More....Background

The church felt that the cards conveyed a heretical message. What was the message?

In the 13th Century the cards were referred to as the devil's book. During the 14th and 15th Centuries tarot cards were banned throughout Europe.

During this period there were many pockets of opposition to the church. Alternate faiths were being sought. Across all levels of society people were beginning to questions the church's right to control.

New ideas from the East stimulated curiousity and revived the old Indo/Euro paganism that once gave East and West their common heritage of language, culture and religion.

The Eastern centers of civilization were already using cards for gaming and divining (notice the connection to the word divine) and had been doing so for a few hundred years.