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Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Lammas Rites & Pagan Events Near London & Online

Lammas is on August 1 and is a festival to celebrate the start of the harvest in the Pagan Wheel of the Year. Here are details of some of the magical events in and near London over that time and the week ahead, as well as a few further afield and some online talks and rituals.

Now – 29 November; The Coming of Age Exhibition - including displays on witches and crones. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Open daily 10am-6pm. Free. https://wellcomecollection.org/

Now - 8 September; The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial. Exhibition. Venue: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London, SW3 4RY. Open 10am-6pm. Tickets from £13. https://www.saatchigallery.com/whats-on

Now to 13 September; Hail, Delirium! Surrealist Dorothea Tanning art exhibition. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: during normal opening hours. Free entry. https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/

Now – 16 August; Olivia Plender: Little Fennel’s Complaint Exhibition. Venue:: Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, UK, OX1 1BP. Open from 11am Tuesday - Sunday. Tickets from £7.21. https://modernartoxford.org.uk/

Now – 13 September; The Material Heart: Front Line to Home Front. Exhibition of WWI folk art. Venue: Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF. Open: Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11am – 6pm. Tickets free with general museum admission ticket or a ticket to the Paint, Pattern, Print exhibition that's also on, costing £11.50. https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/

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/?

Every Tuesday to Sunday except over bank holidays; 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/

Now – Friday 31 July; Celtic Lughnasa Celebration: The Games! Family days out. Event organised by Celtic Harmony Camp. Venue: Brickendon Lane, Brickendon SG13 8NY. Times from 10am. Tickets £16.96. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celtic-lughnasa-celebration-the-games-tickets-1993344076793?

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

Wednesday 29 July; Bloomsbury Folklore Club – Merfolk. Via London Dreamtime. Venue: Gower Street Waterstones event space, 82 Gower Street, Lower Ground Floor, London WC1E 6EQ. Doors at 6.30pm.Tickets £10. https://connectionwithwonder.com/events/

Wednesday 29 July; Members-Only Summer's Night at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 6.30pm. Tickets: free. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 29 July (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 29 July (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

Wednesday 29 July; Full Moon Walk in Richmond Park with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Richmond Park Gate, Star and Garter Hill, Richmond TW10 5HU. Time: 7pm. Free. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Wednesday 29 July (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 29 July; Spirit of Creativity with Zara Waldeback. Creative writing session online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets ·from £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 30 July - 11 September; After Fragments by Hannah Hughes - Exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: during daytime opening hours. Tickets free. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Thursday 30 July (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 30 July; Sian Sibely on Black Paths and Green Cathedrals. 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 30 July; Death Rituals. Talk and Soirée with Dr Sarah Hiepler-Basty. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 30 July; PF London Lammas 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/groups/pflondon

Thursday 30 July; Full Moon Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: One Tree Hill, Honor Oak, South London. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Thursday 30 July (last Thursday every month); Celebrating Lammas and Lughnasad 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 31 July (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 31 July; Women's Circle - Harvest, Gratitude and Renewal, with ReNurture. Venue: Northumberland Road, Harrow HA2 7RB. Time 7pm. Tickets tbc. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-circle-harvest-gratitude-renewal-tickets-1994204018903?

Friday 31 July; Harvest Healing: A Lammas Ceremony and Guided Shamanic Journey by Priest of Indigo Earth Joseph Atiase. Venue: Hackney Marshes, 146 Lea Bridge Road, London E5 9RB. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/35528479563?

Friday 31 July (and other dates); Cosy Candlelit Gong Bath by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £21.84. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Saturday 1 August; Walking in the Footsteps of your Year, at this Lammas Solar Festival. Walk with Jeremy Rye. Meet under the Tower of London sign, Tower of London, London EC3N 4AE. Time 10am. Tickets: £26.64. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/31055883021?

Saturday 1 August; Equine Healing and Communication classs with Elizabeth Whiter. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 10am. Tickets: £135. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 1 August; Essex Witches and Pagan Lammas Festival by by Earth Spirit Events. Venue: Galleywood Heritage Centre, CM2 8TR. Time: 10:30am – 4pm. Entry £3. https://www.facebook.com/events/1098254762270990/?

