3785362 \'A serpent before the curse\' by English School, (20th century); (add.info.: \'A serpent before the curse\' - from illustration published in The Book of Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite, 1911. Taken from Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Mirror of Human Salvation), illustrated work of later Middle Ages. AEW: British mystic and writer, 2 October 1857 ? 19 May 1942. he Book of Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite, 1911. Published by William Rider & Son Ltd. Xiii); Lebrecht History.