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To: newsperson999
Please Note: Although the Tarot was originally used to play a card game and the structure of the Minor arcana resembles modern playing cards, they are in fact two separate things. The cards from which modern playing cards are derived appeared in Europe some fifty years prior to the Tarot and are said to have originated from Islam.
3 posted on 10/08/2002 9:23:37 PM PDT by newsperson999
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To: newsperson999
I also did a search and I found Islam mentioned just once. Actually, Italy is mentioned most.
4 posted on 10/08/2002 9:29:12 PM PDT by KsSunflower
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My (Christian) palestinian friend came over last weekend with a bag full of tarot cards including a muslim deck that was very silly....more like fortune telling cards than tarot. The cards were shallow and stupid, I would expect muslim deck to be mystical at least.
7 posted on 10/08/2002 10:13:44 PM PDT by PoisedWoman
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