tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post2060356391255091693..comments2023-11-05T02:57:06.922-05:00Comments on The Vault of Horror: The Shadow of Samhain: Secrets of the TarotB-Solhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-41697306615412528172010-11-27T02:19:41.257-05:002010-11-27T02:19:41.257-05:00Serves you right for using Wikipedia as a source! ...Serves you right for using Wikipedia as a source! I would *never* do such a thing....Ahem... Yeah. That's the ticket.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-55146044237467522442010-11-26T10:02:46.636-05:002010-11-26T10:02:46.636-05:00Ah.. thanks for the info James. I stand corrected!...Ah.. thanks for the info James. I stand corrected! Damn wickipedia.CaptainCruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01861616590957585647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-85713244835538785882010-11-26T00:16:09.190-05:002010-11-26T00:16:09.190-05:00This is fascinating stuff, James! I do believe the...This is fascinating stuff, James! I do believe the Captain was not entirely sure of the accuracy of this little bit of history, but I'll leave it for her to respond if she so chooses...B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-79835452505365335552010-11-20T21:54:59.341-05:002010-11-20T21:54:59.341-05:00"It was Aleister Crowley who created the majo..."It was Aleister Crowley who created the major and minor arcana, and it became more about using it for divinatory purposes."<br /><br />Wrong. Crowley's Thoth deck does change some of the traditional attributions to suit his particular philosophy, but the use of tarot as a divinatory tool predates Crowley's tarot by at least a century and a half; Etteilla issued the first purely divinatory (i.e. not intended for ordinary card games) Tarot around 1790, and though the actual terms major and minor arcana apparently weren't coined until around 1870 it seems he'd already made the division between the trumps and suit cards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com