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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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%