Pagan Eye: Deptford Jack in the Green May Day 2024

Yesterday I went to follow Fowlers Troop and the Deptford Jack in the Green for their May Day parade. Here you can see Morris dancers and musicians with Jack in the distance at one end of Deptford High Street. It was a lovely day and great fun. The event takes place every year and is so popular that I was asked not to share information about it on my events listing beforehand in case too many people turned up. The organisers can't cope with huge crowds, so limited attendance to those who live locally or have been before.

I also took a short video, which I shared to Instagram. You can find me there @starzalucya

On each of my Pagan Eye posts, I show a photo that I find interesting, with a few words about it. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken yourself and you must confirm that you are submitting it for A Bad Witch's Blog.

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Magical Online & London Events at Beltane and Ahead

Beltane is today, May 1, although the May Day bank holiday is next Monday. Here's a list of talks, workshops, rituals and other events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over that time. As well as online activities, I also list in-person things taking place in or near London - and a few larger events further afield.  

Now - 22 June; Making More Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain. Folklore exhibition. Venue:  LCF East Bank, 105 Carpenters Rd, Stratford,  London E20 2AR. Time: 10am - 5pm. Free entry. https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-fashion/cultural-programme/making-more-mischief

Now - 24 May; Exhibition - Pariah Genius: John Deakin, The Psychobiography of a Photographer.  Venue: Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH.   Open Mondays-Saturdays 10am-5pm. Tickets free but reserve a place https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Now - 2 June; Rediscovering Gems - Exhibition of gems depicting deities, mythology and more. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Free entry. https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/rediscovering-gems

Every Wednesday and Friday (except bank holidays): Pop-In Days at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am - 4pm. Free, just pop in. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Various days except Mondays; Admission to the The Viktor Wynd Museum of UnNatural History. Venue: 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. Various times. Tickets from £6.72 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/admission-apr24-viktor-wynd-museum-of-curiosities-unnatural-history-tickets-786693931727?

Wednesday, 1 May (every Wednesday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/ 

Wednesday, 1 May; Straw Workshop: Dolly and Token Making. Venue: London College of Fashion (Lecture Hall), 105 Carpenters Road London E20 2AR.  Time: 11am. Tickets: free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-college-of-fashion-ual-30563487210

Wednesday, 1 May; Beltane Breathwork and Sound Journey with Campfire. Venue: Seven Sisters Sanctuary, Page House 6a Wakefield Road London N15 4NL. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets:  £54.88. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beltane-breathwork-sound-journey-with-campfire-tickets-848493897087?

Wednesday, 1 May; The New Witches Club - Beginners Witchcraft Circle and Beltane Ceremony. Venue: Soma hŌṃe, 231 Stoke Newington Church Street, Studio 2 and 4, London N16 9HP.  Time: 7pm. Tickets:   £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/desiree-sacred-wise-magick-41151406443

Wednesday, 1 May (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday, 1 May; Leveraging the Power of Consciousness to Heal Ourselves and the World. Online talk by Dr Guy Hatchard hosted by the Scientific and Medical Network. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  £11.99/£9.99. https://scientificandmedical.net/events

Wednesday, 1 May; Cunning Folk Archive Hour - The Wheel of the Year. Venue: Dash The Henge Store, 348 Camberwell New Road, London SE5 0RW. Time: 7pm, Free.  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Wednesday, 1 May; Celebrate Beltane Online Circle. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrate-beltane-online-circle-tickets-893505156977?

Wednesday, 1 May; In Season: Into the Green. Online storytelling with Jason Buck. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: Various prices with Patreon membership. https://www.facebook.com/events/3817232521843568/

Thursday 2 May; Energy Healing and Breathwork. Online via Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary. Time: 8am Tickets: £18. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Thursday, 2 May; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Thursday, 2 May; Beltane/Mayday and Trefor Wickens' birthday party, organised by Trefor and South East London Pagans. Venue: Peckham Rye Common, South East London. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/1761484621028145/

Thursday, 2 May; The Modern Art of War. Zoom talk by Hunter Liguore via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday, 2 May; Hand Reading for Careers and Success. Online class with Robin Lown via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday, 2 May; Pariah Genius: Stewart Lee and Iain Sinclair in conversation. Venue: Venue: Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15 (including signed book and drink); or £3 (admin fee; no book or drink). https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/event-type/talks/

Thursday, 2 May; The Conscious Breath: Where Spirit and Matter Meet. Free online event with Doe Warnes via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: free. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 2 May; May Day Procession - Crowning Queen Araweelo-Numbi Arts Take over @LCF. Venue: London College of Fashion, 105 Carpenters Road, London E20 2AR. Time: 7pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/may-day-procession-crowning-queen-araweelo-numbi-arts-take-over-lcf-tickets-888257089867?

