{"title": "Alchemical Traditions -Aaron Cheak", "start": "2026-10-28T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T19:00:00Z", "place": "Watkins Books", "address": "Cecil Court 19, WC2N 4EZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history"], "description": "This is an online Zoom webinar hosted by Watkins Books, the London bookshop on Cecil Court. Dr. Aaron Cheak has meticulously curated a volume examining the foundations and flowerings of alchemy in Egyptian, Chinese, Hellenic, Islamic, Indo-Tibetan, and European contexts. The talk explores alchemy as a quintessentially integral phenomenon, spanning art, science, and religion from metallurgy to metaphysics, from antiquity to the avant-garde. 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Hosted by Kid Anansi and Julie G, it pairs performances with a discussion section that gives performers and audiences a space to reflect on writing and performing, welcoming everyone from newcomers to seasoned pros. 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No prior experience of poetry is required, and the session is open to anyone wishing to bring poetic language into their magical or spiritual practice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/poetry-as-ritual-at-the-thinning-veil-41236/", "official_url": "https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/workshops/energy-work/poetry-as-ritual-revelation/?id=6661", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a5aaaf9486be132f219577658ebcce8ca02241b4da6b176747b2f76767ebb884-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The West African Literary Circle: An Orchestra of Minorities", "start": "2026-11-03T19:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T20:15:00Z", "place": "Set Social", "address": "Nigel Road 55, SE15 4NP London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/spirituality", "literature"], "description": "A monthly book circle exploring literature from across West Africa and its diaspora, meeting to discuss Chigozie Obioma's An Orchestra of Minorities chapter by chapter. 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Christina Oakley Harrington, founder and director of Treadwell's, joins Simon Costin, director of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, to bring to light objects from Wicca's founding generations. The book is a collaboration between Treadwell's, the museum, and photographer and videographer Christen Goguen, printed by Ancient Magic Books, run by photographer James Meredew. Artefacts from the museum's collection are on show.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/early-gardnerians-and-their-objects-launch-exhibition-42718/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9c3c06bb522fb9647d9ef4444ac772acbb09c10d4717dea4da56e1df244b2c5b-1200.webp"}]}