Black Stars in Dim Carcosa: Necronomicon Field Notes

Why does anyone attempt the rites of Necronomicon, the madness-inducing grimoire first mentioned in the horror fiction of HP Lovecraft?

It's a question I've often asked myself. I've heard a few people talk about it in the past, from chaos magician Steve Ash to occulture scholar Dr Justin Woodman. I've also previously read a few books by ceremonial magicians, including Kenneth Grant and Donald Tyson.

The answers I got ranged from the lure of forbidden knowledge to actually wanting to bring about the end of the world. The first I kind of get, the second seems a daft act of nihilistic rebellion. 

Nevertheless, I have a fascination with the Cthulhu Mythos, as it's called. I love the stories and have myself written scenarios for Chaosium's roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu, under the name Lucya Szachnowski. But I was still wondering why people don't simply appreciate it as fiction? Why attempt to contact - or bring into being - powers described as utterly inimical to humanity?

I've just read a new book called Black Stars in Dim Carcosa - Necronomicon Field Notes which fully explains the various approaches to it, and the reasons, with clear guides on how to do it without going mad or ending the world. Here's a description from author Marco Visconti's website:

"Black Stars in Dim Carcosa is the definitive Necronomicon field notes, the bridge between the book’s messy legend and the step-by-step reality of practice. [It] opens with the strange, contested story of the Simon Necronomicon and the postmodern current it helped catalyse, a volatile braid of Mesopotamian sorcery and the literary mythos of H. P. Lovecraft." 

As Black Stars in Dim Carcosa explains, the Simon Necronomicon was the first non-fiction book that claimed to be the tome Lovecraft described. It wasn't. Instead, it was written later and inspired by the fiction, overlaying that onto traditional Mesopotamian deities and planets. It offered an initiatory system of ceremonies to walk through seven "gates" on a spiritually transformative journey. It also offered ways to contact the Ancient Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos.

I'll admit I've never read the Simon Necronomicon so I was fascinated to read Marco Visconti's description of it, commentary on how it works in practice, and guidance to: "What changes when you practice it with discipline rather than curiosity?"

Marco adds: "The first half [of Black Stars in Dim Carcosa] offers a clear, operational reading of the Seven Gates and the logic that drives them, then moves into step-by-step gatewalking as a repeatable method."

He goes into similar analysis of the other, later, occult grimoires and types of working that have been inspired by the Mythos. These are primarily: 

• Kenneth Grant's Typhonian Trilogies and other material, which "wove together strands of Thelema, Tantric and Qabalistic mysticism.
• Polish occultist Asenath Mason's book Necronomicon Gnosis: A Practical Introduction.
• Karl Stone's The Moonchild of Yesod: A Grimoire of Occult Hyperchemistry.

I found Marco's book fascinating. I absolutely loved it! Black Stars in Dim Carcosa is well written and engaging. It clearly explains and describes the different approaches and where they fit in to postmodern occult theory. If you want to work with the forces of the Necronomicon, I thoroughly recommend Marco Visconti's book as a helpful and common-sense companion on the potentially dangerous path. It's also worth reading if, like me, you're just curious.

But what are the sensible reasons one might choose to work Necronomicon rituals? 

Well, facing one's fears and active taboo-breaking are initiatory techniques in many spiritual and magical traditions. Many chaos magicians work with fictional entities, saying they can be as powerful as more traditional gods, goddesses, and demons because of the belief invested in them. But what if the Ancient Ones are real? Well, in that case, learning about them in a managed and controlled way is perhaps safer than sitting around waiting until the stars are right.

At the end, Black Stars in Dim Carcosa offers another approach to Mythos magick apart from gatewalking or invoking entities. It's a Lost Carcosa guided visualisation, shaped around Hastur and the King in Yellow, which is a ruined city and it's mysterious ruler originating in the fiction of Robert W. Chambers. 

Marco writes that integration is the point of the work. "Dread is treated as a way of knowing, and tangential tantrums as usable data, those sideways eruptions that may signal real contact, real risk, and, sometimes, real initiation."

I'll probably not do any of these magical workings. However, Marco points out: "Grant and those inspired by him often treat art, whether writing, painting, music, or even performance, as a magical act and a channel for the Nameless forces."

