Gareth Martin wrote:
>
> > Hmm... I remember reading a similar idea about Tarot Cards, used to
> > spread Bible stories when it was illegal to do so except in Latin. I
>
> > rather like that (I hadn't connected 'Low Entertainer' with
> > prostitute, but it's an idea I can use...).
>
> Bible stories? Wow, thats one I have not come across. Crowley
> described
> them as a sort of occult textbook, though.
>
Actually, passion plays and puppet shows were put to this use in the medieval period -- for just the same reason citied.
I don't know about the Tarot intepretation though.
Jeff
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