1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 250
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GENERAL CHARACTERS OF THE TRUMPS AS THEY APPEAR IN USE
KNOW NAUGHT!
ALL WAYS ARE LAWFUL TO INNOCENCE.
PURE FOLLY IS THE KEY TO INITIATION.
SILENCE BREAKS INTO RAPTURE.
BE NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN, BUT BOTH IN ONE.
BE SILENT, BABE IN THE EGG OF BLUE, THAT THOU
MAYEST GROW TO BEAR THE LANCE AND GRAAL!
WANDER ALONE, AND SING! IN THE KING’S PALACE
HIS DAUGHTER AWAITS THEE.
In spiritual matters, the Fool means idea, thought, spirituality, that which endeavours
to transcend earth.
In material matters, it may, if badly dignified, mean folly, eccentricity, or even mania.
But the essential of this card is that it represents an original, subtle, sudden impulse or
impact, coming from a completely strange quarter.
All such impulses are right, if rightly received; and the good or ill interpretation of the
card depends entirely on the right attitude of the Querent.
I
The True Self is the meaning of the True Will: know
Thyself through Thy Way.
Calculate well the Formula of Thy Way.
Create freely; absorb joyously; divide intently; con
solidate completely.
Work thou, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent,
in and for Eternity.
Skill, wisdom, adroitness, elasticity, craft, cunning, deceit, theft. Sometimes occult wis‐
dom or power, sometimes a quick impulse, “a brain‐wave”. It may imply messages, business
transactions, the interference of learning or intelligence with the matter in hand.
II
Purity is to live only to the Highest; and the Highest
is All; be thou as Artemis to Pan.
Read thou in the Book of the Law, and break
through the veil of the Virgin.
Pure, exalted and gracious influence enters the matter. Hence, change, alternation, in‐
crease and decrease, fluctuation. There is, however, a liability to be led away by enthusiasm;
one may become “moon‐struck” unless careful balance is maintained.
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