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Title: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot by Lon Milo Duquette ISBN: 1-57863-276-5 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A detailed resource filled from cover to cover with insights
Comment: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot: An Authoritative Examination Of The World's Most Fascinating And Magical Tarot Cards by occult studies expert Lon Milo DuQuette is an impressively informative resource that expertly dissects and analyzes the occult symbolism of the popular Thoth Tarot deck. Each individual card of the major and minor arcana is examined with its potential meanings for carefully analyzing readings appropriately. A detailed resource filled from cover to cover with insights accessible to any dedicated Tarot card reader, whether amateur or professional, Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot is a welcome and seminal contribution to the growing library of Tarot Studies, as well as a highly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic Metaphysical Studies collections.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another winner from Lon Milo Duquette!
Comment: Truly an excellent book. And I must disagree with the earlier reviewer who felt that Crowley had somehow been "dumbed down" or sanitized. Nothing could be further from the truth. Duquette spends a significant amount of space and time (nearly 100 pages) on explaining such things as the Holy Guardian Angel, the new Aeon of Horus, the Tree of Life, the significance of the Book of the Law as it relates to Crowley's tarot, etc. The bulk of the book is filled with detailed descriptions of each card, and their significance in the Tarot as a spiritual journey...rather than dwelling on divinatory meanings. There is a section at the back that gives brief divination meanings for readings, but clearly he (and Crowley too), thought that divination was a side effect produced by the Tarot...useful certainly, but not the main significance.
My only complaint really, and it is a very minor complaint, is that Duquette keeps apologizing for having to spend so much time on the background stuff. One apology would have been enough...anyone completely unfamilar with Qabala et al should know what they are getting into, and EXPECT some time spent explaining it. Continually apologizing for it was not necessary.
I particulary liked the inclusion of bits of correspondence between Harris and Crowley, while the paintings were still being done.
Duquette suggests that Crowley's original Book of Thoth (book) would be required reading alongside this book, and I must agree. It doesn't replace the original, it just makes jumping into it a lot less painful. I wish this book had been available years ago when I first read the Crowley book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Thoth Tarot for those below 5=6 (Adeptus Minor, dummy!)
Comment: If the Crowley-Harris Tarot hadn't become so popular with the uninitiated this book by Maestro DuQuette might not have been so necessary--but it did, and so it is! I had the same experience with Crowley's Book of Thoth (his book about this deck) that Lon had when first reading it in 1969 (or attempting to read it)Ugh! Where do I go to learn all this stuff? The Golden Dawn, of course. That's where Crowley learned it. So, if the average Joe/Jane wants to understand, much less use this deck and Crowley's book on it he/she needs to read five or six other books...But not anymore. Lon has condensed, polished and made understandable the esoteric essentials that apply to the Thoth Tarot. He even explains the Star-Emperor switch (whether you like it or not) and he gives us background on Lady Harris' role as the artist that I found fascinating. DuQuette's easy writing style and sparkling humor are both delightful and make the book a joy to read. One thing he does not do is provide a "quickie" divination system (Crowley didn't either) but you'll get that in the little booklet that comes with the deck, so no loss there. All-in-all Lon's book fills a definate need. He opens the Thoth Tarot to those who are drawn to it but don't know a Theoricus from an Enochian.
Reviewed by Poke Runyon
Editor - The Seventh Ray
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Title: The Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of the Rituals of Thelema by Lon Milo Duquette ISBN: 1578632994 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Know to Become a Qabalist by Lon Milo Duquette ISBN: 1578632153 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley by Richard Kaczynski ISBN: 1561841706 Publisher: New Falcon Publications Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Unknown God: W.T. Smith and the Thelemites by Martin P. Starr ISBN: 093342907X Publisher: Teitan Pr Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Tarot of Ceremonial Magick: A Pictorial Synthesis of Three Great Pillars of Magick: Enochian, Goetia, Astrology by Lon Milo Duquette ISBN: 0877287643 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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