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One source characterizes the fool as sacred, saying, “ Holy fools subvert prevailing orthodoxy to point to the truth which lies beyond immediate conformity .” In other words, the fool points to the emperor’s new clothes as nakedness — he is the guileless child, and innocence is a prime characteristic of our fool. He disrupts anything safe or politically correct, exposing convention as hypocritical and counterfeit. Jeg har været så heldig at være kursist på et af Louise´s tarotkurser. Det var for mig en meget meget berigende oplevelse at lære alle kortenes betydning at kende. Booth 2000, pp.330–33; Sutin 2000, pp.251–55; Kaczynski 2010, pp.288–91, 295–97; Churton 2011, pp.198–203. Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (2012). "Foreword". In Bogdan, Henrik; Starr, Martin P. (eds.). Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp.vii–x. ISBN 978-0-19-986309-9. OCLC 820009842. Crowley, Aleister (1974a). The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians. Illustrated by Frieda Harris. Samuel Weiser, Inc. ISBN 978-0877282686.

Churton, Tobias (2011). Aleister Crowley: The Biography. London: Watkins Books. ISBN 978-1-78028-012-7. OCLC 701810228. While in the throes of his drug addiction, Crowley wrote Diary of a Drug Fiend. The fictional work follows a man who becomes addicted to just about every drug under the sun. Although fictional, it’s very likely this was based on Crowley's own struggles. Booth 2000, pp.274–82; Sutin 2000, pp.199–204; Kaczynski 2010, pp.193–203; Churton 2011, pp.149–52. Among the famous faces that Crowley in his life met was Aldous Huxley, writer of Brave New World. The men bonded over their love of doing drugs, and it’s said that Crowley even introduced Huxley to peyote!

Part One is further divided into three chapters; Part Two into two chapters and an appendix; Part Three into one chapter; and Part Four into one chapter. The book includes a list of plates depicting the Tarot cards as seen by Crowley and Harris.

Duquette also notes that Harris’s portrayal is a “Cornucopia of sacred images, many of which reveal themselves only after long meditation (and the aid of a magnifying glass).” Harris’s fool is accompanied by a dove of innocence, or as Duquette suggests, the holy spirit. A butterfly references transformation. A vulture, shown in part above the butterfly, represents Maut, the Egyptian vulture goddess. Duquette interprets a winged globe as a symbol of Mercury, and quotes Crowley himself; “The whole picture is a glyph of the creative light.” Hamnett, Nina (2007). Laughing Torso: Reminiscences of Nina Hamnett. London: Hildreth. ISBN 978-1-4067-2874-3. OCLC 1156889313.

Crowley was brought up by devoted Christian parents, and even sent to religious schools throughout his childhood. However, after his father died of tongue cancer, he started to lose his faith. He started sinning regularly and caught gonorrhea while doing so. Tzaddi is the letter of The Emperor, the Trump IV, and He is the Star, the Trump XVII. Aquarius and Aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of Pisces, just as, in the Trumps VIII and XI, Leo and Libra do about Virgo. This last revelation makes our Tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. [2] The Rider Waite fool is gazing into the sky above, about to step off a cliff — a little dog tries to warn him. The tarot fool is traditionally interpreted an indication of new beginnings, spontaneous action, leaps of faith, and innocence or naivete. When the card appears reversed, it indicates bad decisions or choices. Thelema continued to develop and spread following Crowley's death. In 1969, the O.T.O. was reactivated in California under the leadership of Grady Louis McMurtry; [312] in 1985 its right to the title was unsuccessfully challenged in court by a rival group, the Society Ordo Templi Orientis, led by Brazilian Thelemite Marcelo Ramos Motta. [312] A very popular tarot spread involving 10 cards, this is one of the most commonly called upon spreads. You will find it useful for questions of all types.