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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.pagan,talk.religion.misc,talk.religion.newage,alt.tarot From: "J. Karlin"Subject: Re: Pope Joan (was Re: ORIGINS OF LUCIFER AND SATAN) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 06:16:49 +0000 Lainie Petersen wrote: > The idea that the Female Pope/Papesse/High Priestess card has > connections to Pope Joan has recently been challenged by Barbara Newman > in her book "From Virile Women to WomanChrist". She argues that the > Female Pope/High Priestess card has its source in a heretical sect that > was patronized by the Visconti family. If anyone is interested, I will > dig out the book and give a more accurate report. Gertrude Moakley offered the best refutation of this 'connection' 30 years ago in her book on the Visconti-Sforza tarocchi and it sounds as if Newman is just repeating this same information. (jk)
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