Chicago Tarot Convention
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in Chicago :
World Tarot Congress, III
May 10, 11, and 12, 2002, at the Radisson Hotel,
Lincolnwood - Chicago, IL.
Hostess and Mistress of Ceremonies
Janet Berres (Morton Grove, IL)
President of the International Tarot Society and
Author of Textbook Of The Tarot.
Lectures
K. Frank Jensen (Roskilde, Denmark)
Lecture: Early Versions of the Waite/Smith Pattern
Editor of Manteia, Owner of Spilkammeret, a Danish
Museum of Tarot & Cartomancy, Author of several
tarot books.
Giordano Berti (Bologna, Italy)
Lecture: The Babel of Tarot cards: Evolution of
Tarot's Iconography as an Esoteric Language
Author of many books regard the western
spirituality history:
Visioni infernali: peccati e torture nelląarte
del Medioevo (Le Tarot, Faenza 1991)
Gli Arcangeli: storia e leggende (Lo Scarabeo,
Torino 1997)
Gli Eretici (Xenia, Milano 1997)
Dizionario del Cristianesimo (Vallardi, Milano
1997)
I Mondi ultraterreni (Mondadori Libri
Illustrati, Milano 1998)
Tarocchi: il labirinto della saggezza dal
Rinascimento alla New Age, CD-ROM (Armenia, Milano
1998)
Dizionario dei Mistici dąOriente e Occidente
(Vallardi, Milano 1999)
Preghiere di tutto il mondo (Vallardi, Milano
1999)
Le religioni orientali in Occidente (Xenia,
Milano 2000)
Enoch, ląentronauta (Armenia, Milano 2000).
Giordano Berti was creator of many Tarot decks:
Celtic Tarot, painted by Giacinto Gaudenzi (Lo
Scarabeo, Torino 1993)
Zodiac Game, painted by Cosimo Musio (Lo
Scarabeo, Torino 1995)
Dante Tarot, painted by Andrea Serio (Lo
Scarabeo, Torino 2001)
Visit the website: www.giordanoberti.it/
Hajo Banzhaf (Munich, Germany)
Lecture 1: Return Of The Oracles
Lecture 2: Alchemy And The Tarot Of Aleister
Crowley And Lady Frieda Harris
Author of Tarot And The Journey Of The Hero, The
Tarot Handbook, several other books, Webmaster of
www.tarot.de/
Joan Bunning (Vienna, VA)
Lecture: Offering Your Tarot Product Or Service
On-Line
Author of Learning The Tarot and Creator of the
on-line tarot course at www.learntarot.com
Juliet Sharman-Burke (London, England)
Lecture 1: The Relationship Between Myth And Tarot
Lecture 2: An Introduction To The Sharman-Caselli
Deck
Author of Mastering The Tarot, The Complete Book
of Tarot, Co-creator of The Mythic Tarot
Joanna Powell Colbert (Lummi Island, WA)
Artist and writer; her artwork and writing appears
regularly in SageWoman and PanGaia magazines.
Phyllis Curott, J.D. (New York, NY)
Lecture: Legitimate Or Illegitimate: Tarot And The
Law
Author of Book Of Shadows and WitchCrafting: A
Spiritual Guide to Making Magic,
co-founder of The Religious Liberties Lawyers
Network.
Kim Danbert (Melbourne, FL)
Lecture: Court Cards And Kingdoms
Tarot and aura reader, spiritualist medium; Board
Member of the International Tarot Society
Ronald Decker (Covington, KY)
Lecture: The Knapp-Hall Tarot: Symbols And Sources
Co-author of A Wicked Pack Of Cards; Curator at
The United States Playing Card Co., Cincinnati, OH
Giacinto Gaudenzi, (Fano, Italy)
Lecture: How To Create a Tarot Card-- audience
participation
One of the major Italian illustration artists,
Giacinto is the illustrator of Tarot of the Golden
Dawn, Dürer Tarot, The Celtic Tarot Deck, and the
Tarot of Decamerone.
