This comprehensive and well-documented guide to the arcane Jewish tradition of mysticism was written by one of Britain's foremost writers on occult subjects. Enthusiastic in tone and grounded in scholarship, it presents and comments upon the mystic tradition's fundamental ideas. Author A. E. Waite's extensive and lucid history embraces the literature of the Kabbalah (including the Sepher Yezirah and Zohar and their central ideas), its foremost interpreters, its impact on Christian scholars, and its reputation as "the secret tradition." Waite's thought-provoking analysis includes a rejection of proposals by earlier occultists that many esoteric practices — alchemy, astrology, and Freemasonry, for instance — are founded on or are integral to Kabbalah. Introduction by Kenneth Rexroth.

The Holy Kabbalah (Dover Occult)

Politics & Social Sciences

Waite, A.E.

Philosophy

Dover Publications

Long used in telling fortunes and popular today among New Agers, Tarot cards are regarded by many as "the training wheels" on the bicycle of psychic development. Centuries of scientific progress have not diminished the irresistible attraction of gazing at picture cards to see the future and determine one's fate. This book by Arthur Edward Waite, the designer of the most widely known Tarot deck and distinguished scholar of the Kabbalah, is the essential Tarot reference. The pictorial key contains a detailed description of each card in the celebrated 78-card Rider-Waite Tarot deck, along with regular and reversed meanings. Contents describe symbols and secret tradition; the four suits of Tarot, including wands, cups, swords, and pentacles; the recurrence of cards in dealing; an ancient Celtic method of divination; as well as wonderful illustrations of Tarot cards. While the perfect complement to old-style fortune telling, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot also serves to make the Tarot entirely accessible to modern-day readers. It is also the classic guide to the Rider-Waite deck and to Tarot symbolism in general.

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (Dover Occult)

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

The Grail quest is the centerpiece of Arthurian literature €” and here is the legend's most informative and profound exploration. The famed scholar and occultist draws upon Malory's Morte D'Arthur and other medieval sources to reveal the myth's true meaning, both in symbolic and in historic terms.

The Holy Grail: History, Legend And Symbolism

Noted occult historian A. E. Waite created this meticulously researched survey in order to unite and interpret the scattered and often-inaccessible details of magical traditions. Part I contains essential passages from prominent magical texts dating from the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries; Part II analyzes these texts from a modern perspective. A century after its debut, Waite's work remains among the best sources of information on occult subjects related to the study of the supernatural. Although the author does not condone the practice of black magic, he defends occult practitioners and praises the disciplines of astrology and alchemy. Modern readers will find this book an extraordinarily complete tour of the history of magic, replete with details of casting spells, conjuring spirits, and other occult practices.

The Book of Ceremonial Magic (Dover Occult)

Social Sciences

Thomas Vaughan was a 16th century mystic and mage whose work had largely gone out of print and unheard of until A.E. Waite restored his following with his 1888 translation and restoration of four of Vaughan's books. Even then, as a devout Christian mystic, Vaughan's work never enjoyed the type of revival other mystics did, as it was based on a world which was assuredly sprung from Eden, in a time when more "rational ideas" were prefered. Vaughan's work is vitally important for both an historical understanding of Christian Mysticism and a brilliant justification of how contemporary magic is not only permitted under the laws of the Christian God, but has sprung from that deity Himself.

The Magical Writings of Thomas Vaughan

Covenstead Press

The Key to the Tarot

Rider & Company

The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck

Rider

The Secret Tradition in Goetia, including the rites and mysteries of Goetic therugy, sorcery and infernal necromancy. Completely illustrated with the original magical figures. Partial Contents: Antiquity of Magical Rituals; Rituals of Transcendental Magic; Composite Rituals; Key of Solomon; Lesser Key of Solomon; Rituals of Black Magic; Complete Grimoire; Preparation of the Operator; Initial Rites and Ceremonies; Descending Hierarchy; Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy; Mystery of the Sanctum Regnum; Method of Honorius.

The Book of Black Magic

Weiser Books

The classic text for the Rider-Waite deck. Discusses the major and minor arcana, what each card means, reversed card meanings, and how to do a basic reading.

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

RedWheel / Weiser

Cloud Upon the Sanctuary

A.E. Waite recommended this to the young Aleister Crowley in 1896 as the book he should read to understand the nature of the Interior Church.
Karl von Eckartshausen was among the most unusual mystics of his day. He was both a fervent Catholic and a Theosophist in the tradition of Jacob Boehme. A convinced believer in the "Interior Church"-that mystical body of true believers, linked by spiritual experience rather than by doctrine-Eckartshausen sought to broadcast his unique understanding of the Way of Regeneration in Christ. In The Cloud upon the Sanctuary, he succeeds beyond expectation.

Von Eckartshausen, Karl

Brodie-Innes, J. W.

Nicolas-Hays, Inc.

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