidden Astrological Keys to Understanding the World’s Greatest Playwright.Talk and book signing with Priscilla Costello at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Thursday 9 June; 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 9 June; 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 9 June; Talk about Bedlam by Catharine Arnold 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]

Friday 10 June; Lecture: Britain begins: the first 11,000 years. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £5/£3. For more details visit:  https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Friday 10 June; The Magick of H.P. Lovecraft’s Fiction. A talk by Frater Walpurgis. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Starts: 7pm. Tickets: £10 per person. Advannce booking essential. Tel: 020 7405 2120 or email [email protected].

Friday 10 June; Crystal Mindfulness. Talk by Judy Hall 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 10 June; Wendy Rule Friday Concert: Songs of Darkness. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm for 7.30pm start. Ticket price £13. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 11 June; Magical Astrology with Cat Cox – Fire and the Fire Houses. Day workshop at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Starts: 11am. Tickets: £55 per person. Advannce booking essential. Tel: 020 7405 2120 or email [email protected].

Saturday 11 June; Wendy Rule Friday Concert: Songs of Light. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm for 7.30pm start. Ticket price £13. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 12 June; Shamanic Pathways Workshop. Venue: Hedgewitch House, Chingford Hatch. E46NW, Time: 10am-5pm.  Tickets: £40. To book: 07778391925. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1099962530060765/

Sunday 12 June; Candle Magic Afternoon Workshop run by myself, Lucya Starza. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm to 3.15pm. Ticket price £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 12 June; Meditation and Hyde Park Summer Social with London Spirituality Meetup Group. Meet at Starbucks, Green Street, W1K 6WY at 12.30pm before walking to Hyde Park at 1pm. Bring a packed lunch and something to sit on. Free event but you must reserve a place in advance. http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity/

Note: I do not organise any of these events except my candle magic workshop on June 12, 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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