{"title": "'Divine Love & Wisdom' - Reading group", "start": "2026-11-18T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T15:00:00Z", "place": "Michael Church", "address": "Burton Road 131, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/spirituality"], "description": "A reading group on 'Divine Love & Wisdom'. Swedenborg looks at the Creator and Creation, the role of man and his relationship to both the Divine and the world around him—his fellow men and the animal, vegetable and mineral worlds. It is run by Rev. 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