A. E. Waite on flow
A. E. Waite8 quotes“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.”
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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.
A. E. WaiteA. 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.
A. E. WaiteA. E. Waite The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
A. E. WaiteA. 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.’
A. E. WaiteA. E. Waite We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.
A. E. WaiteA. E. Waite 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.
A. E. WaiteA. E. Waite The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.
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