Spotlight Richard Mason: Arthur Edward Waite and his 'Secret Tradition'

Interview Highlights: Richard begins by giving a short background and biography of Waite and the people who had a great influence on his life. We discuss Waite's famous tarot deck and the inspiration for it, noting that illustrator Pamela Coleman Smith is often omitted from being mentioned. Richard then talks in more detail about how Waite's 'outsider status' has led to his work being neglected, and how his notion of a 'secret tradition' is deserving of more study. REFERENCES Email Richard Mason: [email protected] Online Book List by Arthur Edward Waite: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/... The Secret Tradition in Freemasonry, Vol. 1&2: https://www.academia.edu/7557946/A_E_... The Pictoral Key to the Tarot: https://tarot.org.il/Library/Waite/Th... Translations of Eliphas Levi's: Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual: https://archive.org/details/transcend... The History of Magic: https://archive.org/details/historyof... Robert Gilbert, A.E. Waite: A Magician of Many Parts (biography): https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/rel... Stewart Südekum (regarding tarot): https://sudekum.wordpress.com/tag/art... In 1987, Adam McLean organized the 'Golden Dawn Conference,' wherein Roger Parisous presented about Waite, and puts forth some interesting alternate explanations about the Rider-Waite tarot. You can access his presentation here (located at Adam McClean's YouTube Channel):    • GD Conference 1987 Lecture 2 Roger Parisious   The full conference is available on a playlist provided by Adam McLean, for those who are interested. Website ESSWE (European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism): https://www.esswe.org/ Theme music: Stephanie Shea