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Arthur Edward Waite

Born

in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, The United States

October 02, 1857

Died

May 19, 1942

Genre

Spirituality, Fiction, Occult

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Arthur Edward Waite 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."

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Average rating: 3.9 · 6,878 ratings · 410 reviews · 1,381 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Pictorial Key to the Tarot 3.67 avg rating — 2,195 ratings — published 1910 — 947 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Ceremonial Magic 3.78 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 1911 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rider Tarot Deck 4.57 avg rating — 252 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Original Rider Waite Tarot Pack 4.28 avg rating — 235 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Black Magic: Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery and Infernal Necromancy 3.69 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1942 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry 3.93 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1970 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Holy Kabbalah: A Mystical Interpretation of the Scriptures by Arthur Edward Waite, Kenneth Rexroth (Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1929 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil-Worship in France by Arthur Edward Waite, R.A. Gilbert (Introduction) 3.59 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2003 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hermetic Museum: Containing Twenty-Two Most Celebrated Chemical Tracts 4.40 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1893 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Real History of the Rosicrucians: Founded on their own manifestoes, and on facts and documents collected from the writings of initiated Brethren 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1887 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“pictures are like doors which open into unexpected chambers,”
― Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

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“A winged angel, with the sign of the sun upon his forehead and on his breast the square and triangle of the septenary. I speak of him in the masculine sense, but the figure is neither male nor female. It is held to be pouring the essences of life from chalice to chalice. It has one foot upon the earth and one upon waters, thus illustrating the nature of the essences. A direct path goes up to certain heights on the verge of the horizon, and above there is a great light, through which a crown is seen vaguely. Hereof is some part of the Secret of Eternal Life, as it is possible to man in his incarnation. All the conventional emblems are renounced herein.”
― Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

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“The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.”
― Arthur Edward Waite

tags: language, signs, symbol, symbolism, symbols, tarot

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