Ulrik Golodnoff, (Rudkoebing, Denmark)
Lecture: The Distribution of Suitmarks in the
Minor Arcana of the Waite/Smith Deck
Author of Tarot ABC
Isabel Radow Kliegman (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Lecture: The Miraculous Tree Of Life Spread
Author of Tarot and the Tree of Life: Finding
Everyday Wisdom in the Minor Arcana
Isha Lerner (Eugene, OR)
Lecture: The Enchantment Of Tarot
Co-author of The Inner Child Cards and The Power
Of Flower Cards
Tom Tadfor Little Ph.D., (Santa Fe, NM)
Lecture: Reading The Antique Tarots
Tarot history enthusiast and card reader,
specializing in the antique tarots.
Webmaster of www.crosswinds.net/~hermit.
A. T. Mann (Hudson, NY)
Lecture: The Mandala Astrological Tarot
Author of The Mandala Astrological Tarot, The
Elements Of The Tarot, and Sacred Architecture
among other books.
Fern Mercier (Auckland, New Zealand)
Lecture: The High Priestess As Professional Tarot
Reader, Her Big Brother The Hierophant, And The
Future
Consultant, writer; Creator of The Diploma Course
In Tarot
Nei Naiff (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Lecture: Tarot, Life And Destiny
Author of The Trilogy Series, Complete Studies Of
Tarot, published in Portuguese
John Opsopaus (Dandridge, TN)
Lecture: What If Pythagoras Made A Tarot Deck?
Creator of the tarot deck The Pythagorean Tarot.
Dwariko Von Sommaruga (Auckland, New Zealand)
Lecture: The Scales-- Balancing Dualities, Using
The Justice Card In The Quest For Equilibrium
Co-created the tarot deck Songs for the Journey
Home, Alchemy Through Imagery - A Tarot Pathway.
Ruth Ann Brauser and Wald Amberstone, NY
Lecture: The Elemental Array: Revealing The
Magickal Psyche
Creators of The Tarot School and its
Correspondence Course
Norma Cowie (British Columbia, Canada)
Lecture: Past Lives And The Tarot
Author of Exploring The Patterns Of The Tarot and
Tarot For Successful Living
Lon Milo DuQuette (Costa Mesa, CA)
Lecture: The Chicken Tarot Of Rabbi Lamed Ben
Clifford
Author of The Tarot of Ceremonial Magick, Angels,
Demons and Gods Of The New Millennium and several
other books
Mary K. Greer (Nevada City, CA)
Lecture: Tarot Reversals: The Art Of Reversing
Adversity
Author of Tarot For Yourself, The Complete Book of
Tarot Reversals (forthcoming), as well as 5 other
tarot books
Stuart R. Kaplan (Stamford, CT)
Author of The Encyclopedia Of The Tarot Volumes I,
II, and III
Robert O'Neill, Ph.D. (Oak Ridge, TN)
Lecture: Tarot And John's Apocalypse: Christian
Sources For The 15th Century Tarot
Author of Tarot Symbolism
Robert Place (Saugerties, NY)
Lecture: Tarot, Alchemy Of The Soul
Creator of The Alchemical Tarot and The Angels
Tarot along with the forthcoming The Saint's Tarot
Rachel Pollack (Rhinebeck, NY)
Lecture: Playing With Sacred Ideas And The Tarot
Creator of The Shining Tribe Tarot, Author of 78
Degrees Of Wisdom, as well as many other tarot and
esoteric books
Art Rosengarten, Ph.D. (Encinitas, CA)
Lecture: A Tarot Of The Future: Speculation On An
Expanded Major Arcana
Author of Tarot and Psychology: Spectrums Of
Possibilities
Geraldine Amaral (Arlington, VA)
Lecture: Embracing The Shadow
Author of Tarot Celebrations: Honoring the Inner
Voice
Chic and Tabatha Cicero (New Port Richey, FL)
Lecture: Tarot As A Ritual Tool
Creators of The Golden Dawn Magical Tarot and
Authors of many books on the Golden Dawn's magical
tradition
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Send all correspondence to:
International Tarot Society
P. O. Box 1475
Morton Grove, IL. 60053
Tel: 847-965-9916
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