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The official companion to the world famous Original Rider Waite Tarot - the most popular deck in the world.

First published in 1911, "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot" is a guide to the divinatory tarot deck by A. E. Waite. An American-born British poet and mystic, Waite is famed for co-creating the Rider-Waite tarot deck, sometimes referred to as the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. While... Read Full Overview

Long used in telling fortunes and popular today among New Agers, Tarot cards are regarded by many as "the training wheels" on the bicycle of psychic development. Centuries of scientific progress have not diminished the irresistible attraction of gazing at picture cards to see... Read Full Overview

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An illustrated guide to the world famous Original Rider Waite Tarot - the most popular deck in the world.

Arthur Edward Waite was a profound scholar of the occult. He was a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn and made the tarot accessible to the reader with the release of his seminal work, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, in 1909. The book is broken into three parts: "The Veil... Read Full Overview

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot is A. E. Waite's guide to divinatory tarot, published in England in 1911 in conjunction with the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Waite was very concerned with the accuracy of the symbols he used for his deck, and he did much research into the traditions,... Read Full Overview

This guide to divinatory tarot explores the history of the practice and discusses the cards' traditional symbols and methods of reading.

From the co-creator of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot is written by Arthur Edward... Read Full Overview

Arthur Edward Waite was a noted and controversial christian mystic and occultist. This book describes how to use the Rider-Waite deck, a divinatory tarot deck. A difference from Marseilles style decks is that Waite use scenes with esoteric meanings on the suit cards. These esoteric,... Read Full Overview

Long used in telling fortunes and popular today among New Agers, Tarot cards are regarded by many as "the training wheels" on the bicycle of psychic development. Centuries of scientific progress have not diminished the irresistible attraction of gazing at picture cards to see... Read Full Overview

The classic text for the Rider-Waite deck. Discusses the major and minor arcana, what each card means, reversed card meanings, and how to do a basic reading.

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot is A. E. Waite's guide to divinatory tarot, published in conjunction with the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Waite was very concerned with the accuracy of the symbols he used for his deck, and he did much research into the traditions, interpretations,... Read Full Overview