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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, kasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted: > [...] A previous name and address of the con artist "Kasha": "Stefan Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Current address: "kasha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Posts from: HSE-MTL-ppp69489.qc.sympatico.ca HSE-MTL-ppp69210.qc.sympatico.ca End of advisory Jai Maharaj http://www.mantra.com/jai Om Shanti > Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote: > > > A post from the past: > > > > Tarot originated in Bharat, aka India, thousands of > > years ago. The Roma, aka Gypsy, people brought it to > > the West around 1000 CE. Three excerpts are offered: > > > > Excerpt 1 > > > > "Preface to TZIGANE TAROT (Tarot of the Roms) > > By Tchalai > > "[...] We Roms possess Tarots which have come to us > > from the 'Chaturangas' that our ancestors the Rajput > > Princes had painted on round pieces of mother-of-pearl or > > leather. We draw them for one another following our > > elaborate and familiar laws which make life so livable. > > The present one was made for a brother, or a non-Tzigane > > cousin, who humbly wishes to forsake his prejudices and > > ready-made ideas (for which he naturally bears no > > responsibility), and open his mind to our true story, our > > true inner landscape, to our people as a whole. For this > > reason, the Tzigane Tarot is termed 'ethnological game'. > > [...] > > Source - http://www.romani.org/rtchalai.html > > > > Excerpt 2 > > > > "Roma (Gypsy) Origins & History > > "Because recorded history of the Roma prior to their > > first documented appearances in Europe in the early 15th > > century is non-existent, there has been much debate as to > > their origins and early migration. Based on linguistic > > evidence (the similarity of the Romany language to Hindi, > > Panjabi, and related languages of Northern India) and > > anthropological evidence (body habitus and ABO blood > > group distributions closely approximating those of the > > warrior classes of northern India)(7), there is now a > > clear consensus of opinion that the modern day Roma of > > the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and the Americas > > originated in Northwestern India. There is also a general > > consensus regarding the approximate timing of their > > emigration, or at least the bulk of it if you believe in > > more than one wave of emigration - ie in the 11th > > century. [...]" > > Source - http://www.romani.org/local/romhist.html > > > > Excerpt 3 > > > > "Hindu Timeline > > [...] > > 1000CE to 1500 > > 1000 - World population is 265 million. India > > population is 79 million, 29.8% of world. > > ca 1000 - A few Hindu communities from Rajasthan, > > Sindh and other areas, the ancestors of present-day > > Romani, or Gypsies, gradually move to Persia and on to > > Europe. [...] > > Source - http://www.hinduism-today.com/1994/12/ > > > > Jai Maharaj > > Jyotishi, Vedic Astrologer > > Creator of newsgroups alt.jyotish, alt.language.hindi, alt.religion.hindu > > http://www.mantra.com/jyotish > > http://www.mantra.com/jai > > Om Shanti >
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