Grant believed that Lovecraft had in fact been inspired by those forces, even though the horror author didn't know it. Perhaps that's true for me too. Perhaps my own writing, fiction and roleplaying scenarions (pictured), are magical workings of a kind. That's certainly something to think about.

You can view Black Stars in Dim Carcosa on Amazon as well as on Marco Visconti's website, which I linked to earlier.

Please note: I earn commission from some links

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https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/05/books-aleister-crowley-manual-thelemic.html
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https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/10/review-grimoires-history-of-magic-books.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/10/god-of-week-dagon.html

My Witchy Events: Divination, Books and Candles

Here are details of the witchy events I'm involved with from now until the end of May. There are workshops on scrying, candle magic. I'll also be giving a free talk at the Beckenham Library Wednesday Waffle.

April

Candle Magic Workshop In-Person at Treadwell's

On  Saturday 11 April I'm running an in-person workshop on candle magic at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time:1pm  Cost: £25 per person.  Visit https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

May

Beckenham Library Wednesday Waffle

On Wednesday 13 May I'll be talking about my writing, including my inspiration for my gothic novel Erosion, at Wednesday Waffle, a regular meeting to chat about books and writing. Venue: Beckenham Library,  22 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4 PE. Time: 10am-11.30am. Free but reserve a place by phoning 020 8650 7090 or email beckenham.library@gll.org.

Scrying In-Person at Treadwell's

On Saturday 16 May im running an in-person Scrying workshop, on divination using crystal balls, mirrors and water. This is at Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. It starts at 1pm and costs £25 per person. Find out more or book tickets here:  https://www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/the-art-of-scrying-in-person-workshop-6

I'm Lucya Starza and as well as writing A Bad Witch's Blog I'm the author of books in the Pagan Portals series on Candle Magic, Guided Visualisations, Poppets and Magical Dolls, Scrying, and Rounding the Wheel of the Year. My Gothic novel Erosion is also published by Moon Books.

You can buy my books at Treadwell's Bookshop, via Amazon, at the College of Psychic Studies in London and at other bookshops. You can find more about me at my author page at publisher Moon Books, and on my Amazon author page. Please note I earn commission from advertisers for some links.

Rounding the Year: Damson Blossom & Green Buds

Spring is marching on!  Yes, that's a deliberate pun, as we're nearly at the end of the month of that name. I took this photo of my damson tree in blossom with the first few tiny green leaves just starting to show. A few days ago it was full of white flowers and not a leaf to be seen. The tree in the background is still bare.

I love this time of year, although sometimes I feel it rushes on just a little too fast. Earlier this month I photographed my garden's first camellia bloom this year. More flourished, and fell. The forsythia is now turning from yellow to green. But spring and the blossom season aren't over yet. 

Share your Pictures

Since my book Rounding the Wheel of the Year  came out I've been inviting people to share seasonal pictures, art, crafts, words and other creativity. I'd love to encourage readers to record what's happening in nature in various ways including photographs, as well as other seasonal journalling, musings, drawing, painting and crafting.

Here are ways to share the things you're doing or what you see out and about as the wheel turns:

• Leave a comment on this post about what you're up to
• Find my prompts to share on my Facebook Page: Lucya Starza Pagan Portals Author
• Share on Instagram with the tag #RoundingtheYear
  

Where to find Rounding the Wheel of the Year

My book offers more ways to acknowledge and celebrate the seasons in ritual, magic, folklore and nature. You can view Rounding the Wheel of the Year on Amazon, find it at esoteric bookshops or via my publisher Moon Books: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/our-books/pagan-portals-rounding-wheel-year

(Please note: I earn commission from some links.)

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https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/03/springtime-camellias.html
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Pagan Eye: Gods from Hawaiʻi at the British Museum

I took this photo of feathered gods at the Hawaiʻi exhibition at the British Museum. The label by the display reads:

"Akua hulu manu (feathered gods) are sacred vessels made to house specific gods. They were made by skilled makers and cared for by kahu (guardians) through ritual practices. Placed in the service of their ali'i (chiefs) they could be housed in sacred sites or carried into battle."

Apparently the three in the picture were gifted to British naval officers by a high chief in 1798. Today the British Museum and members of the Hawaiian community in London share the stewardship of these important ancestral manifestations.

