The Astrology Center of America
207 Victory Lane, Bel Air, MD 21014
Tel: 410-638-7761; Fax:410-638-5154; Toll-free (orders only): 800-475-2272
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Available in both LARGE & small sizes:
Book of Thoth (Egyptian Tarot), by The Master Therion (Aleister Crowley), Weiser (or US Games), (advanced) $19.95
The Crowley Tarot, The Handbook to the Cards, by Akron & Hajo Banzhaf, US Games, (advanced) $17.95
Tarot, Mirror of the Soul, by Gerd Ziegler, Weiser, (elementary) $18.95
Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot, by Lon Milo DuQuette, Weiser, (advanced) $24.95
Number of cards in deck: 78
Measurements: LARGE: 3.75 x 5.5 inches; or 96 x 140 millimeters. Small: 2.75 x 4.35; or 70 x 110 mm.
Back of card: A cross with gray, red, yellow & blue arms & petaled flower at the crossing. Behind is a checkerboard which seems to fall in towards the cross.
Booklet included: Yes, small, 48 pages. Contents: Comments on the cards by James Wasserman & two essays by Lady Frieda Harris.
Publisher: US Games. Printed in Belgium.
Magical note:
The small size edition of this deck contains all three of the Magicians. The larger size does not.
Comments: In this deck, major arkana cards are labeled Trumps, minor arcana suit cards have a keyword printed at the bottom (hard to read on the actual card & impossible to show on the illustrations above). There's also a mysterious black card with a modified Star of David in red. Notice that suit cards (ace through 10) often have no symbolic pictures, just the specified number of objects. This is a throwback to the pre-Rider Waite days & obviously not an accident. Crowley & Harris worked for five years on the cards, 1938-43, often painting many versions of the same card to get the final effect. Despite their efforts, the deck was not published until 1969, some 22 years after Crowley's death & seven years after Harris's. Crowley, of course, was the most famous - or notorious - magician of this century. His only peer in the English speaking world was a woman who went by the name of Dion Fortune.
The Astrology Center of America
207 Victory Lane, Bel Air, MD 21014
Tel: 410-638-7761; Fax:410-638-5154; Toll-free (orders only): 800-475-2272
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