1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 162
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PRINCE OF SWORDS
This card represents the airy part of Air. With its particular interpretation, it is intellec‐
tual, it is a picture of the Mind as such. He rules from the 21st degree of Capricornus to the
20th degree of Aquarius.
The figure of this Prince is clothed with closely woven armour adorned with definite
device, and the chariot which bears him suggests (even more closely) geometrical ideas. This
chariot is drawn by winged children, looking and leaping irresponsibly in any direction that
takes their fancy; they are not reined, but perfectly Capricious. The chariot consequently is
easy enough to move, but quite unable to progress in any definite direction except by accident.
This is a perfect picture of the Mind.
On the head of this Prince is, nevertheless, a child’s head radiant, for there is a secret
crown in the nature of this card; if concentrated, it is exactly Tiphareth.
The operation of his logical mental processes have reduced the Air, which is his ele‐
ment, to many diverse geometrical patterns, but in these there is no real plan; they are dem‐
onstrations of the powers of the Mind without definite purpose. In his right hand is a lifted
sword wherewith to create, but in his left hand a sickle, so that what he creates he instantly
destroys.
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