Abrac
I don't think it's Malkah, but probably Matrona. There's a reference to Matrona in Mathers' Kabbalah Unveiled and it was written way before the publication of the Waite-Smith tarot.
That's enough to demonstrate Waite could have easily been familiar with the concept. But this aside, just because the word Matrona doesn't appear in Waite's 1902 book proves nothing.
All you have to do is read the FRC Practicus Ritual and look at the Ace and it's plain as day.
That's enough to demonstrate Waite could have easily been familiar with the concept. But this aside, just because the word Matrona doesn't appear in Waite's 1902 book proves nothing.
All you have to do is read the FRC Practicus Ritual and look at the Ace and it's plain as day.