These are only a few of the deity effigies on display at the Hawaiʻi - a Kingdom Crossing Oceans, which runs until 25 May. The British Museum is at Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Adult tickets are £18, but members get in for free. Find out more here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Pagan Eye Posts

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 in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. I mainly include in-person things in or near London, because that's where I'm based, as well as online talks and workshops you can do anywhere (bolded for easier identification), and some bigger events further afield.  

Now to 20 April; 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 to 2 May  (but closed for Easter from 1-8 April); Conspiracies exhibition. Venue: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. 11am to 6pm. Free entry. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/conspiracies

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

Now - 25 May; Hawaiʻi - a Kingdom Crossing Oceans exhibition. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Adult tickets £18. https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Now – 19 April; 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 – 16 May; Witch/Craft. Art and Photography exhibition by Anne Jackson’s and Sara Hannant. Venue: St Barbe Museum, New Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9BH. Open Monday – Saturday 10am-4pm. Adult tickets £6. https://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/witch-craft/?

Now on; Vikings: The Immersive Experience. Venue: Dock X, Unit 1 Canada Water, Surrey Quays Rd, London SE16 2XU.  Opening hours: daily from 9am. Adult tickets from £23 and children from £16. https://vikings-immersive.co.uk/london/?

Now - 27 March; Sean Jefferson 'Fairy Phenomena' art exhibition. Venue: David Messum Fine Art. St. James's, London. Free entry. https://www.messums.com/exhibitions/view/972

Every Tuesday to Sunday; 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-4pm. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

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

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. Alcohol-free event. To attend join the Whatsapp chat group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LhDxaCzGsmE2YI6AReyw3W

or email: rainbowawakening1@gmail.com

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 25 March (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 25 March; Book Launch: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Magic Arts and the Occult Revival by Felix John Taylor. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 6.30pm.  Free entry but reserve a place and a copy of the book https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 25 March (monthly); 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 25 March; The Wandering Womb, talk by Bibi's Circle. Venue: Rons Coffee House, Holdrons Arcade 135a, Rye Lane London SE15 4ST. Time: 7pm. Tickets £8.30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bibis-circle-56277271483

Wednesday 25 March (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 25 March; Sacred Gong Meditation with Joe Summerfield. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 25 March (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 26 March (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 26 March (every Thursday); 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 26 March; Posture Power by Eleanor Dalton. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 26 March; The Intuitive Drawing Circle. Venue: The Paxton Centre, 52 Anerley Hill, 

Crystal Palace London SE19 2AE. Time: Time: doors open from 6:30pm for refreshments - workshop 7pm. Tickets £22. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/12615056555?

Thursday 26 March. Drumming for Infinity. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £15. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Thursday 26 March; An Introduction to Crystals. Online workkshop by Gemma Petherbridge, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 26 March; Toby Litt: On Swedenborg, Skateboarding and Sunlight. Talk via the Swedenborg Society. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 7pm to 8.30pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/8460713300?

Thursday 26 March;  Talk and Soirée on the Horned Goddesses in History, with Dr Anna Milon  Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 26 March; Awakening the Volva. Start of 4-Part Course with Katie Gerrard and Andre Henrique via Treadwells Online, with optional extra in-person rite in London. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £80/£90. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Thursday 26 March; Wild Women Writers Salon 22 - Where the Wild Things Grow: tending the wild within and around us. Live online, BSL supported. Recording available.  Time  7–8.30 pm. Tickets: Pay what you can. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women-writers-salon-22-where-the-wild-things-grow-bsl-supported-tickets-1984287994808?

Thursday 26 March (and other dates); Candlelit Gong Bath by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £20.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Thursday 26 March (last Thursday every month); Spring Energy. 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

Thursday 26 March; Death and Rebirth in Ancient Egypt. Talk by Dr Chris Naunton  online 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

Friday 27 March (usually every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Online event. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 27 March; Michele Knight-Waite - The Power Of You. Hybrid event. In-person venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Doors open: 6.30pm. Tickets from £40. https://www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk/whats-on/michele-knight-waite-the-power-of-you

Friday 27 March  (4th Friday of the month);  The Wild Wood Tarot study group. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/astrotarotkitchen/events/

Friday 27 March; Parzival and the future. Online talk via Rudolf Steiner House. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Friday 27 March; An Interactive Evening of Hand Reading with Robin Lown. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 27 March  (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/book

Friday 27 March;  Michele Knight-Waite - The Power of You, organised by By Mind Body Spirit. Hybrid event. In-person venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Street, London WC1R 4RL.  Time: 7.30pm. Tickets:  from £43.64. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/6186126875?_

Friday 27 March; The Aust Goddess. Online talk by Join Nicola Haasz via the Sabrina River Folk Podcast. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-aust-goddess-tickets-1983682111595?

