This book is the most complete and authoritative Russian-language guide to the most popular in the world deck of cards for fortune telling. Its creator, Arthur Edward Waite (1857–1942), was not only an excellent connoisseur and commentator of the Western mystical tradition, but also was well versed in divinatory techniques. Maps drawn under his leadership by artist Pamela Colman Smith only seem simple. This is a product of an esoteric (i.e. secret) school that has developed a very interesting vision of the world and a complex system of magical practice. But according to the Tarot of Waite, one can also guess on purely mundane, everyday life topics (which people have been doing for almost a hundred years), even without being completely interested in esotericism. This book details both sides of Waite Tarot: the mystical and the practical. You will find here translations of the original texts by Arthur Edward Waite and modern divination techniques on his maps.
