1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 84
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XI. LUST
This Trump was formerly called Strength. But it implies far more than strength in the
ordinary sense of the word. Technical analysis shows that the Path corresponding to the card
is not the Strength of Geburah, but the influence from Chesed upon Geburah, the Path bal‐
anced both vertically and horizontally on the Tree of Life (see diagram). For this reason it has
been thought better to change the traditional title. Lust implies not only strength, but the joy
of strength exercised. It is vigour, and the rapture of vigour.
“Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of love! I am
above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy.”
“Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and
fire, are of us.”
“I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and
stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship me take wine and strange
drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof! They shall not harm
ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be
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