Three of Diamonds, originally uploaded by trexfiles23.

The card is Marshall McLuhan's; the essay, by Angela Zito:

Does the deep investment in the mediated details (where, we are assured, God himself resides) in fact, actually tend itself to produce an effect (and affect) of religiosity? And is this why even denominational religions are turning ever more often to art practices of dance, poetry, music to engage their practitioners more deeply?