In this brief outline, I shall attempt to provide a overall
interpretation of the major arcana as presented in the O.T.O. Book of
Thoth deck. For this purpose, I propose adopting the following
perspective: The Book of Thoth originated as a picture book outlining
the process of working in the service of the Pharoh's government.

In other words: Government Contracting.

To follow along with this, place card zero (The Fool) to the side and
simply lay out the remaining cards in sequence, in three rows of seven.

Regarding card zero (The Fool) - I have read works suggesting that it
serves as a multiplier in quabbalistic numerology encoded in the deck.
This approach seems to me rather inelegant, as it required laying the
cards in rows of nine, leaving an incomplete third row. With three rows
of seven, however, it seems indicitave of the concept of the Octave
(seven musical notes, primary colors, chakras/major ganglia and
planets). There may also be potential quabbalistic application if
working in Octal Code (Base 8). It may also represent the contractor
himself, but otherwise is given no further consideration in this
writing.

I believe that the three rows of trumps may be considered as such:

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On 27 Nov 2006 13:38:09 -0800, "eddieVroom" yahoo.com>
typed furiously:

Nothing concerning Freemasonry.
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(Unattached MM. Victoria, Australia)
Bad manners should not be a capital crime ...
for a first offence.
Paraphrasing Robert Heinlein,

satanist Aleister Crowley was freemason, so it is very relevant to
freemasonry.
David Simpson wrote:

michaelalcandor@gmail.com wrote:

Crowley was not a regularly initiated freemason. He allegedly recieved
some degrees in a clandestine Lodge in Mexico but quickly lost interest
when he found that he couldn't exploit his bogus Lodge for...

On 27 Nov 2006 13:38:09 -0800, eddieVroom wrote:

In article <1164663489.763269.135790@14g2000cws.googlegroups.com>,
"eddieVroom" yahoo.com> wrote:

Another fine example of A=B!

"Actually he was recieved as a regular(ie Brit approved)Mason in a Blue
Lodge
in Paris. The Mexican degrees were Scottish Rite or something not(Brit
approved), but pendant to the Blue Lodge. "

Which Lodge was he initiated in? Where are your sources for this? I'm
interested to learn where you came up with this. If he were a regularly
initiated Mason he would not be associating himself with these
clandestine Mexican Lodges.

http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/aqc/crowley.html#018

As I have previously read elsewhere, Masonic recognition in his native
England eluded Crowley his whole life. He obviously thought that it was
important to be recognised as a "regular" mason as were his rivals
Wescott and others. Several letters adressed to the UGLE have survived
in which he asks to be recognised. Cut and paste this link if you are
interested.
Freemasonry as is practiced in regular Lodges has nothing to do with
Tarot Cards. If a brother is inclined to use them as part of his own
personal belief system, he is free to do so. He will likely find that
Masons are not interested in his beliefs about Tarot Cards, Astrology
or other New Agey subjects.

innerjewel wrote:

I shall presume that you are referring to Aleister Crowley. Crowley
was never recognized as a Mason by the United Grand Lodge of England.
But this does not mean that he was not initiated.

Following the schism with the Grand Orient over the question of
requiring belief in a Supreme Being as prerequisite for membership, the
United Grand Lodge of England withdrew recognition not only from the
Grand Orient of France, but over every other masonic jurisdiction in
France, except for its own client lodge, called Grand Loge National de
France, which it created in 1913.

However, the Mother Supreme Jurisdiction of Scottish Rite for the World
(i.e., the "Southern Jurisdiction of Scottish Rite" in the United
States) had chartered an independant Supreme Council for Scottish...