The book of Thoth [Egyptian Tarot] : a short essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians
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TextYork Beach, ME Samuel Weiser, Inc. Edition: 13th printing, 1988Description: xii, 287p.; ill. (part col.); bibliog. note; appendicesContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0877282684
- BF1879.T2 C7 1944
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Originally published in the Equinox, Vol. III, no. V in an edition limited to 200 numbered and signed copies, 1944.. Artist executant: Frieda Harris.
Part 1 - The theory of the Tarot. 1 The contents of the Tarot..... 2 The Tarot and the holy Qabalah..... 3 The Tarot and the universe.... Part 2 - The atu (keys or trumps). 0 The fool.... 1 to 21 The juggler.... Appendix: The fool. Part 3 - The court cards. General remarks.... Part 4 - The small cards. The four aces.... Invocation and mnemonics. Appendix A: The behaviour of the Tarot.... Appendix B: Correspondences....
'He succeeded in uniting under the Schema of the Holy Qabalah, of which the Tarot is the greatest single element, all philosophical and magical systems soever, including that of the Chinese. This, and his "Naples Arrangement" are with little doubt his greatest achievements in scholarship. For many years he had deplored the absence of any authentic Text of the Tarot.'
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