Pagan events in London and the UK

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Pagan events in and near London

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After losing the entire current contents of my events page thanks to a technical glitch, I have attempted to recompile the information. If you spot any errors, please let me know.

Wednesday 27 April. Creative Meditation. Half-hour guided lunchtime meditation to experience the richness of our inner world in all its colours, shades and contrasts. Venue: Inner Space, 36 Short’s Gardens, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm-1.30pm. To register for a place visit http://www.innerspace.org.uk/

Wednesday, 27 April; Unveiling the Mystery of Divine Birth: Women's Greatest Shamanic Practice. Talk by American author Marguerite Rigoglioso. Optional, affordably priced meal at 7pm offered by the Women's Café followed by the talk at 8pm. Free event. Location: Dalston Boys Club, 68 Boleyn Road, Dalston, London N16 8JG. For more info, contact Caroline Smart on 07515505732. For more information on Marguerite Rigoglioso’s work, visit http://cultofdivinebirth.com/.

Wednesday 27 April; Shinto and the Web of Life. Talk by Aidan Rankin at pagan forum The Moot with No Name, arranged through Atlantis Bookshop. Venue: Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £5/£3.

Thursday 28 April; Crossing over Annan Water: A Scottish Ballad for Magical Journeys. Talk by Dr Michael Berman at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Entry £7, booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp

Thursday 28 April; PFL Beltane Open Ritual. Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London. Turn up by 7.30pm for pre-ritual social. The ritual starts at 8pm. Entrance: PF members/consc £5. All others £6. Please also bring seasonal food/home-made food and drinks to share at the feast after the ritual. Visit http://www.pflondon.org/

Friday 29 April - Monday 2 May; Weekend Sweatlodge and Vision Quest with the Eva Mack. Location: The Martinsell Centre, Wiltshire. Cost: £245 – includes vegetarian food. For details and to book places, visit http://martinsellcentre.com/sweatlodge-events/

Friday 29 April; Steve Roud on London folklore. Location: Museum of London. Time: 6.45pm-8pm. Book in advance, tickets cost £6 (concs £4.50, Friends £3). For more details and to book visit http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/

Friday 29 April; Shamen, Megaliths, and City Builders - The Hidden Connections. Talk by Lucy Wyatt at Research into Lost Knowledge Organisation (Rilko). Venue: Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, W1U 8EA. Admission £7 non-members, £5 members. Time: AGM at 6.30, lecture at 7.15pm. http://www.rilko.net/

Friday 29 April; Book launch party for Wormwood Star: Marjorie Cameron (Mandrake Press) at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. 7pm start. Entry free but booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp

Saturday, 30 April; Free and Open Gorsedd Beltaine Rite by the Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri at The Sun Circle, Avebury, Wilts, Avebury, United Kingdom. Druidic style open ceremony to welcome in summer - all faith paths welcome. Meet at the Red Lion pub from noon for ceremony from 1.30pm-3pm. Offerings of bread or cake, mead, poetry and song are welcome.

Saturday 30 April; The Circle of Ankwycke Beltane ritual. Location: Ankerwycke, near Staines. Time: 7.45pm for 8pm start. For more details and to reserve a place call 07733 554321.

Saturday 30 April; launch party for ATUA: Voices from La Société Voudon Gnostique by Fulgur Ltd and Treadwell's at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Entry free but booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp

Sunday 1 May at 5am; Beltane on the Beach with Coven of the Bright Isle, Broadstairs, Kent. The Coven of the Bright Isle, a normally closed Wiccan group based in Thanet, is holding an open Beltane Ritual. The ritual is timed to coincide with May Morning sunrise. Meet before the start of the ritual at 5am, on the beach by Broadstairs pier, on Viking Bay in the heart of the town. There is plenty of parking by the pier, which is at the bottom of Harbour Street.

Sunday 1 May; Fowlers Troop and the Deptford Jack in the Green will be out and about in Greenwich this May Day. Jack will start from the Ashburnham Arms, Greenwich, around 12 midday. From there the troop will make tour of Greenwich and return to the Ash later in the afternoon. Everyone is welcome to come along. Details of the route are on the Deptford Jack in the Green web page at http://www.deptford-jack.org.uk/mayday2011.htm

Sunday 1 May; Understanding Beltane: Intensive One-Day Course on Symbolism, Folklore, Custom, Magic. Workshop with Suzanne Corbie at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Price: £45 (£25 deposit, balance due on the day). Time: 11 am to 6pm. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp

Sunday 1 May; Anderida Gorsedd Imbolc open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.

