Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot

333 Pages·2003·4.85 MB·English

by  Lon Milo Duquette

FIGURE 1. THE STELE OF REVEALING, OBVERSE AND REVERSE.
FIGURE 2. BACK OF THE THOTH TAROT.
THEREFORE I SAY UNTO THEE: COME FORTH UNTO ME FROM THINE ABODE IN THE
SILENCE, UNUTTERABLE WISDOM, ALL-LIGHT, ALL-POWER! THOTH, HERMES, MERCURY,
ODIN, BY WHATEVER NAME I CALL THEE, THOU ART STILL UN-NAMED AND NAMELESS TO
1
ETERNITY! COME THOU FORTH, I SAY, AND AID AND GUARD ME IN THIS WORK OF ART.
UNDERSTANDING
ALEISTER CROWLEY'S
THOTH
TAROT
LON MILO DUQUETTE
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ISBN: 978-1-57863-276-3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data DuQuette, Lon Milo
Understanding Aleister Crowley's thoth tarot / Lon Milo DuQuette.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-57863-276-5
1. Tarot. 2. Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947. I. Title.
BF1879.T2D873 2003
133.3'2424—dc22 2003014475
Typeset in the United States
Cover design by Dutton & Sherman Printed in the United States
QG
10 9 8 7
THIS WORK IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED
TO BETTY LUNDSTED.
CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PART ONE
LITTLE BITS OF THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE BEGINNING
TO STUDY ALEISTER CROWLEY'S THOTH TAROT
CHAPTER 0 INTRODUCTION: THE BOOK OF THOTH—A MAGICK BOOK?
CHAPTER I LITTLE BITS OF THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
CHAPTER 2 ALEISTER CROWLEY AND THE GOLDEN DAWN
CHAPTER 3 THE LADY AND THE BEAST
CHAPTER 4 THE ART
CHAPTER 5 THE PROPHET AND THE BOOK OF THE LAW
CHAPTER 6 THE AEON OF HORUS
CHAPTER 7 THE VISION AND THE VOICE
CHAPTER 8 SECRETS OF THE ROSE CROSS BACK
CHAPTER 9 SECRETS OF THE TREE OF LIFE
CHAPTER IO WORLDS OF COLOR
CHAPTER II THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL
PART TWO THE CARDS
CHAPTER 12 INTRODUCTION TO THE CARDS
CHAPTER 13 INTRODUCTION TO THE MAJOR ARCANA
CHAPTER 14 ATU OF TAHUTI—THE MAJOR ARCANA TRUMPS
Atu 0—The Fool
Atu I—The Magus
Atu II—The High Priestess
Atu III—The Empress
Atu IV—The Emperor
Atu V—The Hierophant
Atu VI—The Lovers
Atu VII—The Chariot
Atu VIII—Adjustment
Atu IX—The Hermit
Atu X—Fortune
Atu XI—Lust
Atu XII—The Hanged man
Atu XIII—Death
Atu XIV—Art
Atu XV—The Devil
Atu XVI—The Tower
Atu XVII—The Star
Atu XVIII—The Moon
Atu XIX—The Sun
Atu XX—Aeon
Atu XXI—The Universe
CHAPTER 15 THE MINOR ARCANA
CHAPTER 16 THE SPIRIT OF THE ACES
CHAPTER 17 THE FOUR ACES
Ace of Wand
Ace of Cups
Ace of Sword
Ace of Disks
CHAPTER 18 THE CRAZY MIXED-UP WORLD OF COURT CARDS
Knight of Wand
Queen of Wand
Prince of Wand
Princes of Wand
Knight of Cups
Queen of Cups
Prince of Cups
Princes of Cups
Knight of Sword
Queen of Sword
Prince of Sword
Princes of Swords
Knight of Disks
Queen of Disks
Prince of Disks
Princes of Disks
CHAPTER19 THE SMALL CARDS
Wand
Cups
Sword
Disks
CHAPTER 20 METHOD OF DIVINATION AND THE MEANINGS OF THE CARDS
CHAPTER 21 GLOSSARY OF THELEMIC AND TAROT TERMS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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