This Week's Pagan Events In & Near London

Here are events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK over the next week of 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 – 28 October. Roman Dead. Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands. Venue: No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. Free entry.  https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands/whats-on/exhibitions/roman-dead

Wednesday 4 July; Time to Meditate – group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Arrive 6pm for 6.10pm start. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Wednesday 4 July; How to F The Fear and Do It Anyway. Workshop with Starling. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 4 July; Singer, Shaman, Sage: Exploring the Ways of the Druids with Philip Carr-Gomm, Leader of the OBOD. Venue:  42 Acres,  66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/type/wisdom-keepers-series/

Thursday 5 July; Spiritual Awakening and the Roar of Love. Talk by Michael Rodrigeuz. 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/

Friday 6 July; Special morning tour: an introduction to ancient Egypt. Venue: Room 4, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 8.50am. Tickets £30. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Friday 6 July; Holistic Sound Bath Meditation – Summoning The Sacred (weekly ceremonial gathering). Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Coopers Yard, Crystal Palace, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7pm. Entry £15/£13. https://www.facebook.com/summoningthesacredsound/
Friday 6 July; An Evening of Animal Healing with Elizabeth Whiter. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm start. Cost: £14/£12. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 6 July; Seven Moons: Moon 3. Event organised with the Wicca Meetup Group. Venue: A Central London pub. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Friday 6 July; Alexandrian Witchcraft Soirée. Venue in North London. Time: 8pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/203333867152916/

Saturday 7 July; The Enchanted Market Summer Spectacular. Pagan festival with stalls, entertainment, talks, readings and refreshments. Venue: The Enchanted Market, Bull Lane, Bracknell, RG42 2LN. Time: 10am-1145pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/154658555317460/

Saturday 7 July; Gods and Goddesses of Nature in Ancient Mexico – gallery talk. Venue: Room 27, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free, just turn up. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday 7 July; Night of the Cradle- Birth of the Goddess Isis Ceremony and Picnic with London Woodland Witches, Pagans and Ritual Magicians. Venue: Richmond. Meet at Hollyhock Cafe, Terrace Gardens, Petersham Road, Richmond TW10 6UX at 3pm. Cost: £3.· Wear outdoor clothes, something to sit on and bring food and drink. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Sunday 8 July; From the Roots to the Crown of Yggdrasil. A full-day workshop on myths and runes with Andreas Kornevall. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 10am start. Cost: £75/£95. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 8 July; Shamanism Healer Training – Healing with Trees, includes outdoor work. Workshop with Shamanism and Evolving Consciousness. Meet outside Madame Tussauds, Marylebone Road, · London. Time: 10.15am-5.15pm. Tickets £75. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/

Sunday 8 July; The British Museum and the Awakening of English Magic. Walking tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am. Ticket price £18. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 8 July; The Secret Doctrine Study Day at the Theosophical Society in London. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 11am-5pm. Donations welcome. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Sunday 8 July; Summer Earthkin Moot. Family-friendly pagan gathering. Venue: Private address near Turnpike Lane, London. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/330444164161405/

Sunday 8 July; Barefoot in the Woods – Wild Women’s Temple and Fire Ceremony with Wild Women Gatherings London. Venue: Forest Hill, London SE23 (details sent to those attending – advance booking essential). Donations welcome. Time: 3pm. https://www.meetup.com/WILD-WOMEN-CIRCLES-LONDON/

Monday 9 July; The Magi and the Magic of Ancient Persia. Members’ lecture. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £15. There is also a live screening of this talk at the same time in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, tickets £8. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Monday 9 July; More Together Than Alone. Talk by Mark Nepo at Alternatives. Venue: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £10/£15 online. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Tuesday 10 July; Wisdom Keeper Series: Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Activism; Panel and Maori Martial Arts Workshop. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/type/wisdom-keepers-series/

Tuesday 10 July; Nova Stellar Presents an Evening with Rufus Harrington. Venue: The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DB. Time: Doors open 7pm, talk starts at 8pm. Entry £3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472510443017948/

