Magical Online & London Events for Samhain

Now to 19 February 2023; Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt. Exhibition at the Sainsbury Gallery at the British Museum, London. Find out more here: britishmuseum.org/hieroglyphs

Now to 6 January 2023; Wicked Spirits? Witchcraft and Magic. Exhibition at Colchester Castle, Essex, CO1 1TJ.  The Museum is also running some after-hours events. https://colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/wickedspirits/

Wednesday 26 October; A Witch’s Plantasmagoria at the SLBI. Halloween half-term event aimed at 7+ children. Venue: The South London Botanical Institute, 323 Norwood Road, London, SE24 9AQ. Morning and afternoon sessions. Tickets: £5. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-south-london-botanical-institute-8460758615

Wednesday 26 October; Deepening Your Work with the Spirit Doctors and the Spirit World. Start of 6-week online class with Susan Gash, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £175. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 26 October; Kundalini Meditations to Activate the Third Eye. Online  talk by Gemma Bliss, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 26 October; Book Launch - Cloven Country – the Devil and the English Landscape by Jeremy Harte. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Tim: 7pm. Tickets free but you must reserve a place. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 26 October; The Witch’s Feast: A History of Kitchen Witchcraft.  Zoom talk by Melissa Madara through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Wednesday 26 October; New Moon Sound Bath and Meditation With Spiritual Tiik London. Free Online Event. Time: 8pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Wednesday 26 October; Treadwell’s Horror Movie Night – Night of the Living Dead. Film is being screened in-person. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £7. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 26 October; Winternights, a Heathen ancestors celebration. Lecture and ceremony with Andre Henriques. Online via Treadwell’s Bookshop. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 26 October; Free Online Introduction to the Shamanism and the Medicine Wheel Foundation Course, which starts online on Tuesday 1 November. Time: 7.30pm. www.aho.community

Wednesday 26 October; (last Wednesday every month); Samhain: Discussion at Hertford Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford), Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Friday 27 October; (every Friday); Friday Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Thursday 27 October; ‘Dancing with Trees’ Opening Night. Art exhibition opening. Venue: The Muse, 269 Portobello Road, London, W11 1LR. Time: from 6pm. Tickets: free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dancing-with-trees-opening-night-tickets-424971981637

Thursday 27 October; Gower St Presents: Malcolm Gaskill on The Ruin Of All Witches. Venue: Waterstone’s 82 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6EQ. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £5 – £13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/waterstones-15241684138

Thursday 27 October; Film Screening: Veneno Para Las Hadas. Latin American horror movie with witchcraft themes. Venue: Latin American House, 10 Kingsgate Place, London, NW6 4TA. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: free but you must reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/latin-american-house-603816333

Thursday 27 October; Leonora Carrington, Drawing Tarot. Onine talk followed by practical drawing workshop via London Drawing Group. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-drawing-group-11407647443

Thursday 27 October; Ghosted: That’s So Scorpio Shadow Work with Alice Briselden Waters. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 27 October (every Thursday); Talk on a paranormal subject for ASSAP members. Time: 7pm. Free event, with Zoom link details emailed out to members. To join ASSAP, for £5 per year, visit http://www.assap.ac.uk/.

Thursday 27 October; Ancient Witches and The Goddess Hecate. Zoom talk by Prof Marguerite Johnson through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 28 – Sunday 30 October; Mind Body Spirit Festival Birmingham 2022. Venue: NEC, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, B40 1PP. Starts 11am. Tickets · £13-£30. https://www.facebook.com/events/1899217576936466/

