New orleans retreat: the tarot diaries
May 12-16th, 2019
IN THE FRENCH QUARTER

 

SOLD OUT

sherene and Katelan

will be offering a city retreat immersion. We will be focusing on the dreams and writings we create while in the city, exploring its streets and tapping into its energy. 

New Orleans, a destination of mystery and intrigue

is prime territory for invoking magic and immersing oneself in the archetypal language and eternal symbolism of the Tarot. Sherene and Katelan are excited to offer a retreat that pairs glamour, seduction with tarot and dreamwork in this historic city.

Highlights of daily themes:

 

SUNDAY May 12th:

OPENING RITUAL: 
THE OPENING DIARY ENTRY
INVOKING THE FOOL AND THE SUN
 

MONDAY May 13th: 

HIGH PRIESTESS—MOON
CHANNELING THE ASKASHIC: soul records
DREAMS
PAST LIVES and karmic patterns

TUESDAY May 14th:

EMPEROR —EMPRESS
DIVINE MASCULINE-FEMINinE
BRINGING THE BEAUTY TO FORM
WORKING WITH STRUCTURES
BEAUTY—GLAMOUR MAGIC


WEDNESDAY May 15th:

MAGICIAN—HERMIT
special visit to the GARDEN DISTRICT to feel the inspiration of F SCOTT FITZGERALD
and other local WRITERS
Optional lunch at Commanders Palace, a former saloon turned culinary landmark fostering some of the top talent such as Paul Prudhomme, Emeril Lagasse, Jamie Shannon, Frank Brigtsen, Anne Kearney, Greg and Mary Sonnier, and Tory McPhail.

 

THURSDAY May 16th:

THE STAR-WORLD
MEDITATION-RITUAL
PUTTING OUR LIGHT OUT INTO THE WORLD
SHINING THE AUTHENTIC SELF

LOCATION
New Orleans is a charming city full of history and southern charm along the coast of Louisiana. The retreat will be held at various locations in the French Quarter, a beautiful historic district.  Come explore intricate ironwork, jazz & blues, and infamous voodoo magic with Sherene and Katelan, and let New Orleans weave its spell on you!

the tarot diaries::

stories at the crossroads in crescent city

RETREAT OFFERINGS

  •   UNVEILING THE MAGIC OF THE TAROT AS DIARY AND STORY-TELLING TOOL

  •   LIVING THE TAROT THROUGH THE ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLISM AND POWERS INHERENT IN THE NOLA MAGIC

  •   Rituals of glamour and seduction. 

  •   Tarot and dream work sessions. We will be focusing on the dreams and writings we create while in the city, exploring it's streets and tapping into it's energy. 

  •   Breaking through blocks by frequency shifting meditations. Every day rituals, what we do daily to bring more magic into the mundane. 

  •   TAROT JOURNALING, CREATIVITY, AND ACTIVE IMAGINATION TECHNIQUES

  •   The storytelling of a city VIA THE TAROT and what it's walls and building have to share with us.

  •   Connecting to the dream space THROUGH TAROT. How our dreams and waking life can interconnect. 

    •   TaROT, symbology and the ties of "Gypsy Tea Rooms" AS INSPIRATION

    •   Opportunities for DISCOUNTED private sessions with Katelan and Sherene

ARRIVE IN NOLA BY THE EVENING OF THE 12th FOR OUR EVENING OPENING RITUAL AND LEAVE ANYTIME AFTER BREAKFAST ON THE 16TH. The workshops will be held in and around the french quarter but guests are welcome to stay anywhere local. Contact us for accommodation suggestions.

the french quarter has lots of lovely hotel choices. Stay in the quarter and join us for daily activities.

Sherene Schostak, M.A. is a Jungian Analyst and astrologer in private practice for the past eighteen years in New York City, San Francisco and India. She's the resident astrologer of Elle UK, LOFT and The Assembly. She specializes in depression, anxiety, creative blocks, life transitions, eating disorders, and relationships.

She is the author of several books including: Speculation Now; Transpersonal Astrology: Explorations at the Frontier; & Surviving Saturn’s Return (McGrawHill). She holds a Master’s Degree from New York University in Clinical Psychology, a Masters in Developmental Psychology from Pace University and advanced graduate work in psychoanalytic studies from The New School and The Jungian Institute, ISAP, Zurich. She is currently based in San Francisco but teaches workshops internationally on metaphysics, authentic movement, tarot, astrology and dreamwork. 

NO PRIOR TAROT EXPERIENCE NECESSARY AS WE WILL DO A DEEP, EXPERIENTIAL IMMERSION INTO THE MAJOR ARANCA.

 

AS ALWAYS, ALL RETREAT DEPOSITS AND HOLDS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE DUE TO LIMITED SPACE

Katelan Foisy is a multimedia artist, occultist, and writer. Her fine art pieces have been displayed at The Worcester Art Museum, Ohio History Museum, MODA, WEAM, A&D Gallery, and Last Rights. She has graced the pages of the Grammy Award programs and the stage of Cynthia von Buhler's immersive historical plays "Speakeasy Dollhouse" and "The Brothers Booth." Katelan has been featured in NY Times, Elle magazine, Paper Magazine, GQ Italy, Time Out NY, Witches & Pagans, and many others—for her work as an artist,curator and occultist. She has written for Motherboard/VICE, Electric Literature, Luna Luna, ERIS magazine,COILHOUSE and held events with Atlas Obscura and lectured at Morbid Anatomy. Her short films have been shown at Cinamatique Francaise as part of the Romani Avante Garde Film Sessions and illustrations are featured on The Smashing Pumpkins "Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour" as well as William Patrick Corgan's "Ogilala" tour. She is the artist for  the  Sibyls Oraculum with Tayannah McQuillar and the forthcoming Hoodoo Tarot . Chaos of the Third Mind with Vanessa Sinclair  will be released in 2020 from Fulgar Ltd, UK. She was called a “Female Jack Kerouac” by Taylor Mead, a “Modern Day Francesca Woodman” by Cynthia von Buhler, and William Patrick Corgan has said, "They used to burn witches like Katelan." 

Katelan comes from a long line of herbalists, mystics, and healers. She currently has over 20 years experience reading tarot .  She studies Afro-Cuban traditions under her Godfather Ochani Lele and is a confirmed child of Eleggua.  She lives in Chicago in an old hotel by the lake. www.katelanfoisy.com

 

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