Compiled by David C. Jones (djones@ponder.csci.unt.edu) [*Please not e date and such of FAQ so the current e-mail address may have changed in the meantime so that's why it is not linked to.]

Copyright, 1996, David Clark Jones.  Please see the table of
contents for the location of the full listing of the copyright
notice.

7) History of this document 

6/06/95 - Version 1.0
     A very rough draft as a favor for a peer on alt.divination. 
Contained Five Card, Line, Yes or No, Magic Seven, Celtic Cross,
Tree of Life, Four Trines, Twelve Houses, Magic Cross, Wish,
Pyramid, Three Sevens, Sephiroth, Thirty-Six, Solar, and Life
Spreads.  Also contained Card Modifiers, Line Extensions, Layout
Rotation, and Yes/No general modifiers (Section 4, now Section 5).
     Released to the public domain.

 6/10/95 - Version 1.1
     Minor formatting changes, including a grammar check.
     Included cites with each entry.
     Addition of Four Seasons, Amanda's Fan, Key, Planetary 
          (Davis), Thoth, Grand Source, and Magic Mirror Spreads.
     Information added to Magic Seven and Tree of Life Spreads.
     Never publicly released.  Used mainly as a draft for v2.0

 7/01/95 - Version 2.0
     First version to state copyright.
     Division of groups into simple, complex, and astrological.
     Bibliography more 'thorough'.
     Size of document required changing from text to WP5.1 format
          (available from me upon request)
     Three-Sevens Spread changed to Romany Spread
     Addition of Astrological Information section.
     Addition of Playing Deck, Waite, Tetragrammaton, Yes or No,
          Qabalistic Cross, Sixteen Card, Timing, Three Fans,
          Ladder, Astrological, Planetary (Peach), and Daily
          Spreads. 
     Information added to Four Seasons, Celtic Cross, Romany, Tree
          of Life Spreads.
     Addition of Querent Card Variations added with Personality, 
          Astrological, Physical, Open Deck, Random, and No Querent
          variations.
     Addition of Miscellaneous Information with playing card 
          variation only.
     Addition of FAQ History.

 9/17/95 - Version 2.1
     Thoth and Sixteen Card Spreads combined into one section.
     Addition of Mediational Layout Section
     Addition of Awen Spread, Spread of the Elements, Spirits of 
          the Circle, Hearth, Arianrhod, Split Hexagram, and Soul
          Dreamers Spread.
     Addition of Madalas, Daily Focus Point, Contemplation Ritual,
          Open the Door, Qabalistic Cross Ritual, Suit/Function
          Meditation, Figure of Eight, and Square-Triangle Layout

 3/25/96 - Version 3.0
     FAQ split into parts due to size.
     Information added to preamble of FAQ including:  change in 
          copyright notice, snail mail address, information on
          obtaining hard copies.
     Information added to section 0.
     Information added to Wish Spread.
     Pyramid Spread removed from Simple Spreads and added to 
          Complex Spread.  Information was also added to layout.
     Addition of Name, Action, Spiral, Fortune Teller's and Twenty-
          One Card Spreads    

 5/05/96 - Version 3.0.1
     Minor changes in preamble and bibliography.
     Long overdue spell/grammar check.
     Correction of Jose Cabezas' name in credits.
     
10/05/96 - Version 4.0
     Title changed from Tarot Layouts FAQ to Tarot Layouts REF.
     Numerous structural changes to complicated to include.
     Addition of Eliphas Levi Wheel, Chakra, Mandala/Alchemical,
          Trinity, Story, Triangular, Geomantic, and Cup of
          Relationships Spreads.
     Addition of Astrological House Numbering.
     Addition of The Four Elements and the Tarot lesson.