1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 9
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
On 18th November, 1898 e.v., Aleister Crowley was initiated into the Hermetic Order of
the Golden Dawn; he took the motto “Perdurabo”—”I shall endure to the end”1
In February of the year following, he attained the grade of Practicus, and was accord‐
ingly entrusted with the secret attributions of the Tarot, especially those of the Atu. (See pp. 5‐
10).
He worked daily on these MSS., for the most part under the personal instruction of G.H.
Frater 7°=4°, D.D.C.F. (S. Liddell Matters) and V.H. Fratres 5°=6° Iehi Aour (Allan Bennett, later
Sayadaw Ananda Metteya) and Volo Noscere (George Cecil Jones) as host or guest of one of
these Adepts.
He continued these studies alone during his first Voyage around the earth in search of
the Hidden Wisdom.
On 8th, 9th and 10th April, 1904 e.v., he received the Book of the Law. Chosen bv the
Masters to carry out Their sublime plan, he began to prepare the way for the establishment of
the New Aeon, as They instructed him. (See The Equinox of the Gods for a very full and de‐
tailed account of this, the most important event in his career). He accordingly published the
previously secret attributions of the Tarot in the Book 777
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