We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.

It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.

The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.

The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.

We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.

Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.

Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface.