1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 253
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Courage, strength, energy and action, une grande passion; resort to magick, the use of
magical power.
XII
Let not the waters whereon thou journeyest wet
thee. And, being come to shore, plant thou the Vine
and rejoice without shame.
Enforced sacrifice, punishment, loss, fatal or voluntary, suffering, defeat, failure, death.
XIII
The Universe is Change; every Change is the effect
of an Act of Love; all Acts of Love contain Pure Joy.
Die daily.
Death is the apex of one curve of the snake Life: be
hold all Opposites as necessary complements, and
rejoice.
Transformation, change, voluntary or involuntary, in either case logical development of
existing conditions, yet perhaps sudden and unexpected. Apparent death or destruction, but
such interpretation is illusion.
XIV
Pour thine all freely from the Vase in thy right
hand, and lose no drop. Hath not thy left hand
a vase?
Transmute all wholly into the Image of thy Will,
bringing each to its true token of Perfection. Dis
solve the Pearl in the Winecup; drink, and make
manifest the Virtue of that Pearl.
Combination of forces, realization, action based on accurate calculation; the way of es‐
cape, success after elaborate manoeuvres.
XV
With thy right Eye create all for thyself, and with
the left accept all that be created otherwise.
Blind impulse, irresistibly strong and unscrupulous, ambition, temptation, obsession,
secret plan about to be executed; hard work, obstinacy, rigidity, aching discontent, endurance.
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