The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

be the devil himself, which marks the beginning of the ungodly line. The book of Genesis speaks of Cain’s lineage as that of the ungodly. Since the spiritual parentage of Cain, who is flesh, is that of the devil, then it is easy to see tares as the spirits of demons sown within the human vessels born on the earth as the Savior said that the tares were sown by His enemy the devil. That would make these people offspring of demons as were those discussed in Genesis 6:5. See also Devils, Demons, and Familiar Spirits. Review Matthew 13:25–40. 1491. Tarot—A) Also called tarok or tarek, the word defines a method of divination based on ancient, established, and emerging forms of fortune-telling. Tarotianism springs from the Jewish Cabala (Kabbalah). Egyptian religious cults, Rosicrucianism, European sociology, Theosophy, astrology, numerology, neoplatonism, and medieval Christian theology all used it. Originating from the regular playing card deck, the tarot seeks to extract futuristic knowledge of people’s lives and apply it to their preordained and operative fates and fortunes. Performed by readings, the tarot deck with its largely medieval imagery of kings, queens, wands, and such claims access to normally cryptic facts and outcomes about people’s lives. This service they readily provide for a diviner’s fee. B) Applies to any set of cards used in fortune-telling. Tarot card reading is believed to have originated in China, India, or Egypt. Tarot cards are one of the many objects and instruments used in divination for conjuring up dead spirits to acquire information from the world beyond. It is a favorite tool occultists received from familiar spirits who were accepted as the power behind astrologers, wizards, sorcerers, and fortune-tellers. C) It is also called chiromancy, using the fortune-telling cards. See Divination, Fortune-Telling, and Familiar Spirits. 1492. Tarsus—Wing. 1493. Tartak—Prince of darkness. An idol of Samaria by Avite colonies, worshipped under the form of an ass, symbolizing darkness. 2 Kings 17:31. 1494. Task—An assigned work imposed by one in authority upon a subordinate worker under prescribed circumstances. 1495. Tavern—Taverns go back to early B.C. nomadic times. They were initially frequented as the communion and worship places of the gods of beer and wine such as Bacchus, Dionysus, and their predecessors. Ironically, taverns were operated by women during the Babylonian days, as the mistresses over the prostitution that was conducted on the premises. That is why the taverns often had rooms upstairs to double as brothels for the cult prostitutes who serviced the