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2011 Tarot Convention
23rd-25th September
...for anyone interested in tarot's history and its esoteric connections
— no matter what your experience or knowledge!
Schedule at a glance
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Please note some last minute alterations...
A number of very late alterations have had to be made due to unexpected circumstances. What this means for the programme is that instead of concurrent sessions, there will now be a single stream of presenters.
Ste Suzanne, Mayenne, France
Ste Suzanne is a relatively remote location between LeMans and Laval, each approximately 30km away. It's a setting reminiscent of many medieval and renaissance towns throughout much of Europe, self-contained with a number of artisanal industries, atop a small hill, surrounded by farms and woodland. Regular access for visitors is by car.
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Registration
We suggest you don't delay with organising your accommodation (see the tab section lower down). Please ensure that you contact Roxanne as the Hotel is now booked out. Places at the VVT remain available.
To register, please complete the payment option below. Once payment has been made, you will be redirected to a registration form to allow us to ensure we have your correct details. Please note that registrations made from the 19th of September will be checked, but no correspondence will be able to be entered into. PLEASE ensure that you have also mentioned your registration to Roxanne following this date in order to organise catering!
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Credit Card and direct PayPal transfers may be used.
Cash payments may, under some circumstances, also be made in person at the registration desk at the venue on Friday evening (subject to pre-arrangements – that needs to be confirmed with Roxanne if organised after the 18th of September)
Should you wish to register for the Saturday only, a few spaces have been reserved. Cost is €110 (full members €100). You will need to contact us to complete this partial event registration.
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support the event with a donation!
We always run an extremely tight budget and keep prices as low as possible to allow for wider participation. Whether you're coming or not, you can support this event by making a contribution – it will be very gratefully received!
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2011 Tarot Convention
St Suzanne, France – 23rd-25th Septemper 2011
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The Association for Tarot Studies's Convention this year takes place in St Suzanne, in association with Roxanne Flornoy!
The weekend has keynote speakers as well as more intimate workshops and presentations. Places are strictly limited. Book early to secure a place!
Registration Costs
Convention events: €190 (ATS full members: €130)
Accommodation options and costs (approx.): €30 - €160 (See 'Accommodation' panel below)
Convention charge includes French-style breakfasts, tea & coffee, the Friday dinner, Saturday lunch & dinner, as well as Sunday lunch (all wine consumed at own expense). See the 'Meals' panel below for details.
Though the venue is walking distance from the suggested accommodation options, transport to and from the township is (very) limited. It is therefore recommended that you have your own transport (or share with another participant). A sensible option may be to take a train from Paris to LeMans and pick-up a previously reserved hire car from there.
[Roxanne to provide public transport timetable b/t Ste Suzanne & LeMans - only 1 or 2 a day]
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Presenters, their Workshops, Schedule, Registration and varied information
Below are the descriptions as they stand at the time of publication. Some unexpected changes are possible, though we aim to keep these to a minimal.
Please ensure you complete the four steps:
- make your registration payment (see the Registration pane below);
- complete the registration form (located at ats-tarot-convention-registration);
- pay Roxanne your deposit for the accommodation (see the Accommodation pane below);
- if not already, subscribe to our Newsletter to ensure you are kept informed of developments.
ProgrammeLocationAccommodationMeals
Programme outline
subject to change without notice
Friday
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Welcome & opening address (Friday 6:15–7:15 pm)
Lyn Olds, Fern Mercier and Roxanne Flornoy
A look at what's ahead for the weekend.
