1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 161
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The character, excellent in itself, cannot support interference. Foresight and prudence,
care in preparation of action, are a safeguard (line i.) Advantage is to be won, moreover, by re‐
liance on help from apparently unsuitable comrades (lines 2 and 5). This alien strength often
supplies the defeat of inherent weakness, and may even create definite superiority to circum‐
stance (line 4). In such an event, there may be temptation to undertake rash adventures, fore‐
doomed to failure. But even so, no blame is incurred (line 6); the conditions of True Will have
been satisfied, and the issue is compensated by the feeling that the right (however unfortu‐
nate) course has been adopted.
Such people acquire intense love and devotion from the most unexpected quarters.
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