14 Oct 2011
13 Oct 2011
CreativeCapital – The Arcane
The sum total of our knowledge is limited by the band-width of our imagination. There are many things we know and many things we don't. Rational Science often finds itself in a position of proving facts that the ancients took for granted and had come to understand through different channels - take Plato's view on Atomic matter for example, or the Ancient understanding of the Earths relationship to the Sun.
Creative Capital seeks to promote knowledge, understanding and exchange and in October we will be exploring outside of the usual box. We will be exploring The Arcane.
Join us for a conversation with the owner of Watkins Book - London's foremost bookshop focused on the Arcane, an expert in Chess, and Sex with Robots – a Celtic mythology expert and an expert in the magic of the theatre.
A warming topic for the dark months of Winter, just before All Hallows Eve at the end of October.
Etan Ilfeld is a member of the Hospital Club and the owner of London's oldest esoteric bookshop, Watkins Books, established in 1893. Ilfeld is also editor in chief of the Watkins Review: Mind Body Spirit magazine, which is distributed internationally and provides an annual ranking of the 100 most spiritually influential people. Ilfeld aims to bring spirituality into the virtual spheres and has created an interactive crowd sourcing map of spiritual events across the globe. Watkins is also launching a series of mind, body and spirit apps.
David Levy is a Scottish International Master of chess, a businessman noted for his involvement with computer chess and artificial intelligence, and the founder of the Computer Olympiads and the Mind Sports Olympiads. He has written more than 40 books on chess and computers. Levy also wrote Love and Sex With Robots, published in the United States by HarperCollins, and forthcoming from Duckworth in the UK. Levy predicts that sex robots will hit the market within a couple of years.
John Matthews is the author of over 90 books including The Encyclopedia of Celtic Myth and Legend. He has published numerous books of alternative history on Ceremonial magic, Celtic mythology, Neoshamanism, and New Age beliefs. John worked as historical consultant on Jerry Bruckheimer's film King Arthur. He lives in Oxford, England. He has also recently created a new tarot deck, the Greenwood Tarot.
Nina Steiger is Associate Director at Soho Theatre and leads the Writers' Centre there. Prior to this post, Nina worked for seven years in the New York and regional theatres with such organisations as Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York Stage & Film and Hartford Stage Company alongside freelance work with companies such as The Foundry Theatre, Roundabout Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club.
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