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• Wednesday, June 25, 2025
• 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM BST
• thames beach, near Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment · London

Night of the Cradle is an ancient Egyptian Ceremony honouring the Birth of Goddess Isis. Join us on this Cancerian (water sign) New moon ritual by the shores of river Thames, in Central London – for our 13th annual Isis Ritual – where we invoke the Sky Goddess Nut, and enact a ritual birth of Isis. A statue is then annointed and bathed in milk and with ritual offerings. We will be focusing on magical work for Life (Ankh). These are good open rituals for all beginners to Paganism, as well as Wicca & ritual magic. Ritual facilitated by Mani – wiccan High Priest.

Mythology & context:

In Egyptian religious myths, the Sky Goddess Nuit & Earth God Geb come together to bear 4 children.. Isis is one of them and thee most revered Goddess in ancient Egypt. The night that Nuit gave birth to Isis is called the `Night of the Cradle’ – and we have celebrated those annually as special rituals. This time we are holding a new moon to do this. The myth is that Isis married Osiris and was a dedicated loyal wife. However when Osiris was killed by Set out of jealousy, Isis embarked on some hard quests to bring her husband back to life. Osiris was resurrected and then became god of the egyptian underworld.

In this ritual we honour Nuit & Isis, and seek her blessings .

Ritual involves pathworking for energy attunement, consecrations, circle casting, calling of elemental quarters, then calling quarters using egyptian words.. Then there follows some Isis-honouring invocations, and when enough energy is raised, we get to magical work.

Event concludes with blessing of food & drinks, and a short social (and packing up / tidying up). End time is approximate.

Attendance Fee:
£7 / £5 concessions (cash at ritual start)

Meeting point (please read this carefully):

Gather on the pavement-steps under the the Millennium Bridge (south bank side, near Tate Modern Gallery) . One of our team member will be there with a Lantern to meet you all! We walk down to river bank, set up altar and start ceremony.

Riverside Terrain access / Health & Safety :

• These events are held in a public area by riverbank, with some wet concrete steps going down, and gravel to walk. Ritual spot is about 5-10metres from river Thames’ waters edge. We organise these Thames-rituals **at low tide** after checking Port of London authority Tide time tables..
• The venue is NOT suitable for those with mobility, respiratory, heart conditions . Those with health conditions & concerns should check well in advance with Organisers on this matter.
• We regret organisers don’t have the manpower to assist anyone attending with mobility or health issues or carrying bags..
• All attendees are responsible for their own well-being and Haelth & safety.

Inclusivity:———-
Please be kind, compassionate and on good behaviour throughout the whole gathering. We have a mixture of experienced & beginners at these rituals. Also, some people may have hidden difficulties, vulnerability and disabilities. We are inclusive of all race, pagan beliefs, genders, sexuality, LGBTQP+ We will not tolerate any form of bullying harassment or discrimination. While organisers are not experts, we will do our best to safeguard.

What to bring? (optional)——–

• Moon crowns, flower crowns, antler crowns ( real or artifical craft items).
• Ritual cloaks / capes, masks you may like to wear.
• Torch light for safe walking in woods/ riverside at night.
• Extra warm clothing & rain-coats/ outdoor shoes or boots (and ankle covered socks! ).
• Small ground sheet or blanket to sit on for social.
• Lanterns / candles
• Your own Cups/chalice to drink from.

Please bring food & drinks to share ————
Organisers bring a small amout of food & wine to put on altar and bless to share. Kindly bring some food or drinks to add to the feasting. It can be vegetarian, vegan or meat items. All are okay. Thank you. Example:

• Bread / pitta bread, french bread
• Humus, dips, butter, cheese, biscuits, crisps
• egg bites, ham / chicken slices
• fruits, nuts
• Red/ white wine, soft drinks, fruit juice,

Tidying up:—–
Once ritual is done, many people like to just rush off. However please be helpful by doing the following.

• Take any rubbish out to bins on pavements (empty botles, wrappers, used paper cups. There are recycling bins for botles and cans.
• If there are unopened food items, please share thme out and take them home. Organisers have full bags coming in and can’t take these food home, no matter how well your intentions.

Policy:—–
NO Drugs, NO filming during ritual ! No children allowed. Our events are for members’ personal, magical, spiritual purposes only!

Contacting Organiser:
Please send us a private message if you need more info . We get very busy with preparations and travel on the day of ritual. So pls avoid last minute enquiries / comments.
We look forward to sharing our magic with you.

Bright Blessings
London Woodland Witches .
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About Paganism :
Pagans believe in the power of nature, and see the Divine as both male & female- as having many God & Goddess forms. Modern pagan practitioners use belief systems, images and symbols from ancient paths (Celtic, Egyptian, Druids, Witches, Mayans, Native Amerindians, Aborigini, Hindu,Norse and so on). Powers of elements — air, fire, water, earth, nature spirits, angels, dragons, fairies, spirit animals, ceremonial magic and more are all integrated in modern rituals.

About Wicca:
Wicca, a moder form of Witchcraft religion, was established by Gerald Gardner in late 1950’s in England (Gardnerian Wicca), then Alex Saunders (Alexandrian Wicca) with promient contributions from High Priestesses Doreen Valiente (mother of moder wicca) and Maxine Sanders. Wicca has a format of creating sacred space, consecrations, calling 4 elements, energy raising, then invoking Horned Good & moon Goddesses, followed by ritual magic! Wiccans celebrate the 13 full moons (esbats) and the 8-fold seasonal sabats – Imbolc, Spring, Beltane, Midsummer, Lammas, Autumn, Samhain, Yule.

Links —

Our facebook group
www.facebook.com/groups/LondonWoodlandWitches
Woodland Witches meetup
www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches