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 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 – 2 February 2020; William Blake exhibition. Venue: Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Entry: £18/£17/Free for members. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/william-blake-artist?

Now – March 2020; Ithell Colquhoun exhibition. Venue: The Last Tuesday Society and the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RS. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Now to Wednesday 6 November, Ghost Writers for Halloween – Paintings by Anthony Keates. Art exhibition at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Open during shop hours. For more details, call 020 7405 2120 or visit http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

All of November; Witchy 30-Day Challenge November, organised by Kitchen Witch Coven of Natural Witchery ·and hosted by Rachel Patterson. Simple suggestions to help you connect with nature and your magic each day for 30 days. Free event, in your own home, at your own time: https://www.facebook.com/events/2419622258356977/

Tuesday 5 November; Sacred Sounds Monthly Gong Bath with Gong Master Olaf Nixon. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22/£25.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 5 November; Making incense talk at The Witches’ Inn Gathering. Venue: The Hatch Public House, 44, Hatchlands Road, Redhill, RH1 6AT. Time: 8pm. Free pagan moot, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/events/1107189122818970

Wednesday 6 November; Forest Bathing in Queen’s Wood, Highgate. Meet in the cabin behind Queen’s Wood Cafe, Highgate. Time: 9.30am. Ends at noon. (event repeats every month) Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Wednesday 6 November; Free Guided Tour of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (every Wednesday). Venue: UCL, Malet Place, London, WC1 6BT. Time: 2pm. Free, but book in advance: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/booking?

Wednesday 6 November; Time to Meditate – group meditation (every Wednesday). 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 6 November; Sacred Singing. Open your heart and voice through chanting. Venue in London N16. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/683456182148551/

Wednesday 6 November; Here Be Witches: Practical Magic. An Exploration of witches in film at The Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY.  Time: 8.30pm. Tickets: £11.50/£9. https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/

Thursday 7 November; Learn to read Tarot – three-day intensive course with Shirlee. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London SE9 6SH. For further details, including cost and times, contact [email protected], call 0208 850 7803 or visit https://www.facebook.com/WiccaMoonEltham/

Thursday 7 November; Lisa Sterle, creator of the Modern Witch Tarot, in conversation with Eleanor Tremeer. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 7 November; Oligarchy, Diet and Spirituality. Talk by Scarlett Thomas. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 7pm. Free admission, but email [email protected] to book. https://www.facebook.com/events/972155093130775/

Friday 8 November, Meditation and Om Healing. (Weekly, usually on Friday). Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Entry free. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Friday 8 November, Ancestral Wounding and Healing. Talk by Jez Hughes, author of The Heart of Life. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets:£13/£15. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 8 November; Intent and the Art of Dreaming: The path of the warrior-seer workshop with Iwan Bran y Dderwen. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £23. www.aho.community

Friday 8 November,  Holistic Sound Bath Meditation – Summoning The Sacred (weekly ceremonial gathering). Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 6 Coopers Yard, Crystal Palace, SE19 1TN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.facebook.com/summoningthesacredsound/

Saturday 9 November; A Day Away Retreat hosted by Wild Peace. An energising morning and a relaxing afternoon with Qi Gong, sound bath, meditation, a healthy lunch and refreshments.Venue: Buckland Village Hall, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22. Time: 10am-4pm. Early bird price £65 if paid before 9th October. After this date £75. Contact [email protected] or [email protected] to book a place. https://www.facebook.com/events/420063821978885/

Saturday 9 November; Witchfest International 2019. Large pagan and witchcraft conference and evening entertainment with live music run by Children of Artemis. Stalls, talks, workshops, music, food, bar and more. I will be giving a talk on poppets, based on my book Pagan Portals – Poppets and Magical Dolls. Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, South London. Tickets for the entire festival are £35.70 for CoA members/£40 non-members, visit https://witchfest.net/events/witchfest-international/

Saturday 9 November; Book Launch: Mysteries and Challenges of Birth, Life and Death. Venue: Holborn Citadines Hotel, 94-99 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LF. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets free: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-in-london-mysteries-and-challenges-of-birth-life-and-death-tickets-76675962869?

Saturday 9 November; Heart Beat – Monthly Drumming Collective with Gong Master Olaf Nixon. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £21/£23.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 10 November;  Full Moon Event with Peace Fires. Light a candle or fire for peace wherever you are in the world, for just for 10 minutes or an hour or longer and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Details: http://peacefires.org/

Sunday 10 November, Meditation 101 Basic workshop with Lisabetta. Venue: The Little Escape Therapy Centre, 4 Paxton Mews, off Westow St, London SE19 3RW. Time: 9.30am-noon. Cost: £40. https://harmonious-healing.com/

