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Arthur E. Waite
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We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.
Arthur E. Waite,
#Now
#Cards
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.
Arthur E. Waite,
#Acting
#Will
#Day
#Thought
#First
#Sight
#Fortune
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.
Arthur E. Waite,
#End
#Court
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.
Arthur E. Waite,
#Life
#Harmony
#Knowledge
#Business
The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.
Arthur E. Waite,
#Ideas
#Sense
The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
Arthur E. Waite,
#Language
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.
Arthur E. Waite,
#Life
#Man
#Evil
#Woman
#Knowledge