{"id":129,"date":"2007-11-04T17:31:10","date_gmt":"2007-11-04T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blogx\/2007\/11\/04\/the-thoth-companion-reminding-me-im-a-fan-girl\/"},"modified":"2007-11-04T17:31:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-04T21:31:10","slug":"the-thoth-companion-reminding-me-im-a-fan-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"The Thoth Companion: Reminding Me I&#8217;m a Fan Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>In case you didn&rsquo;t think the world of ceremonial magic was a complex tapestry, &ldquo;The Thoth Companion&rdquo; is here to set you straight.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Every tarot deck deserves contemplation, a careful study of its symbolism and associations.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>However, when the rich world of tarot collides with the complex world of ceremonial magic, as it does in the Thoth tarot deck, a guide would be appreciated.<br \/><\/span><span>&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span>With that I present to you &ldquo;The Thoth Companion&rdquo; by Michael Osiris Snuffin.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>In the introduction he suggests that this book is not for beginners, and I would agree.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Without some basic Golden Dawn or Thelema knowledge, the book may seem to be in another language.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Although I&rsquo;m fairly clueless when it comes to Crowley, I&rsquo;m a bit of a Regardie fan girl, so I had enough knowledge to follow along.<br \/><\/span><span>&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span>This book is fantastic.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>I wish I could get someone to write as detailed a book about every tarot deck I like (although few decks are interesting enough to warrant this level of examination)!<span>&nbsp; <\/span>The book is divided into logical parts.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>First are the trump cards.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Each card is discussed, and a photo of the card is provided.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>With each trump card the author lists the Hebrew letter, meaning, attribution, path, and connects.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>This has a lot to do with the Tree of Life, which is big in the ceremonial magic world.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>If you don&rsquo;t know what the Tree of Life is that I&rsquo;m talking about, you&rsquo;re not ready for this book.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Next section is the court cards.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Again, detailed discussion of each card, and listed with the individual cards are elemental attribution, Zodiacal attribution, crest, symbols, key concepts.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Finally, as far as card types go, there are the suit cards.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>As before, all the detailed discussion you could want, and for each card, Snuffin lists title, Qabalistic attribution, and Tetragrammaton attribution.<br \/><\/span><span>&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span>At the end of the book there is a small section about tarot divination.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>This offers advice to tarot readers and has examples of spreads.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Most of what is discussed is fairly common in all tarot circles, and I feel the author made the correct choice in dedicating more time to examining the deck.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>There are dozens of books, and probably hundreds of websites, that can tell you about tarot reading, but until I read this book, I had never seen such a wonderful resource for a single deck.<br \/><\/span><span>&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span>The back has an appendix, with plenty of handy quick reference charts.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>There is also a bibliography that could serve any interested student well in learning all there is about ceremonial magic and tarot.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>It serves as a reminder to me that I am a fan girl when it comes to ceremonial magic, not a serious student.<br \/><\/span><span>&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span>To sum up, if you&rsquo;re interested in ceremonial magic, such as Golden Dawn or Thelema, and\/or you own the Thoth tarot deck this book is for you.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>This is a serious study of a single deck, so not for the casual tarot enthusiast.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you didn&rsquo;t think the world of ceremonial magic was a complex tapestry, &ldquo;The Thoth Companion&rdquo; 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