Few cultural artifacts have been as distorted and misrepresentated as the Tarot. Tarot cards were first created for playing a card game and the fortune telling excercises evolved much later. There is no evidence that Tarot cards were created for any other purpose than for playing a trick taking card game. In France, Tarot is played as a classic card game where it has been called the Chess of card games. Too many of those promoting the use of Tarot for divinatory purposes often falsify the history of these cards. Dr. James Wanless appears to be one of those who are either ignorant or intentionally deceptive on this matter. It behooves all of us who are interested in the history of classic board and card games to debunk the common falsehoods often spread about this deck of cards.
Links to factual information about the Tarot and of its use in card games
http://www.tarocchino.com
http://www.pagat.com/tarot/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot_games http://www.tarotgame.org/ http://jducoeur.org/game-hist/game-rules.html http://i-p-c-s.org/history.html
http://www.gameoftarot.com/
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"On the other hand.....
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ps....on another note: wow, you really need a girlfriend!
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"What is Tarot?" - James Wanless explores tarot for modern times with Voyager Tarotby jameswanless12,247 views
Dude you just want attention from the man. He's fun, down to earth, isn't selling snake oil, and has a new approach. This whole effort is beyond pathetic.
betsyny1 2 months ago
@betsyny1 He might be well meaning but Tarot readers like James Wanless should stop distorting the history of these cards. It serves no useful purpose and is harmful to culture.
Oudler 2 months ago
Funny! I received one of these messages - the one that ends with the infantile attempt at an insult in the postscript.
These guys seem a little odd to me and haven't read You Tube's own rules - if they submit something, they grant others rights to use the material (as least so long as they have it on their channel).
Particularly after the message encouraging you to make more videos (which looks like implicit consent), they don't have a leg to stand on. You could file a counter notice.
ANIideas 11 months ago
@ANIideas I have already filed my counter notice! So my flagged upload should return in about 14 days!
Oudler 11 months ago
@Oudler Excellent! I'll look forward to seeing that happen.
I have to say that Dr Wanless' apparent disinterest in correcting these errors seems like bad business sense to me. Given how many of the big names and mainstream occult taroists accept and even promote the actual history and origin as a game, he risks hurting his credibility as an authority among those who could be the largest part of his customer base.
ANIideas 11 months ago
@ANIideas It took a while but it's finally back up again!
Oudler 10 months ago