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* ... that [[Edward Gorey]]'s ''[[The Fantod Pack]]'' of divination cards predicts only misfortune for its users, including "unstable furniture", "misplaced confidence", and "worms"? |
* ... that [[Edward Gorey]]'s '''''[[The Fantod Pack]]''''' of divination cards predicts only misfortune for its users, including "unstable furniture", "misplaced confidence", and "worms"? |
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* Source: Rose, Cynthia. "The Gorey Details." ''Harper's and Queen'', November 1978: "The legend on this card reads: 'September, sexual inadequacy, sties, rust, breakage, unstable furniture, loss of youth, forced restraint, catarrh.'" & "The card reads: 'July, tics, indecision, misplaced confidence, worms.'"}} |
* Source: Rose, Cynthia. "The Gorey Details." ''Harper's and Queen'', November 1978: "The legend on this card reads: 'September, sexual inadequacy, sties, rust, breakage, unstable furniture, loss of youth, forced restraint, catarrh.'" & "The card reads: 'July, tics, indecision, misplaced confidence, worms.'"}} |
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** '''ALT1''': ... that "The Feather" card from [[Edward Gorey]]'s ''[[The Fantod Pack]]'' predicts "November", "loss of eyelashes", and "a disagreeable letter"? Source: Rose, Cynthia. "The Gorey Details." ''Harper's and Queen'', November 1978: "A third card in the Tarot shows a smouldering dark lady stroking a feather and reads: 'November, blackmail, hindrance to prospects, loss of eyelashes, delirium, a disagreeable letter.'" |
** '''ALT1''': ... that "The Feather" card from [[Edward Gorey]]'s '''''[[The Fantod Pack]]''''' predicts "November", "loss of eyelashes", and "a disagreeable letter"? Source: Rose, Cynthia. "The Gorey Details." ''Harper's and Queen'', November 1978: "A third card in the Tarot shows a smouldering dark lady stroking a feather and reads: 'November, blackmail, hindrance to prospects, loss of eyelashes, delirium, a disagreeable letter.'" |
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** '''ALT2''': ... that "The Plant" card from [[Edward Gorey]]'s ''[[The Fantod Pack]]'' predicts "misplaced confidence", "indecision", and "worms"? Source: Rose, Cynthia. "The Gorey Details." ''Harper's and Queen'', November 1978: "Another key image from the Fantod Pack is The Plants ''[sic]''. The card reads: 'July, tics, indecision, misplaced confidence, worms.'" |
** '''ALT2''': ... that "The Plant" card from [[Edward Gorey]]'s '''''[[The Fantod Pack]]''''' predicts "misplaced confidence", "indecision", and "worms"? Source: Rose, Cynthia. "The Gorey Details." ''Harper's and Queen'', November 1978: "Another key image from the Fantod Pack is The Plants ''[sic]''. The card reads: 'July, tics, indecision, misplaced confidence, worms.'" |
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** '''ALT3''': ... that [[Edward Gorey]] published ''[[The Fantod Pack]]'' under the name "Madame Groeda Weyrd", an [[anagram]] of his own name? Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070623032122/https://edwardgoreyhouse.org/auction06.html Edward Gorey House, "Fifth Annual Gorey Affair and Alphabet Auction," June 23, 2007]: "Interpreted by Madame Groeda Weyrd (anagram for Edward Gorey), 1995." |
** '''ALT3''': ... that [[Edward Gorey]] published '''''[[The Fantod Pack]]''''' under the name "Madame Groeda Weyrd", an [[anagram]] of his own name? Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070623032122/https://edwardgoreyhouse.org/auction06.html Edward Gorey House, "Fifth Annual Gorey Affair and Alphabet Auction," June 23, 2007]: "Interpreted by Madame Groeda Weyrd (anagram for Edward Gorey), 1995." |
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