tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post115525683092195499..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Death's HeadDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1155316429188110382006-08-11T13:13:00.000-04:002006-08-11T13:13:00.000-04:00Just so it's clear: Rose's dad bought those Tarot ...Just so it's clear: Rose's dad bought those Tarot cards during his bachelor days as an adjunct to a literary discussion of The Greater Trumps by Charles Williams. <BR/><BR/>I don't think we knew that you'd found them and were playing with them.<BR/><BR/>Tim Powers pretty much expresses my views about things like Tarot cards. I don't believe in them, but I wouldn't fool around with them. Not even for "fun".<BR/><BR/>Which kind of ties into a reply to Big Tex. He says:<BR/><BR/>"I wouldn't touch these things except to put them in the garbage (or a fire). They seem to have a connection to the Evil One."<BR/><BR/>I don't think Tarot cards have any intrinsic connection to the Evil One. That would attribute too much power to Satan. In themselves, they're just printed pieces of paper. What makes Tarot cards a conduit for evil is using them because by doing so we are opening ourselves to Satan's influence. He doesn't need much of an opening -- which is why I don't think people should even fool around with them for "just for fun."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1155305427430487142006-08-11T10:10:00.000-04:002006-08-11T10:10:00.000-04:00I've never had any experiences with any of that st...I've never had any experiences with any of that stuff. I've heard stories of needing a priest to come bless the house after a rousing game with a ouiga board. Another friend reported a glass candle holder shattering.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't touch these things except to put them in the garbage (or a fire). They seem to have a connection to the Evil One.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1155269374565803922006-08-11T00:09:00.000-04:002006-08-11T00:09:00.000-04:00It vaguely creeps me out to think that I used to a...It vaguely creeps me out to think that I used to act out elaborate stories with my parents' deck of tarot cards when I was eight or nine. Luckily no eldritch forces have shown up to kidnap me yet...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com