[PoisedWoman]

My (Christian) palestinian friend came over last weekend with a bag full of tarot cards including a muslim deck that was very silly....more like fortune telling cards than tarot. The cards were shallow and stupid, I would expect muslim deck to be mystical at least.

[nopardons]

Thanks for the ping, Poised. Do tell us more about the Muslim deck. Please ? How was it " silly " ?

The Knights Templar brought chess back with them.That IS a Muslim / Arabic game. The Tarot ? No ! The earliest known decks are Italian. The latest stories about the cards, claim that they were brought into Europe by the gypsies. Older versions, re the cards' origins , claim that they are a " picture book " and that they teach a " wisdom " / mysteries, from the ancients and the Bible.