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[[File:Pictorial Key to the Tarot.jpg|200px|thumb|Cover page of ''The Pictorial Key to the Tarot''.]] | [[File:Pictorial Key to the Tarot.jpg|200px|thumb|Cover page of ''The Pictorial Key to the Tarot''.]] | ||
'''The Key to the Tarot''', later released as '''The Pictorial Key to the Tarot''', is a [[divination|divinatory]] [[Tarot]] guide, with text by [[A.E. Waite]] and illustrations by [[Pamela Colman Smith]]. | '''''The Key to the Tarot''''', later released as '''''The Pictorial Key to the Tarot''''', is a [[divination|divinatory]] [[Tarot]] guide, with text by [[A.E. Waite]] and illustrations by [[Pamela Colman Smith]]. | ||
The book was first published in conjunction with the [[Rider–Waite Tarot]] deck, but without illustrations. The pictorial version (released 1910, dated 1911) was published following the success of the deck. Both Waite and Smith were members of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]] and relied on the organizations texts in creating the illustrations and meanings. Waite was very concerned with the accuracy of the symbols used for the deck, and he did much research into the traditions, interpretations, and history behind the cards. | The book was first published in conjunction with the [[Rider–Waite Tarot]] deck, but without illustrations. The pictorial version (released 1910, dated 1911) was published following the success of the deck. Both Waite and Smith were members of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]] and relied on the organizations texts in creating the illustrations and meanings. Waite was very concerned with the accuracy of the symbols used for the deck, and he did much research into the traditions, interpretations, and history behind the cards. | ||