The famous Rider-Waite Tarot, reissued in new livery to celebrate Rider's 90th birthday.
A.E. Waite (Author)
Arthur Edward Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now
famous Rider Waite Tarot deck.
An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong
interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism,
alchemy and Freemasony - led to him penning a number of books.
These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic
and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony.
Pamela Colman Smith (Illustrator)
Pamela Colman Smith was born in England to American parents. Her
childhood years were spent between London, New York and Kingston,
Jamaica. She became a theatrical designer, even collaborating with
the notable W.B. Yeats on stage designs. She was an illustrator
mainly of books, pamphlets and posters too.
Under the guidance of A. E. Waite, she undertook a series of
seventy-eight allegorical paintings described by Waite as a
'rectified' tarot pack. The designs, published in the same year by
William Rider and Son, exemplify the mysticism, ritual,
imagination, fantasy and deep emotions of the artist.
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