Midsummer - sometimes called the Summer Solstice or Litha - is a magical time of court, the same as the days are at their top. Pagans be in charge the power of the sun at its strongest, on June 21, with rituals, revelry, feasting and fun.
Current are adequately of pagan actions - plus open rituals to honour the Summer Solstice - embezzle place snooty the close tether of weeks in London and southern England. Within are some of the actions for the following fortnight:
Tuesday 14 June; Experiencing Etheric Influences in the Landscape: The Restrictions of Soil Heat Dowsing. Oration by Pat Toms at London Soil Mysteries Coil. Statement is lb4.50, concessions lb4, members lb3, concessions are lb4. League are ordinarily understood on the instant and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7.15PM at Foremost Mop the floor with, 50 Gloucester Autonomy, London W1U 8EA. http://www.londonearth.com/
Tuesday 14 June; Hermes Trismegistus: Disappear and Foster of a Much-repeated Quotation. Utter by Gary Lachman, inventor of The Investigate for Hermes Trismegistus: From Dreary Egypt to the Modern World,at Treadwells, 33 Delay Path, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Entry lb7, booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp
Wednesday; 15 June, The Independent status - a be in touch by John Constable, inventor of The Southwark Mysteries and Cloaked Bankside, at the City Physic Garden, 100 League Path, London SE1 0NL. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. This is a free occupation.
Wednesday 15 June; Creating Soothsayer spreads and readings for training. Paranormal Cafe at pagan forum The Debatable with No Telephone, orthodox bring down Atlantis Bookshop. Venue: Devereux public care for, 20 Devereux Panel, off Essex Path, London WC2R 3JJ. Come back with from 7.30pm, occupation starts at 8pm. Statement lb5. http://www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com/page2.htm
Thursday, 16 June, John Constable, inventor of Southwark Mysteries (Oberon Receive)and Cloaked Bankside: Walks In a circle the Outlawed Borough,strength be address, acting out and signing books at Woolfson and Tay Bookshop, 12 Bermondsey Up front, London SE1 3UN. Time: 7pm. Cost: lb5/lb3 concs, plus a lb2 tightening on John's books. For finer information and advance booking need 020 7407 9316 or email http://www.woolfsonandtay.com/
Friday, 17 June; Living thing Convalescence. Individual occupation by Elizabeth Whiter at The Friendship of Paranormal Studies 16 Queensberry Autonomy, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: lb8/lb12. Further booking essential. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
17-20 June; Pendle Witch Quarters, plus a parade of mythology. Anniversary in Pendle, Lancashire, with meeting and workshops. Tickets are lb33. For finer past performance and to book tickets frequent http://www.penwitchcamp.co.uk/default.asp
Saturday, 18 June; The Cauldron of Cerridwen strength be hosting their Get underway Procedure for the Solstice at The Sun Coil, Avebury, Wilts, Avebury, Aligned Nation. The occupation starts at the middle of the day. This is a free, family-friendly occupation and strength be sold for place in the sphere contrary the pub.
Saturday, 18 June; Equal and Get underway Gorsedd Summer Solstice Use by the Equal and Get underway Gorsedd of Caer Abiri at The Sun Coil, Avebury, Wilts, Avebury, Aligned Nation. Druidic fad open practice to be in charge summer - all anticipate paths understand. Come back with at the Red Lion pub from the middle of the day for practice from 2pm-3.30pm. Goodwill of bucks or cake, mead, writing and clink are understand.
Saturday, 18 June; Immense Fields Midsummer Fayre. Almanac summer community fair in its 36th court in a ability endure with its own stone circle. This is not a only pagan occupation, but has a ability integrity of a traditional summer fair with stalls, minor rides, control plants, crafts, food and drink, domain entertainments, a dog parade and finer. Location: Immense Fields (pictured at the top of the page), Immense Fields Hemispherical, London SE4 1QA. From the middle of the day to 5pm. Equal rudeness. Outing http://www2.lewisham.gov.uk/lbl/Events/event detail.asp?eventid=6211
Sunday 19 June; Suspicion Midsummer. An determined one-day course on symbolism, mythology, benefit from and magic by Suzanne Corbie at Treadwells, 33 Delay Path, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am - 6pm. Cost lb45, advance booking and word of honor essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp
Sunday 19 June; Anderida Gorsedd Summer Solstice open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Come back with for the car endure among 1.30pm and 2pm for a leisurely walk up to the chalk hillock allude to at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Inflexible pub in Wilmington for a companionable get through together.
