Fiebig J. Burge E. - The Ultimate Guide to the Thoth Tarot

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The Ultimate Guide to the Thoth Tarot 2015 by Johannes Fiebig and Evelin Brger.

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First e-book edition 2015

E-book ISBN: 9780738747446

Cover design: Ellen Lawson

Editing: Stephanie Finne

Images on cover and in contents: Original Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot (Tarot of Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris), Ordo Templi Orentis / AGM AGMller Urania

Content: Weiss Werkstatt (White Workshop) Munich

Translator of the German language original: Jenna L. Potter

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Original German Edition, Krummwisch, near Kiel, 2013

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Fiebig, Johannes.

[Tarot basics Crowley. English]

The ultimate guide to the Thoth Tarot / Johannes Fiebig, Evelin Brger. -- First American Edition.

1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN 978-0-7387-4744-6 -- ISBN 978-0-7387-4336-3 1. Tarot. 2. Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947--Miscellanea. I. Title.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the participants of our meetings, who have crucially contributed to the fulfillment of the symbol interpretation in this book through their experiences and observations. Furthermore, we thank all of our colleagues, from whom we have learned a lot, namely Margarete Petersen, Luisa Francia, Rachel Pollack, Marion Guekos-Hollenstein, Judith Brtschi, Lilo Schwarz, Hajo Banzhaf, Gerd B. Ziegler, Charles F. Frey, Eckhard Graf, Jim Wanless, Klausbernd Vollmar, and Ernst Ott. Likewise we thank Kirsten Buchholzer for the editorial work on this book.E.B. / J.F.

Contents

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An Overview of the 78 Cards

Major Arcana / Trump Cards

Minor Arcana

Wands

Cups

Swords

Pentacles

10 Rules for This Book

• After twenty-five years as tarot authors and speakers, we would like to condense our collected knowledge (for ourselves too).
• We like to do it (writing tarot books)!
• Life is too short for bad meanings.
• This should be a counterargument against every TV-divination, which is often a caricature of the modern, creative, and independent tarot card reading.
• We would like to take care: Tarot is not a devils toy and the Thoth Tarot makes this especially clear in a beautiful way!
• In the cards of Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris there is even more unknown that we can discover together. (We hope for letters from readers!)
• In our day jobs, we work in the publishing industry and cannot give as many lectures or seminars as we would like. With this book we are seeking to close this gap.
• Only prejudices survive about many cards. We would like to encourage people to look more closely at the meanings of the cards and to form their own opinion.
• What is printed on the label doesnt always tell the (whole) truth! That is true for most of the subtitles of the Thoth Tarot, and it applies to many areas of life. The beauty, the content, and the human experiences that are revealed within them go far above and beyond templates of meaning such as success or failure. We would like to make that apparent. And rarely is a tarot better suited to such an endeavor than this one.
• Tarot has often helped us in our everyday lives to look more closely and to better understand meanings that can conceal themselves behind only good or only bad experiences. We want to pass this on.