Thursday 2 May (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 https://assap.ac.uk/

Thursday 2 May; May Day Death Cafe (veggie/vegan food available). Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 7.15pm, Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/1795290144218278/?

Thursday 2 May (usually every Thursday); Crimson Circles. Livestream by Halo Quin, author of Crimson Craft. Time: 8pm. Tickets: various options including Patreon membership. https://www.facebook.com/groups/crimsoncoven

Friday 3 May (1st and 3rd Friday each month); The Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 3 - Monday 6 May; Hastings Jack-in-the-Green Festival - traditional annual event to celebrate May with music, a procession, talks and workshops, Morris Dancing, a May Queen and Jack-in-the-Green. Full four-day festival programme culminating on Bank Holiday Monday with the Jack in the Green parade itself. For full details visit the festival website: https://hastingstraditionaljackinthegreen.co.uk/

Friday 3 May (date tbc), Pagan meet up for In the Meantime. Venue: The Old Mill pub, London, SE18 1QG. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555658315696

Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May; Rochester Sweeps Festival, International Festival of Folk Music and Dance. Time: 10am to 6pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200773/rochester_sweeps_festival

Saturday, 4 May; Foraging, Ethnobotany and Plant ID walk. Venue: Cody Dock, 11c South Crescent, London E16 4TL. Tim: 11am. Tickets: £20. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-urban-crone-20053393972

Saturday, 4 May; Free and open Gorsed of Caer Abiri Spring Equinox ritual at Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire. Meet at the Red Lion pub from noon for druidic ceremony at 1.30pm. Offering of bread, mead, or Bardic performance always welcomed. Free event, just turn up. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/397264249727611

Saturday, 4 May;  Healing Cacao Ceremony with Beltane and Rose energy. Venue: Sydenham Hill Wood, London Wildlife Trust, Crescent Wood Road, London SE26 6LS. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £24.78. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healing-cacao-ceremony-with-beltane-and-rose-energy-tickets-884937751637?

Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 May;  The Embodied Tarot – 2-day Workshop with Adrien Mastrosimone. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 2.30pm. Cost: £250 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday, 4 May (and other dates and times); 2-4-1 London Witches and History Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London SE1 9DF. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £14. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2-4-1-london-witches-history-walking-tour-tickets-852453670877?

Saturday, 4 May; OBOD Beltane Online Ritual. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/453175327102974/

Sunday 5 - Monday 6 May; Enchanted Landscapes: Exploring British Folk Tales. Venue:  Braziers Park, Ipsden, Wallingford. Starts 10am. Tickets from £65. https://www.facebook.com/events/719819643689466/

Sunday 5 May; Balance Your Mind, Balance Your Life. Start of 6-session online course with Sven Carlson via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 10am. Tickets: £175. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 5 May (and other times and dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 5 May;  Druidic Ritual to celebrate Beltane, on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, at 12.30pm to prepare the site for the ritual at 1pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill

Sunday 5 May; Pipes of Pan Market followed by late night Heavy Rock night. Venue: Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, London E8 3RH. Time: 4pm market. https://www.facebook.com/events/935525714742017/

Sunday 5 May; Beltan Pagan Ceremony. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 5 May; Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth. Talk by Cathi Unsworth on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 6 May; Conjuring Inanna and the Trancestors - Moon Ritual by Intimate Animals and Ugly Duck. Venue: Ugly Duck, 49 Tanner Street, London SE1 3PL. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £10 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/intimate-animals-ugly-duck-48346099203

Monday 6 May; Reading Dreams. Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 6 May; Wilde and Pagan? Talk by Robin Herne on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 6 May (every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/

Tuesday 7 May (every Tuesday); Ceremonial Yoga. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 12.15pm Tickets: £12. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday 7 May; Martyrdom and Demonic Possession: The Virginal followers of Saint Ursula. Online talk by by Eric Huang via the Folklore Society Online. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 7 May; Learn to Draw Spirit Portraits. Start of 2-session online course with June-Elleni Laine via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 7 May; Taurus: SLC Astro Club. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15/£20.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 7 May; Tarot Magic For The Elements. Workshop (part of a Series) with Suzanne Corbie via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 7 May; Fortnightly Men's Circle. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £11.55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday 7 May (first Tuesday each month); Aleister Crowley. Talk at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £4. https://www.facebook.com/Romford-Pagan-Moote-634178063700381.

