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October 2018
Magical Baths Class
Magical Baths Afternoon Class - Tanya Moulding Magical baths have a long history in European and world magic. Whether a herbal health bath in the middle ages or a love bath in Egypt, it's a potent spell you can do for yourself, and one which is elegantly aromatic and perfumed. Today Tanya Moulding ('The Perfume Mistress') teaches a hands-on class on baths for love, luck, a new job, or strengthened friendships. She teaches some of the hidden properties of plants, attributions which…
Find out more »Vengeance of the White Goddess?
The Vengeance of the White Goddess? Lecture on Robert Graves- Grevel Lindop Robert Graves claimed that two publishers who rejected The White Goddess promptly died, one in grotesque circumstances, whilst a third accepted it and was rewarded with ‘the Nobel Prize for Literature and a smash hit on Broadway’. Grevel Lindop (editor of the definitive edition) reveals the bizarre and dramatic truth behind the publication of the twentieth century’s most influential pagan book, drawing upon previously-unpublished prose by T.S. Eliot and confidential documents…
Find out more »November 2018
Arab Protective Magic
Arab Protective Magic Lecture - Ziad Haloub The past year has seen a surge in interest in Arabic magic, past and present. From the high magical tradition exemplified by the Picatrix, to the folk customs regarding the much-feared djinn, it is a subject finally coming into its own. Ziad Halub comes to to introduce Arabic magic - touching upon its context within Islam, then focussing on protective magic practices, in particular in Iraq. What keeps evil away? Who are demons,…
Find out more »Witches’ Pyramid – Book launch with talk
Robert Hardy a formative pillar of the Alexandrian strand of Wicca in the West Country. Initiated over forty years ago and practising steadily ever since, his and his partner Jan's students and initiates are many. Tonight we welcome them to celebrate the launch of Rob's book, The Witches' Pyramid: A Wiccan View of the Cabbala (Bibliotheca Alexandrina). As an Alexandrian Wiccan priest, Rob has studied the subject for the whole of his magical career; it is a core topic of…
Find out more »Talk and Heathen Rite for Winternights
Talk and Heathen Rite for Winternights Short Lecture and Blot – Andre and Amanda Henriques You are invited to a Norse-inspired Heathen ritual welcoming the darker part of the year. Now that the nights grow longer, and the first frosts herald the Winter season, we have more time for reflection and remembrance. Before the ceremony, to set the scene, there will be a talk on the ritual structure, the cosmology of the Norse, and the deities and myths that will be…
Find out more »Spells: Occult Poetry for the 21st Century
Spells: Occult Poetry for the 21st Century - A Power Dark, Unnamed and Nameless Join us for candle-lit readings of occult poetry from new writers and those whose whose work reaches out the the places the new feminist witchcraft leans into: "nameless and formless, about to be birthed, but already felt" (Audre Lorde). Spells: Occult Poetry for the 21st Century is edited by Rebecca Tamas and Sarah Shin; it's published by the new Ignota Books, co-founded by Shin (who also co-runs the feminist Silver Press). Spells…
Find out more »Tarot Cards for Absolute Beginners
Tarot Cards for Absolute Beginners (Major Arcana) Afternoon Class– Sue Terry If you’re fascinated by the mysterious images and symbols of the tarot cards, but don’t know where to start, this afternoon class is for you. It starts with a look at the structure of the full tarot deck, and then concentrates on the iconic cards of the major arcana – the 21 archetypal characters. You will learn the principles of card reading, with exercises for everyone to try, using the Rider…
Find out more »British Museum & Awakening English Magic – Tour
British Museum and Awakening English Magic Guided Tour – Caroline Wise The British Museum is an icon in British occultism: from the 1880s on, magicians met in the reading room, studied and translated seminal texts, and saw pagan deities in the galleries. Inspired by manuscripts and finds from around the world and from Britain, they created systems of magic that flourished and grew. This tour highlights the pagan deitiesthat inspired the magical people at the heart of the occult revival. You…
Find out more »Young Urban Witches: Magic in a Circle
Young Urban Witch Evening Mini-Workshop – Rebecca Beattie This is an evening for younger Londoners, art students and musicians — indeed, younger folk from all walks of life who are drawn to magic and spirituality. Every month this workshop covers a new set of knowledge and symbols, so as to share basics of a wild, free witchcraft. Experience two hours of witch’s path — inclusive, and grounded in a feminist outlook. Please note it is for people under 30. The evening starts with…
Find out more »Meeting Aleister Crowley and his Magick
Meeting Aleister Crowley and his Magick Evening Mini-Workshop – Marco Visconti Tonight is for people curious about the man, his philosophy and his magic. It offers a highlight-filled introductory tour of the key godforms, symbols and rituals which make up Crowley’s system Thelema. Join us for an engaging interactive two-hour evening with imagery, slides, demonstrations and discussion. Whether you’re an artist exploring sigils and glyphs, or a musician curious about what Jimmy Page is so keen on, or a personal explorer…
