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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/ ... ls/537786/

In medieval Europe, card games occasioned drinking, gambling, and a host of other vices that drew cheats and charlatans to the table. Card playing became so widespread and disruptive that authorities banned it. In his book The Game of Tarot, the historian Michael Dummett explains that a 1377 ordinance forbade card games on workdays in Paris. Similar bans were enacted throughout Europe as preachers sought to regulate card playing, convinced that “the Devil’s picture book” led only to a life of depravity.

I'm working backward actually. I followed a link to the above article from The Atlantic via a NY Times article (today, April 1, 2020) entitled:

16 Aesthetically Pleasing Puzzles and Games to Play at Home

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/t-ma ... ion=AtHome Admittedly some of the prices for these lovely, bored and quarantined at home games are steep. Actually, who are we to criticize, these prices are about the same price for a beautiful Tarot deck, OOP or not

I hope they’re right! I’d be upset if Tarot led me to a completely wholesome life.

Merrick wrote: ↑01 Apr 2020, 19:25 I hope they’re right! I’d be upset if Tarot led me to a completely wholesome life.

Papageno! please tell us where your earlier avatar came from! It was lovely - missing it already...!!

Pen wrote: ↑02 Apr 2020, 15:12 Papageno! please tell us where your earlier avatar came from! It was lovely - missing it already...!!

Twas a false visage, and besides, the 2020 season has been canceled:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/arts ... virus.html

I have now taken to the study of arcane secrets of the Tarot.

Well, I read the article and clicked on some links, but am none the wiser. Perhaps I'll consult the tarot, or possibly gregory, who knows nearly everything.

Papageno wrote: ↑02 Apr 2020, 17:49

I have now taken to the study of arcane secrets of the Tarot.

Here's an incunabulum to help you with your studies...

The Magic Flute is full of the tarot, as it's also a story of initiation.

http://www.conspirazzi.com/the-origins- ... gic-flute/

Oh, I know at that much at least, and that Mozart was a freemason. I've googled Mozart Tarot, Opera Tarot, Magic Flute Tarot, Papageno etc. ect. (as I'd thought the image must surely be a small section of a tarot card), but without success. Gregory's my best bet if that's so.

Update: Hooray! gregory lived up to expectations in spite of the fact that I was wrong about the image being tarot-related - truly a friend in need!

Pen wrote: ↑03 Apr 2020, 11:21 Update: Hooray! gregory lived up to expectations in spite of the fact that I was wrong about the image being tarot-related - truly a friend in need!

gregory knows everything. I also always turn to her when I'm looking for something tarot related!

She is very wise...