The Cardinal Importance of Names: Aleister Crowley and the Creation of a Tarot for the New Aeon

Abstract Aleister Crowley’s The Book of Thoth makes four substantive changes to the traditional titles of the tarot trumps. Three of these relate to the cardinal virtues which had remained in the deck despite the almost complete esoteric revisioning of the tarot that had taken place over the precedi...

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Published in:Aries
Main Author: Fletcher, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Aries
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Crowley, Aleister 1875-1947 / Cardinal virtues / Crowley-Thoth tarot / Crowley, Aleister 1875-1947, The book of Thoth / Crowley, Aleister 1875-1947, The book of the law
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B New Aeon
B The Book of Thoth
B Tarot
B Cardinal virtues
B Thelema
B Aleister Crowley
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