A. E. Waite quotes

The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs. (A. E. Waite)

We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.

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Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface.

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Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.

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The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.

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If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him.

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Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere.

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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.

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A. E. Waite

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Occupation: British Author
Born: October 2, 1857
Died: May 19, 1942
Quotes count: 8

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