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Saturday
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Keynote speaker 9:00 - 10:15
Christine Payne-Towler
Western esoteric currents: Alchemy, TheoSophia, and Tarot
By the lifetime of Jacob Beohme, the conversation between Alchemists, Kabbalists and esoteric Christians had reached such a point of interwoven multidimensionality that modern scholars struggle to comprehend it all and put the various layers in context. The ethos of chivalry was now being introjected by visionary private practitioners along Kabbalistic lines, their Quest being the redemption of the Wisdom of God, Sophia, the Shekhina within themselves. The self-published Alchemists were also teaching astrology, eros magic and a nature-based yoga through their exquisite Art of Memory illustrations and gnomic texts. The works of spiritual feminists Agrippa and Paracelsus were substantiating the call for an Age of the Holy Spirit by organizing and then refining the esoteric canon into an astral healing modality, soon to become a hallmark of Rosicrucian identification. Boehme, John Dee, and others in their expanding circles were cross-comparing the Heiroglyphic Monad as a universal Key, while the Protestant Sophianics were synthesizing a ChristoSophic religion in the margins of the Reformation. What happens when we bring the manual-less, esoterically-structured Tarot into this milieu?
About Christine Payne-Towler [USA]
www.tarotarkletters.com
Christine Payne-Towler is the author of the book The Underground Stream; Esoteric Tarot Revealed and the writer of the divinatory Tarot text at www.Tarot.com. Since 2005, Christine has been producing a stream of writings on Tarot, astrology, esotericism and magic at her blog site www.tarotarkletters.com. On the occasion of this conference, she will be unveiling the Tarot of the Holy Light, co-created with artist and producer Michael Dowers. |
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10:30 - 11:30
Fern Mercier
Hidden Within Full View
Codes ‘hidden within full view’ tell us the tarot is more than just a wicked pack of playing cards. The very form of each tarot card communicates a secret lexicon.
Concealed within the graphic structure and “sacred” geometry of each card lies a vocabulary of form and meaning.
The original tarot artists used a variety of clues including basic geometry of square, circle and triangle – as well as astrological glyphs and other basic shapes such as cross, crescent and star - to impart historical, religious cultural and social insights for the esoteric reader.
Even a simple vertical or horizontal line has significance in the underground stream of pagan and heretical knowledge that defied the religious tyrannies of mainstream ideology throughout the centuries.
The’ medium is the message’. Because the message is embedded within the actual designs, particularly in the traditional Marseille-type Tarot decks, it is clear that the cards were transmitting specific meanings and qualities.
Crack the codes that inform the esoteric language of the older tarot arcana with Fern Mercier.
About Fern [New Zealand]
www.tarot.net.nz
Fern has a busy practice in Auckland city, New Zealand as a professional tarot reader and astrologer, teaching consulting, writing and educating in both disciplines. She fell in love with tarot when she found her first deck in 1974. Her year-long Diploma tarot Course is long-established and she is a founding member of the Tarot Guild Aotearoa. She has appeared on many popular TV and radio shows. She co-organized the NZ Tarot Summer School in 2002 as well as the arcana tarot art event in 2006. Fern has lectured and workshopped at many national and international conferences including Chicago 2003 and Australia throughout the last decade. Most recently she was a keynote presenter at the ATS Conference in Brisbane and spoke at the LETS Symposium in Oct 2010 – the first tarot gathering to be available worldwide through a live stream video webcast program. With Lyn Olds, she co-organised the Southern Symposium – a Trans-Tasman event held in June 17th-19th 2011 in Auckland. |
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11:45 - 12:45 Concurrent sessions
Dan Pelletier
"Clearing the Decks" – Reclaiming the Tarot from the Pirates
Finding Cosmic Truth beyond the marketing slogans of the Victorian and Summer of Love eras’.
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About Dan [New York, USA]
www.tarotgarden.com
Dan is an accomplished tarot reader with over thirty years of experience. Dan has also contributed to publications on Aeclectic Tarot, Tarot for Life website newsletter Seeker’s Journey, and Tarot Passages magazine. He is also co-owner of the well known and highly respected Tarot Garden. |
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14:30–15:30 (2:30 - 3:30)
Joep van Loon
The Tarot Wheel
In 'The Tarot Wheel: a tripartite view on the internal structure of the Visconti Sforza Tarot, Joep develops a original vision about the internal structure of the Visconti Sforza Tarot. During the conference he will come back to this subject and extend it to the Tarot de Marseille.
