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Dear Ghostvillagers,
It's the first newsletter of 2006 -- and we're looking forward to an amazing year of supernatural research and spiritual exploration here in the Village!
For those of you who have been with us for a long time, you might have noticed evolution happening. Our little village has grown in size and scope, and in 2006 we're going to take things a step further. Many of you already know us as a great online community, and others know us best as a Web portal, full of research articles, interviews, and opinion pieces on the subject of the supernatural. In 2006, we're going to add "online magazine" to our description. Each month, our newsletter will kick-off a new subject theme for the coming month. What makes our online magazine different than your traditional publications is that our magazine will be a living, breathing, and growing publication. If you have some thoughts on the subject; we want to hear about it. Share your comments in our
board of the month or write an opinion article for our
features section. A portion of our
homepage will detail where you can find all of the topic's content. At the end of the month, we'll create an archive for each topic. We hope you'll be a part of our community, portal, and magazine!
I'd also like to mention that no matter what topic we choose, Ghostvillage.com will still be the place for all supernatural and ghostly discussion. The monthly themes are not a replacement, just another new addition.
Starting today, and running until the next newsletter, our theme of the month will be tarot. Tarot cards were first invented sometime between 1420 and 1440 C.E. in Northern Italy, purely as a card game for noblemen. Originally called carte da trionfi (cards of the triumphs), the decks were elaborately painted with Medieval and Renaissance artwork, and the game played with them was similar to our modern game of bridge. After about a century, the name of the deck and game evolved to tarocchi to distinguish it from a newer game called "triumphs," which was being played on the standard 52-card deck that arrived from Europe prior to the
carte da trionfi. The background of the word "tarocchi" remains a mystery, but the German form of the word is tarock, and the French is tarot.
In the late 1700s, tarot started to be used for more esoteric uses -- fortune telling, guidance, divination, and even spirit communication. Today there are many hundreds of different decks in use today with new designs and concepts being published regularly. For some, the fascination with tarot is simply the artwork, and for others, it's a spiritual tool. What does tarot mean to you?
Supernaturally yours,
Jeff Belanger
info@ghostvillage.com
Mayor of Ghostvillage.com
This month's prize:
We're giving away an autographed copy of Jeff Belanger's book, Communicating With the Dead: Reach Beyond the Grave (which includes a section on tarot), a Ghostvillage.com window sticker, and a Ghostvillage.com t-shirt!
>>eemal<< - member since December 5, 2004