31st Conference
On Anomalous Phenomena*
THE INTERNATIONAL FORTEAN ORGANIZATION (INFO)
Presents
FORTFEST 2000
Grand Ballroom, College Park, Maryland Holiday
Inn
Saturday & Sunday, November 4, 5, 2000
SATURDAY:
Lecture Program, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
- COLIN WILSON , Keynote
Speaker, internationally acclaimed author of over eighty
titles on the occult, paranormal and crime (including The
Outsider and The Occult) expands his work
from his best-selling book, From Atlantis to the
Sphinx and will speak on his latest release, The
Atlantis Blueprint (co-authored with Rand Flem'Ath).
- PHILIP IMBROGNO, author of Night
Seige and Contact of the Fifth Kind, will
present a compelling slide show on his new book Celtic
Mysteries in New England - investigations of paranormal
phenomena in relation to sacred sites.
- JOHN
CHAMBERS, director of New Paradigm Books,
former editor McGraw-Hill Publishing and author of
Conversations with Eternity: The Forgotten Masterpiece of
Victor Hugo-the first translation into English with
commentary, of transcripts of many of the seances
attended by Victor Hugo in 1853-55. What was the reality
of the 115 alleged spirits who appeared including the
extraterrestrials, illustrious dead (Shakespeare,
Galileo), and legendary animals (Balaam's Ass, Lion of
Androcles)? Why did so many spirits sound like
hermeticists? What mysterious role did secret societies
play in all this?
- JOHN KEEL, the great Daddy-O
of Forteana, prolific writer (Jadoo, Operation Trojan
Horse, Our Haunted Planet, Strange Creatures from Time
and Space, The Mothman Prophesies, The Eight Tower and Disneyland of the Gods), columnist, humorist
on "The Mysterious Robert Ripley Finally
Revealed!"
- MARTY CAIN, of the American
Society of Dowsers, taught at the School of the Museum of
Fine Arts and Tufts University and is founding member of
the Newport Earth Institute, a research and educational
institution for Geomancy and earth Wisdom. She will
present a slide show of her earth works and discuss
"The Ancient Wisdom of the Labyrinth & Other
Sacred Tools" along with tales of native American
and nature spirits.
- ROBERT SWIATEK, of MUFON, and
a member of the Executive Committee of both The Fund for
UFO Research and The UFO Research Coalition will present
an overview of the 1950s UFO wave and hysteria along with
a close look at the phenomenal UFO sightings at National
Airport in 1952.
Including:
12:30 PM Buffet Luncheon and the Phenomenal
I-Would-Almost-Sell-My-Mother-Sale of Books, Tapes, and
Periodicals! Plus: Friday Night, November 3rd at 8:00 PM, The
Ultimate Connection, an informal networking party with Authors
and Friends in the Moosehead Lounge at the College Park Holiday
Inn! Plus, Saturday Night Gab Fest (what Charles Fort called
"rocks to strike with our suspicions") in the book room
starting at 8:30 PM! *Reservations
Essential, space limited!
Sunday Buffet Breakfast Seminar -
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Ralph Renee,
writer for various Mensan publications, author of The
Last Skeptic of Science, on his book NASA Mooned
America. Was the moon landing a hoax?
- Mike Frizzell,
INFO board member and Researcher Director of The Enigma
Project will discuss Recent Maryland Bigfoot Sightings
with a historical perspective.
- Colin Wilson,
author extraordinaire, will shake your world with his
exploration of "Beyond The Atlantis Blueprint."
- Doug Rogers,
of Centre for Crop Circle Studies (CCS), with a slide
show, "The Incredible Year 2000 Crop Circles."
- Bill Corliss,
of the Sourcebook Project, with a slide show on his
latest two books covering "Ancient Infrastructures
and Remarkable Building, from Standing Stones to
Pyramids."
- Roger Paris,
vows to shake up the audience with his controversial talk
on "A Black Mass In Eden: W.B. Yates & the
Mystery of the Tarot Dance" from his forthcoming
book!
* One hour on-your-own lunch break.
 Early
20th Century Chronicler of Strange Events
© 2000, 2006 The International Fortean Organization (INFO).
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