The Egyptian story resurfaced once again in the 20th century when the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley joined forces with the painter Frieda Harris to create the Thoth Tarot.

Another highlight from this period in the Warburg exhibition are the original 81 paintings, by English artist Lady Frieda Harris, that were used to illustrate the Thoth Tarot. Never before ...

Instead, they resort to using tarot cards to tell their stories ... but actually a concealed Egyptian religious text called the Book of Thoth,” co-curator Jonathan Allen says to the Guardian ...