Thoth Cards of J. Edward Cornelius from Essays No. 3 and No. 4

These eight specific Major Arcana of Thoth cards appear in ESSAYS No.3. Over the years I’ve tried to explain how I received the images and what they have meant to me but with little luck. Then one day I read a profound statement made by Carl Jung (1875-1961). He writes – “The years, of which I have spoken to you, when I pursued the inner images, were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this. It began at that time, and the later details hardly matter anymore. My entire life consisted in elaborating what had burst forth from the unconscious and flooded me like an enigmatic stream and threatened to break me. That was the stuff and material for more than only one life. Everything later was merely the outer classification, the scientific elaboration, and the integration into life.”

Like Jung I too have been driven to understand the images which often surfaced in my dreams and I found no better example than my own personal Tarot cards. Each was a dream, a lesson, appearing in random order over a period of eight years. I have diligently explored and researched them from a Qabalistic, magickal and psychological point-of-view for the better part of my life. The latest issue of ESSAYS No.3 is what I learned of certain things emerging as archetypal imagery from deep within my collective unconscious, which is why the cards are referred to as “the Laws of my Universe, NOT yours.” However, if the eight chapters in the book hold sparks of Divine Fire, to light the way for others to explore their own psyche, then it was worthy a quest to be put down onto paper. These specific paths relate to OTO Minerval and First degrees as well as the Eight Limbs of Yoga. We initially thought of including color plates in the book but it was too expensive for our budget. In the end we decided to included color copies of the cards on our website and then simply advise the readers where they might be found.