This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK 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].

Wednesday 9 May; 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 9 May; Practical Magic workshop with Kate Taylor. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £3. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Thursday 10 May; Fertility Astrology. Talk by Nicola Smuts-Allsop. 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 10 May; Earthstars Group Meeting – Is Your Life Choreographed? Exploring Soul Resonances in Time and Space. Talk by Mark Herbert. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 4SH. Time: Doors open 7pm, talk at 7.30pm. Entry by donation. https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Thursday 10 May; Malleus Malificarum 101. Talk 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 11 May; Online Interactive Mediumship Event hosted by Wicca Moon. Online, but also at: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH. Time: 5pm-6pm. For further details contact [email protected] or call 0208 850 7803. https://www.facebook.com/events/2475258699166811/ or http://www.wiccamoon.co.uk/events.html

Friday 11 May (tbc); 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/

Saturday 12 May; Journey Stick Workshop with Discover Bushcraft. Organised by The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. Venue: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, The Soanes Centre, Southern Grove, London E3 4PX. Time: 10am-3.30pm. Tickets: £31.91. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/journey-stick-workshop-with-discover-bushcraft-tickets-45190516050?

Saturday 12 May; Wicca Course: Working with the Horned God and Moon Goddess for Magical Empowerment with London Woodland Witches, Pagans and Ritual Magicians. Venue: Queen’s Woods, Highgate. Meet at The Woodmans’ pub at 10.45am before leaving for the woods for the workshop.· Wear outdoor clothes and bring food and drink. Cost: £18/£13. Details and bookings: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 12 May; The Power of Beltane. Workshop with Damian Allan. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 10am-5pm. Cost: £75/£95. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 12 May; Pagan Federation Online Beltane Music Festival hosted by The Pagan Federation and Pagan Federation Disabilities Team. Starts at noon. https://www.facebook.com/events/159671141529981/

Sunday, 13 May; 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/

Sunday, 13 May; Secret Doctrine Study Day organised by the Theosophical Society in London. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 11am to 5pm. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Sunday, 13 May. Pagan Pride London. Venue: Russell Square, London, WC1B 5. Time: noon-6pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/104953780319859/

Sunday, 13 May; The Crick Crack Club presents Eros and Psyche – storytelling. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre , British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets £8. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Sunday, 13 May; Barefoot in the Woods and Fire Ceremony with Wild Women Gatherings London. Venue: Hackney (details sent to those attending – advance booking essential). Suggested donation from £10. Time: 3pm. https://www.meetup.com/WILD-WOMEN-CIRCLES-LONDON/

Monday 14 May; Young Urban Witches: Books of Magic. Evening mini-workshop with Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 6.30pm start. Tickets £20. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 14 May; From Burnout to Brilliance. Talk by Dr Libby Weaver. Organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm. Talk starts: 7pm. Tickets £10/£15 online. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 14 May; Beltaine and May Games. Meeting suitable for all pagans in Finchley, London N3. Time: 7.30pm. (Meeting is usually on the 3rd Monday each month.) Free, but bring food and drink to share. Contact Pagan Pathfinders for more details: https://www.facebook.com/PaganPathfinders/

Tuesday 15 May; Mental Illness as Shamanic Initiation. Talk by Jez Hughes. Jez is the author of The Heart of Life, viewable on Amazon. Venue: The Barrel Project, 80 Druid Street, London SE1 1HQ. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12. https://uk.funzing.com/funz/funzing-talks-mental-illness-as-shamanic-initiation-14945/

Tuesday 15 May; Fairies and Magic in Early Modern England. Lecture by Daniel Harms. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Tickets £9. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tuesday 15 May; 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/

Wednesday 16 May; 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, 16 May; First class for Witch Goddesses, Magical Workings – a five-week course with Suzanne Corbie . Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm start. Deposit for course: £80. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Wednesday, 16 May; History’s Dodgy Doctors and Miracle Cures hosted by Funzing Talks. Venue: The Dead Dolls House, 181 Upper Street, London N1 1RQ. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12. https://uk.funzing.com/funz/funzing-talks-a-history-of-dodgy-medicine-16040?

Wednesday, 16 May; More Mead Moot promoted by Pagan FutureFests. Venue: Hope Pub, 48 West Street, Carshalton 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 17 May; The Authentic Tarot. Talk by Thomas Saunders. 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 17 May; History of Chakras 3: the Tantric and the Bishop. Lecture by Phil Hine. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Tickets £9. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 18 May; The Wiccan Moot (Flower Moon). London venue tba. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/London-Wicca/events/ or https://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/

Friday 18 – Sunday 20 May; Sussex Faerie Festival 2018. Venue: Alfriston Camping Park, Pleasant Rise Farm, Alfriston, East Sussex, BN26 5TN. Tickets: Three days £77.50, one day £27.50.
www.magicalfestivals.co.uk

Friday 18 May; St Germain’s Spiritual Survival Guide for the 21st Century. Talk by Edwin Courtenay. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm – 8.30pm. Cost: £12/£14. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 19 May; Tarot Cards for Absolute Beginners – Minor Arcana. Afternoon workshop with Sue Terry. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm start. Tickets £40. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: [email protected] http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 20 May (tbc); 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.

Note: I do not organise any of these events. I try to make sure my listings are accurate but do not always know about changes or ticket availability. Please contact the organisers for more information before attending any event. If you spot something that needs correcting, please let me know by emailing [email protected].

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