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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

40th Annual Conference on Anomalous Phenomena
THE INTERNATIONAL FORTEAN ORGANIZATION (INFO)

PRESENTS: - "INTO THE DEEP"
FortNite '05! - FortFest Chair, P.O. Box 50088, Baltimore, MD 21211.

AT: - American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM), Baltimore, MD,March 19, 2005!
AT: - Carlyle Hotel in Roland Park, Baltimore, March 20,2005


SATURDAY at AVAM:
LECTURE PROGRAM IN THE LOVE SCULPTURE BARN, 9:30 AM -6:00 PM

J. P. O'Neill:
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, Ph.d:
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 anot-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:
Chilian science journalist on "Aqua UFO: astounding reports, worldwide, on Unidentified Submarine Objects (USOs) including Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, the mother of all underwater
anomalies".


SUNDAY SEMINARS at the CARLYLE: 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 "Roadsto 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.

Phyllis Galde:
"The Most Haunting Stories" from the files of Fate Magazine, a nostalgic, ghostly slide show.

Tom Howell:
Filmmaker and Psychic Investigator on "Psychokinesis Research in the States and Abroad: Energy Fields of Life".

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