1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 242
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THE ATU: MNEMONICS
a
Truth, laughter, lust: Wine’s Holy Fool! Veil rent,
Lewd madness is sublime enlightenment.
b
The Word of Wisdom weaves the web of lies,
Weds irreducible Infinities.
g
Mother, moon‐maiden, playmate, bride of Pan;
God’s Angel‐Minister to every man.
d
Beauty, display thine Empire! Truth above
Thought’s reach: the wholeness of the world is Love.
x
Sire and inceptor, Emperor and King
Of all things mortal, hail Him lord of Spring!
v
Wisdom to each apportioned to his want
By modes of Light, shed forth, great Hierophant!
z
To each his Understanding sooth discovers
Wordless: your mode, immortal Twins and Lovers!
h
Behold, the Chariot! Through the water floods
The Sangraal, life and rapture, Wine’s and Blood’s!
e
The Lion‐Serpent begets Gods! Thy throne
The rampant Beast, our Lady Babalon!
i
Most secret seed of all Life’s serpent plan,
Virgin, the Hermit goes, dumb Guardian.
k
Sped by its energies triune, the Wheel
Of Fortune spins: its Axle’s immobile.
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