Arthur Edward Waite was a profound student of the Occult. He was a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and made the Tarot accessible to the modern day reader. U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Author A.E. Waite called this book "fragments of a secret tradition under the veil of divination". Contains detailed description of each card in the Rider-Waite Tarot deck along with regular and reversed meanings. Black and white illustrations.