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John Michell Ascendent

John Michell Ascendant
photo: Michael Schneider

Good journey ahead to John Michell. A bright light has left the earth to join the pantheon of stars in the heavens. I am sad to report that my beloved friend and mentor John Michell has passed peacefully at his son Jason's home in Dorcet after a short bout with lung cancer. Cogent and witty to the end he was pleased to know that his last book of philosophy filled with his magical art would be coming out this fall. His last day was spent mute with his eyes gazing upwards and both Patrick Harpur and Joscelyn Godwin remarked that perhaps he was staring out from Plato's cave. Quite right, he would of said. Perhaps he knew it was Shakespeare's birthday. In Chicago it was "Talk Like A Bard Day". April 23 (he passed at 1230 April 24 which is 2330 GMT) is also St. George's Day so perhaps he was listening to the song Jerusalem. Forteana has not lost its' merriest and most learned bard for John Michell leaves us a legacy of over fifty of his books. Pick one up and see for yourself.

We thank him for all his good work and wise teachings for not only our organization but for true forteans everywhere. He will be sorely missed.

—Phyllis Benjamin, The International Fortean Organization (INFO)

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FORTSCAPE 2010, from Prehistory to Posthistory! July 17 & 18, 2010 55th Amazing Conference on Anomalous Phenomena Peabody Court Hotel, Baltimore, MD See the event flyer as PDF FORTFEST A-Wake!: A Tribute to John Michell & John Keel APRIL 24 & 25, 2010 54th Conference on Anomalous Phenomena Peabody Court Hotel, Baltimore, MD. See PDF flyer for the event. FORTFEST 09: The Wedding of Art, Science, and Philosophy! American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) Baltimore, Maryland 50th Conference on Anomalous Phenomena March 7-8th, 2009. See PDF flyer for the event. 47th Annual Conference on Anomalous Phenomena, “Beyond Belief” FortFest '08 at AVAM! American Visionary Art Museum Baltimore March 29-30th, 2008 FortFest Med - Extraordinarily great! FortScape '07 in Cumberland, MD. A perfect sold-out conference. FortFest '07 in Baltimore. Explore what happened. Special Salon on UFOs 2006. Check it out here. FortScape 2006 at Fredericksburg. Check out what happened there. FortNite 2006. Here is the complete program listing. FortScape '05 Here's what happened in the hot West Virginia mountains. FortNite '05 Here's what you missed at INFO's 2005 spring conference.	FortFest '04 Here's what you missed at INFO's 2004 fall conference. FortScape '04 INFO's Spring Conference held in the Mountains of West Virginia. FortFest '03 INFO's 35th Annual Conference! See what happened. FortNite '03 INFO's 33rd Conference. Click for what went on. FortFest '02 32nd Annual Conference. Here are the details. FortNite '01 Spring Conference on Anomalous Phenomena's featured speakers were... FortFest '00 Annual Conference on Anomalous Phenomena -- Here's what you missed... FortNite '00 Spring Conference on Anomalous Phenomena -- The featured speakers were... FortFest '99 The 28th Annual Conference on Anomalous Phenomena -- Here's what you missed. FortFest '98 The 27th Annual Conference on Anomalous Phenomena -- Here's what you went on. FortNite '98 INFO's Spring Conference on Anomalous Phenomena -- The featured speakers were... FortFest '97 The 25th Annual Conference on Anomalous Phenomena -- Here's what happened. FortNite '97 INFO's Spring Conference on Anomalous Phenomena -- Here's what happened. FortFest 1996 The 24th Annual Conference on Anomalous Phenomena ... See what you missed!

Other Sites of the Paranormal Kind

Additional links for your perusal...

The Official Mystery of the Sphinx Page John Anthony West tells it like it is.
Eastern Ohio Bigfoot Investigation Center The region's latest research & Annual Bigfoot Conference.
John Michell's The Hope. To Realize the Vision of Jerusalem in our Lifetime: The City of Peace, a House of Prayer for all the Nations.
The Sourcebook Project Detailing Bizarre Anomalies of Science & Nature.
The Enigma Project Investigating the Unexplained.
Fortean Times Quality Reporting on International Weirdness.
The Face on Mars Page Unusual Martian surface features and other questions.
Planetary Mysteries Homepage Profiling various planetary anomalies.
Chupacabra Home Page Puerto Rico's Mystery Beast.
Goatlinks Web Site Familiar with the sightings of the Goatman? You can learn more here.
Adventures Beyond Unique Organization Produces Videos Based on Actual Field Research.
Crop Circle Central Theories, photos, & related links by Colin Andrews.
The Cereologist A scholarly site dedicated to circular mystery.
Crop Circle Connector Stuart Dike and Mark Fussell present a very complete picture of the phenomenon.
The Stone Circle Webring A resource giving access to a variety (234!) of megalithically focused sites.
The Official Graham Hancock website In search of lost civilization.
Michael Schneider's Constructing the Universe deals comprehensively with sacred geometry.
Martin Gray on Sacred Sites Twenty years of research and images to review.
FATE magazine The longest-running magazine of Fortean material in the world.
Please visit the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Dr. Bob Hieronimus with his fabulous Art Car, first shown at the FortNite '06 at AVAM! Check out phenomenal 21st Century Radio at www.21stCenturyRadio.com.

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