Tuesday 7 May (tbc but usually first Tuesday each month); The Witches' Inn Moot. Venue: Halt and Pull pub, Horley. Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/The-Witches-Inn-1568424150049437

Tuesday 7 May; Joséphin Péladan and the power of Symbolist art. Talk by Dr Sasha Chaitow on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Wednesday 8 May (fbc but usually 2nd Wed each month); Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Enfield  Time: 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 8 May; Space for Storytelling. Venue: The Bridge St John, Waterloo. Time: 6.30pm.  Free (crowdfunded) workshops guest-hosted by Niall Moorjani with London Dreamtime. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/space-for-storytelling-crowdfunded-workshops-free-to-access-tickets-678030446317 or https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Wednesday 8 May; Reinventing Women's Health (including Briana Pegado, Jackie Lynch, Tally Fosh, Frankie Paz, Sophie Scott, and chaired by Vikki Scott) Venue: Vout-O-Reenee's, The Crypt, 30 Prescot St, London E1 8BB. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets are £6, including a book and a drink. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinventing-womens-health-tickets-871718201607?

Wednesday 8 May; Moon Space Online New Moon Coven with She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 8 May;  Palm Reading for Beginners. Start of 10-session online course with Robin Lown via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £240. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 8 May; Talk by David Alnwick at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub. Venue: The Star of Greenwich, 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: donations of £3 welcome.  https://sitp.online/sitp/greenwich

Wednesday 8 May; Decluttering and Organising Masterclass - With ITV's Georgina Burnett And Alix CarnegieVenue: Crystal Wicca, 4a Station Buildings, Station Approach, Hayes BR2 7EN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £35. https://crystalwicca.co.uk/shop-events-1

Wednesday 8 May; Haunted Houses in the UK. Talk by Lena Heide-Brennand on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday, 9 May - Sunday 12 May; Yoga Nidra Immersion and Urban Retreat with Kamini Desai. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Starts: 9am. Tickets: £665. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday, 9 May; Theosophy. In-person study group. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London · NW1 6XT. Time: 10.30am. Tickets £3 https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Thursday, 9 May; Make Good Trouble. Talk by Briana Pegado. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday, 9 May; Conscious Embodiment. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6.30pm . Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Thursday, 9 May; New Moon Session. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday, 9 May; An Evening of Mediumship online with Daniel Pitt via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday, 9 May; Cunning Folk; Talk by Cunning Folk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm, Free but £5/£8 donations welcome.  Turn up on the night or email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com to book a space.  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 10 May; Shamanic Drums and Drum Birthing Workshop with Lynn Gosney. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 8.45am. Tickets £225/£250. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain

Friday 10 May (every 2 weeks on Friday);  Gong Meditational Sound Healing. Venue: Leytonstone United Free Church, 55 Wallwood Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 1AY. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.meetup.com/Meditational-Sound-Healing-Gong-Bath/events/

Friday 10 May; London Witches Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet outside Farringdon tube Station, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £18.50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 May; A Festival for Pagans and Witches. Venbue: Heart of England Conference Centre, Fillongley Road, 

Meriden, CV7 8DX. Tickets: £15/£30. https://afestivalforpagansandwitches.co.uk/

Saturday 11 May;  Pagan Market at Bradford on Avon Green Man Festival.  Venue:  Westbury Gardens, 50 St Margaret’s St, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1DE  Admission free. https://witchfest.net/events/

Saturday, 11 May;  Family Event: Customise Your Amulet workshop with Francesca. Venue: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Time: 11am. Tickets: Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-event-customise-your-amulet-with-francesca-tickets-877355081667?

