Learning Thoth

[Little Baron]

Hey everyone

Does anybody know of any good sites that teach the Thoth from a real beginners level - in the same way as Joan Bunnings site teaches with the Rider Waite. I have the Banzhaf book but it seems a little complex for me at the moment and wondered if there was a website for the complete novice/Thoth dunce!!!

I have had this deck laying arounf for quite a while nowand the complexity of it (even though the depth is an asset) is what holds me back from getting stuck in. Thought it would be a good deck to finally get to know while I am back at university - if I ever get any free time.

Thanks

Yaboot

[Scorpion]

Hi, Yaboot!

Can't help with the site, I'm afraid: in fact, I'd be interested in one myself, but I did find this yesterday:-

http://www.airlift.co.uk/perl/showbook.pl?stockcode=UNALCRTHP

and am now eagerly awaiting the publication date - Borders told me it's November, rather than December.

[Little Baron]

Thanks LouiQ

Another book to add to the list for when the student loan comes in! The Bazhaf book is full of useful information - it just goes over my head somewhat. Hopefully, this book will tell me plain and simply.

How are you finding this deck? Have you made a good start with it yet?

Best wishes

Yaboot

[Scorpion]

Must confess that I haven't done much with it except sit and admire it! In fact, I just bought the large (green) version yesterday as I didn't feel I was connecting with the medium-sized deck and it's off to a new home. I've got the Banzhaf too but don't find it easy. I've got plenty of other decks to be getting on with, so I thought I might dip into the Thoth forum from time to time to keep my hand in and then get this book the moment it appears to see if it's any good. I am just hopeless with pip decks and need all the help I can get!

[Little Baron]

Same here. I have been dipping in these threads as well but there is so much to absorb and I know little about the Kabbalah so it makes it all hard work.

We'll get there. Look forward to discussing our revelations with the Thoth. We'll be masters of it one day!

Best wishes

Yaboot

[Macavity]

Perhaps one problem is the initial steep learning curve? If you have some other decks that are Thoth-based (there have been a few threads on this very topic!) you can go through, comparing their images alongside Thoth cards. The Thoth minors, also have rather handy keywords, and often the clone images are based on these anyway. Even if you use an RWS, a high percentage of cards will work this way too. Despite personal differences, Waite and Crowley shared the same GD background and (imo, most!) RWS images correspond too. Where clashes do exist, often these become memorable as a direct consequence of remarking on the difference! ;)

Later on you can abandon these training aids...

Macavity

[Little Baron]

Thanks Macavity. I will try that. I think those differences may be a good way to remember what i have learnt.

Yaboot

[Alobar]

The Tarot Handbook by Angeles Arrien (ISBN 0-916955-02-8) is a very accesible way to start studying the Thoth deck. it is a bit 'light', but not lacking too much in depth. there are charts and worksheets which help make your progress more tangible too.

it runs about $25, but it's pretty easy to find it used at about half that price.

and good luck!

[Mimers]

Hi Yaboot, I too have just started learning the Thoth deck. I bought it early this summer, and I really love it. You really don't need a book to learn it (IMHO) I think the pictures say so much.

However, it is so rich in symbolism that a good book does come in handy. I have the Angeles Arrien book and it is very good, but being that you are going back to school soon, I would suggest James Wanless' book New Age Tarot. I did a little summery on it here.

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16059

I am still working through the Majors and have not grown tired of it a bit. The fact that you do a reading for each card does a lot for getting you familiar with the deck. It is also less expensive ;) and much simpler.

Hope you enjoy the deck!

Mimi

[Cerulean]

1. Thoth meanings, cards, good information:

http://www.tryskelion.com/preface.htm

2. Excellent celtic cross reading with Thoth deck:

http://www.fourthdimension.net/thoth/

[Little Baron]

Thank you all for your help.
Mari, that first link is really useful. LouiQ, you might find this a good one as well as it really tackles the deck from that beginners level we were talking about.

Best wishes

Yaboot

[Hedera]

Two more Thoth sites:

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/2110/

and

http://www.angelpaths.com/tarotl.html

I like the first one best.

[Caileadair]

slips in once she notices the subject matter. a most helpful discussion and the links have been bookmarked. :)

BB,
~Cail

[Cerulean]

http://www.rahoorkhuit.net/library/thoth/trumps/index.html

If you go trump by trump, there are options to read texts that have to do with the card. I believe it is quoting from the Book of Thoth. The screen "dissolve" effect can be a little surprising for a second or two, but it's worth hanging in there to get the information. If I cannot look up my LWB or texts, this is a good reference for me.

Hope it helps.

I also found Rachel Pollack's Illustrated Guide gave some nice background on the Thoth deck. Her list of astrological assignment to majors for Thoth is a pretty reference table.

She also compares the Haindl with other decks more than a few times in this book...I realize that she's reviewed many decks and likes her own as well. So I see Haindl, Rider Waite, Thoth, Shining Tribe, Ukiyoe, Mythical and others appearing quite a few times

[7Nica7nor7]

1. Thoth meanings, cards, good information:

http://www.tryskelion.com/preface.htm



Just updating the very usefull link that Cerulean posted some time ago
here its the new link

------------http://www.tryskelion.com/tryskelion/preface.htm