Saturday  ​28 March; Witchfest Market. Venue: Cheese and Grain, Frome, BA11. Time:  9am - 3pm.

Free entry. https://veiledmarket.com/?

Saturday, 28 March; Leaping Hare convention 2026. Market, workshops, performances and ritual. Venue: Highwoods Community Centre, Colchester, Essex. Starts 9.30am. Tickets £8 on the door.  https://www.facebook.com/events/2555872171416568?

Saturday  28 March - 1 November; Exhibition: The Saxons. Opening day has talks, storytelling, crafts and other live events. Venue: Discover Bucks Museum, 9 Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 2QP. Time: Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm. Sunday noon – 4pm. Adult tickets from from £5.90. https://discoverbucksmuseum.digitickets.co.uk/tickets

Saturday  ​28 March; Goddesses Athena Workshop led by Caroline Wise and Carrie Kirkpatrick. Venue: ​Highgate, North London. Time: 11am - 6.30 pm. Price: £80. https://www.goddessenchantment.com/

Saturday ​28 March; The Dark Mother – Reflections on Darkness and Light. A one-day workshop with Rev. Maggy Whitehouse. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am.  Tickets £50. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday 28 March; Mary Magdalene: The Sacred Feminine workshop with Mel Collins. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 28 March; Authentic Andean Shamanism workshop with Dr Ruben Orellana and Michele Costa-Lukis. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 28 March (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

Saturday 28 March; The WhimsyGoth Market. Venue: Cecil Sharp House, Camden Town, 2 Regents Park Road, London, NW1 7AY. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/events/4155416168046575?

Saturday 28 March; The Warrior of Love Tarot by Luna Marie. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: noon. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Saturday 28 March; An Afternoon with the Goddesses Demeter and Persephone. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: noon. Tickets £55. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 28 March; Whose Voice? Inner Guidance Decoded. Online workkshop by Sarah Tyler-Walters, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 28 March; Connecting the Trees - a Call to Arms open ritual. Venue: Highgate Woods, North London. Time: 1.30pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/1414912593062386/?

Saturday 28 March; Goddess of the Moon – March Women’s Circle with Claudia Chapman. Venue: The Goddess Studio, 116 Whitehouse Way, London N14 7LU. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £33. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/20248016862

Sunday 29 March; The Andean Mesa: A Tool for Healing workshop with Dr Ruben Orellana and Michele Costa-Lukis. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 29 March;  Spring Equinox Foraging and Medicine Walk. Venue: South Norwood Country Park, 193 Albert Road, London SE25 4NE. Time: 11am. Tickets up to £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/45005286073?

Sunday 29 March  (and other dates and times); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour and a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: noon. Tickets from £12. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Sunday 29 March; Women's Mindful Stroll and Forest Bathing in South Norwood Lake and Grounds. Meet at Sylvan Road, London SE25 4AN. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 29 March; Meeting of Heathen Kindred Blot (was Kith of the Tree and the Well). Venue:  The Horseshoe Inn, 26 Melior Street, London SE1 3QP. Time: 1.30pm. Entry £3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/events and https://allevents.in/london/london-heathen-kindred-seasonal-bl%C3%93t-ceremony-29-3-26-tickets/80009222581317

Sunday 29 March;  Earth and Magick: A Gathering to Reconnect with Your Intuition By Daniela Londono. Venue:  Hackney Marshes - Closes bus station Lee Valley Riding Centre, London E10 7QS. Start time: 2pm  Tickets  £14.79. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/113245742731?

Sunday 29 March; The Star, The Moon and The Sun in Tarot. Online workkshop by Amanda Watson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 29 March;  Isis Blessing of the Fleet Ritual with Mani of London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Venue: Terrace Gardens, Richmond Riverside, 116 Petersham Road, Richmond, TW10 6UU, Time: 3pm.  More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/PaganFrontiersOfLondon. Tickets free- £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803 

Sunday 29 March; Wanderer of the Wastes: Aleister Crowley. Talk by Andrew Wiseman  online 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

Monday 30 March; The Aspects and Chart Interpretation Basics. Free online talk via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 5pm. Tickets free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 30 March; An Inquiry into Dragons Old and New. Talk by Professor Thomas Honegger online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 6pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 30 March; Finding Albion – Myth, Folklore, and the Quest for a Hidden Britain. Zakia Sewell in Conversation with Jeremy Deller. Venue: The Conduit, 6 Langley Street. London WC2H 9JA . Time: 6.15 pm - 7.30 pm. Ticket £37 https://howtoacademy.com/events/finding-albion-myth-folklore-and-the-quest-for-a-hidden-britain/?

