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《塔罗牌的图画钥匙》(英语:The Pictorial Key to the Tarot)是一本占卜塔罗牌指南,内文由爱德华·伟特撰写,插图由帕美拉·科嫚·史密斯绘制。由于莱德伟特塔罗牌以及伟特的《塔罗牌的钥匙》(1909年无插图版)之成功,使得后续共同发行图画版(1910年发行,1911年出版)及该牌组。伟特和史密斯都是黄金黎明协会的成员。伟特非常关注牌组所用符号的准确性,也对牌组背后的传统、诠释与历史进行大量研究。
这本书(伟特本人称之为“专著”)由三部分组成。
第一部分,“面纱及其符号”,简略描述关于每张卡牌的传统符号,接着是塔罗牌历史。伟特认为塔罗牌起源于埃及的说法毫无理据,并且指出这些卡牌在15世纪之前并不存在的证据。
第二部分,“面纱的教义”,包含78张史密斯为莱德伟特牌组绘制的黑白版面插图,以及论述每张卡牌选择特定符号之源由。伟特参考法国神秘主义者艾利冯斯·李维早期的塔罗牌,有时保留他对传统牌组之变动(如战车卡牌,伟特和李维皆绘制两只史芬克斯,而非马),有时则是批评(如隐士卡牌,伟特认为李维曲解牌义)。
第三部分,“神谕的外在方法”,关注于卡牌占卜的问题,包括对著名的凯尔特十字塔罗牌布局的论述,这本书有助于普及该布局。
1918年,美国作家劳伦·威廉·德·劳伦斯以《塔罗牌图解钥匙:占卜的面纱》为题出版这本书的精密复制品,但并未将任何功劳归于伟特。
以上文字摘自维基百科「塔羅牌的圖畫鑰匙」(去掉了参考文献等尾部小节),按 CC BY-SA 4.0 使用,作者为维基百科的各位编者。
中文维基百科的条目比较短,下面附上英文维基百科的内容(英文原文):
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot is a divinatory tarot guide, with text by A. E. Waite and illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. Published in conjunction with the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot deck, the pictorial version (released 1910, dated 1911) followed the success of the deck and Waite's (unillustrated 1909) text The Key to the Tarot. Both Waite and Smith were members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Waite was very concerned with the accuracy of the symbols used for the deck, and he did much research into the traditions, interpretations, and history behind the cards.
The book (which Waite himself called "a monograph") consists of three parts.
Part I, "The Veil and Its Symbols", is a short overview of the traditional symbols associated with each card, followed by a history of the Tarot. Waite dismissed as baseless the belief that the Tarot was Egyptian in origin, and noted that no evidence of the cards exists prior to the 15th century.
Part II, "The Doctrine of the Veil", contains 78 black and white plates of Smith's illustrations for the Rider–Waite–Smith deck, and a discussion of the unique symbols chosen for each card. Waite drew upon the earlier Tarot of French occultist Eliphas Levi, at times retaining his changes to the traditional deck (as with the Chariot card, which both Waite and Levi picture being drawn by two sphinx, instead of horses), at other times criticizing him (as with the Hermit card, which Waite thought Levi misinterpreted).
Part III, "The Outer Methods of the Oracles", concerns matters of divination with the cards, including a description of the famous Celtic Cross Tarot layout, which the book helped popularize.
In 1916, American author L. W. de Laurence published an exact facsimile copy of the book under the title The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Illustrating the Greater and Lesser Arcana without giving any credit to Waite or Smith.
以上文字摘自英文维基百科「The Pictorial Key to the Tarot」(去掉了参考文献等尾部小节),按 CC BY-SA 4.0 使用,作者为维基百科的各位编者。
资料卡
- 插图
- 帕梅拉·科尔曼·史密斯
- 首次出版
- 1910 年
- 主题
- 阅读塔罗牌
资料卡来自 Wikidata Q1192538(CC0),众包数据,个别字段可能不全。

