1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 128
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“And I say: By the word and the will, by the penance and the prayer, let me behold thy
face. (I cannot explain this, there is con fusion of personalities.) I who speak to you, see what I
tell you; but I, who see him, cannot communicate it to me, who speak to you.
“If one could gaze upon the sun at noon, that might be like the substance of him. But
the light is without heat. It is the vision of Ut in the Upanishads. And from this vision have
come all the legends of Bacchus and Krishna and Adonis. For the impression is of a youth
dancing and making music. But you must understand that he is not doing that, for he is still.
Even the hand that turns the wheel is not his hand, but only a hand energized by him.
“And now it is the dance of Shiva. I lie beneath his feet, his saint, his victim. My form is
the form of the god Phtah, in my essence, but the form of the god Seb is my form. And this is
the reason of existence, that in this dance which is delight, there must be both the god and the
adept. Also the earth herself is a saint; and the sun and the moon dance upon her, torturing
her with delight.”
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