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A. E. Waite was a prominent English poet recognized for his romantic and mystical poetry. Born on October 2, 1857, Waite's works often delve into themes of nature, love, and spiritual longing, celebrated for their lyrical beauty and emotional depth. He remains a significant figure in the literary history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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

Has Beens Ideas Activity Universal Connected Empresses

Book:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

“Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface.”

Humans Secret Flow Depth Determine Surface Broads Tides Human History Secret Society

Author:A. E. Waite

“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.”

Men Evil Behinds Tree He Man Fruit Rounds Good And Evil Twelve Serpent Tree Of Life

Book:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

“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.”

Ifs Should Persons Ends Hands Fall Subjects Depends Court Cards

Book:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

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

Speak Language Offers Symbolism Tarot

Book:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

“All true religion, all true morality, all true mysticism have but one object, and that is to act on humanity, collective and individual, in such a manner that it shall correspond efficiently with the great law of development, and co-operate consciously therewith to achieve the end of development.”

Ends Law Humanity Individual Achieve Objects Development Morality Collectives Mysticism True Religion

Book:Devil-Worship in France: With Diana Vaughn and the Question of Modern Palladism

Source: Devil-Worship in France: With Diana Vaughn and the Question of Modern Palladism

“Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.”

World Firsts May Spirit Masters Communicate Thee Quarters Rebellious Emperor Lucifer Masons Abode Masonic Masonry Freemasonry

Author:A. E. Waite

“Out of evil comes good, however, and the confusion of tongues gave rise to 'the ancient practice of Masons conversing without the use of speech.'”

Use Evil Practice Speech Ancient Tongue Confusion Masons

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“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.”

Mind Business Ordinary Evidence Harmony Faculty Spheres Mystic Own Business Ordinary Life Aptitude Mind Your Own Business Canon

Book:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

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

Evidence Cards Particles Egyptian Tarot Tarot Cards

Book:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

“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.”

Firsts Wells Acting Known Sight Method Fortune This Day Well Known Fortune Telling

Book:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

“The Tarot embodies symbolical presentations of universal ideas, behind which lie all the implicits of the human mind, and it is in this sense that they contain secret doctrine, which is the realization by the few of truths embedded in the consciousness of all.”

Mind Humans Ideas Lying Secret Behinds Consciousness Universal Doctrine Realization Human Mind Presentation Embedded Tarot

Author:A. E. Waite

About the Author

Born: October 2, 1857
Died: May 19, 1942
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 12

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