SHUFFLING THRU HISTORY IV: Aleister Crowley & The Thoth Deck

In Search of Tarot

English - September 01, 2022 06:15 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB
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Today we're casting light on "the wickedest man in the world," Aleister Crowley. If we had to choose a word to describe this guy it would be "extreme." From hearing the disembodied voices of Egyptian gods, to getting deported from Italy by the Italian government, Crowley's story is full of mania, bigotry, and obsession. Join us as we open this dark chapter of Tarot history.

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Sources: Stealing Fire from Heaven by Nevill Dawn; The Book of Law, The Book of Thoth, and The Confessions of Aleister Crowley by Aleister Crowley; Wikipedia; “Mercury is in a Very Ape-LIke Mood” by Deja Whitehouse; ARIES: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism, Vol 21 (2021): Issue I (Dec 2020): Special Issue: Rethinking Aleister Crowley and Thelema; learnreligions.com; Rethinking Aleister Crowley and Thelema by Manon Hedenberg White; brittanica.com;

Drawing of Crowley's "Double Loop": https://www.corneliuspublications.com/an-open-epistle-on-crowleys-zodiac-belt/

Article from The Guardian on Crowley's bisexuality: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/09/occultists-poems-to-grace-london-antiquarian-book-fair

Music by AJ Ackleson. Thanks AJ!