Daughters of Divination
Daughters of Divination
P.O.Box 471221
San Francisco, CA 94147-1221
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SF BATS!
The San Francisco Bay Area Tarot Symposium, produced by Thalassa in association with the Daughters of Divination
NEW DATE! August 28-29
SAME GREAT TAROT GOODNESS!
The Two-Day BATStravaganza!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
10:00 to 5:00
First Unitarian Universalist Centre
1187 Franklin (at Geary), San Francisco
A full day of the usual BATS fun and frolic you've come to expect from a BATS, featuring readings in the Pagan Science Reading Room, the legendary Tarot Bazaar, featuring Tarot Garden www.tarotgarden.com (purveyor of all good things Tarot), the work of many of the presenters, and the Millard Fillmore Memorial Spiritualist Temple Garage Sale (the retail arm of the DoD) Plus! the Raffle of Fabulous Prizes <tm>!
We are dazzled by the breadth of Tarot firepwer gracing the Belfry this year! 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
Marcus Katz (Tarot scholar, founder of Tarosophy) www.tarotprofessionals.com
Emily Carding (Artist and creatrix of the Transparent Tarot & Transparent Oracle, Tarot of the Sidhe) www.childofavalon.com
James Wanless (Creator, Voyager Tarot) www.voyagertarot.com
Diane Wilkes (creatrix, Jane Austen Tarot & Storyteller's Tarot; webmistress, Tarot Passages) www.tarotpassages.com
Pamela Eakins (author, Tarot of the Spirit) www.tarotofthespirit.com
Joseph Martin (creator of the Quest Tarot) www.questtarot.com
Leisa ReFalo (The Tarot Connection) www.tarotconnection.net
Jaymi "innowen" Elford (author, Ravens in the Library, Pop Culture Grimoire, and Women's Voices in Magic) www.shadesofmaybe.com
Katrina Wynne (Transformative Tarot Counseling) tarotcounseling.org
Arisa Victor (Author, High School Astrology: A Textbook of Ageless Wisdom and editor of The Spoken Cabala: Tarot Explorations of the One Self by Jason Lotterhand) www.GrannyRainbow.com
Bill Haigwood (Creator, Counterculture Tarot) www.counterculturecreations.com
Carole Pierce www.crossroadstarot.com
Many of the Presenters will be setting up their stalls in the Bazaar, along with other wonderful Vendors including:
Tarot Garden www.tarotgarden.com
Just Rewards, Sacred Well, Ari Stone Art, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Cat's Eye Gallery, Divining the Muse, and more to be revealed!
Presenters setting up their tents in the Bazaar include Rachel Pollack, Jim Wanless, Joseph Martin, Terresena and Martien Bakens, Leisa ReFalo, Katrina Wynne, & more!
Thena MacArthur (creatrix of the Shamanka Card Oracle) www.shamanka-oracle.com
Magical Realist Press/Baba Prague www.magic-realist.com
Saturday Night! 6:00 to 7:30
The Return of the "BATS in the Belfry" Magickal, Mystical Mixer!
First Unitarian Universalist Centre - Martin Luther King Room
A chance to schmooze and socialise with fellow Tarot enthusiasts and BATSmaniacs. Inter-active entertainment provided by the metaphysically oriented interactive theatre troupe LILAC - Explorers of the Antique Unseen plus games, oracular operations, and other surprises!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
11:00 to 3:00
First Unitarian Universalist Centre - Chapel
Featuring presentations by Mary K. Geer and Mike Hernandez, as well as a Panel on "Tarot Mythbusting" with Rachel Pollack, Marcus Katz, Emily Carding, Tarot Garden's Dan Pelletier, Leisa ReFalo, and Rabbit McMatthews, and interactive activities to keep the BATS glow goin' (and you'll still be able to catch your plane).
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Saturday $95.00/ door
DOD Members: $85.00/door
Cocktail party $25.00
Sunday $60.00/door
DOD members $50/door
It's a BATS! all levels of experience and enthusiasm welcome!
Parking The closest parking is at the Sutter Place Garage, 1355 Sutter St. (open 24 hours) – 2 blocks from the Unitarian Centre (Entrance after 3 PM, evenings and weekends on Sutter Street between Van Ness and Franklin Streets)
Early Bird rate $7 (in by 10 AM out by 4:30 PM); $10 for 12 hours; $15/day; $5 after 6 PM. Note that after 3 PM and on weekends, the ONLY entrance is on Sutter.
The official sleeping hotel for BATS is the Golden Gateway Holiday Inn at Van Ness and Pine. There is also parking available there, and while we are looking into a special rate there, it is probably not going to be as good a deal as the SutterPlace Garage, which is the most reasonable in the neighbourhood.
The AMC (1000 Van Ness) garage is also nearby.
Questions? email batqueen@dodivination.com
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.
Daughters of Divination
P.O.Box 471221
San Francisco, CA 94147-1221
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