{"id":1567,"date":"2007-11-04T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-04T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2007\/11\/04\/the-thoth-companion-reminding-me-im-a-fan-girl\/"},"modified":"2007-11-04T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-04T17:31:00","slug":"the-thoth-companion-reminding-me-im-a-fan-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2007\/11\/04\/the-thoth-companion-reminding-me-im-a-fan-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thoth Companion: Reminding Me I’m a Fan Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you didn’t think the world of ceremonial magic was a complex tapestry, “The Thoth Companion” is here to set you straight.  <\/span>Every tarot deck deserves contemplation, a careful study of its symbolism and associations.  <\/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.
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<\/span>With that I present to you “The Thoth Companion” by Michael Osiris Snuffin.  <\/span>In the introduction he suggests that this book is not for beginners, and I would agree.  <\/span>Without some basic Golden Dawn or Thelema knowledge, the book may seem to be in another language.  <\/span>Although I’m fairly clueless when it comes to Crowley, I’m a bit of a Regardie fan girl, so I had enough knowledge to follow along.
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<\/span>This book is fantastic.  <\/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>The book is divided into logical parts.  <\/span>First are the trump cards.  <\/span>Each card is discussed, and a photo of the card is provided.  <\/span>With each trump card the author lists the Hebrew letter, meaning, attribution, path, and connects.  <\/span>This has a lot to do with the Tree of Life, which is big in the ceremonial magic world.  <\/span>If you don’t know what the Tree of Life is that I’m talking about, you’re not ready for this book.  <\/span>Next section is the court cards.  <\/span>Again, detailed discussion of each card, and listed with the individual cards are elemental attribution, Zodiacal attribution, crest, symbols, key concepts.  <\/span>Finally, as far as card types go, there are the suit cards.  <\/span>As before, all the detailed discussion you could want, and for each card, Snuffin lists title, Qabalistic attribution, and Tetragrammaton attribution.
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<\/span>At the end of the book there is a small section about tarot divination.  <\/span>This offers advice to tarot readers and has examples of spreads.  <\/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>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.
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<\/span>The back has an appendix, with plenty of handy quick reference charts.  <\/span>There is also a bibliography that could serve any interested student well in learning all there is about ceremonial magic and tarot.  <\/span>It serves as a reminder to me that I am a fan girl when it comes to ceremonial magic, not a serious student.
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<\/span>To sum up, if you’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>This is a serious study of a single deck, so not for the casual tarot enthusiast.
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In case you didn’t think the world of ceremonial magic was a complex tapestry, “The Thoth Companion” is here to set you straight.  Every tarot deck deserves contemplation, a careful study of its symbolism and associations.  However, when the rich world of tarot collides with the complex world of ceremonial magic, as it does in …<\/p>\n

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