This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

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

Wednesday 3 May; 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/

Wednesday 3 May; Healing With the Tao. Talk with Mantak Chia organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL, Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £10/£15 online. For more details and to book tickets http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Wednesday 3 May; The Ancient Wisdom Teachings. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Entry: Donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/Theosophical-Society-in-London/

Wednesday 3 May; Chill Out with Rachael of Welford Wellbeing. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Rd, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. http://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/

Wednesday 3 May; Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub – Is it Time to Ditch the Tin Foil Hat? What psychology can tell us about belief in conspiracy theories. Talk by Christopher Thresher-Andrews. Venue: The Star and Garter, 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NY. Time: 7.30pm. Details: http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/

Thursday 4 May; Mood, UFOs and the Supernatural. Talk about the changing emotional landscape of the UFO by Greg Eghigian. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London WC1N 1JD. Time: 6pm. Tickets free but must be booked online: qmulemotions.eventbrite.com

Thursday 4 May; Soul Story: Evolution and the Purpose of Life. Talk and book signing with Tim Freke. 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 4 May; LDN Talks at Night: Beyond Ayahuasca. Venue: 182 Stoke Newington Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. http://uk.funzing.com/funz/10131/

Thursday 4 May; Tantra and Trance Possession Tantra History Lecture 2 with Phil Hine. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Ticket price £8. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 5 May; Unconditional Self-Love: The Key to Healing, True Love. Lecture by Blake Bauer at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Cost: £14/£16. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 5 May; Earthstars Group Meeting. Earthstars group, The Perpetual Choirs and the Earthstar. Multimedia presentation by Giles Bryant and Chris Street. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT. Time: doors open 7pm, talk at 7.30pm. Entry £12.  https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Friday 5 May; Holistic Sound Bath Meditation – Summoning The Sacred. Venue Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Coopers Yard, Crystal Palace, SE19 1TN. Entry £25. https://www.facebook.com/events/751432495029980/

Saturday 6 May – Tuesday 23 May; Hay House World Summit 2017. Series of free online talks on mind, body, spirit subjects. For more details and to sign up visit: https://www.hayhouseworldsummit.com/

Saturday 6 – Sunday 7 May; For Good or For Ill: How Has Religion Shaped Society? Weekend of talks, part of a year-long festival called Belief and Beyond Belief about what it means to be human. Venue: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Weekend tickets £25. More details and booking: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/belief-and-beyond-belief

Saturday 6 – Sunday 7 May; Elements of Magic Weekend Intensive in Glastonbury. Journeying together through air, fire, water, earth and spirit, we will work with the tools of trance, movement, sound, silence, divination and more. This is the first of the four core classes of Reclaiming, a tradition of Witchcraft. Venue: Close to centre of Glastonbury, Somerset. Cost : £130-£200 sliding scale
More details https://www.facebook.com/events/425824621094319/ or contact [email protected]

Saturday 6 May: Workshop with Tim Addey: Orpheus, Plato and Myths of Initiation hosted by New Acropolis UK. Venue: New Acropolis UK, 19 Compton Terrace, Lodnon N1 2UN. Time: 10.15am – 5.30pm. Tickets £45. newacropolisuk.org

Saturday 6 May; Chants for Enchantment – Afternoon Mini-workshop with Hannah Sanders. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 3pm. Ticket price £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 7 May; 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 7 May; Beltane/May Day on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Open ritual hosted by Jeremy Morgan, the Druid of Wormwood Scrubbs. Venue: The Hawthorne Grove, Primrose Hill, Regents Park, London NW1. Gather at 12.45pm for 1pm start, ends at around 2.30pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm.

