Occult Literature
The Key to the Great Arcanum
A hexagram encloses a square of letters within interlaced circular bands. Four symbolic beings and further lettered forms surround it, while small Tree of Life arrangements occupy the corners. Captioned The Key to the Great Arcanum, this composite diagram brings several of the book’s symbolic correspondences into one densely organised plate.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Key to the Great Arcanum" [editorial title]. In The Tarot of the Bohemians, Papus; translated by A. P. Morton. English translation, 1896, George Redway. Source scan leaf 264. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0164-0262
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Illustrator not identified. The Key to the Great Arcanum. The Tarot of the Bohemians. Scan leaf 264. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0164-0262