Sunday 1 May; Cauldron of Cerridwen Open Beltane Ritual. Open ritual to celebrate the Sabbat. Meet in the Golden Grove pub, Ruxbury Rd, St Annes Hill, Chertsey, at 8.30pm to travel to the ritual site. Bring food and drink to share, a torch and suitable clothing for an evening in the woods.

Tuesday, 3 May; Ghosts, the Afterlife and the Paranormal. Peer-led discussion at Romford Sacred Hart Moot. This pagan moot meets on the 1st Tuesday of every month, from 7pm to 10.30pm in La Tasca, The Brewery, Romford, Essex RM1 1AU. Email Sarah at: romfordsacredhart@hotmail.com. More details on http://www.sacredhart.350.com/

Wednesday 4 May. Creative Meditation. Half-hour guided lunchtime meditation to experience the richness of our inner world in all its colours, shades and contrasts. Venue: Inner Space, 36 Short’s Gardens, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm-1.30pm. To register for a place visit http://www.innerspace.org.uk//

Friday 6 - Saturday 7 May; Daimonic Imagination: Uncanny Intelligence. Two-day conference about the question of inspired creativity, whether the source of this is termed god, angel, spirit, muse or daimon, or whether it is seen as an aspect of the human imagination. Venue: The Centre for the Study of Myth, University of Kent, Canterbury. Tickets cost £60 or £30 for students. Deadline for booking is 15 April. For a booking form, contact DR William Rowlandson, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NF, Tel: 01227 824717.

Sunday 8 May. A Walk Into the Grey Soul of London. The event is being organised as part of the Museum of London's Urban Myths season, taking a mystical look at Finsbury through Arthur Machen's horror fiction, stopping off at some historic pubs along the way. From 5pm-8pm. Tickets cost £9 (concs £7). For more details website at http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ For more information, call 020 7001 9844 or email info@museumoflondon.org.uk

Monday, 9 May; The Forbidden Universe - The Occult Origins Of Science and The Search For The Mind of God. Talk by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince at pagan forum Secret Chiefs. Venue: Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2. http://secretchiefslondon.wordpress.com/

Monday, 9 May; Monday Evening Journeying Group with Shaman UK. First of a regular Monday evening meeting for those with some experience of journeying - this is not for beginners. Time 6.30pm-9.30pm. Location: The Open Centre, 188 Old St., London EC1V 9FR. Cost £10. To confirm your place please email info@shaman.uk.com no later than May 2nd.

Tuesday 10 May; Death Roads, Spirit Trails and Fairy Paths. Talk by Dave Shead at London Earth Mysteries Circle. Admission is £4.50, concessions £4, members £3, concessions are £4. Talks are usually held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7.15PM at First Floor, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. http://www.londonearth.com/

Wednesday 11 May. A Walk Into the Grey Soul of London. The event is being organised as part of the Museum of London's Urban Myths season, taking a mystical look at Finsbury through Arthur Machen's horror fiction, stopping off at some historic pubs along the way. From 6pm-9pm. Tickets cost £9 (concs £7). For more details visit the Musuem of London website at http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ For more information, call 020 7001 9844 or email info@museumoflondon.org.uk

Thursday 12 May; Ghosts of London: Phantom Riveters, Escapees from the Dream Menagerie and Malevolent Clothing. An exploration of capital haunting in story and song by Nigel Of Bermondsey 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: £2.50 / £1.50 concessions. No need to book in advance. Meetings are the second Thursday of each month.

Friday 13 May; Some Secret Place. Ritual evening for pagans with Peter James Mahoney and Friends at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Entry £7, booking advised. Some experience necessary. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp

Saturday 14 May; Alchemy Working With The Elements and The Harmony Of The Earth. One-day workshop starting at 10am at the Helios Centre, 116 Judd Street, London. Cost £45. For further details and to book contact anthea on antdurand@aol.com, also see link http://www.meetup.com/energyhealers-428/

Sunday, 15 May; The Love of Rhiannon. Goddess workshop with priest of Avalon David Spofforth. Venue: Bonnington Centre, 11 Vauxhall Grove, London SW8 1TD. Time: 1pm for 1.30pm start. Ends at 5.30pm. Cost: £15 on the day, £10 in advance. For more details and to book places visit http://www.priestofavalon.com/

Monday 16 May; Croydon Crows. PF moot held every 3rd Monday of each month at the Skylark pub, South End, South Croydon from 8pm onwards.

