The Book of Thoth is Aleister Crowley's own Thelemic treatise explaining his and Lady Frieda Harris's Thoth tarot deck and its qabalistic and astrological attributions. The atlas cites it as the tradition's own account of what the deck's imagery is meant to mean, Crowley's own claim about his own system, not independent evidence that the correspondences it asserts are historically older or objectively valid. Use it for what Thelema and the Thoth deck's own tradition says its symbolism means. It is not a source for the deck's documented production history or for how it has been received by scholars, which needs a separate historical source.
Facts
Citation
AuthorAleister Crowley
PublisherSamuel Weiser Inc
This is the 1991 Weiser reprint this entry's url links to; Crowley's Book of Thoth was originally published in 1944. Publication Year1944
URLhttps://archive.org/details/bookofthothshort0000crow
Source Typetradition
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Aleister Crowley's own Thelemic treatise on his Thoth tarot deck and its qabalistic and astrological attributions, cited as the tradition's own account of its symbolism rather than as independent evidence for it. NotesThelemic treatise on the Thoth tarot and its qabalistic and astrological attributions.
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Associated With
Thoth, Deities This source names Thoth directly: "The Book of Thoth is Aleister Crowley's own Thelemic treatise explaining his and Lady Frieda Harris's Thoth tarot deck and its qabalistic and astrological attributions."
Source The Book of ThothAleister Crowley
Derived From
Liber 777, Sources Crowley built the qabalistic and astrological correspondence tables in the Book of Thoth on the tables he had already published as Liber 777, a documented step in his own bibliography rather than a fresh, independent compilation.
Source Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister CrowleyRichard Kaczynski
Claims Backed By This Source (211 claims)
This source backs 211 claims across the atlas. As facts: 125 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 held Differently. Plus 83 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Tarot, 192 claims: 114 well-attested, 78 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Esoteric Texts, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Tarot Decks, 2 claims: 1 held Differently, 1 general references.
- Tree of Life Paths, 2 claims: 2 general references.
Well-attested
125Showing 1 to 50 of 82 entities carrying this claim.
General References
83Showing 1 to 50 of 83 entities carrying this claim.
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