1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 159
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balistic idea of violent energy applied to the least stable of the elements. But the trigram of Air
also indicates wood; and the hexagram may have Suggested the irresistible flow of the sap,
and its effect in strengthening the tree. This conjecture is supported by the warning in line 6:
“The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will
be evil.”
Allowing this, the image of “the extended flame of mind”, as Zoroaster calls it, may well
be subjoined to the former description. It is the True Will exploding the mind spontaneously.
The influence of Taurus makes for steadiness, and that of the first decanate of Gemini for in‐
spiration. So let us picture him, “integer vitæ scelerisque purus”, a light‐shaft of the Ideal ab‐
sorbing the entire life in concentrated aspiration, passing from earthy Taurus to exalted Gem‐
ini. Here, too, is shewn (as in the Yi) the danger to the subject of this symbol; for the first de‐
can is the card called “Interference”; or, in the old pack, “Shortened Force”.
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