1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 109
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extraverted form is Ra‐hoor‐khuit; and his passive or introverted form Hoor‐pa kraat. (See
above, the Formula of Tetragrammaton). He is also solar in character, and is therefore shown
coming forth in golden light.
The whole of this symbolism is thoroughly explained in the Book of the Law.
It should, by the way, be noted that the name Heru is identical with Hru, who is the
great Angel set over the Tarot. This new Tarot may therefore be regarded as a series of illus‐
trations to the Book of the Law; the doctrine of that Book is everywhere implicit.
At the bottom of the card we see the letter Shin itself in a form suggestive of a flower;
the three Yods are occupied by three human figures arising to partake in the Essence of the
new Aeon. Behind this letter is a symbolic representation of the Sign of Libra; this is the forth‐
shadowing of the Aeon which is to follow this present one, presumably in about 2,000 years‐
”the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double‐wanded one as‐
sume my throne and place”. The present Aeon is too young to give a more definite representa‐
tion of this future event. But in this connection attention must be drawn to the figure of Ra‐
hoor‐khuit: “I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force of Coph Nia;
but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an Universe; & nought remains. There are many
other details with regard to the Lord of the Aeon which should be studied in the Book of the
Law.
It is also important to study very thoroughly, and meditate upon, this Book, in order to
appreciate the spiritual, moral, and material events which have marked the catastrophic tran‐
sition from the Aeon of Osiris. The time for the birth of an Aeon seems to be indicated by great
concentration of political power with the accompanying improvements in the means of travel
and communication, with a general advance in philosophy and science, with a general need of
consolidation in religious thought. It is very instructive to compare the events of the five hun‐
dred years preceding and following the crisis of approximately 2,000 years ago, with those of
similar periods centred in 1904 of the old era. It is a thought far from comforting to the pre‐
sent generation, that 500 years of Dark Ages are likely to be upon us. But, if the analogy holds,
that is the case. Fortunately, to‐day we have brighter torches and more torch‐bearers.
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