Teheuti
Most of the people who cared deeply about historical research as a discipline with established methodologies and standards have left the tarotforum or only post occasionally in one or two threads.
This area seems to be changing to accord with the demands of those who want it to be something other than the established discipline of history - but rather a platform for personal philosophies, beliefs and ideologies: stories of where the tarot "might have" come from or what it "might have" been about, without regard to evidence except by rough analogies across time and space.
I only wish that "Historical Research" could be closed (but the precious archives kept), and that this section as it now exists be renamed to reflect the current trends: "Ideas regarding Tarot's History and Philosophy (no facts or evidence needed)"?
This area seems to be changing to accord with the demands of those who want it to be something other than the established discipline of history - but rather a platform for personal philosophies, beliefs and ideologies: stories of where the tarot "might have" come from or what it "might have" been about, without regard to evidence except by rough analogies across time and space.
I only wish that "Historical Research" could be closed (but the precious archives kept), and that this section as it now exists be renamed to reflect the current trends: "Ideas regarding Tarot's History and Philosophy (no facts or evidence needed)"?