Talk:Taphthartharath
Latest comment: 9 years ago by Fuzzypeg
Should this even be here? It looks like an excerpt from a single 20th-century occultism book, with no reference to any other source. The "word" is so obscure that I only came across it via a google search on someone's silly-looking screen name. 11:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- It has enough usage for our purposes, but within a very narrow context. I added a context label to show it's not a mainstream word. Chuck Entz (talk) 13:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
The characterisation as 'malevolent' is a recent idea added by Aleister Crowley. Previously it was simply the planetary spirit of Mercury, but now amongst Thelemic (Crowleyite) magicians it is considered malevolent. Fuzzypeg (talk) 20:17, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- Oops, my mistake: I have checked Agrippa and the spirit is indeed described as "evil" there. Fuzzypeg (talk) 20:30, 10 December 2014 (UTC)