Pagan & New Age Groups in Croydon, London, UK.
groups.yahoo.com/group/croydoncrows/.. A friendly monthly moot for all pagans. Check group for details of venue. We meet third Monday of the month. Occasional speakers. Newcomers very welcome.
Alternatively Speaking - New age Group.
For Self-Development + Socialising.
Speakers with expertise in the areas currently referred to as mind, body and spirit are invited to give twice monthly talks. These are often experimental and inspire learning, sharing, discussion and personal growth. Evenings end with refreshments and a light-hearted social in which you can mingle with like-minded people who have similar interests.
Friday 7th October 2011
UNITY CONSCIOUSNESS AND THETA HEALING
with Sue Hopkin
This informative presentation and meditation evening supports our potential to live, work and play in a field of Unified Consciousness -despite the seeming separation, disconnection and polar opposites within our human condition.
SUE is an advanced practitioner and teacher of Theta DNA Healing, and has undertaken teacher training with Vianna Stibal - the founder of Theta DNA Healing and the Theta Healing Institute of Knowledge.
Friday 4th November 2011
CHINESE ASTROLOGY
what the animals say about you
with Gill Hale
Chinese animal astrology is loosely equivalent to the 12 western signs and according to our year of birth, we each are allocated one of the twelve Chinese animals. Each animal has 5 different characters according to the element of the year - Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal or Water. Thus there are 60 different astrological types in a 60 year period. In this evening you will discover your animal and its type, identify compatible animals and find out which animal most presses your buttons.
Gill is a Chinese astrologer, feng shui consultant and author. Having translated the Chinese Lo Pan - the equivalent of the western astrolabe- into English, she is working on a user-manual - having just moved to Glastonbury to escape electro-smog and check out the theories against the stars.
Friday 2nd December 2011
ANIMAL COMMUNICATION
How it works and how it can help
with Sarah Gumbrell
The speaker will explain how she became interested in animal communication, show how we are all really animal communicators and reveal that there is a whole level of communication going on right under our noses!
She will indicate how animal communication works, the techniques we can all use to communicate and some of the purposes the process can be used for. As well as demonstrating how it has helped her on her own spiritual journey, she will give some examples of things that animals have communicated to her, believing that they can be our greatest teachers and healers. Please bring along your animal photos (alive or dead) and Sarah will tune into them. Finally a message from her cat, Mr. W
Sarah is 37, lives in Croydon and works full-time for a local publisher's. As well as being a qualified Animal Communicator for 2 years, she is a Reiki Master and a Crystal Healer. She has one cat called Whiskers.
Friday 6th January 2012
NEW YEAR RE-SOLUTIONS -PROCRASTINATION TO MOTIVATION
with Lynne Beale
This first talk of 2012 offers us a timely reminder to START the New Year!! "Procrastination is more important than sex. It must be. We do it more often." (AP Selby)
How would your life look if you didn't put things off? Have you ever promised yourself that one day you will write that book, exercise regularly, eat healthily, book that dream holiday? Have you ever ruined a career, an exam, a presentation, a relationship due to procrastination? Ever said you were going to start something tomorrow and then didn't? Is this you? Yes? PROCRASTINATION! We all do it, talk to ourselves about it and then DO IT ANYWAY!!
Lynne is an Astrologer, Taroist and Metaphysical Practitioner (Teacher-Trainer).
Friday 3rd February 2012
LEGACY OF SHADOWS - Christianity, Paganism and the modern witch cults
with Graham Bostock
From the academic to the scandalous, from the inspirational to the ridiculous, from the sacred to the profane, -just what did our ancestors believe? Was there one "Old Religion" - or several, and has any thread of continuity survived the intervening Christian centuries? What are the intellectual and practical origins of Modern Paganism? - It is a story as human and psychological as it is dark and mysterious.
Finally, we visit "The Witches' Temple". Dare you join us? Go on, if the worst comes to the worst, you know you've always wondered what life would be like - as a toad!
Graham has a Bachelor's Degree in Theology and Comparative Religions and a Master's Degree in the Philosophy of Religion .Outside academia; he has participated in several groups and organisations active in the Western Mystery Tradition.
Friday 2nd March 2012
WHY DO WE DREAM?
Discover the connection between emotions, dreams & sanity (!) - and the vital importance of the REM state.
with Rosemary Beaumont
Quality of sleep is a deciding factor in health and emotional wellbeing. In health we spend about 1/4 of the night dreaming. But why did we evolve to dream?
What is the prime function of dreaming? Based on the work of research psychologist Joe Griffin, director of studies at the Human Givens Institute, Rosemary will give an over-view of, "The Expectation Fulfilment Theory of Dreaming."
Find out how excessive dreaming is related to depression, pain and delayed healing. Consider the meaning of your dreams - if you can remember them of course!
Rosemary has worked in many branches of the nursing profession and, most recently, as family liaison officer with emotionally distressed families. A graduate member of the Human Givens Institute, she holds their diploma. Keenly interested in post traumatic stress disorder, she is working towards post-graduate registration as a Human Givens psychotherapist.
Friday 13th April 2012. (This is the second Friday due to Easter)
EXISTENCE OF GOD
Evidence from logic and remote viewing
with Prof. Gwyn Hocking.
This talk illustrates a new book by the speaker, "World Religion and History back to 70,000 BC, discovered by remote viewing, including missing information on the life of Christ". Expert level Remote Viewing is described, a controlled vivid-daydreaming state which cannot be dismissed as hallucinations. It has given useful information in chemistry & physics and has also been successfully used by the CIA and others to obtain covert intelligence information, which moves it from a state of doubt towards a state of reliability.
Prof Hocking was Professor of Materials Chemistry at Imperial College, University of London (until 2002). He has published 150 papers and an (authored) major scientific reference book.
Friday 4th May 2012
AN INVITATION TO BEING
with Steve Ford
In 1999 Steve had an awakening that led to a total shift in consciousness.
Tonight he will be offering a contemplative evening, exploring reality and inviting people to ask questions regarding the nature of reality. Steve will also, as a result of direct relating from being (a seeing that is below and beyond thought) demonstrate a tangible transmission that can bring people into direct experience of their own reality.
Steve has been working as a drugs counsellor for ten years. Five years ago he began holding talks around the U.K. on the nature of awakening, and from that awakened state, how one integrates that way of being.
Friday 1st June 2012
HOW OUR PERSONALITY AFFECTS THE WAY WE SEE THE WORLD
with Gloria Moss
Have you ever wondered why you don't always see eye-to-eye with other people? This talk will describe the world's most popular personality test and give you a chance to test your own personality against it. We will then talk about the occupations and leisure pursuits that would suit your personality and the implications for relationships too.
By the end of this talk, you will be much better able to deal with relationship and work issues. If there is time, we will talk about your doodles and handwriting as well!!
Dr Gloria Moss is a Reader in Human Resources at Bucks New University. She has written books on differences between people and has been on the radio several times
Ring Rick Kingsley (organiser and host) on 020 8777 1328 for details of the current venue, or contact 
Meetings take place every FIRST FRIDAY in the month. Admission £6.00. Doors Open - 7.45 p.m. Programme Begins 8.00 p.m. Social & Refreshments - 9.45 p.m. approx. Programme may be subject to change on occasion.