Thursday 19 May; Decadent London – A walk back to the 1890s. A Guided Walk with Antony Clayton, author of Decadent London, exploring the people and places of London’s West End in the 1890s. Starts at 6pm. The event is free and open to all, but advance booking is essential. Meet on the First Floor of Westminster Reference Library, 35 St Martin’s Street, London WC2H 7HP. To book a place, email: referencelibrarywc2@westminster.gov.uk or telephone 020 7641 5250. For details of other events see www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/news/wrfevents/

Saturday 21 May; Shamanism and Sex. One-day workshop by Shaman UK at The Open Centre, 188 Old St, London, EC1V 9FR. Time: 10am - 5pm. Cost: £65. Booking essential. For more details and to book places email info@shaman.uk.com.

Monday, 23 May; Easter Month and Ostara – Is She Really An Anglo-Saxon Goddess, Or Something Much More Exciting? Talk by Hildegarde Maier at pagan forum Secret Chiefs. Venue: Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2. http://secretchiefslondon.wordpress.com/

Monday, 23 May; Cross Bones Vigil and Ceremony to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. Gather from 6.45pm in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, SE1, opposite the Boot and Flogger, just north of the junction with Union Street. Nearest tubes Borough or London Bridge, 5 minutes walk away. The event is free and starts at 7pm. http://www.crossbones.org.uk/

Tuesday 24 May; Sun, Moon, Venus and the Pyramids: A Study in Harmony and Sacred Geometry. Talk by Simon Michell at London Earth Mysteries Circle. Admission is £4.50, concessions £4, members £3, concessions are £4. Talks are usually held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7.15PM at First Floor, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. http://www.londonearth.com/

Saturday, 28 May; Outdoor Shamanic Workshop: Guidance, Connecting and Healing From Nature. One-day workshop with Anthea Durand and Margaret de Bethlen. Time: 10.30am – 5pm. Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Cost: £45. For further info see http://www.meetup.com/energyhealers-428/events/16111078/ or email Anthea on antdurand@aol.com or Margaret on pumog@yahoo.com

Bank Holiday Monday, 30 May; Beltane Bash and Pagan Pride Parade. Parade and festival with music, workshops, talks and stalls at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London. The Pagan Pride Parade is free and starts at at Conway Hall at 10.30am. Tickets for the Beltane Bash festival cost £16. Organised by Jeanette of Caduceus Jewellery. For more details, call 020 8539 3569 or visit http://www.paganfestivals.com/

Thursday 2 June; Tantric Sex: An Avenue to Pleasure. Talk by Mike Lousada at The Last Tuesday Society in association with Hendrick’s Gin. Doors open at 6pm, the event starts at 7pm on the dot at Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, 11 Mare Street, London E8. Tickets £10. For more details and to book tickets visit the website http://thehendrickslectureseries.co.uk/

Monday, 6 June; Stonehenge and Avebury. Talk by Merlin at pagan forum Secret Chiefs. Venue: Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2. http://secretchiefslondon.wordpress.com/

Monday, 6 June; Monday Evening Journeying Group with Shaman UK. Regular Monday evening meeting for those with some experience of journeying - this is not for beginners. Time 6.30pm-9.30pm. Location: The Open Centre, 188 Old St., London EC1V 9FR. Cost £10. To confirm your place please email info@shaman.uk.com

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Sunday 6 December; National Tree Dressing Day. Visit your local council's website for details of events in your borough.

Tuesday 8 December; Open Social at London Earth Mysteries Circle, Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, W1U 8EA. From 7pm. Admission £4 non-members, £2.50 members. http://www.londonearth.com/

Wednesday 9 December; Saturnalia party at Pagan Forum Secret Chiefs, Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2.

Wednesday 9 December; Interview with a Witch: A Night with Suzanne Corbie at Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7.15 for 7.30pm start. Entry £5, booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

Thursday 10 December; The Grotesque Body: Occultism's Strangeness, Repulsion, Fascination. Talk by Elisa Gray of the University of Leicester at Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7.15 for 7.30pm start. Entry £5, booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

Thursday 10 December, Pagan Federation London with Herne's Tribe is hosting an indoor Yule ritual at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL. 7.30pm for 8pm start. Entrance £5 (£4 for members). Bring food and drink to share. No photographs allowed. Visit http://www.pflondon.org/

Past events

Sunday 3 May; Beltain on Primrose Hill. Open ritual on Primrose Hill by Jay the Tailor. Meet at 12.45pm at the main entrance opposite Rothwell Street. Ritual ends at 1:45pm. Bring a picnic.

Thursday 7 May; Pagan Federation London Indoor Beltane Ritual by Woodspirits. Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL. 7.30pm for 8pm start. Entrance £5 (£4 for members). Bring food and drink to share. No photographs allowed. Visit http://www.pflondon.org/index.html