Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck

[Universe] [Ace of Cups] The powerful Thoth Tarot deck was designed by Aleister Crowley, an influencial and controversial occultist of the early 20th century. He worked on the deck from 1938 to 1943. This deck was created to illustrate Crowley's The Book of Thoth. The artist is Lady Frieda Harris. She worked with Crowley's rough sketches to produce images that would be faithful to his interpretations and her own vision. There are two versions of the Thoth deck. The cards pictured to either side are from the version published by U. S. Games with green borders and more muted colors. A second version known as the Swiss Thoth is published by AGMuller. It has grey borders and is pocket-sized. A special edition of the Swiss Thoth is available from U. S. Games. This deck contains three versions of the Magus (Magician) card. (See below). There are also two companion books and a Spanish version of the Special Edition.

DECKS
Deck Version Number of
Cards
Card
Size
Copyright Publisher Border Color Card Back Design
Large 78

22 major
56 minor

3 3/4"
x
5 1/2"
1977 U. S. Games Green [back design]
Special Edition 80

22 major
56 minor
3 versions of Magus

2 3/4"
x
4 3/8"
1986 U. S. Games Gray same
Large - Swiss 78

22 major
56 minor

3 3/4"
x
5 1/2"
1962 AGMuller Gray same
Pocket - Swiss 78

22 major
56 minor

2 1/4"
x
3 1/2"
1997 AGMuller Gray same
Spanish - Swiss 80

22 major
56 minor
3 versions of Magus

2 3/4"
x
4 3/8"
1997 AGMuller Gray same

DECK/BOOK SET
Deck Book Copyright Publisher
Special Edition - Swiss Tarot:
Mirror of the Soul
1997 Urania Verlags AG

BOOKS (illustrated with the Crowley Thoth)
Title Author Size Number of
Pages
Copyright Publisher Cover
Tarot:
Mirror of the
Soul
Gerd
Ziegler
5 3/8"
x
8 1/4"
193 1988 Red/Wheel
Weiser
[cover]
Tarot:
Mirror of Your
Relationships
Gerd
Ziegler
176 1989 U. S. Games [cover]
Book of Thoth
(Egyptian Tarot)
Aleister
Crowley
6" x 9" 287 1944 U. S. Games [cover]
New Age Tarot
A Workbook
and Glossary
of Symbols
James
Wanless
7" x 10" 163 1986 Merrill-West [cover]

Also included with decks:

Category: Tarot

Sample Card Images - Large, Non-Swiss Version

[Art] [Prince of Wands] [Two of Pentacles]

Sample Card Images - Special Edition Version (3) and Spanish Version (1)

[Art] [Magus 1] [Magus 2] [El Mago]

Reference: The Encyclopedia of Tarot: Volume 1 by Stuart Kaplan, pp. 243-244


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