Saturday 1 August; Family: Folk Craft Morning to celebrate Lammas, also known as Lughnasa. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time: 11am-1pm. Tickets:

£15-£20. https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-on/

Saturday 1 August; Ancestral and Past-Life Influences class with Julia Shepherd. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 1 August; Lammas Mini Outdoor Retreat with Cacao and Fire Ceremony and Gong Bath. Venue: Private Location near Wandsworth Town/Clapham Junction. Times from 11.45am. Tickets from £64.63. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lammas-mini-outdoor-retreat-with-cacao-fire-ceremony-gong-bath-tickets-1993928329308?

Saturday 1 August (tbc but usually Saturday closest to the festival); Lammas at Coldrum Stones with Kent Gorsed. Venue: Coldrum Long Barrow, West Maling, Kent. Time: noon. Free. https://www.facebook.com/kentgorsedd/

Saturday 1 August; Blessing Your Home With Solar Magic. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 12.30pm. Tickets £25. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/blessing-your-home-with-solar-magic-workshop-25-00/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 1 August (Saturday closest to the festival); Lammas 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 1 August (Saturday closest to the festival); Woodland Lammas Harvest Ritual 2026 with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Queens woods cafe', 42 Muswell Hill Rd, London N10 3JP, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Time: 4pm. Tickets £6.13. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Saturday 1 August; Lammas Day Yoga, Cacao and Sound Healing Ceremony with Little Pause Retreats. Venue Light Centre Monument, Idol Lane, London EC3R 8DU. Time: 5.30pm. Tickets £22.38. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-day-yoga-cacao-and-sound-healing-ceremony-tickets-1991716356237?

Saturday 1 August; Folklore Feast of Gold with the Kitchen Witch for Lughnasa. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time: 6.30pm-8pm. Tickets:

£50. https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-on/

Saturday 1 August (date tbc but usually first Saturday each month); Gong Bath. Venue: Upminster Sanctuary Pea Lane, Upminster, RM142XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: tbc. https://upminstersanctuary.com/

Saturday 1 August; Concrete Atlantis presents: A Lammas Night Gathering with Gilroy Mere live. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London WC1N 1JD. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £11.55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/concrete-atlantis-present-a-lammas-night-gathering-with-gilroy-mere-live-tickets-1991469794765?

Sunday 2 August (closest Sunday to the festival); Pagan Federation Online Lammas Festival. Starts 10am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/paganfederation/events

Sunday 2 August; Introduction to Shadow Integration with Charlie Morley. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 2 August; Orpington Alternative Market. Venue: The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington. Time: 11am. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335736923852705/

Sunday 2 August;; Tree Walk with David Hamblin via North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Meet outside the coach house cafe, Beckenham Place Park. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887

Sunday 2 August (closest Sunday to the festival); Druidic Ritual to celebrate Lammas 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 2 August (closest Sunday to the festival); Lammas ritual for members of the Woodspirits group. Venue: Highgate, London. Meet from noon for a social then ritual at 3pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 2 August; The Bard’s Garden: Folk Songs of Herbs and Healing. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time: 1pm. Tickets:

£25. https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-on/

Sunday 2 August (tbc but usually the closest Sunday to the festival); Anderida Gorsedd Lammas 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 2 August; Tarot Psychogeography class with Bel Senlle, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 2 August; Lammas Festival. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. 2pm. Readings £20. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Sunday 2 August (closest Sunday to the festival); Lammas Wheel of the Year: 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 2 August (first Sunday each month); Gratitude and Abundance - Collective World Meditation with Pauline Flitton. Online event. Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm. Free. Contact Pauline 07415 054280 or Email

contact@crystal-manifestations.co.uk for the free Zoom link. Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1514249646502331/?

Sunday 2 August; The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits and Women via Seed talks. Online event. Time: 10pm. Tickets from $19.95. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-1262239?

