The Book of Thoth (Crowley)
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Cover of The Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley.
The Book of Thoth : A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians is the title of The Equinox, volume III, number 5, by Aleister Crowley.
The book describes the philosophy and the use of his Thoth Tarot, a deck of Tarot cards designed by Crowley and painted by Lady Frieda Harris. The Thoth Tarot has become one of the best-selling and most popular Tarot Decks in the world. The Book of Thoth, while being the definitive commentary on the Crowley/Harris deck, was written for the reader already well-versed in a broad range of esoteric studies. An easier to digest commentary on the deck and book is offered by Crowley expert Lon Milo Duquette in his 2003 Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot.
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[edit] Editions
- U.S. Games Systems, Inc., October 1977. ISBN 0-913866-12-1
- Weiser Books, June 1981. ISBN 0-87728-268-4
[edit] Other books on Crowley's Thoth Tarot
- The Crowley Tarot: The Handbook to the Cards, by Akron & Hajo Banzhaf. U.S. Games Systems, August 1995. ISBN 0-88079-715-0
- Keywords for the Crowley Tarot, by Hajo Banzhaf & Brigitte Theler. Weiser Books, July 2001. ISBN 1-57863-173-4
- Tarot: Mirror of the Soul : Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Tarot, by Gerd Ziegler. Weiser Books, January 1988. ISBN 0-87728-683-3
- Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot, by Lon Milo Duquette. Weiser Books, November 2003. ISBN 1-57863-276-5
[edit] See also
- The Book of Thoth of Egyptian mythology
- Tarot
- Thelema
- Magick
- Occultism
- Works of Aleister Crowley
[edit] External links
- The Book of Thoth, online version of entire book
- A site containing a PDF version of Crowley's the Book of Thoth