Friday 28 October; Curator’s Exhibition Tour of the exhibition Creative Spirits with Vivienne Roberts. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies. 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 28 October; Higher Healing: Outdoor Samhain on Hampstead Heath, with Freya via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Meet at Hampstead Heath near Parliament Hill, London, N6 6JS). Time: 4pm. Tickets: £13. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Friday 28 October (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 28 October; The Wheel of the Year - Free book launch event by author Dr. Rebecca Beattie’s, with witchcraft historian Dr. John Callow. Hybrid event. In-person venue: Treadwell’s, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS Time: 7pm. Tickets: Free but reserve a place. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Friday 28 October (and other dates); Laughter Playshop. Time: Time: 7pm. Free online event but £2 donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 28 October; Samhain Celtic Celebration . Venue: Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Chalton, Hants. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/

Friday 28 October; Online Guided Journey with Goddess Athena, run by Under the Dancing Tree and Rachel Sarah. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.underthedancingtree.co.uk/shop/JOURNEY-WITH-ATHENA-~-Autumn-Equinox-~-Online-Celebration-~-23rd-Sept-2022-p227773092?

Friday 28 October (every Friday); Meditation Session. Time: 7.30pm. Free online event but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 28 October; Wonky Witch Samhain Moot. Venue: Kallima Wellbeing Centre, 8A Adam Business Centre, Cranes Farm Rd, Basildon, SS14 3JF. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £17.84. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/kallima-wellbeing-centre-15972923230

Friday 28 October (and other dates); Hex and the City – immersive theatre walk about the history of London’s witches. Time: 8pm. Tickets: from £14. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/hexandthecity

Saturday 29 October; Botanical Magic Series – Craft a Witch Bottle. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 10am  4pm. Tickets: £70  includes: all materials, and your handmade witch bottle, with botanicals to make further witch bottles. https://www.theperfumemistress.com/workshops/2022/10/29/botanicalmagicseriescraftawitchbottle-2022

Saturday 29 October;  House of Hackney’s Festival of Witchmas: Herbalism Workshop with Harriet for Samhain. Venue: House of Hackney, Mark Street, London, EC2A 4ER. Time: 10am. Tickets: £37.06. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/house-of-hackney-10655822250

Saturday 29 October; The Essex Samhain Witches Market and Masked Ball. Venue: Kelvedon Institute, 78 High Street, Kelvedon, Essex. Witches Market from 10.30am til 4.30pm, Masked Ball 7pm til 10.30pm. Market entry £3, Masked Ball £15/£18. https://www.facebook.com/events/571107647380974

Saturday 29 October; Constructing the Witch: How Women became Maleficent. One-day course with Ann Jeffers via City Lit. Venue: Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London. Time: 10.30am – 4.30pm. Full fee: £59, Senior fee: £47, Concession:£36. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/constructing-the-witch-how-women-became-maleficent

Saturday 29 October; Wisdom and Wellbeing Fair with readings, talks and a market. Venue: Kenley Memorial Hall, 92 Godstone Rd, Kenley. Starts 11am. https://www.facebook.com/events/585693283111094

Saturday 29 October; Ghosted: Samhain Women’s Circle For Manifesting A New World  with Molly Anne Chinners. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 29 October; Clairsentience: The Psychic Feeling. Online workshop with Hernan Cotroneo via the College of Psychic Studies.  Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 29 October; Nature Spirits. Online workshop with Rachel Patterson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 29 October; Walking in the footsteps of your year, at this Samhain Solar Festival. Guided walk with Jeremy Rye. Meet at the Tower of London, Lion Gate, St Katharine’s and Wapping, London EC3N 4AE, Time: 2pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021

Saturday 29 October; Sacred Samhain Women’s Circle. Venue: The Bridge, 73-81 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0NQ. Time: 4.30pm. Tickets: £18. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jojo-mclaren-33983985257?