Saturday, 11 May; Trance and Hypnotism. Workshop with Paul Wood. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: tbc. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday, 11 May; Heartwood Tribe - Jack in the Green May Time Gathering. Family friendly event. Venue:  Frylands Wood Scout Outdoor Centre, Featherbed Lane, Croydon CR0 9AA. Time: 11am. Tickets: £5. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/go-wild-with-us-uk-39763045473

Saturday 11 May; Spirit and Moon Fayre. Venue: Cressex Community Centre, 203 Cressex Road, High Wycombe, HP12 4PZ, free public parking in Barry Close HP12 4UE.  Craft stalls, mediumship, jewellery, candles, crystals, tarot, EFT, Reiki, Indian head massage, talks and workshops.  Time: 11am-5pm. £5 entry including tombola ticket.   www.facebook.com/spiritandmoon. 

Saturday 11 May; Making Amulets, Talismans and Charms- In-person Class with me, Lucya Starza, author of Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Cost: £22 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 11 May; Intuitive Tarot Reading Workshop  with Emma Hewitt of Salamay Tarot and Healing Arts. Venue: Neter Maat Centre, Effra Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets  £44. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/emma-hewitt-salamay-tarot-healing-arts-38061527643

Saturday 11 May; Herb Law Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm.  Tickets: £40. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday 11 May; Planetary Magic: Venus, Planet of Love, Beauty and the Creative Arts. Online workshop with Dr Vivianne Crowley via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 12 May; Dawn Chorus Guided Walk at Dulwich Woods, South London. Time: 6.30am. Tickets: free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-wildlife-trust-7357843879

Sunday 12 May; Wirral Pathways Online Festival 2024. Time: 10am. Tickets: £7.50/£8.50. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pathways/1077862?

Sunday 12 May;  The Dark Arts Fayre by Satanic Flea Market. Venue: The Vanguard, Camden Stables Market, London NW1 8AH. Time: 11am. Entry: £4. https://www.facebook.com/events/1828805587634917/

Sunday 12 May; Spring Renewal Yoga Flow, Meditation and Sound Healing Workshop. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion Beckenham Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Sunday 12 May (usually first Sunday of the month); Beltane at Woodspirits. Venue: Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. Time: 2pm. Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 12 May; Create Your Crystal Plan. Online workshop with Gemma Petherbridge via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 12 May; Gong Bath - Sound Meditation in Brockley. Venue: Andosteo, 179 Brockley Road, London SE4 2RS. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/theresa-royle-18442369190

Sunday 12 May; Sound Bath Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 12 May; Birthing Bunnies (and other such things). Talk by Prof. Marguerite Johnson on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events except my own amulets workshop. Contact organisers directly if you have questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you're running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com I earn commission from advertisers for some links, this helps support my blog at no extra cost to readers.

A Tarot Card for the World Today: Strength

I drew a tarot card for the world today and Strength appeared. I think it's true to say that many of us are finding we need to draw on our own inner reserves of strength at the moment, because life is tough. However, the Strength card in tarot is generally seen as positive and optimistic. It often shows a lion, which can be fierce, but the animal's potential for violence is tempered by compassion.

In the Rider-Waite- Smith deck, a woman is shown stroking the lion and gently opening his mouth. It sometimes gets humorously called the card about giving a cat a pill! That might be intended as a bit of a joke, but actually this card can represent healing too. 

The deck I used was the Victorian Steampunk Tarot by Liz Dean and Bev Speight and in this set the lion is shown bearing a rose in its mouth. As we approach Beltane, I'm getting a sense of the passion of love and sexual energy. 

This is also a card about facing our fears and knowing that we have the strength to not only deal with our problems, but even to befriend our adversaries.  

You can view the Victorian Steampunk Tarot tarot on Amazon and you can read my review of here: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/03/review-victorian-steampunk-tarot.html 

(Please note, I earn commission from some links. This helps subsidise my blog at no extra cost to readers.)

Other previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/03/womens-day-tarot-bessie-coleman-ace-of.html http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2019/05/tarot-for-day-victorian-steampunk-eight.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/01/a-reading-10-of-swords-reversed.html

Magical Online & London Events As We Approach Beltane

Beltane and May Day are in a week's time, on May 1, although the bank holiday is the following Monday. Here's a list of talks, workshops, rituals and other events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over that time. As well as online activities, I also list in-person things taking place in or near London - and a few larger events further afield.  

