The talks will all be recorded. If you have purchased an in-person ticket, you will get links to the talks that you attend (i.e. Friday and Saturday both, or Saturday only); if you purchase a streaming ticket, you will get links to all talks. The links will give you unlimited access to the talks.
The auction will take place on the Saturday afternoon break.
Everyone (both in-person and streaming) will be able to bid and payments can be made through Paypal after the auction finishes.
The proceeds from the raffle and the general auction will go to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund with the proceeds of the auction of the Ciro Marchetti deck going to support Julie Thomson and the UK Paragility Team.
If you have any questions, please email Janine at chairman@tabi.org.uk
We look forward to seeing you there!
The following publishers, magazines, and deck creators have all donated amazing gifts for our gift bags and prizes for our famous raffle. Thank you very much!
Aeon Books
Artisan Tarot
The Cartomancer
Deckible
The Esotoracle
Mick Frankel
The Inbetween Tarot
Janis King
Liminal 11 Publishing
Llewellyn Publishing
Caitlín and John Matthews
Publishers Group UK (PGUK)
RED Feather (Schiffer)
Watkins
The Wootique
Russell Grant has been reading the Tarot since he was 14 years old. He started with a deck of ordinary playing cards before moving onto a Morgan-Greer pack of Tarot. He was invited by Richard Branson’s Virgin Books to create his own pack of Tarot having enjoyed a number of best-selling books with his publishers. Russell decided to create a pack of Astro-Tarot: combining both subjects that had become his staple. He was a student of astrology from 16 years old, having been taught by Rita Szymanski of the Astrological Lodge. His Astro-Tarot pack was an immediate success. Russell geared his Astro-Tarot towards beginners with easy-to-understand images. Under his tuition, he set up many courses and workshops across Britain and the USA.
At the conference, Russell invites you to bring your own Astro-Tarot pack (we will also have these hopefully in your goody bags!) as he takes you through the meaning of the cards, how he created his own pack and the spreads he uses and has done both privately and on ITV’s This Morning and other media.
What is true Tarot intimacy? It goes beyond book learning. For me, book learning was my foundation, but considering how I felt about the cards and the fact that I have a changeable, fluctuating relationship with each of them, was the KEY to intimacy. (Examples: Three of Cups and The Emperor)
Spending time with the cards is also a huge key to unlocking intimacy. Touch them, look at them, spread the whole deck out in front of you, keep a Tarot journal, invent stories with the cards, consider different interpretations that you find from varied sources. Decide that you’ll give yourself dedicated time.
We’ll go through a few exercises during this hour together. Feeling free to go beyond what you’ve read will also inspire intimacy. The cards have layers to them. Do your own exploring, rather than just trying to stuff your head full of definitions you’ve read. Definitions are a starting point but they are not the whole animal.
Kelly-Ann is a qualified spiritual counsellor, award winning Tarot reader and the published author of Rebel Witch – Carve the Path That’s Yours Alone.
Kelly-Ann’s work is for ‘cycle-breakers, non-conformists, spiritual rebels and free-wheeling witchy types’ as described in her website at http://kelly-annmaddox.com.
Explore the connections between Tarot, Imagination, and Magic!
Andrea Aste is a multidisciplinary artist whose new “Book of Shadows” project combines Tarot, a Graphic Novel, and a Feature Film. With examples from this creation, Andrea will share tips and ideas for a more fantastical approach to Tarot.
Neil Kelso is a writer, performer and theatre maker specialising in Magic and Mystery. He uses Tarot and Magic to tell stories. Neil will share examples from his cabaret and theatre shows showing new ways to see the invisible.
Together they founded Berith & Brimstone – the laboratory of esoteric innovation.
Expect the unexpected and have your favourite cards handy for this interactive and thought-provoking presentation.
Chris has created six published Tarot and Lenormand decks plus a soon to be published Oracle deck.
Working on The Son Tarot was more than just a publishing project however. The creation of the deck triggered a deep process of self acceptance and healing within him. Working with Tarot can never replace professional therapeutic help where needed but you can still find your own healing through the reading table.
Chris will share insights into his creative processes and help you connect with the Tarot as the picture book of your personal life story. Through this workshop, Chris will guide you to turn the cards towards the past and the present, giving you greater empowerment to face the future.
In this session, based upon Caitlín’s forthcoming book, Time-Changer’s Tarot, we explore how our tarot can be a means of reading not just for personal guidance, but for our community, and the wider issues of the world. By stretching our spread cloth wider, our questions become calibrated with the much larger events within our community and our world.
By reading with responsibility and accountability, we too enable the world’s changes in a supported way, making us prophets of the future world we hope to inhabit.
Please bring a RWS tarot for this session.
Caitlín Matthews is the author of over 80 books, including Time-Changer’s Tarot, Tarot Médiéval, and Celtic Book of the Dead. She teaches many aspects of divination, shamanism and the western mysteries internationally.
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2 Comments
Jeanette Wood · June 20, 2023 at 11:27 am
Hello, your other page regarding the conference says the booking is not available yet. I found this said page via a Google search. Thought I’d let you know as it may prevent people booking the conference. Jeanette
Pengwen · June 23, 2023 at 2:39 am
Hi Jeanette, which other page? Could you please send me a link, to secretary@tabi.org.uk? Thank you very much for letting us know!