Saturday 29 October; Samhain Ceremony by Indigo Earth. Inclusive event with priest of Indigo Earth Joseph Atiase. Venue: Hackney Marshes, 146 Lea Bridge Road, London E5 9RB. Time: 5pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/samhain-ceremony-by-indigo-earth-tickets-431231995507

Sunday 30 – Monday 31 October; Samhain Virtual Event via The Pagan Federation Community. Spanning two days, a variety of content courtesy of Pagan Federation Community members, and by the Interfaith and LGBTQIA+ teams. Free online event. Starts 10am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/paganfed/events

Sunday 30 October; How to Use the Dragon Path Oracle. In-person workshop with Caroline Mitchell. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies. 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-4pm. Tickets: £125 includes a set of the oracle cards. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 30 October; Mythic London Walk: Legendary heroes, gods and goddesses of the City of London, with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwell’s Bookshop. Meet outside St Clement Danes, Strand, St Clement Dane Church, Strand, Temple, London WC2R 1DH. Time: 11.20am start. Tickets £30. Book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Sunday 30 October; Woodland Witches Samhain Ritual 2022 with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Queen’s Wood, Highgate, North London. Time: 3pm Tickets: £7. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/

Sunday 30 October; Samhain Fire Ritual and Storytelling (plus Hot Tub and Seasonal Fare). Venue: 65 Cliffview Rd, London SE13 7DB. Time: 3pm. Tickets:  £35. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/emma-pask-and-nick-tulett-54697661073

Sunday 30 October; Ghosted: Samhain Circle. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £30-£35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 30 October (every Sunday); 30-Minute Mindfulness for people of all beliefs. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim’s Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 6pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk/

Sunday 30 October; KW Online Samhain Ritual. Online event for members of Kitchen Witch Coven of Natural Witchery. Time: 7pm. Free for members. https://www.facebook.com/events/5516163861795393/

Sunday 30 October; The Wiches’ Sabbath – Film screening of the silent movie Haxan with piano accompanyment. Part of London Month of the Dead. Venue: Guys Hospital Chapel, London SE1. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://acuriousinvitation.com/

Sunday 30 October; Samhain Pagan Ceremony. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim’s Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk/

Sunday 30 October;  Halloween in New Orleans. Zoom talk by Dr Louise Fenton through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Sunday 30 October; The Treasure Seeker and other Suffolk Ghost Tales by Kirsty Hartsiotis through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 31 October – 5 November;  Beyond the Veil Summit Free Online Event. Organised via Llewellyn Worldwide and Past Life Lady. Free online event. Starts 1pm. https://www.facebook.com/LlewellynBooks

Monday 31 October; Walking the Wheel with Hekate at Samhain. Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm- 8pm. Tickets: £50. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Monday 31 October; Halloween Open Evening by Candlelight at Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 5pm to 7pm. Recommended donations £5. Details here: https://www.bost.org.uk/  or https://www.facebook.com/BanksideOpenSpacesTrust/

Monday 31 October;  Ecological Decline and the Rise of Modern Witchcraft, Drawing Tarot. Online talk by Anna Titov via London Drawing Group. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-drawing-group-11407647443

Monday 31 October; (every Monday); Candlelit Lunar Yoga. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15 per session.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Monday 31 October; Women’s Circle for Samhain – part of the Women’s Circles collection by The Reformed Bohemian. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-reformed-bohemian-39644491363

Monday 31 October;  Samhain – Online Celebration with Cunning Folk.  Time: 7pm, Free but you must register for a ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Monday 31 October; Pluto the Profound. Online talk on astrology by Patricia Godden via the Astrological Lodge of London. 60 Gloucester Place. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/

Monday 31 October (and other dates); Magic, Witchcraft and Paranormal Walk with Nigel. Starts at Saint Paul’s Churchyard, London. Starts at 7.30pm. Tickets: £15. https://uk.funzing.com/funz/magic-witchcraft-paranormal-walk-17554?

