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Article "What is Tarot?" exposes Tarot's true identity.
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| January 07, 2007
| Jim Wickson
Posted on 02/03/2007 10:36:32 PM PST by Padilla
The myth of Egyptian origins of Tarot, while once common, has long been debunked by later scholars. There is also no record of Tarot cards being used for the occult or divination prior to the 18th century. The Tarot card readings popular at Renaissance Fairs are a creative license taken with historical fact and should not be viewed as authentic. Contrary to popular belief, conventional playing cards were not derived from Tarot decks and the Fool is unrelated to the Joker of conventional playing cards. The Joker was created in the USA during the 19th century originally for the card game Euchre.
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TOPICS: General Discusssion; History; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: divination; games; occult; tarot; tarotcards
This is one of the best articles on the topic of Tarot I have ever read. Unlike mainstream media articles, this one does NOT use the "New Age" movement representatives, psychics or those offering Tarot reading services as sources. One of the few articles to objectively state historical fact
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02/03/2007 10:36:35 PM PST
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Padilla
To: Sherri-D
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02/03/2007 10:45:55 PM PST
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Shimmer128
(An optimist is the human personification of spring.)
To: Padilla
Taro:
Taro (from Tahitian or other Polynesian languages), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. Its flowers are also eaten. Taro is closely related to Xanthosoma and Caladium, plants commonly grown as ornamentals, and like them it is sometimes loosely called elephant ear. Taro and domesticated Xanthosoma species share substantially the same uses, and several names, including callaloo and coco or cocoyam. Taro may be distinguished as "taro cocoyam" or "old cocoyam". Its scientific name is Colocasia esculenta (synonym C. antiquorum). Taro is believed to be one of the earliest cultivated plants.[1]
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02/03/2007 10:49:09 PM PST
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Lurker
(Europeans killed 6 million Jews. As a reward they got 40 million Moslems. Karma's a bitch.)
To: Padilla
Welcome! Don your asbestos flamewear...
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02/04/2007 8:59:22 AM PST
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100-Fold_Return
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To: Padilla
"The Tarot card readings popular at Renaissance Fairs are a creative license taken with historical fact and should not be viewed as authentic."
Renn Fairs: Nerds R Us.
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02/04/2007 1:49:32 PM PST
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fishtank
To: Admin Moderator
Article "What is Tarot?" exposes Tarot's true identity. This is not the article's original title.
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02/06/2007 12:37:38 AM PST
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Dajjal
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To: Padilla
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