The thoth tarot is a divinatory tarot deck painted by lady frieda harris according to instructions from aleister crowley. Gold edition by aleister crowley, frieda harris isbn. Aleister crowley thoth tarot small aleister crowley, lady frieda harris on. Book of thoth crowley xvi the tower or war by james robert. Alister crowleys thoth tarot deck 16 the tower xvi fire, major arcana, mars the tower is a reminder that change is good and upheaval is cleansing. Tarot, possessed in her own right the essential spirit of the book. Full text of ulc aleister crowley the book of thoth see other formats. Book of thoth, aleister crowley 9780877282686 boeken.
Book of thoth crowley general characters of the trumps as they a. A short essay on the tarot of the egyptians is the title of the equinox. The tower is a glyph for the process of purification through fire and the planet mars supplies this energy which leads to the destruction of our small self or limitation of consciousness. Aleister crowley named his egyptian style tarot deck the book of thoth, in reference to the theory that tarot cards were the egyptian book of thoth. I really feel this deck reads the energy behind the person and not the person specifically. Thoth was variously depicted wearing a crescent moon on his headdress, or wearing the atef crown, or sometimes, the crown of upper and lower egypt. Buy crowley thoth tarot deck standard crds by aleister crowley, frieda harris isbn.
As a tarot collector, the thoth tarot has been one that always intrigued me. Thoth is basically its own system, as the rw is a different system. Together they bent their energies to the formidable task of preparing the 78 cards of the book of thoth. The book of thoth, contents part one the book of thoth egyptian tarot by aleister crowley contents and part one partly linked, mostly proofread originally published in an edition limited to 200 numbered and signed copies, 1944 reprinted by samuel weiser, inc. The tower from the thoth tarot deck, painted by lady frieda harris. The book includes a list of plates depicting the tarot cards as seen by crowley and harris.
His original idea had been to execute a pack after the tradition of the mediaeval editors, corrected in the light of the descriptions given in the equinox i, vii and viii. Queen of disks, book of thoth tarot aleister crowley and frieda harris aleister. With an intriguing collage of symbols, this is a deck that caters to the occult like no other. However, the thoth deck is utterly fantastic for the intuitive who prefers to scry into the reading, not simply draw cards and read or memorize meanings from. Designed by aleister crowley and painted by lady frieda harris, this one is probably the third most popular deck after the riderwaitesmith tarot and tarot of marseilles.