{"title": "The Metaphysics of the Platonic Tradition - Tim Addey", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T18:00:00Z", "place": "Watkins Books", "address": "Cecil Court 19, WC2N 4EZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "An evening talk at a bookshop in a small pedestrian court in central London. The speaker is Tim Addey, an author, scholar and co-founder of the Prometheus Trust. He gives an in-depth introduction to the metaphysics of the Platonic tradition, which he sees as the foundation of the Western Esoteric Tradition. He traces it from the mythic writings of Homer and Hesiod through the Pythagorean and Orphic schools to Plato and the late antique writers Plotinus, Iamblichus and Proclus.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-metaphysics-of-the-platonic-tradition-tim-addey-42794/", "official_url": "https://www.watkinsbooks.com/event-details/the-metaphysics-of-the-platonic-tradition-tim-addey", "image": "https://noky.io/images/697e5c016766712b2e8f2f6d33506a4f164ce96cec03a60fe753d6876115dc15-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T18:00:00Z", "place": "Watkins Books", "address": "Cecil Court 19, WC2N 4EZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Christian Meditation: Online and In-person", "start": "2026-11-02T13:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Chaplaincy Multi-Faith Centre", "address": "15 Prince's Gardens, South Kensington, SW7 1NA", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/christian/meditation", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "A weekly half-hour session of Christian meditation, held in person at the Chaplaincy in South Kensington and online via Zoom, open to all with no previous experience needed. 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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. 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