Now - 22 June; Making More Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain. Folklore exhibition. Venue:  LCF East Bank, 105 Carpenters Rd, Stratford,  London E20 2AR. Time: 10am - 5pm. Free entry. https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-fashion/cultural-programme/making-more-mischief

Now - 2 June; Rediscovering Gems - Exhibition of gems depicting deities, mythology and more. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Free entry. https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/rediscovering-gems

Now - 28 April Cult of Beauty exhibition. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Entry is free.  https://wellcomecollection.org/

Every Wednesday and Friday (except bank holidays): Pop-In Days at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am - 4pm. Free, just pop in. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Various days except Mondays; Admission to the The Viktor Wynd Museum of UnNatural History. Venue: 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. Various times. Tickets from £6.72 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/admission-apr24-viktor-wynd-museum-of-curiosities-unnatural-history-tickets-786693931727?

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Wednesday, 24 April (every Wednesday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/ 

Wednesday, 24 April; A Brand New You: Activate More Happiness, Success and Money Using Your Intuition. Workshop with Gary Quinn. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday, 24 April; The Western Magical Tradition. Hybrid talk by Professor Ronald Hutton, author of Queens of the Wild, via Gresham College. In-person venue Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London EC1N 2HH. Time: 6pm. Free to register for online viewing. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/

Wednesday, 24 April; Full Moon Gong Bath - Sound Meditation in the Mansion. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion (Old Dining Room), Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/theresa-royle-18442369190

Wednesday, 24 April;  Psychic Night organised by In the Meantime. Venue: Old Mill Road, Plumstead, SE London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20 per reading. https://www.facebook.com/events/966930048278575/

Wednesday, 24 April; Full Moon Sound Bath. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Wednesday, 24 April; Full Moon Sound Bath and Cacao. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Wednesday 24 April (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday, 24 April (monthly event); Midweek Meditation. Venue: Crystal Wicca, 4a Station Buildings, Station Approach, Hayes BR2 7EN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £22. https://crystalwicca.co.uk/shop-events-1

Wednesday, 24 April (last Wednesday every month); Fire! Talk about Paganism at Hertford Pagan Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Wednesday  24 April; Tibetan Sound Bowl Meditation - online meditation class with Spiritual Tiik. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets from £11.11. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Wednesday, 24 April; Dark Fairy Tales by Viktor Wynd on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday, 25 April; Theosophy - In-person study group. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London · NW1 6XT. Time: 10.30am. Tickets £3 https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Thursday 25 April; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Thursday, 25 April; Paths on the Tree of Wisdom: A course in 21st Century Kabbalah. Talk and book signing by Mike Bais. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5.30pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 25 April; Online Monthly Psychic Development Circle via Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Thursday 25 April (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 https://assap.ac.uk/

Thursday 25 April; Wheels Within Wheels: Chakras and Western Esotericism. Book Launch and party with Phil Hine; Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10/£17.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 25 April; PF London Beltane Open Ritual with Loose Association of Druids of Primrose Hill via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.20pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon

Thursday, 25 April; Full Pink Moon Community Fire Gathering with  Secret Soul Sanctuary. Venue: Sydenham Hill, London, SE23 3PH. Time: 7.30pm Tickets on pay what you can basis. https://www.facebook.com/events/720676166722672/?

Thursday 25 April (usually every Thursday); Crimson Circles. Livestream by Halo Quin, author of Crimson Craft. Time: 8pm. Tickets: various options including Patreon membership. https://www.facebook.com/groups/crimsoncoven

Thursday 25 April; Mystery Symposium: Ted Serios: The Mind's Eye. Zoom talk by Emily Hauver via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 26 April - 24 May (preview at 6pm on Thursday, 25 April);  Exhibition - Pariah Genius: John Deakin, The Psychobiography of a Photographer.  Venue: Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH.   Open Mondays-Saturdays 10am-5pm. Tickets free but reserve a place https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Friday 26 April - 12 July;  History: British Folklore. Start of Beginners evening course with tutor

Gary Slator. Online event with WEA. Time: 11.30am - 1.30p0m. Course code

Q00014176. Tickets:  Free to £81.40 https://www.wea.org.uk/courses/humanities-science/history/26-april-history-british-folklore-beginners

Friday 26 April; I'm doing an online launch event for my Gothic novel Erosion. You are welcome to drop in and say hello. Time: 3pm and the recording will be available to watch later. Free online event. https://www.facebook.com/events/426303556406630/?

