In a message dated 97-10-18 22:52:10 EDT, Ron writes:
> Are these recently produced Tarot cards to which you refer? Here in
> Southern California, Kabbalism is enjoying tremendous popularity. I was
> reading an article in Entertainment Weekly (yes, low culture, I confess)
> recently that stated that Kabbalism was now one of the big trends in
> Hollywood, attrcting the likes of Madonna, Courtney Love, Roseanne
etc.--all
> the people the American public strives to emulate. The article chalked up
> this fascination to your standard Hollywood strangeness and the
approaching
> millenium. This might account for any recent uses of the Hebrew alphabet
in
> such contexts.
>
No. Hebrew letters turn up more in editions of the Tarot of Marseille, which
dates from the Renaissance.
pat sloane
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