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

Sunday 10 November, William Blake in East London: A William Blake /Wat Tyler Walk. Part of a month of Blake walks by poet and walking artist Niall McDevitt in conjunction with New River Press.  Meet at the main entrance to the Savoy Hotel, off the Strand.  Time: 1pm-3.30pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.facebook.com/events/896577437395325/

Monday 11 November; Free Beginners Astrology Class by Astrological Lodge of London. (Every Monday evening). Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA, Time: 6pm-6.50pm. Tickets: Free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 11 November; Talk on Antlered Deities, for Young Urban Witches. Workshop evenings for under-30s with Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwell’s Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 11 November; David Barratt on The Lives and Loves of Jack Parsons: SF, rockets, magick, poetry and a sprinkling of sex. A Talk at Nova Stellar Meetup. Venue: The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DB. Time: Doors open 7pm. Entry £3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472510443017948/

Monday 11 November; Film Screening: The Last Dalai Lama plus Q and A with Director Mickey. Run by: Alternatives. Venue: St James’s Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6pm. Talk: 7pm – 8.30pm. Tickets £20 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 11 November; Study Group: The Temple Legend. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm.  Entry: £3. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/ and https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiners-spiritual-science/

Monday 11 November; Talk by historians, Dan Cruickshank on his new book Cruickshank’s London: A portrait of a City in 20 Walks. Includes details of the Celtic origins of Hampstead Heath and West Ham churches inscribed with the occult symbols of the Knights Templar. Venue: The Great Hall, Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, East Dulwich SE22 8SU. Details and bookings: https://www.village-books.co.uk/events/

Tuesday 12 November; Wicca Full Moon Ceremony by the Thames with London Woodland Witches and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Meet by the Millennium Bridge, south bank, at 7.30pm. Fee: £5/£3. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Tuesday 12 November; An Evening with… Thomas Waters, author of Cursed Britain. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Tickets: £10. Time: 7pm. For more details, call 020 7405 2120 or visit http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Tuesday 12 November; Talk by the curator of the Ithell Colquhoun exhibition. Venue: The Last Tuesday Society and the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Tuesday 12 November; Waking The Witch – The Magick of the Moon. Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary, Pea Lane, Upminster, Havering, RM142XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20/£22. https://www.facebook.com/events/2831300893560148/

Wednesday 13 November; Taurus Full Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Two sessions: 7pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Thursday 14 November; Diana Durham: Coherent Self. Talk and book signing with Steve Kippax. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 14 November; The Bible’s Own Witches. Lecture by Dr Alinda Damsma. Venue: Treadwell’s Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 14 November; Flying Saucers – A Modern Myth? Talk by Paula Dempsey 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]

Saturday 16 November; The Nameless Arte 2019 Conference. Speakers include Gemma Gary, Shani Oates, David Rankine, Martin Duffy, Jon Kaneko-James, George Georgiev. Venue: The Balmoral Centre, Salisbury Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS07AU.  Tickets: £25 until 30 June, £30 thereafter from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nameless-arte-conference-2019-tickets-55479666175 Doors open 9am. Ends 6.30pm. More info: http://www.altarofcharme.com/events/

Saturday 16 November; Psycon – a day of talks on occult and Fortean themes in relation to art, culture and performance. Venue: Concrete, The Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch, London E1 6JJ. Tickets £60/£70. Starts 9am. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psycon-tickets-52409712862

Saturday 16 November; SPR study day: Making Space for Psi. Venue: Society for Psychical Research HQ, 1 Vernon Mews, London, W14 0RL. Time: 10am-6pm. Tickets: £38/£42. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Saturday 16 November; You Are a Goddess. Workshop with Sophie Bashford. Run by Alternatives. Venue: Regent’s University, Acland Building, Inner Circle, Regents Park, London NW1 4NS
United Kingdom. Time: 10am-:5pm. Tickets £95 online. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Saturday 16 November;  Roman temples in Britain and Gaul: recent discoveries and interpretations. Symposium. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.30pm. Tickets: £20. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday 16 November; Divination and magic with Runes – 1-day beginners’ course with London Woodland Witches. Venue: Queen’s Woods, Highgate, North London. Meet at The Woodman pub 3patio area at 10am to walk to the outdoor site. Ends 5.30pm. Fee: £0. Details: https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Pagans-Magicians/

Sunday 17 November, Sunday Meditation class with Lisabetta (almost) every Sunday. Drop-in class suitable for beginners and more experienced meditators. Venue: The Little Escape Therapy Centre, 4 Paxton Mews, off Westow St, London SE19 3RW. Time: 10am-11am. Cost: £12 per class, £30 for 3 classes. https://harmonious-healing.com/

Sunday 17 November; Marseille Tarot II: Minor Cards. Full-day classes with Adrien Mastrosimone. Venue: Treadwell’s Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Tickets: £75. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Note: Note: I am not responsible for any of these events. I try to ensure the details I list are accurate, but please contact the organisers before turning up to any event in case of changes. If you spot something that needs correcting, please email me at [email protected]

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