The Queen of Swords: A Tarot Reading for the World

I drew a tarot card as a reading for for the world, using the unusual Theatre Deli Tarot, which was made by a London-based community of artistic people. I revealed the Queen of Swords. This usually represents a powerful woman with a keen intellect. She is often depicted seated on a throne, crowned and holding a sword. It's a strong picture - but I feel this version is even stronger.

In the Theatre Deli deck she is taking her own authority by crowning herself. She stares straight out of the image, facing us, and forcing us to face her in return. Crossed swords above her head could represent choices. I think this references the two of swords, in which a woman is making difficult decisions but hasn't yet taken full control of the situation. In the Queen of Swords card she is in the act of doing so. Yet in both cards, the woman's eyes are covered, symbolising that she is using inner vision and other senses, not just her eyes.

Theatre Deli's Queen is also coming alive with swirled rainbow colours. Similar colours are on the swords, but in straighter, sharper lines. This is a moment of transforming adversity and changing it's patterns to something more fluid, turning weapons of war into creativity.

 I think that is the message for all of us who have felt we are in the shadows. Take your power, face the world, and show your true colours.

You can buy copies of the Theatre Deli Tarot here or pick up one onsite at Theatre Deli Leadenhall Street.

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Magical Events Over Imbolc near London and Online

Here's a list of magical events over Imbolc and the next week. There's a mixture of online and in-person things to do, including celebrations for the first stirrings of spring. I generally list events  in or near London plus a few big festivals and conferences further afield, but you can do online things anywhere.

Now - 31 January 2026. The Medium is the Message. An exhibition at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Open Tuesday - Sunday daytime. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Now on; Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition. Venue: The Vaults, Leake Street, SE1 7NN. Open Wednesdays to Sundays. Tickets from £21. https://darksecretsexhibition.com/london/

Now to 20 April  2026; Welcome To Fairy Land - Luciana Nedelea Art Exhibition. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: Museum opening hours, free entry https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/events-exhibitions/

Now – 19 April 2026; Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection Exhibition. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/thirst-in-search-of-freshwater

Now to 16 May; Broken, Burnt, Buried. Exhibition of Egyptians objects deliberately broken as part of ritual and religious practices. Venue: Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Free. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/

Now – 26 February;  Exhibition: Elective Affinities. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH , Time: 10am-5pm Monday - Friday. Free, but book a ticket. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/elective-affinities/

Now – 1 February; Thirst: In Search of Freshwater. Exhibition about humanity’s vital connection with freshwater, including pagan, spiritual and mystical aspects. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/thirst-in-search-of-freshwater

Most lunchtimes and some other times: Meditation - in-person or online. In-person venue: Inner Space, 36 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London · WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm (for lunchtime meditation). Free. https://www.meetup.com/inner-space-covent-garden/events/

Every lunchtime: Rainbow Spirit offers a shared vegetarian lunch from a flat in Soho, London, for all people LGBT+Allies. The foundation is British witchcraft. Each meal is followed by Ancestor Circle, passing the talking stick. This is an alcohol-free event. To attend join the Whatsapp chat group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LhDxaCzGsmE2YI6AReyw3W

or email: rainbowawakening1@gmail.com

Every Wednesday and Friday; College of Psychic Studies -  pop in to have a look around the lovely building.  Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm weekdays. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Various dates; London Witches and Chilling History Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London, SE1 9DF. Times various. Tickets around £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/enthral-experiences-58960674733

Wednesday 28 January (and other dates); Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £60 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 28 January; Mithras: Master of Mystery. Hybrid talk by Professor Ronald Hutton, author of Triumph of the Moon and Blood and Mistletoe, 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 28 January; Working with the Spirit Doctors and Spirit World. Start of 6-session course run by Susan Gash, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £200. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 28 January; Melissa's Tarot Club. Monthly In-Person Workshop. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Wednesday 28 January; Moonchild - Nurturing Full Moon Gong Bath Session For Your Inner Child. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesday 28 January (most Wednesdays); Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday 28 January (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 28 January; Sacred Gong Meditation with Joe Summerfield. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Wednesday 28 January; Necromancy: Death, Ritual and the Imagination. Talk by Lena Heide Brennand  on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 29 January; Mindfulness Meditation Online via Rest Less Events. Time: 9am. Tickets £3.99 per class. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/

Thursday 29 January (most Thursdays); Shamanic Dance with Luisa Passalacqua. Venue near Wandsworth Town Station, London. Time: 11am. Tickets donations (or free) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/luisa-passalacqua-16972493584?

