CLUB ROOM PROGRAMME

Questing Conference, Saturday, 3 November 2001

 

If one blistering day of top-class, exclusive lectures is not enough, a second room of fringe talks and panel debates has been added to this year's Questing Conference on Saturday, 3rd November. Within Conway Hall's Club Room you will also be able to attend additional presentations by:

Inside Conway Hall's Club Room you will be able to hear:

10.15 Caroline Wise - Origin of the Egyptian Goddess

Caroline Wise is the proprietor of The Atlantis Bookshop, London's oldest established occult emporium for bibliophiles, as well as the organiser of the annual Wildwood conference She has lectured world-wide on the mythological origin of Egyptian goddesses such as Isis, Sekhmet and Bast, and will present an exclusive lecture on this subject with an emphasis on their influence in London both in ancient and more recent times.

10 minute break

11.10 Richard Ward - The Mythic Reality of the Cthulhu Mythos

Richard is one of Britain's leading historical researchers, working closely with Andrew Collins on his books FROM THE ASHES OF ANGELS and GATEWAY TO ATLANTIS. Richard's chance discovery of a copy of GENIUS OF THE FEW was responsible for introducing to the world, through Andrew's acclaimed books, the work of Christian O'Brien. Richard' presentation will expose his 10-year study into the mythic reality of the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft's so-called "Cthulhu Mythos", showing that the many dreams which inspired his works have a sound basis in the known cults of prehistory.

5 minute break

12.10 Edmund Marriage - The Genius of the Few

Edmund is the nephew of the late Christian O'Brien - author of the landmark book GENIUS OF THE FEW which set down the human origin of the Watchers of the Book of Enoch for the first time. He is also an agronomist and specialist in the prehistoric development of agriculture. Edmund will further his uncle's work by reviewing the very latest world-wide research into the historical basis of the Watchers and Nephilim, referred to by Christian O'Brien as 'the Shining Ones'. He will be joined on stage by Barbara Joy O'Brien, Christian O'Brien's wife, who will read passages from her husband's works GENIUS OF THE FEW and THE SHINING ONES. Edmund Marriage's on-line site The Golden Age Project

1.00 Lunch Break

3pm Panel Debate/Question time

An open panel debate with Andrew Collins, Ian Lawton, Adrian Gilbert and David Elkington. Questions from the audience will be welcome

15 minute break

4.15 Marcus Williamson - The Rennes-le-Château Fact File

Marcus is one of the foremost authorities on the mysteries of Rennes-le-Château, the French village where a simple parish priest named Bérenger Saunière became wealthy overnight after discovering some lost secret of great mystical potency. Over the years a plethora of books have claimed to present the true nature of this most enigmatic of mysteries, but few deliver the true facts . Marcus reviews the only known hard evidence about Rennes-le-Château in a straight forward no nonsense manner. The Rennes-le-Château Homepage

45 minute break

6.00 Paul Weston - From Babylon to AD 2012 -

Paul Weston is a mythologist and lecturer on matters relating to the relationship between man, myth and magic. In his lecture he will explore the non-linear understanding of history and its influence on esoteric thought. He will feature such topics as the Babylonian New Year festivities and the concept of the creation of new worlds at the end of time cycles, like that which portends the AD 2012 timeline for the end of the current Maya calendar. Paul will reveal how remnants of myth cycles are still alive within our consensus reality in such annual festivities as Christmas and the New Year.

6.50 Panel Debate/Question time -

Second open panel debate with Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, Laurence Gardiner and Michael Carmichael. Questions from the audience will be welcome.

7.45 end of programme.

Be sure not to miss this year's Questing Conference - never before has its organisers offered you so much for so little!

 

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