In the Belly of the Beast: Soil, Soul & Society with Alastair McIntosh

Thursday June 12th
Doors & drinks 6.30pm; Talk starts 7pm

Alastair McIntosh - quaker, land reformer, spiritual ecologist and honorary professor at the University of Glasgow - played a leading role in the campaigns that brought the Isle of Eigg into community land ownership and stopped the Isle of Harris superquarry.

In this talk, Alastair will share learnings from his activist work over nearly half a century. He will briefly outline his work with land reform, urban poverty and nonviolence with the military, in order to draw out what it means to sustain engagement while acting inside the systems we're trying to replace.

He will talk about the spirituality that underpins his work, the Naming, Unmasking and Engaging of the Powers that can sustain challenging work and power it up from a place of inner necessity. Collectively, we'll then discuss what we all can do, despite living inside "the belly of the beast".

The evening will include a break for a one-pot vegan supper.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6.30pm for drinks. Talk and discussion starts at 7pm.

£8 Kairos Club Member, £15 Non-member, £10 Struggling financially, £20 Supporter, £8 Under 25. Food complimentary.

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