1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 108
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XX. THE AEON
In this card it has been necessary to depart completely from the tradition of the cards,
in order to carry on that tradition.
The old card was called The Angel: or, The Last Judgment. It represented an Angel or
Messenger blowing a trumpet, attached to which was a flag, bearing the symbol of the Aeon of
Osiris. Below him the graves were opening, the dead rising up. There were three of them. The
central one had his hands raised with right angles at the elbows and shoulders, so as to form
the letter Shin, which refers to Fire. The card therefore represented the destruction of the
world by Fire. This was accomplished in the year of the vulgar era 1904, when the fiery god
Horus took the place of the airy god Osiris in the East as Hierophant (see Atu V). At the begin‐
ning, then, of this new Aeon, it is fit to exhibit the message of that angel who brought the news
of the new Aeon to earth. The new card is thus of necessity an adaptation of the Stélé of Re‐
vealing.
Around the top of the card is the body of Nuith, the star‐goddess, who is the category
of unlimited possibility; her mate is Hadit, the ubiquitous point‐of‐view, the only philosophi‐
cally tenable conception of Reality. He is represented by a globe of fire, representing eternal
energy; winged, to show his power of Going. As a result of the marriage of these two, the child
Horus is born. He is, however, known under his special name, Heru‐ra‐ha. A double god; his
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