Friday 26 April (and other dates); 2-4-1 London Witches and History Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London SE1 9DF. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £14. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2-4-1-london-witches-history-walking-tour-tickets-852453670877?

Friday 26 April; The Night Watchman: Amazonian Guayusa Dream Tea Ceremony. Workshop with Itzhak Beery. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 26 April; Sacred Sound Healing. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £38.62. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Friday 26 April (every 2 weeks on Friday);  Gong Meditational Sound Healing. Venue: Leytonstone United Free Church, 55 Wallwood Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 1AY. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.meetup.com/Meditational-Sound-Healing-Gong-Bath/events/

Saturday 27 April; Day of talks and workshops on the theme From the Mouths of Babes: Children and Psychical Experiences Hybrid event hosted by the Society for Psychical Research.  In person venue: Society for Psychical Research HQ, 1 Vernon Mews, London W14 0RL. Time 9.45am. Full day tickets £20/£25 https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Saturday 27 April;  Suffolk Earth Spirit Pagan and Alternative Beltane Fayre. Venue: Woodbridge Community Centre, Shell Waitrose Woodbridge, Woodbridge, IP12. Time: 10.30am. Tickets £2 at the door  in advance at www.earthspiritevents.co.uk

Saturday 27 April;  The Birdman: The Path of the Andean Healer. Workshop with Itzhak Beery. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £230. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 27 April; Hearing Spirit: Clairaudience. Online workshop with Hernan Cotroneo via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 11am. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 27 April; Working with Runes Nordic Magic. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 11am. Tickets: £27.80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday 27 April; Senses of  Spring Sensory Guided Walk at Dulwich Woods , South London. Time: 11am. Tickets: free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-wildlife-trust-7357843879

Saturday 27 April; Magical uses of British Herbs workshop. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, 14 Imperial Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5QX. Time: 11am. Tickets: £45. https://www.facebook.com/events/944584363714807/?

Saturday 27 April; Sacred Sweat Lodge for Beltane. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: 11.30am. Tickets tbc, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/

Saturday 27 April; Protection and Cleansing Magic- In-person Class me, Lucya Starza. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Cost: £22 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Saturday 27 April; Beltane Celebration. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: 1.15pm. Tickets tbc, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/events/255631663896600/

Saturday 27 April; Walking in the footsteps of your year, at this Beltaine Solar Festival. Sacred walk. Starts at: London Stone (TBC prior to the walk), 111 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AR. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021

Saturday 27 April; Taking Nature's Hand on a Sacred Guided Walk with Jeremy Rye. Starting Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 27 April;  Coming of the Sun workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday 27 April; Herbs and Biodiversity Talk. Venue: Hackney Herbal Garden, Trowbridge Rd, London E9 5LD. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: free https://www.hackneyherbal.com/events

Saturday 27 April; Cosmic Crystal Cacao Ceremony - Journey To Sacred Lands With Galactic Light. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 28 April; Violet Rainbow Rising. Workshop with Joan Osborne Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 28 April; Hampstead Heath Spiritual Gathering and Walk with Spiritual Creatives. Meet at Hampstead Heath Railway Station, 4 South End Road, · London. Time: 11am. Tickets: Free. https://www.meetup.com/spiritualcreatives/

Sunday 28 April (and other times and dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 28 April; North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Venue: Chislehurst Caves. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887

Sunday 28 April;  Beltane Floral Crown Making Workshop. Venue: Flopsy Wood Community Project CIC, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8LS. Time: noon. Tickets Donation. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beltane-floral-crown-making-tickets-880337823127

Sunday 28 April;  The Art of Using and Interpreting Oracle Cards. Online class with Geoffrey Beitz Via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 28 April;  Beltane Celebration Women's Circle. Venue: Queen's Wood, Queen's Wood Road, London N6 6UU. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £31.05. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/here-comes-with-meg-and-jade-63051934473

Sunday 28 April; Anderida Gorsedd Beltane open ritual. Venue: Long Man of Wilmington, Wilmington, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm, walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards, the Giants Rest pub. https://www.facebook.com/groups/227609495203/

Sunday 28 April; Death Cafe. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 2pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday, 28 April; Beltane Urban Retreat - A Spring Clean For The Soul. Venue: Wonderful Things, Hoy Street, Thanet Tower, Unit 11 London E16 1ZA. Time: 3.30pm. Tickets: £76.55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beltane-urban-retreat-a-spring-clean-for-the-soul-tickets-837333124917?

