Occult Literature
The Tower
A bolt strikes the top of a tall tower as two figures fall towards the lower edges. Flame, a displaced crown and small bright shapes scatter across the dark sky around the building. The rigid building remains upright while the crown and falling bodies break its vertical order. Pamela Colman Smith’s design is reproduced in the 1916 Illustrated Key to the Tarot.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "The Tower" [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 79. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-smith-74
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details. Design credited to Pamela Colman Smith; reproduced in the active L. W. de Laurence volume. Card border, number and title retained.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). The Tower. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-smith-74