Daughters of Divination

 NEW DATE!  August 28-29

 NEW LOCATION! To be announced in March 2010

SAME GREAT TAROT GOODNESS!

It's SF BATS in 2010!

THIS IS WHAT 2009 WAS LIKE - WATCH THIS SPACE IN LATE SPRING TO SEE WHAT DELIGHTS 2010 WILL AFFORD

In celebration of the 100th birthday of the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) deck, one of the most popular and influential Tarot decks in the World, we produced on our biggest and brightest (certainly our most ambitious) BATS yet:

The Two-Day RWS BATStravaganza!

Saturday, October 3, 2009  

10:00 to 5:00

First Unitarian Universalist Centre, San Francisco 

A full day of the usual BATS fun and frolic with an emphasis on the Rider Waite Smith (RWS) Tarot, featuring readings in the Pagan Science Reading Room, the legendary Tarot Bazaar, featuring Tarot Garden www.tarotgarden.com (purveyor of all good things Tarot),  Joanna Powell Colbert  www.gaiantarot.com; Magical Realist Press/Baba Prague www.magic-realist.com, and the Millard Fillmore Memorial Spiritualist Temple Garage Sale (the retail arm of the DoD) Plus! the Raffle of Fabulous Prizes <tm>! 

Speakers to include:

Mary Greer, the High Priestess of Tarot (Tarot for Yourself, 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card, and many more) marygreer.wordpress.com

Rachel Pollack, Tarot's Grand Doyenne (78 Degrees of Wisdom, the Shining Tribe Tarot, Tarot Wisdom, and more) www.rachelpollack.com

Pamela Eakins (author, Tarot of the Spirit) www.tarotofthespirit.com

Arnell Ando, renowned Tarot artist and creatrix of the Transformational Tarot www.arnellart.com

Joseph Martin (creator of the Quest Tarot) www.questtarot.com

Holly Voley (RWS expert) Holly's Ride-Waite Tarot Page 

Art Rosengarten (Tarot & Psychology, the Tarot of the Nine paths) artrosengarten.wordpress.com

Cynthia Giles (Tarot: History, Mystery & Lore and others) http://elixabet.typepad.com/cynthia_giles/

Leisa ReFalo (The Tarot Connection)   www.tarotconnection.net

Kooch Daniels (Tarot D'Amour, Matrix Meditations) www.cybermystic.com

Teressena Bakens (co-creator, The Fifth Tarot)www.thefifthtarot.com

Ellen Lorenzi-Prince (Tarot of the Crone) www.croneways.com

Carole Pierce  http://www.crossroadstarot.com/

Plus! A special preview presentation of the soon-to-be-published Shamanka Card Oracle by Thena MacArthur and a presentation of the Herbal Tarot by April Hirschman.

Saturday Night!  6:00 to 7:30

The "BATS in the Belfry" Cocktail Party! 

First Unitarian Universalist Centre

A chance to schmooze and socialise with fellow Tarot enthusiasts and BATSmaniacs.  Entertainment provided by the metaphysically oriented interactive theatre troupe LILAC - Explorers of the Antique Unseen (with special guest appearances by Mr Waite and Miss Pixie Smith!)

Sunday, October 4, 2009

10:30 to 4:30

Poolside Pavillion, Cathedral Hill Hotel 

A day of lectures, panels and presentations with a more scholarly bent examining this remarkable deck, featuring some of the most luminous experts on the topic and a lively panel discussion.  A not-to-be-missed experience!

Speakers to include:

Mary Greer, Holly Voley (formidable expert on the RWS deck), and Melinda Boyd Parsons  (renowned expert on the life of Pamela Colman Smith) and a panel discussion including Sunday's speakers, Rachel Pollack, Cynthia Giles, Carole Pierce, and others!

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Each day $95.00/ door

DOD Members: $85.00/door

Cocktail party $25.00

No credit card on-site - make cheques payable to T. Porter

It's a BATS!  all levels of experience and enthusiasm welcome!

Established by Thalassa in 1991, SF BATS is the oldest continuously produced Tarot event in the world.  This beloved gathering of Tarot enthusiasts has showcased some of the best and brightest readers, authors, artists and teachers in the field.  Numerous books and decks have been developed and published from connexions formed by this amazing gathering of energy, talent and interest.