Course on the Book of Thoth

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Physical truths are demonstrated as 2 + 2 = 4.

From this truth—which the unjust or deranged Atheist The author characterizes atheism as "reducing to zero" the primary unity of God. sought to reduce to zero, while the Idolater Here referring to polytheists, who the author suggests "multiply" the single divine source into many., on his part, dared to multiply this Divine unity—from this unity, I say here, in relation to the Book of Thoth At the time of this writing in the late 18th century, it was widely believed by occultists that the Tarot was actually the "Book of Thoth," an ancient Egyptian repository of wisdom., flows the first Ternary A group of three. In Hermetic thought, the number three often represents the completion of a process or a divine triad..

1. The Magician, 2. the Consultant The person seeking a reading or guidance, often called the "Querent" in modern divination., and 3. all men and all sentient and insentient beings who relate to the chain of the Consultant's life.

Oh! Consultant, I shall say—and even you, who do not wish to be a Consultant—do both of you understand the innumerable subjects that rush in a crowd upon man to create his happiness or his misfortune? Foresight—foresight, it is true—but can it alone guarantee him against a tile falling on his head, even when it saves him from stubbing his foot?

Yes, there is a human science of forecasting, which is the fruit of years, of experience, and of common sense; but there is also a natural science of divination, which takes precedence over all human sciences, with the exception of that one, so simple and so wise: to recognize only one God.

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