1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 132
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“ART”
THE ARROW1.
Now, then, behold how the head of the dragon is but the tail of the Aethyr! Many are
they that have fought their way from mansion to mansion of the Everlasting House, and be‐
holding me at last have returned, declaring, “Fearful is the aspect of the Mighty and Terrible
One”. Happy are they that have known me for whom I am. And glory unto him that hath made
a gallery of my throat for his arrow of truth, and the moon for his purity.
The moon waneth. The moon waneth. The moon waneth. For in that arrow is the Light
of Truth that overmastereth the light of the sun, whereby she shines. The arrow is fledged
with the plumes of Maat that are the plumes of Amoun, and the shaft is the phallus of Amoun
the Concealed One. And the barb thereof is the star that thou sawest in the place where was
No God.
And of them that guarded the star, there was not found one worthy to wield the Arrow.
And of them that worshipped there was not found one worthy to behold the Arrow. Yet the
star that thou sawest was but the barb of the Arrow, and thou hadst not the wit to grasp the
shaft, or the purity to divine the plumes. Now therefore is he blessed that is born under the
sign of the Arrow, and blessed is he that hath the sigil of the head of the crowned lion and the
body of the Snake and the Arrow therewith.
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