Monday 3 August; Family Activities: Witch’s Knots and Braiding Spells. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS. Time: 2pm. Tickets:

£25/£20. https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-on/

Monday 3 August; The British Cemetery with Dr Roger Bowdler. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets from £16.14, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 3 August; Radio Sorcery with Dr Matteo Polato. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 3 August (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 4 August (fortnightly); Writing Group. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6pm. Tickets free. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Tuesday 4 August (and other dates); 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 4 August; Overcoming Magical Self-Sabotage. Start of 2-Part Workshop with Mark Vincent via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 4 August; Beginner Tarot (Major Cards). Start of 4-Part Course with Adrien Mastrosimone. via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £150. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Tuesday 4 August; Beginner Tarot (Minor Cards). Start of 4-Part Course with Delphine de la Mar. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £150 per person. https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Tuesday 4 August (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 4 August; Academy of Witchcraft (Advanced) Online Introduction Evening via Wicca Moon. Free Event. Time: 9pm https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/academy-of-witchcraft-advanced-introduction-evening-free-event/

Wednesday 5 August (montlhly); Allan Johnson leads a discussion of 'Lolly Willowes', Sylvia Townsend Warner’s novel of witchcraft and freedom at Treadwell's Esoteric Book Club. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 5 August; A Demonstration of Psychic Mediumship with Daniel Pitt. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 5 August (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm. Free https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Wednesday 5 August; An Exploration of Tarot and Comic Books with B.Earl. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 6 – 10 August; Out To Grass - Malvern: The Great Heathen Gathering - Friggsmoot. Venue: Woodend Farm/Bromyard Rd, Malvern WR13 5JW. Adult tickets £140/£125/£45. https://www.asatruuk.org/

Thursday 6 August; Sussex Coils and Loops with Paul Holman. 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 7 August (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 7 August; Know: Where the Status Quo Ends and You Come to Life with Amy Vasterling. 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 7 August; Lions Gate Ritual. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets £25. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/lions-gate-ritual/? or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Friday 7 August (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: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/20043657289?

Friday 7 August (and other dates); Magic, Mystics and Martyrs Walking Tour with Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Fish St Hill, London EC3R 8AH. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £19. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/book

Saturday 8 August; Karmic Configurations talk by Zsuzsanna Griga. Online talks via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 10.30am. Tickets £6/£9. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Saturday 8 August; Source Healing to Meet Your Multidimensional Self workshop with Giancarlo Serra. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 8 August; Hindu Gods Tarot with Iulia Filipovscaia. 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 8 August; 8/8 Lionsgate Portal Soul Alignment with Gemma Petherbridge. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 8 August; Son’s Of Shadow: Men Of Craft. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 2pm. Tickets £10. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/lions-gate-ritual/? or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 8 August (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

Sunday 9 August; 8/8 Goddesses of Land, Sea and Sky workshop with Frances Billinghurst. Online event. Time: 10.30am. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 9 August; The British Museum and the Magical Revival Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet at: British Museum (North Entrance), Montague Place, London, WC1B 3DG. Time: 10.50am. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 9 August (tbc); Luna Iter (Ritual in the Tower). In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. Meet at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London, from 4.30pm, moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £10. https://www.hildegardmaier.co.uk/luna-iter or https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154

Sunday 9 August ; Psychedelic Plant Medicines and Faerie Realms with Zina Brown. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from £6.59. 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 from advertisers for some links.

Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Moon Books Podcast: Celebrating Lughnasadh

This weekend I'll be celebrating Lammas, or the first fruits of the harvest. I'll probably pick blackberries from my garden and make a crumble or maybe berry flapjacks. Yum. Otherwise known as Lughnasadh, Lammas is the first harvest festival in the Modern Pagan Wheel of the Year, and takes place at the start of August.

On a recent Moon Books podcast, Rachel Patterson chatted with Jessica Howard, Katie Ness, and me - Lucya Starza - about how we work with the magic of the season.

We discuss baking bread, making corn dollies, river offerings, foraging, journaling, working with deities, and simple seasonal spells, as well as a few personal stories. We also talk about how changes in the seasons and climate can affect traditional celebrations, why gratitude matters more than obligation, and how it's fine if your practice is different from others.

Even for non-Pagans, this can be a time to pause, notice what has grown, be grateful for what you have, and get ready for the slow shift toward autumn. This conversation offers some practical ideas, as well as fun and laughter.

Monday, 27 July 2026

Authors On Their Writing: Feminist Witch Susan Harper

I've chatted to witch, cultural anthropologist, and author Susan Harper about her work, continuing my interview series Authors on Their Own Writing:

Q: Out of all that you've written, which is your favourite published book?

