Kittaine
Until now I still dunno how to read the AC Thoth deck the way Aleister Crowley intended it to be read. Does anybody know a good book that explains the Thoth?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Thoth companion book?
CreativeFire
Hi kittaine
Recently there was a thread that posted links to online versions of the "Book of Thoth" which may be of interest, here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30504
Also there has been some discussion books on the Thoth by other authors which you may like to check out.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29462
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28574
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16892&perpage=10&pagenumber=1
Hope you find what you are after.
CreativeFire
Recently there was a thread that posted links to online versions of the "Book of Thoth" which may be of interest, here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30504
Also there has been some discussion books on the Thoth by other authors which you may like to check out.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29462
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28574
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16892&perpage=10&pagenumber=1
Hope you find what you are after.
CreativeFire
Little Baron
Hey Kittaine
I use the 'The Crowley Tarot: The Handbook to the Cards' by AKRON . HAJO BANZHAF. It has a very large amount of information in it. I havn't tried any other books to accompany the deck, but find this one very useful.
If you want any further information on it, just ask.
Yaboot
I use the 'The Crowley Tarot: The Handbook to the Cards' by AKRON . HAJO BANZHAF. It has a very large amount of information in it. I havn't tried any other books to accompany the deck, but find this one very useful.
If you want any further information on it, just ask.
Yaboot
Alta
Hi Kittaine, I have three or four, and the one Yaboot mentions seems the most helpful to me so far.
lawguy51
Ditto for me. The Crowley Tarot by Akron/Banzhaf never leaves my knapsack. For more in depth analysis and understanding, try Lon Duquette's book, Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot which I just happened to have reviewed in the Aeceletic Tarot book section .
[edit] Here it is: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/books/understanding-thoth-tarot/
Lawguy51
.[edit] Here it is: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/books/understanding-thoth-tarot/
Lawguy51
BlueLotus
Kittaine,
I had also come to rely exclusively on THE CROWLEY TAROT, THE HANDBOOK TO THE CARDS by AKRON . HAJO BANZHAF, when I read with these cards. It generously devotes 4 pages to the majors, and 2 pages to the minors, in addition to other information throughout the book.
It is fairly user friendly, and is loaded with information, on the different images, their symbolism, astological connotations and much more.
I had also come to rely exclusively on THE CROWLEY TAROT, THE HANDBOOK TO THE CARDS by AKRON . HAJO BANZHAF, when I read with these cards. It generously devotes 4 pages to the majors, and 2 pages to the minors, in addition to other information throughout the book.
It is fairly user friendly, and is loaded with information, on the different images, their symbolism, astological connotations and much more.
Fulgour
9 to 5
The Crowley Tarot by Akron & Hajo Banzhaf is the best.
Just a note ~ on page 128 it shows the 9 of Wands, and
on page 132 it shows the 5 of Wands: these are switched.
The Crowley Tarot by Akron & Hajo Banzhaf is the best.
Just a note ~ on page 128 it shows the 9 of Wands, and
on page 132 it shows the 5 of Wands: these are switched.
gyntista
Feebie said:
With respect to understanding what Crowley intended for the deck, that book cannot be helpfully recommended, except perhaps as a negative example.
Some of the reasons for that are outlined here:
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"Akron-Banzhaf are rather infamous for claiming in The Crowley Tarot that Crowley had only a superficial involvement in the creation of his Tarot deck, and that Thoth should properly "be called the Harris Tarot," after its artist, Frieda Harris."
Of course, in reality Harris was in the OTO and was one of Crowley's students, and she pointed out to him that the paintings, that is the Tarot cards, could not be understood unless he, Crowley, wrote a book explaining what they meant. And Crowley did that, writing "The Book of Thoth".
You should know as well that Akron has a cult of his own and tends to interpret the work of others in accord with his own ideas, much in the way Angeles Arrien has also done with the Thoth deck.
I'm sure a supplemental text to Crowley's book would be helpful to a lot of people, but so far none that truly respects Crowley's ideas, and readers hoping to understand them, has been published.
Fulgour
Only 200 Copies
Crowley may have intended the work for a select few admirers...?gyntista said:
megeria
the only way to understand the thoth deck is through the Book of Thoth. It is difficult reading, meant to be studied, not just breezed through; it is not to be read as a reference to look up certain cards as you read; you have to study it, and if it mentions symbolisms that you do not understand, then you look those up too. as for this accompanying guide book thing, i believe that no one knew better than Crowley and Harris what they wanted the cards to mean, so in order to fully understand them then you have to read the Book of Thoth. I think they made it difficult for a reason, to keep the casual observer or hobbiest away, becuase only the truly dedicated would go through all the work it would take to understand.
