grimoire...same root as grammar

robinlandseadel at comcast.net robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Thu Apr 24 02:21:57 CDT 2008


 * the Tarot deck is used for divination, contemplation, even healing...
> all of which are potentially non-zero-sum endeavours
> --- but Tarot's descendant, playing cards, seem to be exclusively used
> for competitive games ---
> Deck- (of cards) -ydance!

Er. . . .
Not quite.
It's not the Tarotness of the deck that 
makes it a scrying tool, it's its deckiness.



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