A: That's a tough one! But it's probably Feminist Witchcraft, from Moon Books. I write for both popular audiences and academic audiences, so if I get to choose my favourite academic work alongside Feminist Witchcraft, it's the book I recently published with my writing partner, Doing Ethnography.

Q: What’s Feminist Witchcraft about?

A: The book is meant to be an introduction to feminism-centered witchcraft as I practice it, and as it has grown from the Women's Spirituality of the 1970s and 1980s. It's a short little book, since it's in the Pagan Portals series, and is meant to give readers a taste of what feminist witchcraft can look like and how they can begin to build a practice.

Q: Why is it your favourite?

A: It's the book I wish I had had in my 20s. I had dreamed about writing a book about witchcraft for three decades, so to see it come to life was quite something. It's also my favourite because it's my attempt to be a good ancestor -- many of the writers who founded feminist witchcraft and whose work shaped me have turned out to hold trans-exclusionary ideologies and to act in ways that are harmful to Black, Brown, and Indigenous women, and this broke my heart because I believe that these attitudes are antithetical to the feminist project. I have met many folks who are skeptical of feminist witchcraft spaces because of the reputation they have due to these public figures. My philosophy has always been that the best way to navigate having ancestors who were not great is to endeavor to be better ancestors for the next generation. Feminist Witchcraft is my way of doing that, by offering a vision of feminist witchcraft that rejects these narrow views and offers a path to empowerment for anyone who wants to walk it.

Q: Tell me a bit more about yourself and anything else you’ve written.

A: I've been practicing witchcraft in various forms since the mid-1990s, and I am also a scholar of Contemporary Paganism. My doctoral dissertation was entitled Navigating Gender Identity and Social Identity in an American NeoPagan Community and examined the ways in which Pagans in Texas found their paths and built community. I still write for an academic audience about Paganism and a variety of other topics, including pop culture, social science methods, reproductive justice, and queer identity and issues. I've been reading tarot for my entire adult life and that is another area in which I do research and offer workshops. I work in higher education at a large public university in the US Midwest. I'm involved with increasing college access through two large scholarship programs principally. When I'm not working or writing, I love to garden, offer workshops on tarot and witchcraft both online and in my local community, crocheting, spending time with my wife and my three cats, and spending time on the beautiful prairies where I live.

I've written quite a few things, including essays in three Moon Books anthologies -- Naming the Goddess, The Goddess in America, and Seven Ages of the Goddess. My favourite among those is probably the piece I wrote for The Goddess in America, "The Goddess and the Feminist." It holds the seeds of what became Feminist Witchcraft. I've published two scholarly articles on Pagan topics -- "All Cool Women Should Be Bisexual": Female Bisexual Identity in an American NeoPagan Community (Journal of Bisexuality, 2010) which also appears in an an edited volume, Sexuality, Religion, and the Sacred; and "In the Service of All LIfe: Towards a Contemporary Pagan Ethics of Abortion" (Gender and Religion, 2022). My writing partner and I published Doing Ethnography, a guide to doing ethnographic research (the signature method of anthropology and sociology) last year (Guilford, 2025). We also published a chapter in an anthology, Monstrous Mothers (Demeter Press, 2023) -- our chapter is called "Science Put Babies in My Belly: Motherhood and Monstrosity in Orphan Black."

Q: What are you working on now?

I'm working on three major things right now. The first, with my writing partner, is a chapter for an edited volume on the Witch in Popular Culture titled They Can't Burn Us All. Our contribution is titled "The Revolution Will Not Be Instagrammed: Witchcraft, Wellness, and Commodification in the 21st Century" and looks at the way in which witchcraft is repositioned as self-care or wellness and as something you can purchase. My two larger projects are a volume for Moon Books' Practical History of Pagan Britain series about the 19th century occult movement -- I joking call it the Weird Victorian Guys book, and it's just fascinating really digging into the history and focusing on Britain since I typically work in the US. The second is an outgrowth of the article I referenced above about Pagan ethics of abortion -- Bloomsbury asked me to turn that article into a book length monograph, which was a bit heady! It focuses on US Pagans and their ethics about abortion, something that there's not a lot of other writing about.

