40th Conference On Anomalous Phenomena*     

The Carlyle Hotel in Roland Park, Baltimore, MD
March 20, 2005

SATURDAY at AVAM:

Lecture Program in the Love Sculpture Barn, 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM

• J.P. O' NIELL, author of The Great New England Sea Serpent: An Account of Unknown Creatures Sighted by Many Responsible Persons Between 1638 and the Present Day  with fabulous "Fish Stories from the Cryptozoo."
• WILLIAM SULLIVAN, PhD, ethnoastronomer/archaeoastronomer, acclaimed author of The Secret of the Incas: Myth, Astronomy and the War Against Time  and Consultant in Astronomy and Mythology to the Human Journey Project of the Center for the World Mythology (St. Paul, MN) with an amazing discussion and slides on "The Invisible Pyramid of Ollantaytambo".
• JOHN MICHELL, philosopher, the world's preeminent scholar on the sacred mysteries and powers of the Living Universe & the renowned Fortean author (Eccentric Lives & Peculiar Notions, City of Revelation, Ancient Metrology, Dimensions of Paradise, View Over Atlantis, Twelve Tribe Nations And The Science of Enchanting The Landscape and more) with a not-to-be-missed illustrated talk,  "Crop Circles: Bearers of Knowledge".  A must.
• PHYLLIS BENJAMIN, journalist/artist/poet,  President of the International Fortean Organization (INFO) and Chair of over twenty years of FortFest and FortNite Conferences on "I think, therefore I had breakfast", a short discussion of America's Twentieth Century Outsider Philosopher and Father of the Study of Anomalistics, Charles Fort.
• DOUG SKINNER, Fortean writer/artist/ Off-Broadway (with Bill Irwin) performer extraordinaire on "The Amazing Stories of Richard Shaver". Skinner continues his research into the strange and moving career of Richard Shaver, whose tales of underground caverns, and the rock books of the sea people (who may have been from Atlantis) convinced thousands of readers in the '40s and '50s.
• PHYLLIS GALDE, Editor of Fate Magazine and Publisher of Galde Press, will invite the audience to jump off the deep end with  tales of "Ghastly Ghosts of the Sea: Watery Graves, Haunted Ships and Strange Disappearances".
• ANTONIO HUNEEUS, Chilean science journalist on "Aqua UFO: astounding reports, worldwide, on Unidentified Submarine Objects (USOs) including Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, the mother of all underwater anomalies".

RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL

NOON- Fort is in the Details: Optional Buffet Luncheon on the waterfront at the Rusty Scupper

Including:

***THE-PHENOMENAL-I-WOULD-ALMOST-SELL-MY-MOTHER-TO-PAY-FOR-BOOKS-sale of Books, Tapes and Periodicals. !***Informal FRIDAY Night, March 18 Social. On SATURDAY  join the Forteans for an unbelieveable "All-Night-Into-The-Deep Bash" at the Carlyle Hotel! Transportation between AVAM and the Carlyle will be available for out-of-towners. Saturday Includes FREE PASS ($11 value) TO AVAM's new show "Liquid Universe"!

SUNDAY SEMINAR at the CARLYLE:

LECTURE PROGRAM, 10 A.M.-3:00 P.M.

• DOUG ROGERS, of MUFON, "The Dilemma of Forbidden Knowledge vs the Status Quo regarding UFOs".
• SARAH ESTEP, Founder of the American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena (AAEVP), author of  Roads to Eternity with electronic voice phenomena tapes and stories from Spirit and Space.  Bring a tape recorder if you want to tape voices from Beyond during the lunch break.
• TOM HOWELL, Filmmaker and Psychic Investigator on "Psychokinesis Research in the States and Abroad: Energy Fields of Life".
• PHYLLIS GALDE, Editor of Fate Magazine presents, "The Most Haunting Stories" from the files of Fate Magazine, a nostalgic ghostly slide show.

Early 20th Century Chronicler of Strange Events

Cosmic Egg I Sculpture by Andrew Logan, UK American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, FortNite 2005 Photography by Heide Fischer Wessels ( )

 

 

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