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1、ThePictorialKeytotheTarotBeingfragmentsofaSecretTraditionundertheVeilofDivinationArthurEdwardWaiteOriginallypublishedin1910PrefaceITseemsratherofnecessitythanpredilectioninthesenseofapologiathatIshouldputonrecordinthefirstplaceaplainstatementofmypersonalposition,asonewhoformanyyearsof
2、literarylifehasbeen,subjecttohisspiritualandotherlimitations,anexponentofthehighermysticschools.ItwillbethoughtthatIamactingstrangelyinconcerningmyselfatthisdaywithwhatappearsatfirstsightandsimplyawell-knownmethodoffortune-telling.Now,theopinionsofMr.Smith,evenintheliteraryreviews,are
3、ofnoimportanceunlesstheyhappentoagreewithourown,butinordertosanctifythisdoctrinewemusttakecarethatouropinions,andthesubjectsoutofwhichtheyarise,areconcernedonlywiththehighest.Yetitisjustthiswhichmayseemdoubtful,inthepresentinstance,notonlytoMr.Smith,whomIrespectwithinthepropermeasures
4、ofdetachment,buttosomeofmorerealconsequence,seeingthattheirdedicationsaremine.TotheseandtoanyIwouldsaythatafterthemostilluminatedFraterChristianRosyCrosshadbeheldtheChemicalMarriageintheSecretPalaceofTransmutation,hisstorybreaksoffabruptly,withanintimationthatheexpectednextmorningtobe
5、door-keeper.Afterthesamemanner,ithappensmoreoftenthanmightseemlikelythatthosewhohaveseentheKingofHeaventhroughthemostclearestveilsofthesacramentsarethosewhoassumethereafterthehumblestofficesofallabouttheHouseofGod.BysuchsimpledevicesalsoaretheAdeptsandGreatMastersinthesecretordersdist
6、inguishedfromthecohortofNeophytesasserviservorummysterii.Soalso,orinawaywhichisnotentirelyunlike,wemeetwiththeTarotcardsattheoutermostgates--amidstthefritteringsanddébrisoftheso-calledoccultarts,aboutwhichnooneintheirsenseshassufferedthesmallestdeception;andyetthesecardsbelonginthemse
7、lvestoanotherregion,fortheycontainaveryhighsymbolism,whichisinterpretedaccordingtotheLawsofGraceratherthanbythepretextsandintuitionsofthatwhichpassesfordivination.ThefactthatthewisdomofGodisfoolishnesswithmendoesnotcreateapresumptionthatthefoolishnessofthisworldmakesinanysenseforDivin
8、eWisd