You can find out more about Susan Harper here:

Her website: www.susanharper.com
Her Moon Books author page: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/authors/susan-harper
You can also view Pagan Portals - Feminist Witchcraft on Amazon.

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https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/11/authors-on-their-own-writing-daniela.html
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Friday, 24 July 2026

Review: Hecate, Goddess of Magick & Witchcraft

Hecate is the goddess of the crossroads. She stands with torches to light the way in darkness. As Irisanya Moon writes in Pagan Portals - Hecate, Goddess of Magick and Witchcraft, she's thought of as being among the witchiest of goddesses, and is invoked by the "weird sisters" in Shakespeare's Macbeth.

I read Pagan Portals - Hecate because I always enjoy Irisanya Moon's books. She has a lovely style of writing and offers accurate historical research as well as practical ways of working with goddesses as modern pagans while referring to ancient practice too. However, I soon realised that this is the book I needed to read now, and Hecate is the goddess I need to work with because I'm at a crossroads in my own life.

Next month - Augtust 2026 - I will start receiving my state pension. I could, technically, retire, but I'm not in a standard job. I'm a freelance writer and teacher of magical workshops. I love doing those things, but writing and teaching have never earnt me huge amounts of money. I've had to be frugal and sometimes take on paid work because I desparately needed the cash even though I would rather have spent the time doing other things. My state pension will give me a bit more financial security.

I have no desire to stop writing, but I can afford to be more choosy about what I write. Writing a book is a big commitment. Part of my crossroads means deciding whether to propose another Pagan Portals book or concentrate on another novel following on from my first that was published, Erosion. A practical magic book would sell more copies, but fiction writing is where my heart lies.

Hecate is the right goddess to ask for help in choosing the path forwards. Inspired by Irisanya's book, I'll be lighting a candle, scrying, and asking the help of the goddess to show the way.

But, that's enough of my own life story. Here's the synopsis of Pagan Portals - Hecate from publisher Moon Books' website:

"Hecate waits for us at the crossroads, torches in each hand. The goddess of land, sea, and sky is wise and wondrous, terrifying and holy. Triple-faced Hecate does not tell us the way; she shows us what can happen when we step into our power. With practices, trances, spells, and immersive exercises, you can build a relationship with Hecate: light-bringer, gate-breaker, and star-walker. The Goddess of Magick and Witchcraft inspires, guides, and grants safe passage in the darkest moments."

About the author

Irisanya Moon is a writer, witch, teacher, poet, and Reclaiming initiate who has practiced magick for 20-plus years. She blends grounded, graceful, and radically authentic facilitation to inspire transformation and liberation at the personal and collective levels. Her previous books include Pagan Portals titles on Reclaiming Witchcraft, Aphrodite, Iris, Norns, Artemis, Circe, Hestia, and The Muses.

You can view Pagan Portals - Hecate on Amazon.

(Please note: I earn commission from some links)

Wednesday, 22 July 2026

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 (highlighted in bold for clarity).

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

or email: rainbowawakening1@gmail.com

Wednesday 22 July; A Consensus of Symbols: Patterns in Ritual Building Protection book launch with Wayne Perkins. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm Cost £20 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 22 July; Norwegian Trolls and the Hidden World with Lena Heide Brennand. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets ·from £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Wednesday 22 July; Chris French on The Science of Paranormal Activities for the Pint of View lectures. Venue: The Alpaca, 84-86 Essex Rd, London, N1 8LU. Time 7pm. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pintofviewlondon/2247184

Wednesday 22 July; Alchemy and Creative Writing. Workshop with Bernadette Russell via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 22 July; Magnetism in the 19th Century. Talk and Soiree with Kristof Smeyers and Kurt Vanhoutte. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 22 July; Introduction to Norse Mythology, with Dr Tom Morcom via Seedtalks. Hybrid event. In-person venue: The Blues Kitchen Brixton, 40 Acre Lane, London SW2 5SP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: from £11.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-in-london-1252979?

Wednesday 22 July (most Wednesdays); Gong Bath. Venue: Akasa, Hackney Wick, London E9. Time: 7pm. Tickets: from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday 22 July (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 23 July; Reiki 1 with The Reiki Academy. Start of 2-session course with Claire Hall and Olivia Griesser. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 9.30am. Tickets: £247. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday, 23 July; The Natural Way: Summer Celebration pilgrimage walk, chance to connect with nature, discover local history, and meet fellow nature enthusiasts. Location in north London. Time: 10.30am -2pm . Free but reserve a spot. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-natural-way-summer-celebration-tickets-1993135079677?

