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1. Veil + Symbols - The pathology of the poet says that "the undevout astronomer is mad"; the pathology of the very plain man says that "the genius is mad"; and between these extremes, which stand for ten thousand analogous excesses, the sovereign reason takes the part of a moderator and does what it can. I do not think that there is a pathology of the occult dedications, but about their extravagances no one can question, and it is not less difficult than thankless to act as a moderator regarding them.

2. Doctrine Veil - The Tarot embodies symbolical presentations of universal ideas, behind which lie all the implicits of the human mind, and it is in this sense that they contain secret doctrine, which is the realization by the few of truths imbedded in the consciousness of all, though they have not passed into express recognition by ordinary men.

3. Outer Oracles - In respect of their usual presentation, the bridge between the Greater and Lesser Arcana is supplied by the court cards-King, Queen, Knight and Squire or Page; but their utter distinction from the Trumps Major is shown by their conventional character. Let the reader compare them with symbols like the Fool, the High Priestess, the Hierophant, or-almost without exception- with any in the previous sequence, and he will discern my meaning.

4. Bibliography - As in spite of its modest pretensions, this monograph is, so far as I am aware, the first attempt to provide in English a complete synoptic account of the Tarot, with its archaeological position denned, its available symbolism developed, and-as a matter of curiosity in occultism-with its divinatory meanings and modes of operation sufficiently exhibited, it is my wish, from the literate standpoint, to enumerate those text-books of the subject, and the most important incidental references thereto, which have come under my notice.

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