The Rider Tarot Deck Original Rider-Waite with Instruction Booklet by U.S. Games...

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Rider-Waite Tarot has set the standard for hundreds of other tarot decks, which follow the archetypal images created by Pamela Colman Smith in 1909 under the direction of Arthur Edward Waite. This edition includes Smith’s original hand drawn titles. “A unique feature of the Rider-Waite deck, and one of the most of the principal reasons for its enduring popularity, is that all the cards, including the Minor Arcana, depict full scenes with figures and symbols. Prior to the Rider-Waite Tarot, the pip cards of almost all tarot decks were marked only with the arrangement of the suit signs — swords, wands, cups, and coins, or pentacles. The pictorial images on all of the cards allow interpretations without the want to repeatedly consult explanatory text. The innovative Minor Arcana, and Pamela Colman Smith’s ability to capture the subtleties of emotion and experience have made the Rider-Waite Tarot a model for the designs of many tarot packs.” — (from The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume III) Rider-Waite Tarot was once named one of the most Top Ten Tarot Decks of All Time by Aeclectic Tarot. Pamela Colman Smith Born February 16, 1878, in Middlesex, England to American parents, Smith’s childhood years were spent between London, New York, and Kingston, Jamaica. All over her teens, she traveled all through England with the theatre company of Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. Thereafter, she began formal art training at Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, graduating in 1897. Arthur Edward Waite Born in The us in 1857, Waite was once raised and educated as a Catholic in England. Beginning at the age of 21, Waite pursued research and writing on psychical and esoteric matters. Soon after joining the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, he became the Grand Master, and redirected the point of interest of the order from magic to mysticism. The Golden Order, whose structural hierarchy was once based on the Kabbalah, is regarded as the single greatest 20th century influence on the occult.

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Complete 78-card Waite Deck in FULL COLOR
Includes 22 Major Arcana
Includes 56 Lesser Arcana
Includes Original Hand-Drawn Titles
Complete with Instruction Booklet