Find out more »Supernatural Women of the Welsh Mabinogi
Supernatural Women of the Welsh Mabinogi Lecture - Dr Mark Williams In this guided tour of the famed Welsh myth cycle, The Mabinogi, Dr Mark Williams (Oxford) brings alive three of its most vivid figures: Rhiannon, Blodeuwedd, and Branwen, mythical women who have aroused the pens of poets and painters... and have inspired reverence -- even devotion -- among modern Pagans. The lecture vividly introduces the stories and characters of each in turn, before shedding insights on how we can understand them better,…
Find out more »Tarot Cards for Absolute Beginners (Minor Arcana)
Tarot Cards for Absolute Beginners (Minor Arcana) Full Afternoon Class – Sue Terry If you’re fascinated by the mysterious images and symbols of the tarot cards, but don’t know where to start, this afternoon class is for you. It starts with a look at the structure of the full tarot deck, and then concentrates on the meanings of the number cards. You’ll meet the four suits (pentacles, cups, wands and swords), then kings, queens, pages and dashing knights, and finally your number…
Find out more »Living Witchcraft: Magic with Saturn
Living Witchcraft: Magic with Saturn Evening Class - Rebecca Beattie Saturn is the god of limits, endings and decline, but also of the earth and roots. This energy is used in magic when endings are needed, or when one needs to put down roots in the land. Saturnian energy is found in the earth's treasures in certain crystals, herbs -- and even the metal lead. Come learn more in this engaging evening. There is a lecture and then all partake in a piece of Saturn magic,…
Find out more »First Steps in Thelema- Workshop
First Steps in Thelema Evening Workshop – Marco Visconti Tonight introduces the foundation practices of Aleister Crowley’s magical system which a beginner can undertake at home. Marco Visconti, a Thelemite of over 20 years standing, looks at these exercises and short individual rites and will teach them in class, with with hands-on practice. Many who have read about Crowley’s magick have told us they would welcome hands-on guidance on starting out in a practical sense. So in this workshop the…
Find out more »December 2018
Alchemical Symbolism – Day Course
Alchemical Symbolism - Day Course - Paul Cowlan Green dragons, lions swallowing the sun, sun-headed heroes. Hermes, Athena, Actaeon, Athena, Apollo, the classical gods. These are the stuff of alchemy's imagery. The symbols of alchemy have established meanings relating to the transformation of metals, but the transformation is said to happen also within the alchemist - spiritually and psychically. As the changes are activated, there are appearances of the symbols in dreams, daydreams and signs in daily life. This experiential one-day…
Find out more »British Museum and Awakening English Magic – Tour
British Museum and Awakening English Magic Guided Tour – Caroline Wise The British Museum is an icon in British occultism: from the 1880s on, magicians met in the reading room, studied and translated seminal texts, and saw pagan deities in the galleries. Inspired by manuscripts and finds from around the world and from Britain, they created systems of magic that flourished and grew. This tour highlights the pagan deitiesthat inspired the magical people at the heart of the occult revival. You…
Find out more »The Marseille Tarot Introduced
The Marseille Tarot Introduced One-day Course - Adrien Mastrosimone The famed Marseille tarot is an iconic older tarot dating from the seventeenth century, and it is still the main tarot deck in France to this day. It is Jodorowsky's preferred deck. Today introduces the Marseille tarot and how to read with it, in a workshop presented by a reader of over two decades's standing. This once day intensive immerses participants in the deck; it is a highly interactive, well-structured one-day…
Find out more »Midwinter Witchcraft
Midwinter Witchcraft Evening Class - Rebecca Beattie The witch's wheel of the year marks the winter solstice, the dark midwinter moment which is celebrated with the folk traditions of Yule, which even made their way into Christmas custom. Tonight explores the way witches see this time of year, how they mark it. The first hour is an illustrated talk with discussion. The second hour is given over to working hand-on piece of Midwinter seasonal folk magic. Everyone takes home what…
Find out more »Practical Candle Magic
Practical Candle Magic Evening Class – Lucya Starza Candle magic is a key technique for witches, indeed for anyone who practices magic. It’s easy to learn, handy and many people find it is actually their favourite method. If you always wanted to learn it, this evening is for you. No experience is required, and everyone is welcome. Lucya Starza leads you step by step, and we provide all the supplies. By the end you will know how to do your own…
Find out more »January 2019
Tarot Reading: Foundation Course
Tarot Reading: Foundation Course Eight week course – Sue Merlyn Learn to read tarot with a gifted experienced teacher. In an active and well-structured course, you learn the mystical symbolism of the cards, the visual language of their codes and archetypes. There are not only short teaching lectures but also in-class practice readings, homework, interactive class activities and backup support. By the end of the eight-week course, students can use tarot in meditation and do simple readings for themselves and…
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