Sunday, 28 April; London Beltane 2024 Ceremony and Maypole Dance in Woods with Mani via Woodland Witches. Venue: meet Queen's Wood Road, Highgate,· London. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/events/

Sunday 28 April; Gong Bath - Sound Meditation in Brockley. Venue: Andosteo, 179 Brockley Road, London SE4 2RS. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/theresa-royle-18442369190

Sunday 28 April; Journey Into The Wild - Power Animal Retrieval and Embodiment. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 630pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 28 April; Bedtime Stories: These Woods More Free by Madeleine Grantham via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Sunday 28 April; Starlight's Magic Month of May. Free online webinar. Time: 9.45pm. https://www.meetup.com/GoddessAwakening/events/300305929/

Monday 29 April ; Kabbalah: Revealing the Wisdom of the Tree of Life within the Soul. In-person class with Mike Bais. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 29 April (most Mondays); Chart discussion / How to get to the Heart of a chart. Two talks on astrology via the Astrological Lodge of London. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London · NW1 6XT. Time: 6pm/7.15pm. Tickets £9 per talk or event for non members/ £6 members. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 29 April; Kundalini Yoga. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6.30pm . Tickets: £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Monday 29 April; Taking Nature's Hand: May. What has nature in mind for you this month? Online event with Jeremy Rye.  Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jeremy-rye-31055883021

Monday 29 April; Reading Dreams. Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 29 April;  Witch Lit Book Talk. A livestream event featuring six Witch Lit authors discussing their books and writing: Katherine Genet, Sheena Cundy, Mariëlle S. Smith, Lisa, Irisanya Moon and Rachel S. Roberts. Organised by Treehouse Witch.  Time: 7pm. Free online event. https://www.facebook.com/events/796173365303094/

Monday 29 April; Pendulum Basics part 1. Venue: Crystal Wicca, 4a Station Buildings, Station Approach, Hayes BR2 7EN. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22. https://crystalwicca.co.uk/shop-events-1

Monday 29 April;  Livestream Walk in Machu Picchu - Incas Lost World. Time: 8pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Monday 29 April (every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/

Monday 29 April; An Intellectual Adventure of Celestial Navigation. Talk by Robert Hicks on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Tuesday 30 April (every Tuesday); Ceremonial Yoga. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 12.15pm Tickets: £12. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday, 30 April (and other dates); Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £55. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Tuesday 30 April; Beltane Celebration, Journaling and sound. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6.30pm Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday 30 April; Monthly Chakra Activation. Online via Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary. Time: 7pm Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Tuesday, 30 April; Learn Tarot (Minor Cards) – Online Course. Start of 4-session course with Adrien Mastrosimone via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £120. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday, 30 April; LCF Sampled: Folk Customs and Costumes in May. Simon Costin in conversation with Professor Andrew Teverson about May Day customs. Venue: London College of Fashion (Lecture Hall), 105 Carpenters Road London E20 2AR.  Time: 7pm. Tickets: free https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lcf-sampled-folk-customs-and-costumes-in-may-tickets-872560470857?

Tuesday, 30 April; THow to Navigate the Year of the Wood Dragon. Online talk with Janine Lowe via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday, 30 April; The Witches' Way. Start of 2-session online workshop with Julian Vayne via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday, 30 April - 28 May; Make your Own Memento Mori: Befriending Death. Start of course with Joanna Ebenstein on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £83.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Tuesday 30 April;  The Supernatural on Trial. Talk by Naomi Ryan at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX, Doors: 7.30pm. Start: 8pm. Tickets: £5/£3 http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, 1 May; May Morning - Dancing at Dawn with the Belles of London City and London Pride Morris. Venue: Primrose Hill, London Borough of Camden. Time: Sunrise on May Day at 5.31am. Free, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/events/7254226881279911/?

Wednesday, 1 May; Beltane Breathwork and Sound Journey with Campfire. Venue: Seven Sisters Sanctuary, Page House 6a Wakefield Road London N15 4NL. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets:  £54.88. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beltane-breathwork-sound-journey-with-campfire-tickets-848493897087?

