1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 169
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bauched. They are inclined to the abuse of alcohol and of drugs. It is as if they could only real‐
ize their essential happiness by getting outside themselves.
If ill dignified, they are dull, servile, foolish; they are drudges rather than workers. Life
for them is purely mechanical; and they cannot rise, or even seek to rise, above their ap‐
pointed lot.
In the Yî King, the watery part of Earth is represented by the 3ist hexagram, Hsien. This
has the meaning: Influence. The commentary describes the effect of moving various parts of
the body, from the toes to the jaws and tongue. This is rather an amplification of what has
been said above than an exact correspondence; yet there is no discordance. The general ad‐
vice is to go forward quietly without overt attack upon existing situations.
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