The Pictorial Key to the Tarot - Softcover

Waite, Arthur Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602066779 ISBN 13: 9781602066779

Verlag: Cosimo Classics, 2007

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Reseña del editor

"American-born British author and master of esoterica ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE (1857¿1942) was cocreator of the famous 1910 Rider-Waite Tarot deck, and in 1911, he published what is still an essential guide to unleashing the prognosticatory power of the cards. Discover the history of the tarot, the secret traditions that inform it, and¿most vitally¿detailed explanations of each of the cards in the tarot deck and what they signify, including: ¿ the High Priestess (and what the scroll in her hand represents) ¿ the Lovers (and what mythological couple they evoke) ¿ the Wheel of Fortune (and what dangers it implies) ¿ the Hanged Man (and the significance of the tree of sacrifice) ¿ and all the rest of the cards. Complete with all the illustrations from the original 1911 edition, this information and entertaining work will delight anyone interested in the tarot, in mythological symbology, and everything arcane."

Biografía del autor

About the Author:

"Arthur Edward Waite (October 2, 1857 - May 19, 1942) was a scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. As his biographer, R.A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of western occultism - viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion." Born in the United States, and raised in England, A.E. Waite joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 1891, became a Freemason in 1901, and entered the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia in 1902. The Golden Dawn was torn by further internal feuding until Waite's departure in 1914; a year later he formed the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, not to be confused with the Societas Rosicruciana. By that time there existed some half-dozen offshoots from the original Golden Dawn, and as a whole it never recovered." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

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• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1602066779
• ISBN 13: 9781602066779
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244