"The Book of Thoth inspires students to progress from foundational knowledge of Magick and Mysticism to a deeper engagement with the writings of Aleister Crowley and other luminaries".... "Step onto the sacred path mapped by the Book of Thoth—a gateway to spiritual mastery and cosmic understanding. Whether you’re an aspirant seeking the wisdom of the A∴A∴ or a student of esoteric traditions, this profound manual offers the Keys to navigate the Map of the Universe." - (Direct quotation from by Paul Hughes-Barlow)

Welcome to an episode that goes behind the new book "THE SECRET OF THE THOTH TAROT The Origins of Aleister Crowley’s Book of Thoth" by Paul Hughes-Barlow published on Aeon Books. 

TAP in as we speak about some background story of Aleister Crowley and also topics like:

-Pauls process with writing the book (that was in fact channelled)

-Crowley's obsession with Tarot 

-Eliphas Levi

-The number of Mercury and Christ

-The promise to have contact with the Hidden Masters

-Freemasonry 

-Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, as influencing Crowley's ethic

-Crowley stayed Christian

-To hide your light under a bushel

-What all the secrecy is about!!

-The four levels on the Qabalistic Tree of Life

-Mercury above and below the Abyss

-The book of Lies

-Both Carl Jung (1875–1961) and Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) were exact contemporaries, born in the same year. Each developed a radical system engaging with the unconscious, symbols, myth, and spirituality outside orthodox religion

-I love how Paul uses Tarot therapeutically — it reflects the very essence of TAP and of a place to find Whole- What might look like two different paths, therapy and Tarot/Astrology, actually converge in one shared practice - or at least parallel practices within one healing field

-Initiations and the nigredo (darkness) necessary before renewal

-Fatalistic divination - or something more useful

-Thoth is the God of magic

-Aleister Crowley stands as one of the most disputed figures in modern Western esotericism, and our conversation concludes on that note—yet Paul Hughes-Barlow offers a perspective that reframes the common judgments

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