Thursday 29 January; Angels and Guides: Foundation. Start of 8-session course run by Kim Pilkington, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 29 January; 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 29 January; Emotion Hacks: How to Feel Better, Faster by Dr Ryan Martin. Talk and signing. 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 29 January;  Islamic Occultism. Talk and  Soirée with 

Amal Salem. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 29 January; Working with Mushroom Spirit. Talk by Tia Price, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 7pm. Tickets £22 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 29 January; PF London Imbolc Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.15pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon

Thursday 29 January; UFOs, Telepathic Cats and a Fake Tibetan Mystics. Talk by Ray Russell on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 29 January (last Wednesday or Thursday every month); House Protection and Cleansing Magic. Talk at Hertford Pagan Moot. Venue: The White Horse Pub, 33 Castle Street, Hertford, Herts SG14 1HH) (45 mins from central London). Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Friday 30 January (usually every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 30 January - 13 March; Seeing Green: Nature in Northern European Art, 1550–1680. Online course via Zoom through the Warburg Institute. Tickets £130 (concessions available). Time: 2pm. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/visual-history-of-european-alchemy-2025

Friday 30 January; Archetypal Coaching: Synergies through Astrology and Dream Work with Alba Carod. Talk and signing. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Friday 30 January;  LEO Full Moon Sound Bath: Expression and Creativity. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Friday 30 January;  Last Night Late with Live Music - The Medium is the Message. An exhibition at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Exhibitiuon open from 11am, Evening event: 7pm-9pm. Tickets free. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/special-events/spirit-inspired-art/exhibition-special-late/

Saturday 31 January, Essex Imbolc Witchcraft Market. Venue: Mistley Village Hall, Shrublands Road, Mistley, Manningtree, CO11 1HS. Entry £3 on the door.

​Saturday 31 January; Sacred Sweat Lodge for Imbolc. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: noon Tickets £30, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/

Saturday 31 January; How to Thrive as a Sensitive and Empath. Workshop with Mel Collins, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 1pm. Tickets £90 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 31 January; Candle magic workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. The venue is Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. It starts at 1pm and tickets are £22 per person. To find out more and reserve a place visit: https://www.treadwells-london.com/.

Saturday 31 January; Imbolc Free and open Gorsed of Caer Abiri 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. https://www.facebook.com/groups/49080749624/

Saturday 31 January; Connecting the Trees - a Call to Arms with South East London Pagans. Venue: Boudicca Grave Hampstead Heath, North London. Time: 1.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Saturday 31 January; Winter Womb and Imbolc Retreat Day in Forest Hill with Natalie Fishwick. Venue: Quakers Meeting House. 34 Sunderland Road. London SE23 2QA. Time: 2 pm to 7 pm Tickets £96.05 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-womb-imbolc-retreat-day-in-forest-hill-tickets-1977603598599?

Saturday 31 January; Imbolc Ritual Gathering with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at the entrance to Queen's Woods, Queen's wood Road, London N6 5UU, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Bring a torch and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/

Saturday 31 January; Seeds of Light: Imbolc and Full Moon Healing Ceremony. Venue: The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seeds-of-light-an-imbolc-full-moon-healing-ceremony-tickets-1979301259348?

Saturday 31 January (every full and new moon); Moon Space online event via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday 31 January; National Storytelling Week: Dark Tales for Dark Nights. Venue Hat and Feathers, 2 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5PQ. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets:  £15 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-storytelling-week-dark-tales-for-dark-nights-tickets-1978835018810?

Saturday 31 January (and other dates); Magic, Mystics and Martyrs Walking Tour with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Fish St Hill, London EC3R 8AH. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £18. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/event-details/magic-mystics-and-martyrs-2

Sunday 1 February; Group Constellation Workshop by Avideya. Venue: 30 Friern Watch Avenue, London N12 9NT. Time:  from 10am to 5pm.  From £53.80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/avideya-30020254011

Sunday 1 February; Psychic Mediumship with Crystals. Workshop with Sarah-Jane Jay. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Sunday 1 February;  Orpington Alternative Market. Venue: The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington. Time: 11am. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335736923852705/

Sunday 1 February; The Oracle Of Animal Soul Medicine: An Imbolc Celebration, Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: 11am. Tickets £35, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/

Sunday 1 February (and other dates and times); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 1 February;  North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, NW Kent. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887

Sunday 1 February (on the closest Sunday to the festival); Druidic Ritual to celebrate Imbolc 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 1 February; Mindful Stroll and Forest Bathing in Crystal Palace Park. Meet at Sydenham Gate, CP Park, London SE20. Time: 1pm. Free, but parking is paid. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 1 February (closest Sunday to the festival); Anderida Gorsedd Imbolc 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 1 February;  Rooted. Circle (women's circle). Venue East Bank, London N16  Time: 2pm. Tickets from £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rooted-circle-womens-circle-tickets-1980556404521?

