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I have that deck, I credit it for opening the door to the muses for me. And Apollo of course.hoo wrote: - I do have a deep and abiding interest in the Mantegna deck and I look forward to joining in on some of those "lively discussions". I have the modern Llewellyn version and it's a beauty.
I had a run in with St. Elegius when writing an essay on local parish churches. He's depicted in a wall painting. First time I met him.cadla wrote:Forgot to say that the name "hoo" reminds me of Sutton Hoo and a study I did of St. Elegius from the Tarot of the Saints using the Merovingian coins they found at Sutton Hoo, some of which were probably made or designed by Elegius.
Perhaps the new member hoo is an actual entity released when Sutton Hoo was dug up? Yes, an ancient soul, alive at the time when people actually knew who Melpomene was and could spot her easily in the Mantegna Tarot.
I'm thinking this might be so anyway.
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/view ... orum=15&15Here is a brief extract from my award-winning article "Notes On The History Of Book Tests" which appeared in the April 2008 issue of The Linking Ring (the official magazine of the International Brotherhood of Magicians)
I am only an expert procrastinator and not actually a prestidigitator, but it appears from a quick google that this man is a professional magician. The excerpt from his article posted on 'The Magic Cafe' looks to me as if this man is an expert on the answers for the exact subject of this thread, including the particulars on the use of the instructions posted by 'mjhurst' on the first page of this thread, 'Huck"s succint 21 card instructions directly above, and so the actual opening question posed by Adam McleanAlthough the invention of the book test is most often ascribed to the noted 19th century magician Johan Nepomuk Hofzinser (1806-1875) who is said to have devised at least four such tests, the discovery by Vanni Bossi of the Italian publication Il Laberinto produced by Andrea Ghisi in 1607, and now believed to be the earliest known to be in print, is evidence that such tests existed some 200 years before Hofzinser.
Also in Dick Christians post, Reginald Scot's book 'The Discoverie Of Witchcraft'- 1584 is cited. Here is a link to an 1886 reprint of that.It (Labarinto) has always intrigued me. Has anyone been able to solve the secret it poses, which is something to do with the arrangement of these figures into arrays ?
hoo wrote: I am only an expert procrastinator and not actually a prestidigitator...
That was fascinating, how haunting to see those colours and images on this little chapel and read the history of it. I can understand why it made such an impression on you.robert wrote: I had a run in with St. Elegius when writing an essay on local parish churches. He's depicted in a wall painting. First time I met him.
http://www.robertmealing.com/?p=694
I was hesitant to say that I also remembered the Who's down in Whoville, but yes, I shall don my clamus and think of Merovingian kings and hoo.I think of the Who's down in Whoville when I see Hoo, but I like Sutton Hoo much more, so I'll join you in imagine buried ships, viking kings, and sunday metal-detecting pensioners.
wOw ! But I'm having trouble picturing you in a 'clamus'. There's no wikipedia page or any other definition online, and it's not even in my 'Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary'. Not an english word I guess. There is a metal band with the name Clamus and even clamus.com and a clamus.org ('under construction"). But that's all I get from Google. So please, tell me 'Cadia', what is it ? What are you wearing ?I shall don my clamus and think of Merovingian kings and hoo.