Regarding the number of episodes in part 1 of GR and Weisenburger

Origenes at aol.com Origenes at aol.com
Fri Jun 6 13:01:26 CDT 1997


I'm just responding to someone who apparently revelled in pointing out an
error in the GR's Companion. They stated that Weisenburger mistakenly counted
22 episodes in the first part thus making a connection to the major arcana of
the Tarot. He says no such thing, he correctly counts them at 21. There is
still the possibility of a Tarot connection because the Trumps only go up to
21 with the fool numbered 0. With the several Tarot allusions it doesn't seem
unreasonable to interpret the number that way. 

Dominguin Meuse



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