Sunday 7 May; Call of The Ancestors walking meditation organised by London Practical Witchcraft Theory and Practice. Meet at Stepping Stones Pub, Westhumble Street, Nr Dorking, RH5 6BS at 1pm to later walk to attune with nature. Donations welcome. Bring a picnic. https://www.meetup.com/Grove-of-The-Green-Goddess/

Sunday 7 May; Woodland Beltane Gathering and Maypole Dancing with London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Outdoor location Queen’s Woods, Highgate. North London. Meet at The Woodmans’ pub garden  from 1pm then go to the woods at 2pm. Cost £3. You must be a member of this group and 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 7 May; 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 7 May; Let’s Meet Up in the Dance with the Movement Medicine Women’s Circle, Venue: Siobhan Dance Studio, 85 St George’s Rd, London SE1 6ER,. Time: 3pm. Entry £15. https://www.meetup.com/Movement-Medicine-Womens-Circle/

Sunday 7 May; The Laws of Nature. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 4pm. Entry: Donations welcome. Details: https://www.meetup.com/Theosophical-Society-in-London/

Monday 8 May; Living Gracefully in Changing Times. Talk by Miranda Macpherson, author of The Journey Home, organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL, Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £8/£12 online. For more details and to book tickets http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 8 May; London Energy Share – Healing Share, Venue: The Skylight Centre, 49 Corsica Street London N5 1JT. Time: 7pm. Cost £10. https://www.meetup.com/londonhealingshare/

Monday 8 May; Sex and the Sea Priestess: Dion Fortune’s Quest for a Western Tantra. Lecture by James North. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Ticket price £8. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tuesday 9 May; Austin Osman Spare private view of new exhibition. Event by The Last Tuesday Society. Venue: Viktor Wynd’s Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets free but must be booked in advance. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/austin-osman-spare-an-exhibition-the-hendricks-private-view-tickets-32664825372

Tuesday 9 May; South London Wicca Meetup. Nova Stellar Presents an Evening With Terry Dobney. Venue: The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DB. Time: Doors open 7pm, talk starts at 8pm. Entry £3. You must be a member of the meetup group to reserve a place on this event: http://www.meetup.com/South-London-Wicca-Meetup/

Wednesday 10 May; 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 10 May; 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/

Wednesday 10 May; The Ancient Wisdom Teachings. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Entry: Donations welcome. Details: https://www.meetup.com/Theosophical-Society-in-London/

Wednesday 10 May; Smokey Quartz Full Moon Magic with Wolf Sister. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Rd, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. http://www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk/

Thursday 11 May; Witchcraft of Enchantment for the solitary witch Moon Two. London venue, details tba. Time: 7pm. Details and reservations: https://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Thursday 11 May; The Druid Order Open Meeting. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £5. http://druidorder.macmate.me/meetings.html

Thursday 11 May; Chambers of Light Ceremony – Shamanic Journey Skills Needed – with Behind The Veil – Shamanism. Venue: The Hall, St Philips Church, Earls Court Road, London W8 6QH. Time: 7.30pm. Price: £28. https://www.meetup.com/Behind-The-Veil-Shamanism/

Thursday 11 May, Bedlam. Talk by Catharine Arnold 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 12 May; 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: Afternoon (tba) Details: https://www.meetup.com/Oasis-of-Sound-Sound-Bath-n-Sound-Scape/

Friday 12 May; Gallery Talk – More Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Venue: Room 4, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free, just turn up. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Friday 12 May; Looking After a Loved One or Friend Nearing the End of Life. Lecture by Felicity Warner at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Cost: £14/£16. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 May; Crystal Angel Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Rd, London, SE9 6SH. Tickets: £20/£40. Time: 11am-4pm. For details or to book a place email [email protected] or call 020 8850 7803.

Saturday 13 May; Crossed Palms Psychic Fayre hosted by Crossed Palms. Stalls, readers, talks and workshops. Proceeds will be going to The Children’s Trust. This is an event run in tandem with The Witches Inn. Venue: Q’s, 9 Queensway, Redhill, RH1 1QT. Time: 11am – 5pm. Free admission. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1833284793660753/

Sunday 14 May; 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 14 May; Pagan Pride London hosted by The Pagan Federation London. Starts at: Russell Square, London. Time: 1pm – 5pm. Free public event. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1778613145801243/  and http://london.paganfed.org/

Sunday 14 May; The Crick Crack Club presents Mr Sandmann: bringer of dreams and nightmares (storytelling). Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets £8, advance booking essential. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Note: I do not organise any of these events. Although I try to make sure the details on my listing are accurate, I do not always know about late changes or ticket availability etc. Please contact the organiser before attending any event.

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