past events

Thursday 29 October; Pazuzu, Lamashtu, Lilith and Demons: As Understood in Ancient Mesopotamia. Lecture by Dr Daniel Schwemer (SOAS) at Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Ticket price £5 in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

Friday 30 October; Abraxas occult journal launch party organised by Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7pm start. Entry free but booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

Saturday 31 October; The Witches Halloween Flying Ointment Workshop. The Wild Wicked Witches' workshop on the plants associated with witches and flying and herbal medicine as well as the history of Samhain, witches and broomstick. Venue Lee Valley Village YHA, Hertfordshire. Time: 10.30am -5pm, Cost: £60 / £45 concessions, deposit of £20 and booking essential. For details, call Karen on 07865081927 or Fiona on 07830195745. http://www.sensorysolutions.co.uk/

Saturday 31 October; Halloween with Personal Ancestors: Divination, Study & Ritual in the Lukumi Tradition. A ritual day led by Ode Bi Tola and friends. This unusual Halloween celebration is a self-contained course in ancestor worship in an Afro-Caribbean tradition that will help you reach our own ancestors. Venue: Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. Time: 10.30am to 5.30pm. Entry £45 in advance, booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

Sunday 1 November; Samhain on Primrose Hill - Celebrate your Ancestors with the Loose Association of Druids. This is hosted by The Druid of Wormwood Scrubbs. 12.45pm - 2pm. Meet at Primrose Hill, London NW1 8YH, by the entrance opposite Rothwell St. For more details, email jtmorganhaberdasher@yahoo.co.uk.

Sunday 1 November: Kerridwen's Cauldron - Introduction to the Wheel and exploring the Dark Goddess of Samhain. Explore the Wheel of Brigit Ana with the Goddess Study Group.This is an open Goddess study group, which will be held around the eight major festivals of the year beginning Samhain and ending Autumn Equinox 2010. Each circle will be held from 1:30pm to 5.30pm (arrival from 1pm) at Treadwells, 34 Tavistock St, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. Cost £10 (£7 unwaged).

Past events

Tuesday 27 October; The Rollright Stones, a local perspective. Talk by Julia Phillips 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/

Tuesday 27 October; An Introduction to Eternal Cosmic Principles. Lecture with Stefan Rippel at The College of Psychic Studies 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £5/£8. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Tuesday 27 & Thursday 29 October; Witches, Wizards and Warlocks: A Guided Walk in Magical London with Delianne Forget, organised by Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Ticket price £7 in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

Wednesday 28 October; The Gruesome History of Bodysnatching. A illustrated lecture by Robert Stephenson at The Mortuary, St Marychurch Street, SE16 4JE. Organised by Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Group. Time: 7.30pm for 7.45pm start. Cost £1.50. For more details visit http://www.kingstairs.com/rotherhithe/

Thursday 29 October; Pagan Federation London with MMA Coven is hosting an indoor Samhain 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/