Talk:The Hierophant

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I removed the "Examples" section since it was entirely Original Research which Wikipedia does not allow. I left the "mythopoeteic interpretation" section because that may have come from a reputable source but it seems to be something based on personal interpretation like the "Examples" section. - DNewhall

[edit] if they were to small

I think the word to should be the word "too".

[edit] Unverifiable and unbalanced content

The article is just personal opinions from an occult enthusiast about the nature and meaning of a particular tarot card. No peer reviewed books or journal articles are cited. No references or footnotes are given. When a new statement is added, the source needs to be cited, and the source needs to be verifiable, and reliable. Waite is not an unbiased, factual source on the history or evolution of tarot cards. The work can be cited properly, however: "Waite's opinion in his book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot ... etc" The other sources are definitely of questionable academic weight.

The card in question has a history of over 500 years in European card games in which it is used as trump card (see Tarocchi). The article is unbalanced in that it only features the recent uses of the card for divination. This makes the article biased due to its recentism. Since the article ignores use of the card for game play in Europe and other parts of the world, it offers an anglo-american perspective that raises NPOV issues. There are academic sources and sources from international organizations discussing the history and evolution of the "Pope" card as well as its use in games. Such sources need to be utilized. This card represent the Pope, and its designation as the Heirophant is recent and derives from 17th and 18th century occultists. It has no historical background beyond occult uses. The article does not even address the controversy the card caused with the Vatican and why substitutes for the card were used such as Jupiter and the four Moors. - Parsa 08:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

Please try to tie your references in with the text. Also, make sure you make it as easy as possible for the reader to check them. Include full names and titles of the autors, ISBN for books, and a URL if an online version is available (though I assume most of the time it isn't). Shinobu 14:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC)