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"The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs."

"The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs."

Arthur E. Waite, British Occultist

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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."

"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, British Occultist

Life, Knowledge, Evil, Man

7

"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."

"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, British Occultist

7

"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."

"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, British Occultist

Business, Life, Knowledge, Harmony

6

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

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

Arthur E. Waite, British Occultist

6

"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."

"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, British Occultist

Thought, Acting, Day, First

5

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

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

Arthur E. Waite, British Occultist

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