Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot: New Edition

✍ Scribed by Lon Milo DuQuette

• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 445
• Edition: New
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Originally published in 2003, Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot has proved to be the essential guide to accessing the unique symbolism and meaning of Aleister Crowley's remarkable tarot deck along with the deeply textured artwork of Lady Frieda Harris. Crowley authority Lon Milo DuQuette starts by providing an insightful historical background before delving into descriptions of each card in depth, from a tarot perspective and from an expanded, magickal point of view. He first describes the tarot meaning of each card in detail and then explains all the other attributions Crowley intended.

This unique guide has been updated with a new introduction that provides information on the unicursal hexagram cards included with the deck but never explained.

Replaces ISBN 9781578632763

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Dedication
Copyright
CONTENTS
FIGURES
TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF UNDERSTANDING ALEISTER CROWLEY'S THOTH TAROT
THE SEXUAL ALCHEMY OF THE THOTH TAROT
THE UNICURSAL HEXAGRAM CARD
READING TAROT WITH THE THOTH DECK
DUQUETTE'S ROLL-WITH-THE-FLOW SPREAD
DATES AND ASTROLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Part One: Little Bits of Things You Should Know Before Beginning to Study Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot
CHAPTER ZERO: THE BOOK OF THOTH—A MAGICK BOOK?
CHAPTER ONE: LITTLE BITS OF THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
CHAPTER TWO: ALEISTER CROWLEY AND THE GOLDEN DAWN
CHAPTER THREE: THE LADY AND THE BEAST
CHAPTER FOUR: THE ART
CHAPTER FIVE: THE PROPHET AND THE BOOK OF THE LAW
CHAPTER SIX: THE AEON OF HORUS
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE VISION AND THE VOICE
CHAPTER EIGHT: SECRETS OF THE ROSE CROSS BACK
CHAPTER NINE: SECRETS OF THE TREE OF LIFE
CHAPTER TEN: WORLDS OF COLOR
CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL
Part Two: The Cards
CHAPTER TWELVE: INTRODUCTION TO THE CARDS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: INTRODUCTION TO THE MAJOR ARCANA
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ATU OF TAHUTI—THE MAJOR ARCANA TRUMPS
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE MINOR ARCANA
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE SPIRIT
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE FOUR ACES
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE CRAZY MIXED-UP WORLD OF COURT CARDS
CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE SMALL CARDS
CHAPTER TWENTY: METHOD OF DIVINATION AND THE MEANINGS OF THE CARDS
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: GLOSSARY OF THELEMIC AND TAROT TERMS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PERMISSIONS