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Rosanne said:Now I am very confused. I looked in Kaplan at this deck and it said 1968. Now the Thoth deck of Lady Harris was unpublished until 1969. So who is Jeremy Kay? His deck looks like another version of the Thoth of Lady Harris. Who copied who? Was the Thoth of Lady Harris available to view for some? I have been looking at the Projective Geometry that was suggested by jmd and to me that is the driving force behind Lady Harris's Thoth, if you compare the two decks. Are there any more such like decks out there? ~Rosanne
"The Book of Thoth" was actually a magazine article,Emily said:When was 'The Book of Thoth' first published.?
Fulgour said:"The Book of Thoth" was actually a magazine article,
with a 'first edition' on 220 copies published in 1944.
I strongly doubt that it was illustrated at that time.
Sor-r-r-r-y Aeon418, there was a world war,Aeon418 said:Sorry Fulgour, the first editions of the The Book of Thoth were, and are, beautifully produced hardbacks. The contents are identical to the modern paperback edition.[/url]
It's in the mail...This is a set of Tarot cards and a 64 page booklet, The Book of Thoth: the Ultimate Tarot by Jerry Kay published by XENO Publications 1968, 1969. These cards and booklet are in mint condition. They are 4 inches by 6 inches. The booklet is the same size as the cards and is contained in the same plastic case. These cards are in black and white and were intended to be colored by the owner. There are no marks on any card or in the booklet. The plastic case has a piece of tape and a crack on the front. 78 cards, booklet and case.
So I take it that Kay was an 'insider'?At the time that Jeremy Kay designed his book of Thoth Tarot, Aleister Crowley's Book of Thoth was not widely available to the public.
Strange is it not, that if he (Kay) was an insider he published his deck before Harris's was published.The Artist wished to create a deck that was similiar in concept and imagery to Crowley's work, while being artistically distinct from the art created FOR Crowley by Lady Freida Harris.
There are others that look like are copied from Harris, without the geometry angle-= maybe both had another source of illustration to draw from?The intricate, gracefully drawn black and white cards are generally quite different from those of Crowley(surely they mean Harris????) although the influence is clear in such cards as 11 Priestess and 1 Magus.
I wonder why?The author redrew the 0 The Fool in 1980, and it is clear he wished to depart from Crowley tarot in his new design.