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: [e-mail]
Online Book List by Arthur Edward Waite: onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/...
The Secret Tradition in Freemasonry, Vol. 1&2: www.academia.edu/7557946/A_E_...
The Pictoral Key to the Tarot: tarot.org.il/Library/Waite/Th...
Translations of Eliphas Levi's:
- Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual: archive.org/details/transcend...
- The History of Magic: archive.org/details/historyof...
Robert Gilbert, A.E. Waite: A Magician of Many Parts (biography): cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/rel...
Stewart Südekum (regarding tarot): 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 KZbin Channel): • GD Conference 1987 Lec...
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): www.esswe.org/
Theme music: Stephanie Shea

[@KimberlyLetsGo]

Great in-depth on Waite's personal life. We know all that had influence on him as well as the somewhat sad side of his experiences with not being totally recognized, at the time, by what ended up being his peers.

[@lorenitamanzo3134]

Estos temas no se encuentran en español. Le agradezco mucho por la traducción! Exitos!!!

[@SeanKimProBusinessHacks]

Thank you so much for this interview

[@epicmercury333]

Very informative! Thank you. 🌹

[@JChuckVlogs]

Very nice. Blessings to you my friend.

[@rejectedreligion]

Thank you, and wishing you the same!

[@erickrueger2869]

Very interesting topic! He was a great non-academic researcher and scholar. The sustained popularity of his tarot is evidence for his intelligence and good research instincts. I have studied his writings about Tarot and many things have impressed me. However; there are some things he could not know 100 years ago.

[@HiroRavenVideos]

Was it worth it to read his book about black magic?

[@psychicadrian]

THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART for posting this video. I'd love to know the name of the other Arthur Edward Waite Tarot Deck please?

[@rejectedreligion]

A new interview with Richard Mason is coming very soon about the second tarot deck!

[@psychicadrian]

@@rejectedreligion Awesome. I subscribed to your channel and opted all notifications, so I ought to receive a notification

[@BritishJuche]

23:30 (for my reference)