About Joep [Natitingou, Bénin]
The Tarot Wheel ~ ATS Newsletter
Joep is a hydrogeologist living in West Africa. His home is in Bénin but he is actually working in Sénégal. He's the author of 'The Tarot Wheel' piublished in the July edition of the ATS Newsletter of this year. |
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15:45–16:45 (3:45 - 4:45)
Yoav Ben-Dov
CBD Tarot de Marseille - A new restoration of the Conver deck
After 3+ years of intensive work, a restored version of the Conver (1760) Tarot deck was recently printed in Belgium (June 2011). Instead of trying to recover hypothetical lost symbols, what I tried to do is to bring forth, and adapt to present-day techniques and sensibilities, the artistic genius of Conver which made his version the most appreciated and influential among the traditional Tarot decks. In the conference I will present the finished cards and describe the process of their creation.
About Yoav [Israel]
www.bendov.info
Dr. Yoav Ben-Dov was trained as a physicist, historian and philosopher of science, and lectured for many years in Tel-Aviv and other universities on the philosophy of quantum mechanics and chaos theory, scientific method and digital culture. Author of the first Tarot book in Hebrew (1981), which had a considerable influence on Tarot readers in Israel. Studied Tarot under the guidance of Alexandro Jodorowsky, and later developed his own approach of "open reading". |
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17:00–18:00 (5:00 - 6:00)
Major Tom Schick
an early deck in the British Museum
Not all of us have been able to take the opportunity to visit some of the main museums around the world and take the time to sit with a deck or two for careful study. Major Tom will here present a visual exploration of an early deck held in the British Museum.
About Major Tom [UK]
www.majortom.biz
Major Tom has run tarot workshops in the UK for over a decade. His Tarot Lovers Calendar, in which pre-release decks have been featured, has been a useful litmus for tarot developments in the broader tarot community. |
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Sunday
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10:30 - 11:30
Russell Sturgess
Primitive Christian Theology, the inspiration for the Marseille Tarot major arcana. (The Beatitudes and the Marseille Tarot)
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About Russell [Sunshine Coast, Australia]
www.beattitude.com.au
Russell Sturgess is a retired natural therapist, numerologist, business consultant, educator and author. In 2009 Russell published his book, Metanoia, Renovating the House of the Spirit, which explores his conference topic in enlightening detail. Using the core message of the sacred map revealed in his book, Russell currently runs a consultancy business that facilitates the integration of Spiritual Intelligence into companies, along with them being committed to creating Spiritual, Social and Human Capital. He also works with individuals using the same process.
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11:45 - 12:45
Lyn Olds
Create a unique Tarot Journal
TAROT, JOURNAL, TRAVEL and FRANCE. These four words were the inspiration for this specially designed workshop for the 2011 ATS convention. Armed with no more than scissors and a glue stick, participants will create a tarot journal with a twist. A fabulous memento to take home from Ste Suzanne. All materials supplied.
About Lyn Olds [New Zealand]
www.tarot-ART.com
Lyn Olds has been involved in tarot for many years now and has enjoyed roles as a reader, teacher, mentor and tarot event organiser! Her focus at present is to unite her love of tarot with a growing interest in artistic ventures that celebrates the art of tarot in its many guises. More information can be found at www.tarot-ART.com |
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1:00 - 2:30 (LUNCH)
Roxanne Flornoy
Closing and farewells
Over the course of lunch, we'll bring the Convention to a close – until next time! |
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About Sainte Suzanne
Sainte-Suzanne is one of those few townships remaining in France that has retained its historic mediæval charm, and is listed on France's 'Most Beautiful Villages of France' register. Being a village also means, however, that some of the stores cities have may be lacking. Also be aware that Ste Suzanne has no ATM. If you need cash, please organise it prior to arrival (in, for example, La Mans or Paris).
