COURSE

Theoretical and Practical

of the

BOOK OF THOTH;

to understand with accuracy,

the Art, the Science, and the Wisdom

of delivering Oracles.

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FIRST LESSON

And the first stroke of Egyptian

Cartonomancy.

Etteilla coined the term "cartonomancie" (cartomancy) to describe his specific system of divination using cards, which he attributed to ancient Egyptian origins.

The Book of Thoth, or, what is the same, the Book which treats of God, of Mankind, and of Nature, is written or traced in 78 hieroglyphic figures The author is referring to the 78 cards of the Tarot deck, which he believed were the surviving pages of a lost Egyptian manuscript..

The person who possessed the science to place these speaking characters in the order in which the Sages arranged them, as they recorded their High knowledge, would be

This "A" is a signature mark used by early printers to track the order of the gathered sheets of paper during binding.