Sunday 1 February; Start of 8 Part Witchcraft Course: 8 Sabbats, 8 Portals of Magick, a Wheel of the Year Series. Venue: Crystal Wicca, either at West Wickham, BR4 or or Westerham TN16 (tbc). Time: tbc. Tickets: £222 for the entire course and all equipment. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Sunday 1 February; Imbolc Womens' Circle by Litha Rose. Venue in London E9. Time: 4pm. Tickets £31.05. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imbolc-womens-circle-tickets-1980392562465?

Sunday 1 February; Am I Psychic? Workshop with Jeremy Turner-Welch, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 5pm. Tickets £95 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 1 February;  Witches and 90s Pop Culture. Online talk via Seed Talks. Time  5pm. Tickets  £17 – £26.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witches-90s-pop-culture-tickets-1977021557699?

Sunday 1 February; Activate Psychic Skills with Astrology. Start of 5-session workshop with Carmen Turner-Schott, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 6pm. Tickets £180 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 1 February; Wheel of the Year: Imbolc 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 1 February; Online Wheel of the Year: Imbolc Pagan Ceremony via Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 1 February (tbc but usually on the closest Sunday to the festival);  OBOD Online Imbolc Ceremony live on the OBOD Facebook page and OBOD YouTube Channel. Time: 7pm https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Sunday 1 February; Peace Meditation With Imbolc Goddess Wisdom and Sacred Gong by

Adrian Beckingham. Venue: Forest Hill Quaker Meeting House, 34 Sunderland Road, London SE23 2QA. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £27.80.  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peace-meditation-with-imbolc-goddess-wisdom-sacred-gong-tickets-1981331818806?

Sunday 1 February; Leo Full Moon and Sekhmet Ritual by the Thames with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment, · London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/

Monday 2 February; Ascending with Angels workshop led by David Goddard. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 6.30pm  Cost £40 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Monday 2 February;  Ready for Aries? What Kind of ‘Brave New World’? talk by Roy Gillett, plus chart discussions. Hybrid talks via the Astrological Lodge of London. In-person venue: Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Starts 6.30pm. Tickets £9/£6. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 2 February;  Heartspaces Imbolc Pagan Ceremony by Rosslyn Hill Chapel. Venue: Essex Street, London WC2R 3HY. Starts 6.30pm. Tickets  free https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/15430594317?

Monday 2 February;  Women's Full Moon Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £25.63. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Monday 2 February;  Full Moon and Imbolc Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: Private address near One Tree Hill, Honor Oak, South London. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Monday 2 February; Hermetic Magical Training, Stage 2. Start of 4-part course with Julia Phillips via Treadwell's online. Time: 7pm. Delayed viewing available. Tickets: £120. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 2 February;  Theosophy. Online discussion group via Rudolf Steiner House. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Monday 2 February  (tbc but usually every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Tuesday 3 February;  Imbolc  Candlelit Peace Labyrinth Walk. Venue: 14th Southgate Scout Hut, 

Green Road, London N14 4AP. Time 6pm. Tickets £20. https://www.facebook.com/Goddesspeacelabyrinth

Tuesday 3 February; Yoga for Mind, Breath and Body. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 6.15pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Tuesday 3 February; Beginner Tarot. Start of 4-Part course with Delphine de la Mar. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £150. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 3 February (tbc but usually first Tuesday each month); Talk  at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £4: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064489640955

Tuesday 3 February; Castle Arianrhod. Words and music with Cath Little on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Wednesday 4 February; The Goddess Isis. Workshop with Levannah Morgan via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 4 February; Witchcraft's Paths to Power: Herbs and Incense. Class with Hannah Sanders n via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 4 February (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm. Free  https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Wednesday 4 February; Angels and Guides: Foundation. Start of 8-session course run by Liesl Duffy, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 4 February; The 7 Rays of Consciousness. Start of 8-session course run by Kim Pilkington, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 4 February; Paranormal Ethnographies of Ketamine. Talk by Giorgia Gaia  on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 7.30pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 5 February; Goddess Oshun: You Are Worthy workshop with Abiola Abrams, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 5 February; Bring Me Love: Finding and Keeping Love Using Divination and Folk Magic with Icy Sedgwick. Talk and signing. 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 5 February; Intuitive Art: Develop Psychic Ability. Start of 8-session course run by June-Elleni Laine, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 5 February; Drumming Cirtcle of Infinity. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £15. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Thursday 5 February; Recognise and Clear Negative Energy. Start of 8-session course run by Martha Brett, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 5 February;  Witch Choir with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 5 February; Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris's Thoth Tarot. Event with Kingfisher Coven. Venue:  Lost Souls Pizza Camden, 245 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BA.  Time: 7pm. Tickets: £6.13 https://www.eventbrite.com/o/keith-broad-kingfisher-coven-88810783003

Thursday 5 February; Spirits of Dark and Lonely Water – a Zoom talk with John Clark via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 7.30pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 6 February (usually 1st and 3rd Friday each month); Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 6 February; Your True Career Path Through Numerology And Tarot With Christina Tumino. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 3pm  Cost £35 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 6 February (and other dates); Holistic Sound Bath Meditation - Summoning The Sacred. Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Cooper's Yard, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holistic-sound-bath-meditation-summoning-the-sacred-tickets-223970159777?#