How to get to the Ste Suzanne, France
Ste Suzanne is located West of Paris, off the main road leading into Brittany from Le Mans.
From the Paris airport, various options exist, including (and recommended) a car hire. Alternatively, regular trains go to Le Mans, from which car hire is again available, or an irregular train service takes you to just outside Sainte-Suzanne (at which place we can arrange pick-ups). Should you decide on a train to Ste Suzanne's nearest 'local' station, please aim to arrive by 5:00 pm (the train would leave Le Mans at [??? time, Roxanne?]
A pdf on Ste Suzanne can be downloaded from the Tourist Information sevices:
> www.ciap.lamayenne.fr/pdf-guides/sainte_suzanne_cg53_eng.pdf
For some details (in French), visit:
> sainte-suzanne.com
> www.sainte-suzanne.info
Going onwards to Milan for the Italian Tarot Trip following the Convention? We're looking into making trip recommendations. As train bookings (and timetables) are only available up to four months in advance, no details can be provided. It appears, however, that a TGV (very fast train) is available from Le Mans → Lyons → Avignon → Milan. |
Accommodation
Either one of two following locations is recommended. Should you wish to make a booking at a different venue, please use the tourist information links provided under the 'Location' tab (above).
For either of the following, please make a pre-booking with Roxanne Flornoy, who will also require a non-refundable deposit of €33 (of which €30 goes towards your lodging costs, and €3 is to cover PayPal and bank charges and transfers incurred by Roxanne on your behalf). Should you wish to pay the full amount, please discuss this with Roxanne. Please note that the balance will need to be paid to the Hotel or VVT in CASH, or by direct bank transfer (for those living outside the EU, this latter may prove to have too many associated costs). Direct bank transfer will need to be finalised by [date to be confirmed with Roxanne]. Please note that Ste Suzanne has NO ATM facility, so cash will have to have been previously withdrawn in either Le Mans or Paris.
Option 1: Hotel Beauséjour
Cost per night per room: one person €46; 2 people €49; 3 people €52
Address: 4 - 6 rue de la Libération
web: www.hotelstesuzanne.com
Option 2: VVF Village Vacances Familiales
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Saturday & Sunday breaks:
Morning breaks: thé, café, tisane
Afternoon breaks: Perrier, thé, café, tisane, bière en bouteille
We are fortunate to be able to enjoy our Lunches and Dinners in the restaurant section of Hotel Beauséjour
N.B. vegetarian meals will beoptionally available
Friday 23rd September
Dinner following welcome address
wine to be purchased at own expense
salade grand père (salade, tomate, emmental râpé, croûtons et lardons chauds)
rôti de porc avec gratin dauphinois et ratatouille
assiette de salade et fromage
clafoutis tiède au poire
Cristaline, Perrier, café
Saturday 24th September
Breakfast: thé, café, chocolat, viennoiserie, baguette, beurre, confiture, yaourt, jus d’orange
Lunch
wine to be purchased at own expense
blanc de poulet rôti avec des pâtes et bol de salade sur table
tarte aux fruits
Cristaline, Perrier, café
Dinner
wine to be purchased at own expense
kir cassis
Dos de colin au beurre blanc avec des légumes
Rôti de bœuf avec tomate provençale, haricots verts et pommes de terre
Assiette de salade et 3 fromages
Entremet Choco Amer et sa crème anglaise
Cristaline, Muscadet, Bordeau Château le Mayne, Perrier, café
Sunday 25th September
Breakfast: thé, café, chocolat, viennoiserie, baguette, beurre, confiture, yaourt, jus d’orange
Lunch
wine to be purchased at own expense
Gâteau de saumon fumé avec macédoine
Cuisse de canard rôtie avec petits pois carottes et pomme de terre vapeur
Assiette de salade et fromage
Crème au caramel
Cristaline, Perrier, café
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