I reckon the equal ranking of all four Papi, in at least some early versions of the game, makes the likelihood of her being representative of "false" religion problematic. If two Papi were played at the same time, the second one played would trump the first. This means the Whore of Babylon...

The most typical use of figures like Mrs. Pope, particularly when paired with an Empress, is as Church (with State). http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x172/melanchollic_photos/papessaimperatricesm.jpg They are TEAM CHRISTENDOM!! To the right are Team Captains George Emperor and Tommy Pope , taking ...

Lorredan wrote:
Hehe, who said the Devil is in the detail?

~Lorredan

I believe it actually was the Devil himself who said that! And he ought to know!

It's good to know that 'Crocs' are not the first case that absurd footwear have darken the legacy of European man! :)) I like where this is going. This could mean the sheet is a bit older than generally considered. One thought. Even if we conclude that these shoes were not the rage in the Italian st...

History is not about what things might have meant, but what they did (and do) mean to the people of the time, or rather what they were thought to mean, and how what they were thought to mean affected behaviour, attitude, culture and the evolution of any object or idea as an artifact of history. And...

So, did the creator of these 22 versatile images also partake of this interpretive process, or was his intention to merely present a random series of images for the purpose of facilitating other peoples' interpretive processes down through the ages, and if this is the case, shouldn't we just go ahe...

I'm quite certain that when the "blueprint' for the first tarot design, with detailed explanations by the game's creator (with diagrams) is discovered in an old Italian castle, and is published, 98% of "tarot enthusiast" will continue to demonstrated " the flexibility of the car...

If you come to this work loaded with presumptions such as: these cards were invented by the ‘lower classes’ solely for gambling purposes, or the deck’s design has no connection to the mathematics of cablah blah blah - then you rob yourself the opportunity of solving ‘the puzzle’. Funny! :)) I alway...

The rather unsophisticated nature of the trumps also suggests the game originated from the people, not the courts, with mass produced decks coming before the fancy court versions. So unsophisticated no one at the time or to this day has been able to provide a convincing narrative, bar in individual...

I'm quite certain that when the "blueprint' for the first tarot design, with detailed explanations by the game's creator (with diagrams) is discovered in an old Italian castle, and is published, 98% of "tarot enthusiast" will continue to demonstrated " the flexibility of the card...