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A. E. Waite

British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857-1942) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 84

Arthur Edward Waite was a British poet and scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on the occult and Western esotericism. He was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot.

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As his biographer R. A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of Western occultism - viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of protoscience or as the pathology of religion."

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1857 to 1942 · aged 84