The Pictorial Key to the Tarot Quotes

“pictures are like doors which open into unexpected chambers,”
― Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

“A winged angel, with the sign of the sun upon his forehead and on his breast the square and triangle of the septenary. I speak of him in the masculine sense, but the figure is neither male nor female. It is held to be pouring the essences of life from chalice to chalice. It has one foot upon the earth and one upon waters, thus illustrating the nature of the essences. A direct path goes up to certain heights on the verge of the horizon, and above there is a great light, through which a crown is seen vaguely. Hereof is some part of the Secret of Eternal Life, as it is possible to man in his incarnation. All the conventional emblems are renounced herein.”
― Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

“the strength which is raised to such a degree that a man dares lose himself shall shew him how God is found,”
― Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

“THE pathology of the poet says that "the undevout astronomer is mad";”
― Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot