Yet Again.....

Many Europeans were convinced that the figures on the tarot cards were pagan dieties. In the East pictures had been used to teach children about religious doctrines while they played games. This principle was well known in Christian Europe - think of blocks with letters and pictures (50's toys.)

Games of cards and boards have always been popular in the East for religious instruction because it was the way to educate those who where unable to read and write.

These games had been defined by the church as frivolous or carnival like. The word Pageant meant a series of mystical revelations in the drama. These dramas consisted of movable floats or stages in the mystery play.

Each float shared a divine person or symbol. Oriental material as well as occidental found its way into games and tarot cards.