An old but still amusing parody for Tarotholics

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 21 Jun 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Moongold	21 Jun 2003
Twelve Steps of Tarot-holics from David Bogie This piece originally appeared in "Tarot News" July '96. 1. We admitted we were powerless over tarot -- not only is the mechanism completely out of our hands, but you know, we really only ever needed one pack and its little book.... well, we also needed a nice little silk pouch to keep them in.... oh, and maybe a little wooden box, if that's not asking too much.... hmm, I haven't seen that deck before -- er, yes, we admitted we were powerless over tarot and that our lives and storage options had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves somehow guides our cards to their positions in our spreads. 3. Made a decision to turn our cards and their interpretations over to the care of God, as we understood Him, Her, Them or It. 4. Made a searching and fearless inventory of our entire tarot collection. 5. Admitted to God, and to another human being, the exact nature of what we thought we were missing and exactly how low we were capable of going in order to acquire it. 6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all of these gaps in our collection. 7. Humbly asked Him (Her, Them, It) to understand that we really didn't expect Him to do all the footwork for us. 8. Made a list of all persons we had received tarot items from and became willing to give thanks to them all. 9. Gave direct thanks to such people wherever possible except when to do so would make us aware of additional decks and books we did not know existed but now lusted after. 10. Continued to take inventory of our collection, determined not to feel lousy because we can't have it all nor can we know it all, and, as a result of being at peace with this reality, when we were wrong about something related to tarot promptly admitted it. 11. Sought through prayer and meditation and the spreading of our cards to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand Him-Her-Them-It, seeking only knowledge of the whereabouts of cool tarot stuff and the financial resources to acquire it. 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to similarly afflicted persons so they might not feel so guilty about their tarot addictions, and to think about these principles while thumbing through our tarot books, shuffling our tarot cards, and studying the latest US Games catalog.

Ivy Rhiannon	13 Apr 2004
lol! this is great! and isn't it the truth! ty for the great laugh!

ros	13 Apr 2004
Thanks!

hedgecub	20 Apr 2004
*rofls* You know, this post just made me remember that I've got gaps in my collection that must be filled... *giggles* Guess some people are just beyond help! ;) *surrenders to alidastore*

WalesWoman	30 Apr 2004
Thanks for posting this. I finally succumbed and went to Ebay, was the highest bidder for a Legends: Authurian deck but wasn't home in time to check the email and missed out by a .50 bid. (((Sob))) Just told myself it wasn't in the cards right now.

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