1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 265
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DIAGRAM 4. THE CADUCEUS
This diagram illustrates the Tree of Life, the Cosmos as the Wand or creative force of
Mercury, that is of the balanced energy which has created the illusion of existence. It will be
noted that the shape of the symbol shows the three Mother letters of the Hebrew alphabet,
Shin, Aleph and Mem, in its three sections.
The importance of this symbol is mainly that the Tarot is primarily the Book of Thoth
or Tahuti, the Egyptian Mercury. For the understanding of this book it is necessary to learn
how to transmute instinctively and automatically every simple symbol into every complex
symbol and back again; for only so is it possible to realize the unity and diversity which is the
solution of the cosmic problem.
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