Thursday 23 July (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, 23 July; Colour Therapy with Nina Ashby. 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 23 July; Isis and Magdelene Festival and Crossbones Vigil to Honour the Outcast Dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 6.45pm for 7pm. Free, just turn up You can also view the vigil online. http://crossbones.org.uk

Thursday 23 July (details and date tbc); 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 23 July; Bibi's Circle: Women's Circle - Women's Herbs for Maiden, Mother and Crone. Venue: East Dulwich Community Centre, 46-50 Darrell Road, London SE22 9NL. Time: 7pm. Tickets £16.96. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bibis-circle-56277271483

Thursday 23 July; Deconstructing the Séance Room with Dr Kate Cherrell. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 24 July (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 24 - Sunday 26 July; Valhalla Viking Festival. Venue: Dummer Down Farm, Basingstoke. Day tickets from £5. Weekend tickets from £145. https://valhallavikingfestival.co.uk/

Friday 24 July; Aura Power with Sushma Sagar. 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 24 July; Lammas Ritual In The Wild with Wicca Moon. Venue: Wilberforce Scouts Downe Road, Keston, BR2 6AD. Time: 6.30pm to start at 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/lammas-ritual-in-the-wild/?

Friday 24 July; Drumming Circle celebration of Lughnasaha with a ritual via Wicca Moon. Venue: 15 Prospect Place, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9HL. Time: 7pm. Tickets £15. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/drumming-circle-july-2026/?

Saturday 25 July; Yaku and Kuntur: Andean Love Ceremony. Venue: Berkeley farm, Essex, a few miles outside London. Time: 9am start. Tickets: £249. https://www.aho.community/

Saturday 25 July; Coffee Morning with Hand Readings. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. 10am-3pm. Readings £10. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Saturday 25 July; Honouring the Dark Goddess 2-day workshop with Jane Meredith, author of Journey to the Dark Goddess. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am Cost £65. Bookings through Atlantis Bookshop 020 7405 2120. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/ More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/961331719692257/?

Saturday 25 July; Predicting with Tarot class with Avril Price. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 25 July; Grosvenor Square: Wild London: Free Family storytelling with Vanessa Woolf Sessions.. Venue: Grosvenor Square Gardens, Mayfair, W1K 6AN. Time: noon. Tickets free. https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/)

Saturday 25 July; Journey into the Divine Matrix Oracle with Mara Branscombe 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 25 July; Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony Celebrating Lammas. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: noon start Tickets £30 min donation, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/

Saturday 25 July; Creating Witch Bottles, Class with Tia Price. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 25 July; The Everyday Intuitive. Class with Jeremy Turner-Welch, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 5pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 25 July (usually 4th Friday or Saturday of the month); SLAY: The World's First Book on Female Dragon Slayers with Jasmine Elmer. Online event via the Folklore Library and Archive. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-library-archive-68703440013?

Sunday 26 July; Shamanic Group with Les Fuller. All welcome Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-3pm. Tickets: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 26 July; Woking Alternative Market. Venue: Fiery Bird, 27 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6. Time 11am. https://www.facebook.com/events/1177146647251176/?

Sunday 26 July; Astral Projection and Lucid Dreaming class with Tree Carr. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 26 July (and other dates); 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 26 July; Connecting the Trees - A Call to Arms. Meet at: Wimbledon Common Windmill, Windmill Road, · Wimbledon Common, · London SW19 5NR. Time: 12.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/995325766639931?

Sunday 26 July; The Greek Magical Papyri. Start of 3-Part Course with Lusete. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 26 July; 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 26 July; A Journey to Self-Discovery with Sarah Tyler-Walters, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 26 July; 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://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/113978234531?

