The star of this show was psychic John "Biggest Douche of the Universe" Edward and his Infinite Quest website. I took the time to watch Whoopi Goldberg get her Tarot reading and this show sucked ass badly, my friends! I sent my response to ABC News to inform them of a different angle from which to cover the Tarot.
"I found the segment on Tarot cards to be appalling. I play card games with Tarot cards. There is no evidence at all that Tarot cards were made for any other purpose than for playing a trick taking card game. Contrary to popular belief, the Tarot was not originally intended for telling fortunes. I wish Whoopi Goldberg were as skeptical as Joy Behar. Not one word uttered by psychic Sandy Anastasi was the truth. I don't mind if people wish to read Tarot cards but the media should stop spreading the distortions and falsehoods that these psychics often espouse. Google the terms "tarot card games" "tarock" "french tarot" or "jeu de tarot" and you will find a boatload of info on how Tarot is used for game playing. Tarot cards are not myserious. The information about them is on the internet. There is no excuse for this poor quality of journalism."
If you haven't already, then you may want to check my channel and view the first film in this series - that will give you a little background and explain why I want you to play card games with tarot! This programme will give you a brief introduction to the cards used, how they are ordered, and some of their names.
Like the other films in this series, you should try to watch in High Devinition and full screen - this will give you a clear look at the illustrations.
Part 2b is in the works and will introduce you to the basic conventions that are common to most of the games.
Please feel free to mirror this and the other film in the series. However, the best thing you can do to help this cause is to download the book of rules here: http://www.tarocchino.com and get yourself some cards - then start teaching your friends. Trust me, you may not look at a 52 card pack again!
Tarot cards began to appear in early to mid 15th century Italy. The practice of reading tarot cards dates no earlier than the 18th century. Tarot is the trick taking card game that brought forth the notion of a trump suit in card games. Tarot, like contract bridge and skat, has been called the "chess of card games" for good reason. Tarot has clearly made a valuable contribution to our game playing culture. This contribution is sadly being obscured by those who continue to sell tarot exclusively as a fortune telling or divination tool. . The notion that tarot cards are only used for fortune telling or the occult is completely false. Not only do these games excercise one's thinking and memory skills, they are quite wholesome and suitable for all family members. MIRROR THIS VIDEO AND REPOST! MAKE IT VIRAL
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(more info) (less info) Want to Subscribe? Sign In or Sign Up now! Well, this is a very rough start and will have to be remade as I get better. There is still a lot to learn about film making although the narration is perhaps the weakest part of this - I hope to i... Well, this is a very rough start and will have to be remade as I get better. There is still a lot to learn about film making although the narration is perhaps the weakest part of this - I hope to improve with time.
As I say in the film, this is intended to be the first of a series that will go on to teach you how to play the many games of tarot. I do suggest watching them in HD so as to better see the illustrations.
Remember to visit www.tarocchino.com to download the pdf book with a large selection of rules. This little book is going to get some further revisions in the next week, so do check back fo rthat.
Promoting the games of tarot over the dominant myth of fortune telling and occult significance is an uphill effort, so if anyone else wants to help - and at this point, I stress that this is a non-commercial effort - then that would be most welcome. There are permissions in the book for reproducing and re-distributing its contents and if you would like to mirror or link to this film, that will all help gain coverage.
"Kathleen Meadows is engaged in the supression of information on tarot cards. Tarot was made for card games, not for divination. She will delete any comment from anyone who tells the truth about these cards. She also has the ratings of her videos disabled. A lot of so-called psychics tell the media a lot of half truths and outright lies about these cards! Tarot cards are not really ancient and they were originally made for games and not for fortune telling. She does not want people to know the real truth about these cards! She is typical of many tarot reading charlatans. She wants people to believe the lies she tells the media. She had a recent upload of mine unfairly flagged for "inappropriate content" for this reason. My use of the content contitutes fair use as I used it to illustrate how biased and innacurate the media are when covering the subject of tarot cards. The media should inform people that tarot cards were really made for card games! She does not own that content herself. It is the property of a Canadian TV station. "
From Tarockspieler "Here is an example of the biased and inaccurate irresponsible reporting often done by the mainstrem media when they do reports on tarot cards. The annotations are by me. I believe my use of this video constitutes fair use. It is to point out how biased the media are when they do stories on tarot cards.
The cards are not really ancient and they were made for card games and not fortune telling! Nowhere on the website of Kathleen Meadows, psychic game rapist, is there any mention of the fact that the cards were made for games. She is distorting peoples culture! CKCO CTV should be ashamed for broadcasting her distortions unchallenged! This is a very biased and inaccurate report on tarot cards. It is irresponsible journalism! Psychics and tarot readers should stop being appointed as exclusive spokespeople for tarot! The cards were made for games and not divination. The psychic game rapists love to use the word "tarot" as if divination has always been and is the only use of these cards. Tarot certification is bullshit. How can there be a correct tarot reading, when these cards were really made for games? Not only is there no mention of the fact that tarot is really for games, the skeptical point of view on psychics is nowhere mentioned. Tarot card reading like other psychic activity is nothing but cold reading. CKCO should have included that in their biased and inaccurate report. There is no evidence that the popular divinatory meanings were intended by the creators of the tarot. Psychic game rapist, Kathleen Meadows should be ashamed of the half truths and misinformation she is promoting. She is raping history and culture! The media should stop this rape of card games and tell the whole truth about tarot cards. Tarot was made for card games, not for divination! "
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