1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 58
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Veil of the Negative manifesting, by his intervention, in divided light. Upon this spiral whorl
are other attributions of godhead; the vulture of Maut, the dove of Venus (Isis or Mary), and
the ivy sacred to his devotees. There is also the butterfly of many‐coloured air and the winged
globe with its twin serpents, a symbol which is echoed and fortified by the twin infants em‐
bracing on the middle spiral. Above them hangs the benediction of three flowers in one. Fawn‐
ing upon him is the tiger; and beneath his feet in the Nile with its lotus stems crouches the
crocodile. Resuming all his many forms and many‐coloured images in the centre of the figure,
the focus of the microcosm is the radiant sun. The whole picture is a glyph of the creative
light.
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