Wednesday, 1 May; The New Witches Club - Beginners Witchcraft Circle and Beltane Ceremony. Venue: Soma hŌṃe, 231 Stoke Newington Church Street, Studio 2 and 4, London N16 9HP.  Time: 7pm. Tickets:   £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/desiree-sacred-wise-magick-41151406443

Wednesday, 1 May; Leveraging the Power of Consciousness to Heal Ourselves and the World. Online talk by Dr Guy Hatchard hosted by the Scientific and Medical Network. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  £11.99/£9.99. https://scientificandmedical.net/events

Wednesday, 1 May (tbc but usually first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm. Free  https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Wednesday, 1 May; Cunning Folk Archive Hour - The Wheel of the Year. Venue: Dash The Henge Store, 348 Camberwell New Road, London SE5 0RW. Time: 7pm, Free.  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Wednesday, 1 May; In Season: Into the Green. Online storytelling with Jason Buck. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: Various prices with Patreon membership. https://www.facebook.com/events/3817232521843568/

Thursday 2 May; Energy Healing and Breathwork. Online via Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary. Time: 8am Tickets: £18. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Thursday, 2 May; The Modern Art of War. Zoom talk by Hunter Liguore via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday, 2 May; Beltane/Mayday and Trefor Wickens' birthday party, organised by Trefor and South East London Pagans. Venue: Peckham Rye Common, South East London. Time: 5pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/1761484621028145/

Thursday, 2 May; Hand Reading for Careers and Success. Online class with Robin Lown via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £75. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday, 2 May; The Conscious Breath: Where Spirit and Matter Meet. Free online event with Doe Warnes via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: free. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday, 2 May; Pariah Genius: Stewart Lee and Iain Sinclair in conversation. Venue: Venue: Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15 (including signed book and drink); or £3 (admin fee; no book or drink). https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/event-type/talks/

Thursday 2 May; May Day Death Cafe (veggie/vegan food available). Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 7.15pm, Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/1795290144218278/?

Friday 3 - Monday 6 May; Hastings Jack-in-the-Green Festival - traditional annual event to celebrate May with music, a procession, talks and workshops, Morris Dancing, a May Queen and Jack-in-the-Green. Full four-day festival programme culminating on Bank Holiday Monday with the Jack in the Green parade itself. For full details visit the festival website: https://hastingstraditionaljackinthegreen.co.uk/

Friday 3 May (1st and 3rd Friday each month); The Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 3 May (date tbc), Pagan meet up for In the Meantime. Venue: The Old Mill pub, London, SE18 1QG. Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555658315696

Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May; Rochester Sweeps Festival, International Festival of Folk Music and Dance. Time: 10am to 6pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200773/rochester_sweeps_festival

Saturday, 4 May; Foraging, Ethnobotany and Plant ID walk. Venue: Cody Dock, 11c South Crescent, London E16 4TL. Tim: 11am. Tickets: £20. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-urban-crone-20053393972

Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 May;  The Embodied Tarot – 2-day Workshop with Adrien Mastrosimone. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 2.30pm. Cost: £250 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Sunday 5 - Monday 6 May; Enchanted Landscapes: Exploring British Folk Tales. Venue:  Braziers Park, Ipsden, Wallingford. Starts 10am. Tickets from £65. https://www.facebook.com/events/719819643689466/

Sunday 5 May; Balance Your Mind, Balance Your Life. Start of 6-session online course with Sven Carlson via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 10am. Tickets: £175. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 5 May;  Druidic Ritual to celebrate Beltane, on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, at 12.30pm to prepare the site for the ritual at 1pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill

Sunday 5 May (tbc but usually first Sunday of the month); Woodspirits. Venue: Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. Time: 2pm. Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 5 May; Pipes of Pan Market followed by late night Heavy Rock night. Venue: Helgi's, 177 Mare Street, London E8 3RH. Time: 4pm market. https://www.facebook.com/events/935525714742017/

Sunday 5 May; Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth. Talk by Cathi Unsworth on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.72. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 6 May; Conjuring Inanna and the Trancestors - Moon Ritual by Intimate Animals and Ugly Duck. Venue: Ugly Duck, 49 Tanner Street, London SE1 3PL. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £10 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/intimate-animals-ugly-duck-48346099203

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