This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here is a listing of events over the next week or so that could be of interest to pagans. Most are in London and nearby, because that is where I live, but I also list a few others in southern England. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at [email protected]. 

Now to 30 September; Austin Osman Spare exhibition at the Last Tuesday Society. Venue: Viktor Wynd’s Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Now to the end of 2017; Poppets, Pins and Power – an exhibition on the craft of cursing at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall. http://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/

Now to 31 December; The London Stone on Display. Venue: Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN. Free exhibition during museum opening ours. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london

Wednesday 12 July; Stillness and Meditation at Mandeville Place. Venue: School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place, London. Free lunchtime event starting 1pm. https://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/

Wednesday 12 July; Let’s Meditate – group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Starts 6pm. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Thursday 13 July; Stone Cradle. Talk and book signing with Patrice Chaplin. Venue: 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 13 July; Why Ragnarök is Going to Happen. Talk by Carolyne Larrington at 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 14 July; Holistic Sound Bath Meditation – Summoning The Sacred (forthnightly ceremonial gathering). Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Coopers Yard, Crystal Palace, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7pm. Entry £15/£12. https://www.facebook.com/events/258027784679834

Friday 14 July; Oasis of Sound – Sound Bath and Mantra with Anne Malone. Organised by the Oasis of Sound Meetup Group. Venue: The Life Centre Islington, Brittania Row, London. Tickets £15. Time: 7.30pm. Details: https://www.meetup.com/Oasis-of-Sound-Sound-Bath-n-Sound-Scape/

Friday 14 July; Open Circle every Friday for anyone wishing to develop their psychic and mediumistic abilities. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 7.30pm. Cost: £3. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Saturday 15 July; Taster Workshop to Learn the Druid Craft Tarot. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Rd, London, SE9 6SH. Time: noon. Tickets £20. For details or to book a place email [email protected] or call 020 8850 7803.

Saturday 15 July; Magical Bloomsbury Walking Tour with Christina Oakley Harrington. Meet at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Ticket price £15. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 16 July; Chakra Clear and Balance Play-Shop.  A therapeutic journey through each of the main seven chakras. Venue: Cowdray Hall, Parkway, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0AW. Time: 9.30am–5pm. Cost: £110 including healthy lunch. Details: [email protected] or 07551 920788 http://www.ngtherapy.co.uk/workshops-classes/chakra-clear-balance-play-shop/

Sunday 16 July; London Loves Nature Kew Gardens Walk to look at medicinal plants. Venue:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London TW9 3AB. Time: 10AM. Entry You will have to buy your own ticket to get into Kew, but the walk itself costs £1. https://www.meetup.com/London-Loves-Nature/

Sunday 16 July; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: https://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Sunday 16 July; Shamanic workshop. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-4pm. Cost: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 16 July; Drum circle at Lambeth Country Fair organised by South London Red Tent. Venue Brockwell Park, South London. Time: 1.:30pm. https://www.meetup.com/South-London-Red-Tent/events/241511382/

Sunday 16 July; Birthday ceremony of Goddess Isis – River Thames Ritual in London for 2017 with London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Thames near Richmond. Meet at Hollyhock Cafe, Terrace gardens, Petersham Road, London TW10 6UX at 1.30pm to walk to the riverbank at 2pm. Cost: £3 You must reserve a place in advance. Wear outdoor clothes and bring food and drink to share. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Sunday 16 July; The Ageless Wisdom For Everyone. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 2pm. Entry: Donations welcome. Details: https://www.meetup.com/Theosophical-Society-in-London

Sunday 16 July; Woking Pagan Moot (every 3rd Sunday). Venue: Caffe Nero, Commercial Way, Woking, Surrey. Time: 2pm. Details on Facebook and meetup.

Sunday 16 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 17 July; How Quantum Science Explains Love, Death and the Meaning of Life. Talk by Amit Goswami organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL, Talk starts: 7pm. Tickets £10/£15 online. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 17 July; Magical Talismans and Sachets for the Young Urban Witch. Evening Mini-Workshop with Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 17 July; Pagan Pathfinders. Venue in Finchley, London N3. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/PaganPathfinders/

Tuesday 18 July; Witches Gathering. Venue: front bar of the Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, London WC1V 6BS. Starting for 7.30pm. onwards. Meets on the third Tuesday of each month. For any questions email [email protected] or visit http://www.witchfest.net/

Tuesday 18 July; Glamour and Mystery: 100 Years of the Cottingley Fairies, hosted by London Fortean Society and Conway Hall. (View The Coming of the Fairies on Amazon.) Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £8/£9.25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glamour-and-mystery-100-years-of-the-cottingley-fairies-tickets-34248160169

Tuesday 18 July; West Byfleet and Woking Monthly Moot. (Third Tuesday of each month) Venue: The Station Pub next to West Byfleet Station. Time: evening. More details can be found on NW Surrey Pagans  meetup group, or West Byfleet and Woking Moot’s Facebook page. Alternatively email [email protected]

Wednesday 19 July; Wendy Rule – Witch Songs – Acoustic Performance. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Ticket price £12. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Wednesday 19 July; More Mead Moot promoted by Pagan FutureFests. Venue: Hope Pub, 48 West Street, Carhsalton SM5 2PR. Time: from 7.30pm. Meets on the third Wednesday of each month. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/ http://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/

Thursday 20 July; Dada Jyotirupananda talking on Tantric meditation. Venue: 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 https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 20 July; Cochranian Tarot Philosophy with the London Wicca Meetup Group. Venue: tba, Time: 7pm. Details and reservations: https://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Thursday 20 July; House of Heron Drum Circle to Shamanic Journey. Venue: Caer Corhrain, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey, ME12 3SW. Time: 7.30pm. This takes place on the third Thursday each month. For more information visit http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Thursday 20 July; Conspiracy Theories are for Losers. Talk by Professor Uscinski at London Fortean Society. (View American Conspiracy Theories on Amazon.) Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Tickets £5. Time: 7.30pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/LondonForteanSociety/

Thursday 20 July; 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 21 July; Amanda Roberts Presents her Students at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10/£12. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 22 July; Peter Ackroyd Thames pub crawl with Minimum Labyrinth in aid of charity trees for cities.. A walking tour from Westminster to Rotherhithe, taking in 10 pubs’ worth of real ale, from 11am-9pm. Tickets £20 – all money goes to charity. http://www.minimumlabyrinth.org/peter-ackroyd-thames-pub-crawl.html

Saturday 22 July; Myth in the Tarot – Intermediate Workshop.  Day Workshop with Suzanne Corbie. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Tickets £70 (deposit £40). Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 23 July; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: https://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Sunday 23 July; The Kith of The Tree and The Well moot. Venue: The Horseshoe Inn, 26 Melior Street, London SE1 3QP. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/1575434692486979/

Sunday 23 July; Rose Quartz Crystal Healing with Wolf Sister. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Rd, London E9 7AD. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £30. http://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/

Sunday 23 July; Crossbones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard and the dead and wounded of the London Bridge attacks. Bring a flower, a ribbon, a totem or memento to tie to the shrine. Gather from 6.45pm for a 7pm start in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, London SE1 1TA. For more details, visit  http://crossbones.org.uk/

Note: I do not organise any of these events and am not responsible for them. I try to make sure the details on my listing are accurate, but I recommend contact the organisers of any event before turning up or for more information.

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