Occult Literature
Three of Swords
Three swords pierce a heart beneath clouds and slanting rain, without a human figure or landscape. A central vertical blade and two angled weapons create a balanced arrangement through the large heart. The isolated heart turns the suit’s weapons into a concentrated emblem rather than a scene with human actors. Pamela Colman Smith’s design appears in the 1916 Illustrated Key to the Tarot.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "Three of Swords" [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 137. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-minor-three-of-swords
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Full source scan individually viewed and prose read. Complete card border and numeral or name retained; monogram retained where visible. Crop of the byte-verified reader derivative; no recolouring or reconstructed detail.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). Three of Swords. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 137. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-minor-three-of-swords