Tuesday 10 July; Healing Ceremony to Heal the Ancestral Mind and Body, with the Shamanism and Evolving Consciousness Meet-up Group. Venue: Neal’s Yard Meeting Rooms, 14 Neal’s Yard
Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DP. Time: 7pm. Cost: £25. https://www.meetup.com/Shamanism-and-Evolving-Consciousness/

Wednesday, 11 July; Yoga Pantajal. Talk by Yogiraj Siddhanath. Venue: Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Wednesday, 11 July; Time to Meditate – group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Arrive 6pm for 6.10pm start. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london

Wednesday, 11 July; Cancer New Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: Sessions at 7-8pm and 8.30-9.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Thursday 12 July; The Magic of Medicine: Faith and Healing – A History: Walking Tour by Discover Medical London / Royal College of Physicians Museum. Venue: Royal College Of Physicians, 11 Saint Andrews Place, London, NW1 4LE. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-magic-of-medicine-faith-and-healing-a-history-walking-tour-tickets-45018312986?

Thursday 12 July; The Secret Language of the Renaissance. Talk by Richard Stemp. 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 12 July; Exploring Tarot with Yoga, with Anastasia. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Thursday 12 July; Wisdom Keepers: Mayan Culture and Sacred Cacao Ceremony. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/type/wisdom-keepers-series/

Thursday 12 July; Lore of Dormice and The Mystic Mandrake. Talk by Christopher Josiffe 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: £5/£1.50 concessions. Time: 8pm. (Meetings are normally the second Thursday of each month.) https://www.facebook.com/groups/2438110887/ To guarantee a seat, email [email protected]

Friday 13 July; Agrippa and the Three Books of Occult Philosophy: Witches Banquet Grain Moon at the Wiccan Moot. Venue: Souk Medina, 1a Shorts Gardens, London WC2H. Time: 6.15pm. Advance booking recommended. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wicca/

Friday 13 July; Raise your Witch Power! New Moon Ritual with London Woodland Witches, Pagans and Ritual Magicians. Venue: Queens Woods, Highgate. Meet in the patio area of The Woodman Pub, Archway Road, Highgate at 7pm to walk to the woods at 7.15pm. Cost: £3.· Wear outdoor clothes, something to sit on and bring food and drink. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Friday 13 July; Siberian Shamanic Ecstatic Dance with Tara Aharata. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. www.aho.community

Friday 13 July; The Secret History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult. A walking tour with storyteller Nigel hosted by Funzing. Meet at Saint Paul’s Churchyard, London, EC4M 8BX. Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Tickets: £12. https://uk.funzing.com/funz/the-secret-history-of-magic-witchcraft-the-occult-17554

Saturday 14 July; Poppets and Magical Dolls in Folk Magic: A Practical Workshop Afternoon mini-workshop with me Lucya Starza. This workshop is based on my book Pagan Portals – Poppets and Magical Dolls. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm start. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 14 July; Horn of Plenty Workshop. A day working with Elen, Ceres and Fortuna, the Goddesses of Abundance and Opportunity, hosted by Caroline Wise and Carrie Kirkpatrick in North London. Price £55 inc refreshments. For details email [email protected].

Saturday 14 July; Book signing to mark the launch of Pagan Portals – Poppets and Magical Dolls. I will be signing copies of my new book in the main shop at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Free event. Turn up any time from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. You  are encouraged to book a free ticket in advance: https://www.treadwells-london.com/event/signing-poppets-and-magical-dolls/ Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday, 15 July; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot (normally on the third Sunday of each month). Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm-6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/

Sunday, 15 July; Shamanic workshop. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-4pm. Cost: £10, bring your own lunch. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Please note: I am not responsible for any of these events except my own poppet workshop and book signing. Although I try to make sure my listings are accurate, I do not always know of late changes or ticket availability. Please contact the organiser of any event before turning up. If you spot something that needs correcting on my blog, please email [email protected].

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