Monday 31 October; The Hermetic Journey Through the Zodiac (2). Online talk on astrology by Smiljana Gavrancic via The Astrological Lodge of London. Time:  8.30pm. Tickets: £10. https://astrolodge.co.uk/events/

Tuesday 1 November;  Ghosted: Death, Transformation and Karmic Cord Cutting. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 1 November; Moina Mathers: Mistress of Magic.Online talk by Geraldine Beskin, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 1 November; Walking London’s Horror History and Offbeat British Cult Films. Talks by Lauren Jane Barnett, Darrell Buxton and Jennifer Wallis. Presented by: London Fortean Society. Venue: Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Rd, London SE14 6TY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £6.60. https://www.wegottickets.com/LondonForteanSociety

Wednesday 2 November; Covid-19 Memorial Ceremony for Day of the Dead. Venue: Latin American House, 10 Kingsgate Place, London, NW6 4TATime: 6.30pm. Tickets: free but you must reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/latin-american-house-603816333

Wednesday 2 November; Lincolnshire Witches; Spellcrafting workshop. Online event via Heritage Lincolnshire. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £11.37. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/heritage-lincolnshire-20095110961

Wednesday 2 November (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial#

Thursday 3 November; The First Ghosts. Talk by Irving Finkel. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free event.  https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks

Thursday 3 November; Fem-Animist Alchemy. Online talk with esoteric artist Hazel Florez via Magickal Women and Company. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/events

Thursday 3 November; Elemental Fire Circle and Gong Healing. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 3 November; PF London Samhain Open Ritual with AV Coven and Luna Iter via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey’s Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members. https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon

Thursday 3 November; Mantra and the Power of Sound. Online talk by Ann Mathie via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 3 November; Discovering Your Psychic Self. Start of 6-week online class with Jeremy Turner-Welch, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £175. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 3 November; Spiritual Abduction: ETs, NDEs and DMT. Online talk by Pascal Michael through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 4 and 11 November;  Lincolnshire Witches; Shadow Work Part 1 and 2. Online event via Heritage Lincolnshire. Time: 7pm. Tickets £17.84 – £26.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/heritage-lincolnshire-20095110961

Thursday 3 November; Drum Healing. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 4 November; The Witches Circle Monthly Class. Venue: Kallima Wellbeing Centre, 8A Adam Business Centre, Cranes Farm Rd, Basildon, SS14 3JF. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/kallima-wellbeing-centre-15972923230

Saturday 5 November; Black Lotus Kult Annual Celebration: One Beyond Ten – A Celebration of the works of Kenneth and Steffi Grant.  Caroline Wise will give an illustrated talk on  Kenneth Grant’s London Town. London venue, details of location and times sent to those who book. https://blacklotuskult.com/2022/10/15/blk-celebration-2022-speaker-caroline-wise/

Saturday 5 November;  A Visionary Afternoon of Art and Auras. In-person workshop with Katja Tschährä. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £65. . https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 5 November; Show and Share: Visions of the Occult. Tate Archivist Victoria Jenkins guiding a tour of books, drawings, photographs, and other objects on witchcraft, folklore and pagan rituals, demonology, magic, astrology, and tarot. This is followed by projector show, a panel, performances and film screenings with guests Lally MacBeth, Emma Sharples and Jamie Sutcliffe. Venue: Tate Archive, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Time: 1pm-5.45pm. Tickets £30, including a copy of Victoria’s new book, Visions of the Occult. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/show-and-share-visions-of-the-occult

Saturday 5 November; Gods of the Underworld: Persephone, Hades, Demeter. Online workshop with Joanna LaPrade via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 5 November;  Ghosted: Meet the Wild Woman Within. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 6 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.” Free. Details: http://peacefires.org/

Sunday 6 November; Storytelling Open Mic- Fire and Water. Venue: Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE, Time: 3pm, but earlier if you want to order food. Suggested donation £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/682788859855911/

Sunday 6 November (first Sunday of the month); Samhain with Woodspirits. Meet at Cheshunt station before walking to Lee Valley Park. Time: 3pm. Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 6 November; Woodland Bard Online - Pine. Event by Walkwithtrees. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £7. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jonathon-huet-at-walk-with-trees-30650264428

Sunday 6 and 13 November;  Roleplaying the Occult Imagination. Two-session workshop with Peter Bebergal and Gareth Branwyn. Online via Treadwell’s Bookshop. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events