the Fortean Org I belong to INFO, is having the annual spring thing in Baltimore. Me and the Dad should be going which means we may have crash space for people. Though Dad snores and I usually spend a good chunk of the conferences poking him to stay awake.
the group is fairly small and highly weird. There is always much carousing and silliness. The American Visonary Art Museum is amazing and really should go there at somepoint in your life.
PM me if you want the details on registration and stuffs.
THE INTERNATIONAL FORTEAN ORGANIZATION (INFO)
FortFest '07 at AVAM!
*American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore,March 17,
2007
43th Annual Conference on Anomalous Phenomena, “Home &
Beast”
SATURDAY at AVAM, 9:30 A.M.-6 P.M.:
LECTURE PROGRAM IN THE NEW JIM ROUSE VISIONARY CENTER,
2ND FLOOR,
George Hansen, lauded author of The Trickster and the
Paranormal and member of the International
Brotherhood of Magicians on The Trickster, Outsiders
and Forteana. George has a exensive background with
parapsychology labs-the Rhine Research Center in
Durham, North Carolina and the Psychophysical Research
Laboratories at Princeton, in New Jersey.
Dr. Michael Grosso, philosophy professor from Columbia
Univ., prolific author of books on the paranormal,
shamanism and the afterlife. Mike is also an Ousider
painter and will give an illustrated presentation: Art
as Otherworld Materializations/Ectoplasms of Divine
Creation or Disassociative Psychosis?
Joscelyn Godwin, a Professor of Music at Colgate
University, spends his time writing about things like
Polar Myths, the Seven Vowels, Renaissance Paganism,
Weird Upstate New York and, currently, a large book on
the polymath Kircher. He will illuminate withThe
Collection Mania, a talk based on his book The Pagan
Dream of the Renaissance.
Phyllis Benjamin, journalist/artist/poet, President
of the International Fortean Organization (INFO) and
Chair of over twenty years of FortFest and FortNite
Conferences on “ Charles Fort, America’s Headiest
Philosopher.”
Doug Skinner, Fortean writer/artist/ Off-Broadway
(with Bill Irwin) performer extraordinaire, sings the
1916 song “There’s a little monkey in us all”. Join
the always amazing Skinner as he investigates the
cultural clash between creationism and Darwinism in
the US; including the rewriting of the Scopes Trial,
the odd story of Joseph Knowles, Biblical dinosaurs,
and a brief history of caveman cartoons.
Mike Hughes “Professor Pan” began demonstrating his
intuitive abilities to the public after studying
meditation, various spiritual and mental
disciplines,psychology, Qigong, and mentalism (psychic
magic) for many years. His unique stage shows present
powerful examples of synchronicity, psi phenomena,
mind/body magic, and the mysteries of the Tarot in an
entertaining way.
Antonio Huneeus well-known Chilian science journalist
and editor/ fortean writer with an all-new illustrated
talk on Dragon Art Beyond Raphael, Leonardo and
Durer:The Symbology of the Great Beast.
Plus: Optional Italian Buffet Luncheon
inhouse(Noon),***Phenomenal-I-Would-Almost-Sell-My-Mother-To-Pay-For-Books
Sale of Books,Tapes and Periodicals!***Informal
Friday & Saturday Night Socials. Sat. Includes
FREE PASS ($11 value) to AVAM’s new show “Home &
Beast” and the permanent collection!
March 18, 2007, 10 A.M.-5 P.M.
SUNDAY SEMINARS at the DAYS INN INNER HARBOR,
Baltimore
William Fellows, physicist from NOAA and metaphysician
on The Art-Science of Walter Russell.
Zohara Hieronimus, co- founder of Hieronimus &
Company, The Kabbalah Center and the Wycomb Mansion
Healing Arts Center on her latest book Prophecy and
the Seven Prophetesses of Israel, A Kabbalistic
Journey.
Herbert Bangs, AIA , geometer, with his new book The
Realm of Sacred Architecture.
Mike Hughes, onThe UFO/Occult Nexus.
Alvin Holm, AIA, with King Bladud of Bath: a riddle
solved and a legend confirmed.
I believe it is 100$ for the whole weekend though you can pick 1 day as well. |