Monday 30 March; Sacred Rose Lore. Start of 4-week online workshop by Bibi's Circle. Time: 7pm. Tickets £80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bibis-circle-56277271483

Monday 30 March (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

Monday 30 March; The Mysteries of Easter Island. Talk by James Grant online 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

Tuesday 31 March (and other dates);  Journalling and Creative Writing for Wellbeing. Online via Rest Less Events. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets £3.99 per class. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/

Tuesday 31 March; The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits and Women. Hybrid talk via By Seed Talks. In-person venue:  Arches London Bridge, 8 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 2ER. Time 7pm . Tickets from £13.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

Tuesday 31 March. Dr Kate Cherrell on Celebrity Seances. Talk presented by London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7EX. Door time: 7.30pm. Start time: 8pm  Tickets £5.50/£3.30. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com or https://www.facebook.com/LondonForteanSociety/ 

Wednesday 1 April (usually on a Wednesday each month);  Anna Milon on The Horned God of the Witches. Online talk via the Folklore Centre. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5. https://www.folkloremythmagic.com/

Wednesday 1 April; The Magical Fool. Talk by Julian Vayne via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 1 April; 7 Essential Plants for Enchantment. Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

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

Wednesday 1 April (and other dates); Moonchild - A Libra Full Moon Gong Bath Journey in the Mansion. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesdays 1 April; An Evening of Psychic Mediumship with Nicoletta Stephens. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesdays 1 April; Create a Successful Psychic Business. Start of 3-session course run by Aude Firmin, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 1 April; The Making of Medusa: Why does she still haunt popular art and culture? with Dr. Natalie Lawrence. Hybrid event via By Seed Talks. In-person venue: The Blues Kitchen Brixton, 40 Acre Lane, London SW2 5SP. Time 7pm. Tickets £13.37/ £18.20. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

Thursday 2 April; The Korean Art of Living Well. Online talk by Dr Jenelle Kim via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 2, 9 and 16 April; Soul-Loss Retrieval Ceremony with Pixie P Carney. Online via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 2 April;  Core Texts: Exploring Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell. Venue: Swedenborg House, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6pm. Tickets £5 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/8460713300?

Thursday 2 April (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

Thursday 2 April;  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

Thursday 2 April;  Full Moon Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: One Tree Hill, Honor Oak, South London. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Thursday 2 April; Full Moon Ritual by the Thames with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment, · London. Time: 7pm.  More info: https://mani.org.uk/ Tickets: £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Thursday 2 April;  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, 2 April; The Reality of the Invisible. Talk by Dr Serge Kahili King online 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

Friday 3 April (tbc but 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 3 April; Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn by Felix John Taylor. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Friday 3 April (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 4 April (and other dates);  Reiki and Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls Healing. Venue: Hilton, 61 - 67 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HU. Time: 11am. Tickets £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/121074557489?

Saturday 4 April (and other dates); New Moon, Full Moon or Divine Union Cacao Ceremony, Heart Ritual and Gong Bath. Venue: Private Location near Wandsworth Town/Clapham Junction, London. Time: 3pm. Tickets:  From £32.93 https://www.eventbrite.com/o/fouzia-javaid-7885666957

Saturday 4 April (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 5 April;  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 5 April (and other dates);  British Museum and the Magical Revival Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwell's. Time: 10.50am. Meet outside the British Museum (North Entrance), Montague Place, London, WC1B 3DG. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 5 April;  Throat Chakra. Wicca Women’s Circles Focus on a Chakra . Venue: Crystal Wicca,  West Wickham, BR4. Time: tbc. Tickets: £33 or £55 for two classes. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Sunday 5 April; Mr. Punch’s journey from Napoli to somewhere-on-sea. Talk by John Rudlin online 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 activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own talks and workshops. 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 Also please note I earn commission for some links.