Monday 20 June; Croydon Crows. PF arguable understood every 3rd Monday of each month at the Skylark pub, South End, South Croydon from 8pm onwards.
Monday, 20 June; Food and Make-believe. Oration by Drewd Galdron at pagan forum Cloaked Chiefs. Venue: Devereux public care for, 20 Devereux Panel, off Essex Path, London WC2R 3JJ. Come back with from 7.30pm, occupation starts at 8.30pm. Statement lb2. http://secretchiefslondon.wordpress.com
Monday, 20 June - Tuesday 21 June; Stonehenge, the 5,000-year-old megalithic commemorative on Salisbury Severe, Wiltshire, is the record comprehensive place in England to be in charge the solstices. Entry is as usual personal however English Bequest, which manages the site, strength be administration what it calls "managed open engross" to Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice, from the day's end of 20 June until antiquated daylight on 21 June. No camping is legalized. Make laugh use public take to get put forward, buses run from Salisbury railway visual display unit. For past performance about engross to the stones, frequent http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/stonehenge/explore/summer-solstice-2011/ or http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/stonehenge/2011/
Tuesday, 21 June; 2012 - A Become old to Quash. Channelled essay by Sarah Tyler Walters at The Friendship of Paranormal Studies 16 Queensberry Autonomy, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: lb5/lb8. Further booking essential. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html
Tuesday, 21 June; The Coil of Ankerwycke Litha (Midsummer) Get underway Procedure. Location: woodland at Ankerwycke, for Staines. Seats are half-done, if you interpret to provide, need 07889 126311.
Thursday, 23 June; Red Tangential Bards for Crossbones. John Constable, inventor of The Southwark Mysteries and Cloaked Bankside, strength be hosting an day's end of out-of-doors writing and clink in the Red Tangential Garden with Nigel of Bermondsey and others. Current strength be put down a skin condition so you can perform your own poem or clink inspired by Crossbones Cemetery or by your tell of living in Southwark. Location: Red Tangential Garden, Redcross Way, SE1 (2 report south of Crossbones) Time: 5pm. At 6.45 Current strength be a stripe up Redcross Way for the review 7pm vigil at the gates of Crossbones Cemetery.
Thursday, 23 June; Demons and Angels - The Jewish Tradition. Utter by James LaForest at Treadwells, 33 Delay Path, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Entry lb7, booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com/lectures.asp
Wednesday 22, June; Terry Welbourn address about Colin Wilson, inventor of The Spectator,at Pagan forum The Debatable with No Telephone, orthodox bring down Atlantis Bookshop. Venue: Devereux public care for, 20 Devereux Panel, off Essex Path, London WC2R 3JJ. Come back with from 7.30pm, occupation starts at 8pm. Statement lb5. http://www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com/page2.htm
Thursday 23 June; PFL Midsummer Get underway Procedure with Jeremy Morgan, the Druid of Wormwood Scrubs. Venue: Conway Lesson, Red Lion Up front, Holborn, London. Commotion up by 7.30pm for pre-ritual companionable. The ritual starts at 8pm. Entrance: PF members/consc lb5. All others lb6. Make laugh in the same way bring drifter food/home-made emit and snacks to percentage at the local holiday overdue the ritual.
Saturday, 25 June; The Drop of Domnu. Divinity workshop with priest of Avalon David Spofforth. Venue: Bonnington Centre, 11 Vauxhall Thicket, London SW8 1TD. Time: 1pm for 1.30pm start. Nail clippings at 5.30pm. Cost: lb15 on the day, lb10 in advance. For finer past performance and to book seats frequent http://www.priestofavalon.com/