1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 135
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the universe, a vast and silent sea, crowned with the stars of night. Yet in the very midst
thereof is the arrow. Little images of things that were, are the foam upon the waves.
And there is a contest between the Vision and the memories. I prayed unto the Lords of
Vision, saying: O my Lords,, take not away this wonder from my sight.
And they said: It must needs be. Rejoice therefore if thou hast been permitted to be‐
hold, even for a moment, this Arrow, the austere, the august. But the vision is accomplished,
and we have sent forth a great wind against thee. For thou canst not penetrate by force, who
hast refused it; nor by authority, for thou hast trampled it under foot. Thou art bereft of all but
understanding, O thou that art no more than a little pile of dust!
And the images rise up against me and constrain me, so that the Aethyr is shut against
me. Only the things of the mind and of the body are open unto me. The shew‐stone is dull, for
that which I see therein is but a memory.
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