Summary
Edward Arthur Waite: Picture Key to the Tarot + 78 Card Deck
The set comes in a special box and contains the book + a deck of 78 cards (11.5 x 6.5 cm).
A special addition to this edition of the Picture Key to the Tarot: Explanations of all symbols on the Major and Minor Arcana cards that Waite did not describe in his book.
78 cards of the Minor and Major Arcana
The fact that God's wisdom looks like foolishness in the eyes of man does not imply that the foolishness of this world corresponds in any way to God's wisdom; neither scholars of the ordinary order, nor teachers close to the throne of power, will be immediately inclined to perceive this proposition as probable, or at least possible.
The aim (of this book) is to offer a complete and valid TAROT, which is available separately in the form of colored cards, and whose representation, in black and white, accompanies the text presented here.
The cards were created under my supervision, with attention to layout and meaning, by a lady (Pamela Coleman Smith) who enjoys a high artistic reputation.
– Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
There are many methods for developing a "symbolic sense" in those who wish to understand the hidden forces of nature and man, and for learning the fundamental principles and elements of the language of the esoteric. The most synthesized and interesting of these methods is the Tarot. In order to become familiar with the Tarot, it is necessary to understand the basic ideas of Kabbalah and alchemy. Because it represents, as many Tarot commentators actually claim, a summary of the Hermetic sciences - Kabbalah, Alchemy, Astrology, Magic, with their various divisions. - P. D. Uspenski (1913) Count de Ghibelline, writer of the 18th century, says: "If it were known that in our time there is a work of the ancient Egyptians which escaped the flames that consumed their splendid libraries, and which contains the purest teachings on the most interesting subjects, everyone would undoubtedly want to know the secrets of such a valuable work... This work consists of 78 illustrations..."
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