Saturday 7 February;  Kitchen Witchcraft Online Retreat with Rachel, Heather and Ness via Zoom. Time: 10am to 4pm. Early bird price £45 ​(KW School students ask about a discount code) https://www.kitchenwitchhearth.net/whats-on

Saturday 7 February; Seeing Spirit: Clairvoyance workshop with Hernan Cotroneo, via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 11am. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 7 February; Work with Your Guides. Workshop with Maria Antoniou. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Saturday 7 February; An Introduction to the Ancient Runes. Workshop with Andreas Kornevall. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Saturday 7 February (date tbc but usually first Saturday each month); Gong Bath. Venue: Upminster Sanctuary Pea Lane, Upminster, RM142XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: tbc.  https://upminstersanctuary.com/

Sunday 8 February; Ancestral Stories: Tarot Tells the Tale. Workshop with Avril Price. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Sunday 8  February; Meet Your Totem Animals and Spirit Guides workshop with Linda Star Wolf , via the College of Psychic Studies online. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 8 February; "Love Knot - a twisted knot of tales for Valentine's" with Giles Abbott . Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Times: 7.30pm and £8.30pm. Tickets  from £10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Sunday 8 February; Agony and the Ecstasy: Sacred & Carnal Devotion to Saints. Talk by Eric Huang on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

For events after this please visit my events page

Notes: I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own workshops. I don't always know about changes or cancellations to events I don't run - tbc means to be confirmed. Contact event organisers directly if you have questions. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical wellbeing and healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you know an online or London-based event you want included, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com  I earn commission from advertisers for some links. 

Book Swapping: Feats & Wisdom of the Ancients

Many stations have swap shelves where you can leave unwanted books, then take others that interest you. I've often mentioned the one near me, which always has a wonderful selection of free reads. Yesterday I went there to drop of a few I'd finished with, but couldn't resist browsing for something to take away. I found Feats and Wisdom of the Ancients - Library of Curious and Unusual Facts.

It was published by Time Life Books in the early 1990s, as a volume in a series of part-works. These kinds of collectable encyclopedias of the unexplained were really popular back in the day before the internet. I still get a nostalgic pleasure just from looking at them, and I'll enjoy reading this before I take it back and swap it for something else again.

Don't forget that local libraries are a wonderful resource for books you can read for free too. In my borough, you can find my Pagan Portals titles on Candle Magic, Guided Visualisations, and Poppets and Magical Dolls, and my novel Erosion. I've blogged about it in the past, with a link. I'm just as happy when people borrow my books from the library as when they buy them.

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Pagan Eye: My Books For National Shelfie Day

This Wednesday is National Shelfie Day, celebrated annually on the fourth Wednesday in January. It's a fun and light-hearted day dedicated to showing off your bookshelves—also known as a “shelfie”. 

Here's  a photo I've taken of some my own titles published by Moon Books on my own bookcase. I've written several in the Pagan Portals series, including Candle Magic, Poppets and Magical Dolls, Scrying, Rounding the Wheel of the Year and Guided Visualisations. I've also written a gothic novel called Erosion. set on the English coast in the year of the Great Storm.

You can see my books in the photo of a shelf in my witchy room, along with a few of my own favourite magical dolls. Here's where you can find details of them all:

• Via my author page at Moon Books: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/authors/lucya-starza  
• If you're in London, you can buy paperback copies at Treadwell's bookshop, 33 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BS. 
• You can also view my books via Amazon

(Please note: I earn commission from some links)

My Pagan Eye posts show photos that I find interesting - seasonal images, pagan sites, events, or just pretty pictures. 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.

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Every Day Magic: Ways to Help Beat the January Blues

I don't know about you, but I've been suffering quite badly from the January blues this year. The grim weather and awful world news haven't helped, as well as the fact that my beloved cat Tommy died suddenly and unexpectedly earlier this month. He was my companion in magic and I miss him a lot.

Here's a suggestion from the book Every Day Magic - A Pagan Book of Days, published by Moon Books, with some ideas for helping cheer oneself up.

Beat the January Blues: Wrap up warm, get outside and go for a walk in nature or in your local park to make the most of the daylight – even if that is just in your lunch hour. Make a donation to charity, even a very small one. In the evening, light a candle and meditate on its bright flame. 

Cuddling cats has also been shown to help lift moods. Apparently the way they purr is soothing. I'm making an extra fuss of Tommy's sister, Tuppence, who is still with us and hopefully will be for many years to come. You can see her in the photo above.

You can view the book Every Day Magic: A Pagan Book of Days on Amazon .

Please note: I earn commission from some links.

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