About the Author: The US born Arthur Edward Waite was a British mystic who contributed nearly 50 books with an open fondness for specialising in occult texts even though his reputation for works on the Holy Grail and the Rider-Waite tarot deck remains unparalleled. His other hailed offerings include The Book of Ceremonial Magic (1911), The Holy Kabbalah (1929) and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry (1921).