Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot

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Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot by Lon Milo DuQuette

An authoritative examination of the world’s most fascinating and magical tarot cards

Originally published in 2003, Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot has proved to be the essential contemporary guide to accessing the unique symbolism and meaning of Crowley’s remarkable tarot deck, featuring the deeply textured artwork by 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, magical point of view. He then explains the other attributions and correspondences Crowley intended.

This unique guide has been updated with a new introduction that provides information on sexual alchemy in the Thoth Tarot imagery, describes the unicursal hexagram card included with some Thoth decks, and includes DuQuette’s Roll-With-the-Flow tarot spread for easy divinatory readings.

Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition of Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot

Part One: Little bits of things you should know before beginning to study Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot
Introduction: The Book of Thoth- A Magick Book?
Little Bits of Things You Should Know
Aleister Crowley and the Golden Dawn
The Lady and the Beast
The Art
The Prophet and the Book of Law
The Aeon of Horus
The Vison and the Voice
Secrets of the Rose Cross back
Secrets of the Tree of Life
Worlds of Color
The Holy Guardian Angel

Part Two: The Cards 79
Introduction to the Cards
Introductions to the Major Arcana
Atu of Tahuti- The Major Arcana Trumps
The Minor Arcana
The Spirit of Aces
The Four Aces
The Crazy Mixed-up World of Court Cards
The Small Cards
Methods of Divination and the Meanings of the Cards
Glossary of Thelemic and Tarot Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Permissions

“Lon Milo DuQuette is the rarest of writers: a man who knows his subject from the inside out and, at the same time, can write clearly and gracefully. This book will indeed bring Aleister Crowley’s and Lady Frieda Harris’s brilliant Thoth Tarot to a new generation of tarot lovers.”– Rachel Pollack, author of The Complete Illustrated Guide to Tarot and Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom

“A warmhearted yet profound tour of the Thoth deck by a very wise gentleman. Lon Milo DuQuette provides an extremely lucid account of a formerly difficult subject. Every word should be savored, laughed over, and seriously contemplated.”– Mary K. Greer, author Tarot for Yourself and The Complete book of Tarot Reversals

About the Author:
Lon Milo DuQuette is a best-selling author and lecturer on magick, tarot, and the Western Mystery Traditions. Among his many books are My Life with the Spirits and the Magick of Aleister Crowley. He is currently the US Deputy Grand Master of Ordo Templi Orientis. Visit him at www.lonmiloduquette.com