Occult Literature
Knight of Wands
An armoured rider on a rearing horse carries a leafy wand across a sparse landscape with pyramidal hills. The sharply lifted forelegs, flying helmet ornament and angled staff give this court card a more restless rhythm than the seated King and Queen. The horse’s lifted forelegs and the rider’s flying ornaments intensify the diagonal movement. Pamela Colman Smith’s design is reproduced in the 1916 Illustrated Key to the Tarot.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "Knight of Wands" [editorial title]. In The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Dr. L. W. de Laurence. 1916 edition, 1916, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 100. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-minor-knight-of-wands
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full source scan individually viewed; complete card border, numeral or name and visible monogram retained. Surrounding prose read. Crop only; no recolouring or reconstructed detail.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). Knight of Wands. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 100. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-minor-knight-of-wands