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Use in Literature

Tarot

I am not familiar with the exact constitution of the Tarot pack of cards, from which I have obviously departed to suit my own convenience.–T.S. Eliot in The Waste Land.

Students of the Tarot will here realize the process by which the Yod of Yod becomes the Yod of He.–Thomas Troward in The Dore Lectures on Mental Science.

Nonfiction Usage

Journalism Usage

Cassandra Wilson's - News: April 17, 2006 — Headline: Cassandra Wilson Releases 'Thunderbird'. Author: Doug Levine. Excerpt: One of Cassandra Wilson's musical heroes was Joni Mitchell, whose influence can be heard on this original composition about a psychic reading titled "Tarot," featuring Cassandra on lead vocals and guitar.

Nancy - News: October 24, 2002 — Headline: Sniper Shootings. Author: Deborah Block. Excerpt: In two previous shootings, police say a tarot card and a hand-written note with a phone number were left. Chief moose revealed a part of a message left by the sniper.

Washington - News: October 10, 2002 — Headline: Sniper Kills 7th Victim in Washington, DC Area Shooting Spree. Excerpt: On Wednesday, sources close to the investigation told reporters a hand written message saying "Mr. Policeman, I am God," and scrawled on the back of a tarot card denoting death, was found at the scene of a shooting at a school in nearby Maryland where a 13 year old student was shot and critically injured.

Washington - News: October 10, 2002 — Headline: Washington Area Sniper Spreads Apprehension. Excerpt: Police have linked the sniper to several shootings because of similar bullet fragments, but are saying very little about evidence. A tarot card was found near the school where the 13-year-old boy was shot on Monday. Written on the card were the words, "Dear policeman, I am God."

Washington - News: December 6, 2003 — Headline: Accused Sniper Malvo's Defense Advances 'Brainwashing' Strategy. Excerpt: The fingerprints on the alleged murder weapon were not of the older military man but of his young protégé. Experts say it was Lee Malvo's voice on the calls made to police. And witnesses have testified that it was young Mr. Malvo's writing on notes and a Tarot card found at the scenes of some of the shootings.

Patent Usage

Card manufacturing machine, a card vending machine, and methods therefor: Patented by Akihiro Akamatsu on September 7, 2001. Abstract: A card vending machine for vending a card, responsive to the taste of a user, such as a playing card, a karuta or a tarot card employed for a game synthesizes an image (300) obtained by photographing an object (particularly the user) and an image (100a to 100d) such as a mark of a playing card or a numeral and vends the same as a card.

Bibliographic Usage

Achad, Frater. Author of "The Egyptian revival; or, The evercoming son in the light of the tarot, by Frater Achad." Published in 1969.

Akemi, Terazawa. Translator of "The secrets of the tarot" by Barbara G. Walker into Japanese ("Tarotto no himitu"). Publisher: Itinomaru syuppan (Nagoya). Published in 1992.

Almond, Jocelyn. Author of "Tarot for relationships: a practical guide to understanding love and sex from Tarot reading." Jocelyn Almond and Keith Seddon. Publisher: Aquarian (Wellingborough). Published in 1990.

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Tarot 1
• Nonfiction Usage 2
• Journalism Usage 2
• Patent Usage 2
• Bibliographic Usage 3
• Encyclopedic Usage 26
• Lexicographic Usage 30
• Index 39