The Book of Thoth

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The book has four main sections The Theory of the Tarot The Atu Keys or Trumps The Court Cards The Small Cards It has 31 illustrations within the text and 8 full color plates at the beginning. Free Download [ The Book of Thoth ] By [ Aleister Crowley ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Book of Thoth is as much a manual for using the deck as it is a primary initiation into Hermetic philosophy and mindfulness This is an encyclopedic volume The deck itself, besides working as the elemental and zodiacal symbol association system of popular tradition, functions simultaneously as a Qabalistic Tree of Life and Taoist I Ching The creation and perfection of this deck was a grand scholarly undertaking by Crowley, and while I am sure that he could have expanded this volume tenfold The Book of Thoth...A fascinating book, exquisitely presented and illustrated, and beautifully written in the drawing room English of a bygone age It presents the true tarot, which originated in Ancient Egypt, and survived in Greek and Hindu mythology But ultimately it is just so much mumbo jumbo, a quest for meaning in a bottomless pit of privileged hedonism Some say it contains secret and ancient mysteries, others that it is an evil book inspired by Satan I think it is just the vain ramblings of a sad old man A fascinating book, exquisitely presented and illustrated, and beautifully written in the drawing room English of a bygone age It presents the true tarot, which originated in Ancient Egypt, and survived in Greek and Hindu mythology But ultimately it is just so much mumbo jumbo, a quest for meaning in a bottomless pit of privileged hedonism Some say it contains secret and ancient mysteries, others that it is an evil book inspired by Satan I think it is just the va...Aleister Crowley s and Frieda Harris s the actual artist behind the paintings Thoth Deck is the only Tarot deck that might be called intoxicatingly beautiful To my eye, it is the only Tarot that isn t ugly, though maybe none or few will agree with me there I think it so outshines all others there s little point in purchasing or using any other The cards are very large that s because they are as crowded with imagery as any Victorian parlor ever was with bric a brac The bric a brac of the T Aleister Crowley s and Frieda Harris s the actual artist behind the paintings Thoth Deck is the only Tarot deck that might be called intoxicatingly beautiful To my eye, it is the only Tarot that isn t ugly, though maybe none or few will agree with me there I think it so outshines all others there s little point in purchasing or using any other The cards are very large that s because they are as crowded with imagery as any Victorian parlor ever was with bric a brac The bric a brac of the Thoth Deck however is in exquisite taste To comprehend it fully, Aleister Crowley s The Book of Thoth is essential Fortunately, the book is itself Crowley s masterpiece.The Thoth Deck, like any Tarot deck, can simply be pic...So the book of Thoth is the companion book to Crowley s Tarot deck, a prognosticator of a rather intense nature, I m told From What I garnered from Crowley s writing style, he tends to be very cryptic Like most mystics, he shrouds his intent behind allegories and clues and outright denial This is to inspire the reader to actually sweat it out a little bit as well as provide a sort of qualifications test There is some really cool shit though in this novel Crowley exposes the framework for So the book of Thoth is the companion book to Crowley s Tarot deck, a prognosticator of a rather intense nature, I m told From What I garnered from Crowley s writing style, he tends to be very cryptic Like most mystics, he shrouds his intent behind allegories and clues and outright denial This is to inspire the reader to actually sweat it out a little bit as well as provide a sort of qualifications test There is some really cool shit though in this novel Crowley exposes the framework for the Tarot based on the Kabbalist Tree of Life With this, he translates the Tree homo morphically onto the Tao te Ching, which I found pretty impressive A good example of Crowley s blatant obfuscation may be told anecdotally Upon reading the book, I was struck by the Hebrew Term Yod Hesoth which meant according to Crowley something akin to bearer of l...One day when I was in The Hobbit Habit, my late and greatly lamented independent bookshop, a deck of Crowley Tarot cards threw themselves off a shelf at me I decided that any printed material that was that desirous of a place on my bookshelf should have a chance, so I bought the cards and a copy of this book I enjoyed the references to the I Ching, and spent quite a bit of time with both the I Ching and the Tarot, trying to see how they fit together I feel I derived a greater understanding of One day when I was in The Hobbit Habit, my late and greatly lamented independent bookshop, a deck of Crowley Tarot cards threw themselves off a shelf at me I decided that any printed material that was that desirous of a place on my bookshelf should have a chance, so I bought the cards and a copy of this book I enjoyed the references to the I Ching, and spent quite a bit of time with both the I Chi...This book is so densely esoteric that I was completely unable to comprehend what I was reading It is clear that Crowley is deeply versed in many of the primary teachings of his time but he does not present his knowledge in a manner that makes it even remotely accessible I was disappointed because the Thoth Tarot Deck is my preferred personal deck I had hoped to learnabout the images without having to read every detail about the sephiroth, Frazer s perspective on mythology and religi...There is nothing short about this essay Interesting ideas, some very crazy ideas as well If you are intested in the connection between tarot, Jewish mysticism and the occult then its an informative read, although not an easy read.An essential companion to the Thoth tarot deck, it is the most complete, lucid, helpful manual to the tarot that I have found However, I myself am starting to lean toward the I Ching for divination purposes.The definitive, scholarly, tome for understanding any Tarot deck, particularly the relationship between Tarot and Kabbalah and most precisely the Crowley Thoth deck Within that framework it provides insights and connection between the Tarot of the Egyptians the Tree of Life, the Sephirot, the I Ching, Astrology, Elements and Indian philosophies the last as helping to explain some basic concepts around nothingness.While ...Praise be to Aliester Crowley and Lady Freida Harris From their generous talents is one of the most wonderful works of human creativity and divine imagination ever assembled It is a book that is worthy to invoke the name of the great God, Thoth Tahuti, for it is a storehouse of vitally preserved ancient information capable of leading you to your own divinity There are many who paint Crowley as a dark character, and he himself was quite happy being painted that way This does not mean these ch Praise be to Aliester Crowley and Lady Freida Harris From thei...

The Book of Thoth
  • English
  • 18 May 2017
  • Paperback
  • 287 pages
  • 0877282684
  • Aleister Crowley
  • The Book of Thoth