26 July; Storytelling Sunday: Birds (Guest Host: Emily Hanna). Venue: Love Shack 299 Cambridge Heath Road #Arch 298 London E2 9HA. Time: 2pm. Tickets £6.66 https://connectionwithwonder.com/events/storytelling-sunday-doors/

Sunday 26 July; Channelling with the Causal Chakra. Class with Gemma Petherbridge, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 26 July; Live Music and Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Monday 27 July – Friday 31 July; Celtic Lughnasa Celebration: The Games! Family days out. Event organised by Celtic Harmony Camp. Venue: Brickendon Lane, Brickendon SG13 8NY. Times from 10am. Tickets £16.96. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celtic-lughnasa-celebration-the-games-tickets-1993344076793?

Monday 27 July (every Monday); MHA The Wilderness forest bathing walk (all mobilities welcome). Meet MHA The Wilderness, 17 Shirley Church Road, Croydon CR9 5AL. Time: 11am. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Monday 27 July (monthly); Melissa's Tarot Club. Monthly online Workshop via Treadwell's Bookshop. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15 per person. https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Monday 27 July (and other dates); Full Moon Gongh Bath in the Mansion. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Monday 27 July (4th Monday each month); Pythia of the Brush and Pen: Upstairs at the Angel with Caroline Wise. Talk at Nova Stella pagan moot. Hybrid event. In-person venue: The Angel, City Road, London EC1Y 18D. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £5/£6.13. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472510443017948 or https://www.eventbrite.com/o/120712003251?

Monday 27 July; An American History of Psychic Science with Alicia Puglionesi. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from £6.59. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 27 July; (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 28 July; Crafting the Question: Divination as a Living Language with author JoAnna Farrer. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2pm Cost £60 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Tuesday 28 July (and other dates); 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 28 July (and other dates); Trippy Tuesdays: Surreal Still Life Drink and Draw with Devil’s Botany. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £26.20, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Tuesday 28 July; Establish a Relationship with Your Personal Dragon. Start of 2-session course with Pixie P Carney, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 28 July; Full Moon Cacao and Goddess Ceremony with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Wimbledon Common outside Windmill Tea rooms, Windmill Road, London SW19 5NR. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £7.50-£15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803 or https://mani.org.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/PaganFrontiersOfLondon.

Tuesday 28 July; The Highgate Vampire.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/ or https://wegottickets.com/f/22872?

Wednesday 29 July; Members-Only Summer's Night at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 6.30m. Tickets: free. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 29 July; Full Moon Walk - Richmond Park with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Richmond Park Gate, Star and Garter Hill, Richmond TW10 5HU. Time: 7pm. Free. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Wednesday 29 July (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 30 July; RDeath Rituals. Talk and Soirée with Dr Sarah Hiepler-Basty . Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 30 July; Full Moon Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: One Tree Hill, Honor Oak, South London. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Saturday 1 August; Walking in the footsteps of your year, at this Lammas Solar Festival. Walk with Jeremy Rye. Meet under the Tower of London sign, Tower of London, London EC3N 4AE. Time 10am. Tickets: £26.64. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/31055883021?

Saturday 1 August (tbc but usually Saturday closest to the festival); Lammas 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 1 August (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 2 August (closest Sunday to the festival); Pagan Federation Online Lammas Festival. Starts 10am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/paganfederation/events

Sunday 2 August; Orpington Alternative Market. Venue: The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington. Time: 11am. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335736923852705/

Sunday 2 August Ritual for members of the Woodspirits group. Venue: Highgate, London. Meet from noon for a social then ritual at 3pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 2 August (closest Sunday to the festival); Lammas ritual for members of the Woodspirits group. Venue: Highgate, London. Meet from noon for a social then ritual at 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 2 August (tbc but usuallyclosest Sunday to the festival); Anderida Gorsedd Lammas 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 2 August; Tarot Psychogeography class with Bel Senlle, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

contact@crystal-manifestations.co.uk for the free Zoom link. Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1514249646502331/?

Sunday 2 August; The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits and Women via Seed talks. Online event. Time: 10pm. Tickets from $19.95. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-online-1262239?

For details of events 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 workshops on candle magic and scrying. Contact organisers directly if you have any questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical protection, this is *not* medical advice. If you know an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com

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Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Lammas Rites & Pagan Events Near London & Online

Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Moon Books Podcast: Celebrating Lughnasadh

Monday, 27 July 2026

Authors On Their Writing: Feminist Witch Susan Harper

Friday, 24 July 2026

Review: Hecate, Goddess of Magick & Witchcraft

Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks