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2 sections·92 books

These are texts relating to the philosophy of Thelema, many of them written by the occultist Aleister Crowley who founded the organization A.'. A.'. (Argentium Astrum -- the Silver Star) as well as others by members of the OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis -- Order of the Eastern Temple) (founded by Theodor Reuss and Karl Kellner in 1895). These two organizations work together to promote Thelema.

The 'Class' is a OTO-assigned indication of the relative importance of the document. Some of the texts listed here are not available in electronic form for one reason or another; their descriptions have been left in the table for completeness.

Thelema Libers

90 books
  • Liber B vel Magi
    Liber B vel Magi
    Liber I; Number 1; Class A. An account of the Grade of Magus, the highest grade which it is even possible to manifest in any way whatsoever upon this plane. Or so it is said by the Masters of the Temple.
  • Message of The Master Therion, The
    Message of The Master Therion, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber II; Number 2; Class E. Explains the essence of the new Law in a very simple manner.
    1919
  • Liber III vel Jugorum
    Liber III vel Jugorum
    Liber III; Number 3; Class D. An instruction for the control of speech, action, and thought.
  • Liber ABA (Magick)
    Liber ABA (Magick) Aleister Crowley
    Liber IV; Number 4. A general account in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers.
  • Liber V vel Reguli
    Liber V vel Reguli
    Liber V; Number 5; Class D. Being the Ritual of the Mark of the Beast: an incantation proper to invoke the Energies of the Aeon of Horus, adapted for the daily use of the Magician of whatever grade.
  • Liber O vel Manus et Sagitae
    Liber VI; Number 6; Class B. Instructions given for the elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the Rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of attaining astral visions so called, and an instruction in the practice called rising on the Planes.
  • Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli
    Liber VII; Number 7; Class A. 'The birth words of a Master of the Temple'. Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple. It's 7 Chapters are referred to the 7 Planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus.
  • 8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
    8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
    Liber VIII; Number 8; Class D. And thus shall he do who will attain to the mystery of the knowledge and conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Liber E
    Liber E
    Liber IX; Number 9; Class B. Instructs the aspirant in the necessity of keeping a record. Suggests methods of testing physical clairvoyance. Gives instruction in Asana, Pranayama and Dharana, and advises the application of tests to the physical body, so that the student may thoroughly understand his own limitations.
  • Liber Porta Lucis
    Liber Porta Lucis V.V.V.V.V.
    Liber X; Number 10; Class A. An account of the sending forth of the Master Therion by the A.'.A.'. and an explanation of his mission.
  • Liber NU
    Liber NU
    Liber XI; Number 11; Class D. An instruction for attaining Nuit. An account of the task of the Aspirant from Probationer to Adept. Meditations on AL.
  • Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni
    Liber XIII; Number 13; Class D. An account of the tasks of the aspirant from Probationer to Adept.
  • Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ
    Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ
    Liber XV; Number 15
  • Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
    Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
    Liber XVI; Number 16; Class B. An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind.
  • Khing Kang King - The Classic of Purity
    Khing Kang King - The Classic of Purity Lao-Tzu
    Liber XXI; Number 21. Taoist classic put into rhyme. A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion.
  • The Star Ruby
    The Star Ruby
    Liber XXV; Number 25; Class D. (There are two forms of this Ritual) An improved form of the 'Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram'.
  • Liber Trigrammaton
    Liber Trigrammaton
    Liber XXVII; Number 27; Class A. Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang. An account of the Cosmic process: corresponding to the stanzas of Dzyan in another system.
  • Liber Librae - The Book of the Balance
    Liber Librae - The Book of the Balance
    Liber XXX; Number 30; Class B. Karma Yoga. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man.
  • Diary of Frater Achad, The
    Diary of Frater Achad, The Frater Achad (Charles Stansfield Jones)
    Liber XXXI; Number 31
    1918
  • An Account of A.'.A.'.
    An Account of A.'.A.'. Councillor Von Eckartshausen
    Liber XXXIII; Number 33; Class C. Broadly based upon 'Cloud on the Sanctuary' by the Councillor Von Eckartshausen and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher.
  • The Star Sapphire
    The Star Sapphire
    Liber XXXVI; Number 36; Class D. An improved for of the Ritual of the Hexagram.
  • Thien Tao
    Thien Tao
    Liber XLI; Number 41; Class C. An essay on Attainment by way of Equilibrium.
  • The Mass of the Phoenix
    The Mass of the Phoenix
    Liber XLIV; Number 44; Class D
  • Collected writings of Jack Parsons, The
    Collected writings of Jack Parsons, The Jack Parsons
    Liber XLIX; Number 49
    1946
  • Lost Continent, The
    Lost Continent, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber LI; Number 51. An account of the continent of Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of it's people, together with a true account of the catastrophy, so-called, which ended in it's disappearance. See also 'Atlantis'.
    1913
  • Manifesto of the OTO
    Manifesto of the OTO Baphomet XI°
    Liber LII; Number 52. This 1919 e.v. manifesto is by Crowley - others exist by other people.
    1919
  • Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua, The
    Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua, The
    Liber LV; Number 55; Class C. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy.
  • The Qabalah
    The Qabalah
    Liber LVIII; Number 58; Class B. A general discussion of the Method and uses of the Qabalah. (The Temple of Solomon the King )
  • Across the Gulf
    Across the Gulf Ankh-f-na-khonsu
    Liber LIX; Number 59; Class C. A fantastic account of a past life in Egypt. It's principal interest lies in the fact that it's story of the overthrowing of Isis by Osiris may help the reader to understand the meaning of the overthrowing of Osiris by Horus in the present Aeon.
  • Liber Causae
    Liber Causae
    Liber LXI; Number 61; Class D. Explains the actual history and origin of the present movement. It's statements are accurate in the ordinary sense of the word. The object of the book is to discount Mythopeia. In other words, the collapse of the Order of the G.'.D.'. and the founding of the A.'.A.'.
  • Liber Israfel
    Liber Israfel
    Liber LXIV; Number 64; Class B. By Allen Bennet, Crowley, Others. Invocation of Thoth, as a prelude to preaching. Formerly called 'Liber Anubis', an instruction in a suitable method of preaching.
  • Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente
    Liber LXV; Number 65; Class A. An account of the relations of the aspirant and his Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Liber Stellae Rubeae
    Liber Stellae Rubeae
    Liber LXVI; Number 66; Class A. A secret ritual of Apep, the heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis. Sexual Magick veiled in symbolism.
  • The Sword of Song
    The Sword of Song Aleister Crowley
    Liber LXVII; Number 67; Class C. Two Poems. A critical study of various philosophies. An account of Buddhism. 1925.
    1925
  • Liber LXX - The Cross of a Frog
    Liber LXX - The Cross of a Frog Aleister Crowley
    Liber LXX; Number 70; Class C. The Ceremonies proper to obtaining a familiar spirit of a Mercurial nature as described in the Apocalypse of St. John the Divine from a frog or toad.
  • Liber OZ
    Liber LXXVII; Number 77. The Thelemic declaration of rights of Man.
  • On the Tarot
    On the Tarot
    Liber LXXVIII; Number 78; Class B. A complete treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on all planes.
  • Liber Chanokh
    Liber Chanokh John Dee
    Liber LXXXIV; Number 84; Class B. A brief Abstract of the Symbolic Representation of the Universe. Derived by Dr. John Dee through the Scrying of Sir Edward Kelley.
  • Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus
    Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus
    Liber XC; Number 90; Class A. An account of Initiation, and an indication as to those who are suitable for the same.
  • Fountain of Hyacinth, The
    Fountain of Hyacinth, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber XCIII; Number 93. A diary of the use of cocaine and heroin and the relations of the Magician therewith. See Liber Al vel Legis: Chapter Two, verse Twentytwo.
    1922
  • A Handbook of Geomancy
    A Handbook of Geomancy
    Liber XCVI; Number 96; Class B. A guide but with some intentional inaccuracies.
  • Soror Achitha's Vision - The Amalantrah Working
    Soror Achitha's Vision - The Amalantrah Working Roddie Minor
    Liber XCVII; Number 97
    1918
  • An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order
    An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order Baphomet XI°
    Liber CI; Number 101; Class B. Enumerating the Duties and Privileges. These Regulations Come Into Force In Any District Where the Membership Exceeds One Thousand Souls.
    1919
  • Concerning Death
    Concerning Death Baphomet X°
    Liber CVI; Number 106. A treatise on the nature of death and the proper attitude to be taken towards it.
  • Liber Aleph
    Liber Aleph
    Liber CXI; Number 111; Class B. An extended and elaborate commentary on 'The Book of the Law', in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to the son of mankind. Contains some of the deepest secrets of Initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems.
  • Ritual of passing through the Tuat, The
    Ritual of passing through the Tuat, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXX; Number 120; Class D. A Ritual of Initiation for certain Select Zelators.
  • Soldier and the hunchback, The
    Soldier and the hunchback, The
    Liber CXLVIII; Number 148. A general discussion on philosophy.
  • De Lege Libellum
    De Lege Libellum To Mega Therion
    Liber CL; Number 150; Class E. A further explanation of the Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by it's acceptance. The Law of Liberty Love Life and Light.
    1919
  • Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni
    Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni
    Liber CLVI; Number 156; Class A. A perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept considered under the Symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Sexual magick veiled in symbolism.
  • Tao Teh Ching
    Tao Teh Ching Ko Yuen
    Liber CLVII; Number 157. A new translation with a commentary by the Master Therion. This is the most exalted and yet practical of the Chinese classics. Also called Liber LXXXI
  • Law of Thelema, The
    Law of Thelema, The Baphomet XI°
    Liber CLXI; Number 161. An epistle written to Professor L...B...K... who also himself waited for the New Aeon, concerning the O.T.O. and it's solution of Property, and now reprinted for the General Circulation.
    1919
  • Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli
    Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli
    Liber CLXXV; Number 175; Class D. An instruction in attainment by the method of devotion, on Bhakta-Yoga; how one may unite oneself to any particular Deity. Both Magical and Mystical methods are given.
  • Liber Colegii Sancti
    Liber Colegii Sancti
    Liber CLXXXV; Number 185; Class D. Being the tasks proper to the Grades and their Oaths proper to Liber XIII. This is the Official Paper of the various Grades. It
  • An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXCIV; Number 194. Any Province of the O.T.O. is governed by the Grand Master and those to whom he delegates his Authority, until such time as the Order is established, which is the case when it possesses eleven or more Profess-houses in the province. Then the regular constitution is automatically Promulgated. The Quotation is slightly adapted from an address in one of the Rituals.
    1919
  • Sir Palamedes the saracen knight
    Sir Palamedes the saracen knight Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXCVII; Number 197; Class C. A poetic account of the Great Work and enumeration of many obstacles.
    1905
  • Liber Resh vel Helios
    Liber Resh vel Helios
    Liber CC; Number 200; Class D. An instruction for the adoration of the Sun four times daily, with the object of composing the mind to meditation, thus to bring conscious relation with the center of our system; for advanced students, to make actual Magical contact with the Spiritual energy of the Sun and thus to draw actual force from Him.
  • Liber RU vel Spiritus
    Liber RU vel Spiritus
    Liber CCVI; Number 206; Class D. Full instructions in Pranayama, describes various practices of controlling the breath, how to insure success, what results to strive for, and how to use them for the Great Work.
  • A syllabus of the official instructions of the A.'.A.'.
    A syllabus of the official instructions of the A.'.A.'.
    Liber CCVII; Number 207. An enumeration of the Official Publications of the A.'.A.'. with a brief description of the contains of each book; this Catalog is an expansion thereof, including those publications which were written after 'The Syllabus' was composed.
  • The I Ching
    The I Ching
    Liber CCXVI; Number 216. A new translation, with a commentary by the Master Therion. The Yi King is mathematical and philosophical in form. It's structure is cognate with that of the Qabalah. The I Ching reduced expertly to a series of six-line mnemonic keys, one for each hexagram.
  • Liber AL vel Legis Aiwass
    Liber CCXX; Number 220; Class A. The Book of the Law
  • Liber Arcanorum
    Liber Arcanorum
    Liber CCXXXI; Number 231; Class A. An account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. The sequence of the 22 Trumps is explained as a formula of Initiation.
  • AHA!
    AHA! Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCXXLII; Number 242; Class C. An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment and the results obtained. In the form of a Discourse between and Adept and His Pupil.
  • Khaps am Pekht
    Khaps am Pekht The Master Therion
    Liber CCC; Number 300; Class E. A special instruction for the Promulgation of the Law. This is the first and most important duty of every aspirant of whatever grade. It builds up in him the character and Karma which forms the Spine of Attainment.
    1919
  • Book of lies, The
    Book of lies, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXXXIII; Number 333; Class C. 93 short chapters each Qabalistically related to its chapter number. Deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. It is an Official Publication for Babes of the Abyss, but it is recommended even to beginners as being highly suggestive. 1913.
    1913
  • Adonis an Allegory
    Adonis an Allegory Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXXXV; Number 335; Class C. A short play. Set in the hanging gardens of Babylon in classical times with classical characters. An account in poetic language of the struggle of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of man, giving their harmony following on the victory of the latter.
  • Liber H.H.H.
    Liber H.H.H.
    Liber CCCXLI; Number 341. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts.
  • AMRITA
    AMRITA Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXLIII; Number 343
    1920
  • Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici
    Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici
    Liber CCCLXX; Number 370; Class A. Analyzes the nature of the creative magical force in man, explains how to awaken it, how to use it and indicates the general as well as the particular objects to be gained thereby. Sexual magick heavily veiled in symbolism.
  • Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum
    Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum
    Liber CD; Number 400; Class A. A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of Initiation. Analyzes the Hebrew alphabet into seven triads, each of which forms a Trinity of sympathetic ideas relating respectively to the Three Orders comprised in the A.'.A.'.
  • Liber A vel Armorum
    Liber A vel Armorum
    Liber CDXII; Number 412; Class D. An instruction for the preparation of the Elemental Instruments.
  • Vision and the Voice, The
    Vision and the Voice, The
    Liber CDXVIII; Number 418; Class AB. Being of the Angels of the Thirty Aethyrs, the Vision and the Voice. Besides being the classical account of the Thirty Aethyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the Angels should be regarded as accurate, and the doctrine of the function of the Great White Brotherhood understood as the foundation of the Aspiration of the Adept. The account of the Master of the Temple should, in particular, be taken as authentic.
  • Liber CDLI - Eroto-comatose Lucidity
    Liber CDLI - Eroto-comatose Lucidity
    Liber CDLI; Number 451; Class B. The chapter "Of Eroto-comatose Lucidity" in Liber CDXIV - De Arte Magica
  • Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
    Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
    Liber CDLXXIV; Number 474; Class C. Gnana Yoga. An instruction in a purely intellectual method of entering the Abyss.
  • Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia
    Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia
    Liber DXXXVI; Number 536; Class B. An instruction in the expansion of the field of the mind. Two practices designed to aid the student in developing an awareness of the Universe around him are given, one is active one passive. Requires Astronomical knowledge.
  • Liber HAD
    Liber HAD
    Liber DLV; Number 555; Class D. An instruction for attaining Hadit.
  • Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita
    Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita
    Liber DLXX; Number 570. An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.
  • De Thaumaturgia
    De Thaumaturgia Baphomet XI°
    Liber DCXXXIII; Number 633. A statement of certain ethical considerations concerning Magick.
    1918
  • Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos
    Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCLXXI; Number 671; Class D. A ritual of self Initiation based on the Neophyte ritual.
  • Liber Samekh
    Liber Samekh Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCC; Number 800; Class D. Being the Ritual employed by the Beast 666 for the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel during the semester of His performance of the Operation of the Sacred Magick of Abramelin the Mage.
  • Energised Enthusiasm
    Energised Enthusiasm
    Liber DCCCXI; Number 811; Class C. An essay developing the idea of creativity - and genius - as a sexual phenomenon. Specially adapted to the task of Attainment of Control of the Body of Light, development of Intuition and Hatha yoga.
    1911
  • Ararita
    Ararita The Beast 666
    Liber DCCCXIII; Number 813; Class A. An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity and Beyond. This book describes in magical language a very secret process of Initiation.
  • Liber Yod
    Liber Yod
    Liber DCCCXXXI; Number 831; Class D. An instruction giving three methods of reducing the manifold consciousness to the Unity. Adapted to facilitate the task of Raja Yoga, and of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Law of Liberty, The
    Law of Liberty, The To Mega Therion 666
    Liber DCCCXXXVII; Number 837; Class C. This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain Ethical problems.
    1919
  • John St. John Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCCLX; Number 860; Class C. The Record of the Magical Retirement of G.H. Frater O.M. (Aleister Crowley). A model of what a magical record should be, so far as accurate analysis and fullness are concerned.
  • Liber Viarum Viae
    Liber Viarum Viae
    Liber DCCCLXVIII; Number 868; Class B. A graphic account of Magical powers classified under Tarot Trumps. An analysis of the 22 letters. To each is attributed a magical or mystical practice of progressive difficuly until attainment is complete.
  • The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw
    The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCCLXXXVIII; Number 888. A complete study of the origins of Christianity.
    1953
  • Liber ThIShARB
    Liber ThIShARB
    Liber CMXIII; Number 913; Class B. Gives methods for attaining the magical memory, or memory of past lives, and an insight into the function of the Aspirant in this present life. (So to enable the Aspirant to calculate his True Orbit in eternity.)
  • Treasurehouse of Images, The
    Treasurehouse of Images, The J.F.C. Fuller
    Liber CMLXIII; Number 963; Class AB. A superb collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac.
    1985
  • Liber MCLI
    Liber MCLI Jim Graeb
    Number 1151. By Jim Graeb IX O.T.O.. Being the requirements of Minerval to III, in study and work in the O.T.O., as it has manifested under the Caliph.
  • A Note on Genesis
    A Note on Genesis Allen Bennet
    Number 2261; Class C. By Allen Bennet. A model of Qabalistic ratiocination. Specially adapted to Gnana Yoga. With a preface and notes by Crowley.
    1899

Thelema Texts

2 sections·92 books

These are texts relating to the philosophy of Thelema, many of them written by the occultist Aleister Crowley who founded the organization A.'. A.'. (Argentium Astrum -- the Silver Star) as well as others by members of the OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis -- Order of the Eastern Temple) (founded by Theodor Reuss and Karl Kellner in 1895). These two organizations work together to promote Thelema.

The 'Class' is a OTO-assigned indication of the relative importance of the document. Some of the texts listed here are not available in electronic form for one reason or another; their descriptions have been left in the table for completeness.

Thelema Libers

90 books
  • Liber B vel Magi
    Liber B vel Magi
    Liber I; Number 1; Class A. An account of the Grade of Magus, the highest grade which it is even possible to manifest in any way whatsoever upon this plane. Or so it is said by the Masters of the Temple.
  • Message of The Master Therion, The
    Message of The Master Therion, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber II; Number 2; Class E. Explains the essence of the new Law in a very simple manner.
    1919
  • Liber III vel Jugorum
    Liber III vel Jugorum
    Liber III; Number 3; Class D. An instruction for the control of speech, action, and thought.
  • Liber ABA (Magick)
    Liber ABA (Magick) Aleister Crowley
    Liber IV; Number 4. A general account in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers.
  • Liber V vel Reguli
    Liber V vel Reguli
    Liber V; Number 5; Class D. Being the Ritual of the Mark of the Beast: an incantation proper to invoke the Energies of the Aeon of Horus, adapted for the daily use of the Magician of whatever grade.
  • Liber O vel Manus et Sagitae
    Liber VI; Number 6; Class B. Instructions given for the elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the Rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of attaining astral visions so called, and an instruction in the practice called rising on the Planes.
  • Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli
    Liber VII; Number 7; Class A. 'The birth words of a Master of the Temple'. Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple. It's 7 Chapters are referred to the 7 Planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus.
  • 8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
    8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
    Liber VIII; Number 8; Class D. And thus shall he do who will attain to the mystery of the knowledge and conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Liber E
    Liber E
    Liber IX; Number 9; Class B. Instructs the aspirant in the necessity of keeping a record. Suggests methods of testing physical clairvoyance. Gives instruction in Asana, Pranayama and Dharana, and advises the application of tests to the physical body, so that the student may thoroughly understand his own limitations.
  • Liber Porta Lucis
    Liber Porta Lucis V.V.V.V.V.
    Liber X; Number 10; Class A. An account of the sending forth of the Master Therion by the A.'.A.'. and an explanation of his mission.
  • Liber NU
    Liber NU
    Liber XI; Number 11; Class D. An instruction for attaining Nuit. An account of the task of the Aspirant from Probationer to Adept. Meditations on AL.
  • Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni
    Liber XIII; Number 13; Class D. An account of the tasks of the aspirant from Probationer to Adept.
  • Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ
    Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ
    Liber XV; Number 15
  • Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
    Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
    Liber XVI; Number 16; Class B. An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind.
  • Khing Kang King - The Classic of Purity
    Khing Kang King - The Classic of Purity Lao-Tzu
    Liber XXI; Number 21. Taoist classic put into rhyme. A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion.
  • The Star Ruby
    The Star Ruby
    Liber XXV; Number 25; Class D. (There are two forms of this Ritual) An improved form of the 'Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram'.
  • Liber Trigrammaton
    Liber Trigrammaton
    Liber XXVII; Number 27; Class A. Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang. An account of the Cosmic process: corresponding to the stanzas of Dzyan in another system.
  • Liber Librae - The Book of the Balance
    Liber Librae - The Book of the Balance
    Liber XXX; Number 30; Class B. Karma Yoga. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man.
  • Diary of Frater Achad, The
    Diary of Frater Achad, The Frater Achad (Charles Stansfield Jones)
    Liber XXXI; Number 31
    1918
  • An Account of A.'.A.'.
    An Account of A.'.A.'. Councillor Von Eckartshausen
    Liber XXXIII; Number 33; Class C. Broadly based upon 'Cloud on the Sanctuary' by the Councillor Von Eckartshausen and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher.
  • The Star Sapphire
    The Star Sapphire
    Liber XXXVI; Number 36; Class D. An improved for of the Ritual of the Hexagram.
  • Thien Tao
    Thien Tao
    Liber XLI; Number 41; Class C. An essay on Attainment by way of Equilibrium.
  • The Mass of the Phoenix
    The Mass of the Phoenix
    Liber XLIV; Number 44; Class D
  • Collected writings of Jack Parsons, The
    Collected writings of Jack Parsons, The Jack Parsons
    Liber XLIX; Number 49
    1946
  • Lost Continent, The
    Lost Continent, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber LI; Number 51. An account of the continent of Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of it's people, together with a true account of the catastrophy, so-called, which ended in it's disappearance. See also 'Atlantis'.
    1913
  • Manifesto of the OTO
    Manifesto of the OTO Baphomet XI°
    Liber LII; Number 52. This 1919 e.v. manifesto is by Crowley - others exist by other people.
    1919
  • Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua, The
    Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua, The
    Liber LV; Number 55; Class C. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy.
  • The Qabalah
    The Qabalah
    Liber LVIII; Number 58; Class B. A general discussion of the Method and uses of the Qabalah. (The Temple of Solomon the King )
  • Across the Gulf
    Across the Gulf Ankh-f-na-khonsu
    Liber LIX; Number 59; Class C. A fantastic account of a past life in Egypt. It's principal interest lies in the fact that it's story of the overthrowing of Isis by Osiris may help the reader to understand the meaning of the overthrowing of Osiris by Horus in the present Aeon.
  • Liber Causae
    Liber Causae
    Liber LXI; Number 61; Class D. Explains the actual history and origin of the present movement. It's statements are accurate in the ordinary sense of the word. The object of the book is to discount Mythopeia. In other words, the collapse of the Order of the G.'.D.'. and the founding of the A.'.A.'.
  • Liber Israfel
    Liber Israfel
    Liber LXIV; Number 64; Class B. By Allen Bennet, Crowley, Others. Invocation of Thoth, as a prelude to preaching. Formerly called 'Liber Anubis', an instruction in a suitable method of preaching.
  • Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente
    Liber LXV; Number 65; Class A. An account of the relations of the aspirant and his Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Liber Stellae Rubeae
    Liber Stellae Rubeae
    Liber LXVI; Number 66; Class A. A secret ritual of Apep, the heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis. Sexual Magick veiled in symbolism.
  • The Sword of Song
    The Sword of Song Aleister Crowley
    Liber LXVII; Number 67; Class C. Two Poems. A critical study of various philosophies. An account of Buddhism. 1925.
    1925
  • Liber LXX - The Cross of a Frog
    Liber LXX - The Cross of a Frog Aleister Crowley
    Liber LXX; Number 70; Class C. The Ceremonies proper to obtaining a familiar spirit of a Mercurial nature as described in the Apocalypse of St. John the Divine from a frog or toad.
  • Liber OZ
    Liber LXXVII; Number 77. The Thelemic declaration of rights of Man.
  • On the Tarot
    On the Tarot
    Liber LXXVIII; Number 78; Class B. A complete treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on all planes.
  • Liber Chanokh
    Liber Chanokh John Dee
    Liber LXXXIV; Number 84; Class B. A brief Abstract of the Symbolic Representation of the Universe. Derived by Dr. John Dee through the Scrying of Sir Edward Kelley.
  • Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus
    Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus
    Liber XC; Number 90; Class A. An account of Initiation, and an indication as to those who are suitable for the same.
  • Fountain of Hyacinth, The
    Fountain of Hyacinth, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber XCIII; Number 93. A diary of the use of cocaine and heroin and the relations of the Magician therewith. See Liber Al vel Legis: Chapter Two, verse Twentytwo.
    1922
  • A Handbook of Geomancy
    A Handbook of Geomancy
    Liber XCVI; Number 96; Class B. A guide but with some intentional inaccuracies.
  • Soror Achitha's Vision - The Amalantrah Working
    Soror Achitha's Vision - The Amalantrah Working Roddie Minor
    Liber XCVII; Number 97
    1918
  • An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order
    An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order Baphomet XI°
    Liber CI; Number 101; Class B. Enumerating the Duties and Privileges. These Regulations Come Into Force In Any District Where the Membership Exceeds One Thousand Souls.
    1919
  • Concerning Death
    Concerning Death Baphomet X°
    Liber CVI; Number 106. A treatise on the nature of death and the proper attitude to be taken towards it.
  • Liber Aleph
    Liber Aleph
    Liber CXI; Number 111; Class B. An extended and elaborate commentary on 'The Book of the Law', in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to the son of mankind. Contains some of the deepest secrets of Initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems.
  • Ritual of passing through the Tuat, The
    Ritual of passing through the Tuat, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXX; Number 120; Class D. A Ritual of Initiation for certain Select Zelators.
  • Soldier and the hunchback, The
    Soldier and the hunchback, The
    Liber CXLVIII; Number 148. A general discussion on philosophy.
  • De Lege Libellum
    De Lege Libellum To Mega Therion
    Liber CL; Number 150; Class E. A further explanation of the Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by it's acceptance. The Law of Liberty Love Life and Light.
    1919
  • Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni
    Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni
    Liber CLVI; Number 156; Class A. A perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept considered under the Symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Sexual magick veiled in symbolism.
  • Tao Teh Ching
    Tao Teh Ching Ko Yuen
    Liber CLVII; Number 157. A new translation with a commentary by the Master Therion. This is the most exalted and yet practical of the Chinese classics. Also called Liber LXXXI
  • Law of Thelema, The
    Law of Thelema, The Baphomet XI°
    Liber CLXI; Number 161. An epistle written to Professor L...B...K... who also himself waited for the New Aeon, concerning the O.T.O. and it's solution of Property, and now reprinted for the General Circulation.
    1919
  • Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli
    Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli
    Liber CLXXV; Number 175; Class D. An instruction in attainment by the method of devotion, on Bhakta-Yoga; how one may unite oneself to any particular Deity. Both Magical and Mystical methods are given.
  • Liber Colegii Sancti
    Liber Colegii Sancti
    Liber CLXXXV; Number 185; Class D. Being the tasks proper to the Grades and their Oaths proper to Liber XIII. This is the Official Paper of the various Grades. It
  • An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXCIV; Number 194. Any Province of the O.T.O. is governed by the Grand Master and those to whom he delegates his Authority, until such time as the Order is established, which is the case when it possesses eleven or more Profess-houses in the province. Then the regular constitution is automatically Promulgated. The Quotation is slightly adapted from an address in one of the Rituals.
    1919
  • Sir Palamedes the saracen knight
    Sir Palamedes the saracen knight Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXCVII; Number 197; Class C. A poetic account of the Great Work and enumeration of many obstacles.
    1905
  • Liber Resh vel Helios
    Liber Resh vel Helios
    Liber CC; Number 200; Class D. An instruction for the adoration of the Sun four times daily, with the object of composing the mind to meditation, thus to bring conscious relation with the center of our system; for advanced students, to make actual Magical contact with the Spiritual energy of the Sun and thus to draw actual force from Him.
  • Liber RU vel Spiritus
    Liber RU vel Spiritus
    Liber CCVI; Number 206; Class D. Full instructions in Pranayama, describes various practices of controlling the breath, how to insure success, what results to strive for, and how to use them for the Great Work.
  • A syllabus of the official instructions of the A.'.A.'.
    A syllabus of the official instructions of the A.'.A.'.
    Liber CCVII; Number 207. An enumeration of the Official Publications of the A.'.A.'. with a brief description of the contains of each book; this Catalog is an expansion thereof, including those publications which were written after 'The Syllabus' was composed.
  • The I Ching
    The I Ching
    Liber CCXVI; Number 216. A new translation, with a commentary by the Master Therion. The Yi King is mathematical and philosophical in form. It's structure is cognate with that of the Qabalah. The I Ching reduced expertly to a series of six-line mnemonic keys, one for each hexagram.
  • Liber AL vel Legis Aiwass
    Liber CCXX; Number 220; Class A. The Book of the Law
  • Liber Arcanorum
    Liber Arcanorum
    Liber CCXXXI; Number 231; Class A. An account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. The sequence of the 22 Trumps is explained as a formula of Initiation.
  • AHA!
    AHA! Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCXXLII; Number 242; Class C. An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment and the results obtained. In the form of a Discourse between and Adept and His Pupil.
  • Khaps am Pekht
    Khaps am Pekht The Master Therion
    Liber CCC; Number 300; Class E. A special instruction for the Promulgation of the Law. This is the first and most important duty of every aspirant of whatever grade. It builds up in him the character and Karma which forms the Spine of Attainment.
    1919
  • Book of lies, The
    Book of lies, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXXXIII; Number 333; Class C. 93 short chapters each Qabalistically related to its chapter number. Deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. It is an Official Publication for Babes of the Abyss, but it is recommended even to beginners as being highly suggestive. 1913.
    1913
  • Adonis an Allegory
    Adonis an Allegory Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXXXV; Number 335; Class C. A short play. Set in the hanging gardens of Babylon in classical times with classical characters. An account in poetic language of the struggle of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of man, giving their harmony following on the victory of the latter.
  • Liber H.H.H.
    Liber H.H.H.
    Liber CCCXLI; Number 341. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts.
  • AMRITA
    AMRITA Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXLIII; Number 343
    1920
  • Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici
    Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici
    Liber CCCLXX; Number 370; Class A. Analyzes the nature of the creative magical force in man, explains how to awaken it, how to use it and indicates the general as well as the particular objects to be gained thereby. Sexual magick heavily veiled in symbolism.
  • Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum
    Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum
    Liber CD; Number 400; Class A. A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of Initiation. Analyzes the Hebrew alphabet into seven triads, each of which forms a Trinity of sympathetic ideas relating respectively to the Three Orders comprised in the A.'.A.'.
  • Liber A vel Armorum
    Liber A vel Armorum
    Liber CDXII; Number 412; Class D. An instruction for the preparation of the Elemental Instruments.
  • Vision and the Voice, The
    Vision and the Voice, The
    Liber CDXVIII; Number 418; Class AB. Being of the Angels of the Thirty Aethyrs, the Vision and the Voice. Besides being the classical account of the Thirty Aethyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the Angels should be regarded as accurate, and the doctrine of the function of the Great White Brotherhood understood as the foundation of the Aspiration of the Adept. The account of the Master of the Temple should, in particular, be taken as authentic.
  • Liber CDLI - Eroto-comatose Lucidity
    Liber CDLI - Eroto-comatose Lucidity
    Liber CDLI; Number 451; Class B. The chapter "Of Eroto-comatose Lucidity" in Liber CDXIV - De Arte Magica
  • Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
    Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
    Liber CDLXXIV; Number 474; Class C. Gnana Yoga. An instruction in a purely intellectual method of entering the Abyss.
  • Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia
    Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia
    Liber DXXXVI; Number 536; Class B. An instruction in the expansion of the field of the mind. Two practices designed to aid the student in developing an awareness of the Universe around him are given, one is active one passive. Requires Astronomical knowledge.
  • Liber HAD
    Liber HAD
    Liber DLV; Number 555; Class D. An instruction for attaining Hadit.
  • Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita
    Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita
    Liber DLXX; Number 570. An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.
  • De Thaumaturgia
    De Thaumaturgia Baphomet XI°
    Liber DCXXXIII; Number 633. A statement of certain ethical considerations concerning Magick.
    1918
  • Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos
    Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCLXXI; Number 671; Class D. A ritual of self Initiation based on the Neophyte ritual.
  • Liber Samekh
    Liber Samekh Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCC; Number 800; Class D. Being the Ritual employed by the Beast 666 for the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel during the semester of His performance of the Operation of the Sacred Magick of Abramelin the Mage.
  • Energised Enthusiasm
    Energised Enthusiasm
    Liber DCCCXI; Number 811; Class C. An essay developing the idea of creativity - and genius - as a sexual phenomenon. Specially adapted to the task of Attainment of Control of the Body of Light, development of Intuition and Hatha yoga.
    1911
  • Ararita
    Ararita The Beast 666
    Liber DCCCXIII; Number 813; Class A. An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity and Beyond. This book describes in magical language a very secret process of Initiation.
  • Liber Yod
    Liber Yod
    Liber DCCCXXXI; Number 831; Class D. An instruction giving three methods of reducing the manifold consciousness to the Unity. Adapted to facilitate the task of Raja Yoga, and of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Law of Liberty, The
    Law of Liberty, The To Mega Therion 666
    Liber DCCCXXXVII; Number 837; Class C. This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain Ethical problems.
    1919
  • John St. John Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCCLX; Number 860; Class C. The Record of the Magical Retirement of G.H. Frater O.M. (Aleister Crowley). A model of what a magical record should be, so far as accurate analysis and fullness are concerned.
  • Liber Viarum Viae
    Liber Viarum Viae
    Liber DCCCLXVIII; Number 868; Class B. A graphic account of Magical powers classified under Tarot Trumps. An analysis of the 22 letters. To each is attributed a magical or mystical practice of progressive difficuly until attainment is complete.
  • The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw
    The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCCLXXXVIII; Number 888. A complete study of the origins of Christianity.
    1953
  • Liber ThIShARB
    Liber ThIShARB
    Liber CMXIII; Number 913; Class B. Gives methods for attaining the magical memory, or memory of past lives, and an insight into the function of the Aspirant in this present life. (So to enable the Aspirant to calculate his True Orbit in eternity.)
  • Treasurehouse of Images, The
    Treasurehouse of Images, The J.F.C. Fuller
    Liber CMLXIII; Number 963; Class AB. A superb collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac.
    1985
  • Liber MCLI
    Liber MCLI Jim Graeb
    Number 1151. By Jim Graeb IX O.T.O.. Being the requirements of Minerval to III, in study and work in the O.T.O., as it has manifested under the Caliph.
  • A Note on Genesis
    A Note on Genesis Allen Bennet
    Number 2261; Class C. By Allen Bennet. A model of Qabalistic ratiocination. Specially adapted to Gnana Yoga. With a preface and notes by Crowley.
    1899

Thelema Texts

2 sections·92 books

These are texts relating to the philosophy of Thelema, many of them written by the occultist Aleister Crowley who founded the organization A.'. A.'. (Argentium Astrum -- the Silver Star) as well as others by members of the OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis -- Order of the Eastern Temple) (founded by Theodor Reuss and Karl Kellner in 1895). These two organizations work together to promote Thelema.

The 'Class' is a OTO-assigned indication of the relative importance of the document. Some of the texts listed here are not available in electronic form for one reason or another; their descriptions have been left in the table for completeness.

Thelema Libers

90 books
  • Liber B vel Magi
    Liber B vel Magi
    Liber I; Number 1; Class A. An account of the Grade of Magus, the highest grade which it is even possible to manifest in any way whatsoever upon this plane. Or so it is said by the Masters of the Temple.
  • Message of The Master Therion, The
    Message of The Master Therion, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber II; Number 2; Class E. Explains the essence of the new Law in a very simple manner.
    1919
  • Liber III vel Jugorum
    Liber III vel Jugorum
    Liber III; Number 3; Class D. An instruction for the control of speech, action, and thought.
  • Liber ABA (Magick)
    Liber ABA (Magick) Aleister Crowley
    Liber IV; Number 4. A general account in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers.
  • Liber V vel Reguli
    Liber V vel Reguli
    Liber V; Number 5; Class D. Being the Ritual of the Mark of the Beast: an incantation proper to invoke the Energies of the Aeon of Horus, adapted for the daily use of the Magician of whatever grade.
  • Liber O vel Manus et Sagitae
    Liber VI; Number 6; Class B. Instructions given for the elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the Rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of attaining astral visions so called, and an instruction in the practice called rising on the Planes.
  • Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli
    Liber VII; Number 7; Class A. 'The birth words of a Master of the Temple'. Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple. It's 7 Chapters are referred to the 7 Planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus.
  • 8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
    8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
    Liber VIII; Number 8; Class D. And thus shall he do who will attain to the mystery of the knowledge and conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Liber E
    Liber E
    Liber IX; Number 9; Class B. Instructs the aspirant in the necessity of keeping a record. Suggests methods of testing physical clairvoyance. Gives instruction in Asana, Pranayama and Dharana, and advises the application of tests to the physical body, so that the student may thoroughly understand his own limitations.
  • Liber Porta Lucis
    Liber Porta Lucis V.V.V.V.V.
    Liber X; Number 10; Class A. An account of the sending forth of the Master Therion by the A.'.A.'. and an explanation of his mission.
  • Liber NU
    Liber NU
    Liber XI; Number 11; Class D. An instruction for attaining Nuit. An account of the task of the Aspirant from Probationer to Adept. Meditations on AL.
  • Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni
    Liber XIII; Number 13; Class D. An account of the tasks of the aspirant from Probationer to Adept.
  • Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ
    Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ
    Liber XV; Number 15
  • Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
    Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
    Liber XVI; Number 16; Class B. An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind.
  • Khing Kang King - The Classic of Purity
    Khing Kang King - The Classic of Purity Lao-Tzu
    Liber XXI; Number 21. Taoist classic put into rhyme. A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion.
  • The Star Ruby
    The Star Ruby
    Liber XXV; Number 25; Class D. (There are two forms of this Ritual) An improved form of the 'Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram'.
  • Liber Trigrammaton
    Liber Trigrammaton
    Liber XXVII; Number 27; Class A. Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang. An account of the Cosmic process: corresponding to the stanzas of Dzyan in another system.
  • Liber Librae - The Book of the Balance
    Liber Librae - The Book of the Balance
    Liber XXX; Number 30; Class B. Karma Yoga. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man.
  • Diary of Frater Achad, The
    Diary of Frater Achad, The Frater Achad (Charles Stansfield Jones)
    Liber XXXI; Number 31
    1918
  • An Account of A.'.A.'.
    An Account of A.'.A.'. Councillor Von Eckartshausen
    Liber XXXIII; Number 33; Class C. Broadly based upon 'Cloud on the Sanctuary' by the Councillor Von Eckartshausen and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher.
  • The Star Sapphire
    The Star Sapphire
    Liber XXXVI; Number 36; Class D. An improved for of the Ritual of the Hexagram.
  • Thien Tao
    Thien Tao
    Liber XLI; Number 41; Class C. An essay on Attainment by way of Equilibrium.
  • The Mass of the Phoenix
    The Mass of the Phoenix
    Liber XLIV; Number 44; Class D
  • Collected writings of Jack Parsons, The
    Collected writings of Jack Parsons, The Jack Parsons
    Liber XLIX; Number 49
    1946
  • Lost Continent, The
    Lost Continent, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber LI; Number 51. An account of the continent of Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of it's people, together with a true account of the catastrophy, so-called, which ended in it's disappearance. See also 'Atlantis'.
    1913
  • Manifesto of the OTO
    Manifesto of the OTO Baphomet XI°
    Liber LII; Number 52. This 1919 e.v. manifesto is by Crowley - others exist by other people.
    1919
  • Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua, The
    Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua, The
    Liber LV; Number 55; Class C. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy.
  • The Qabalah
    The Qabalah
    Liber LVIII; Number 58; Class B. A general discussion of the Method and uses of the Qabalah. (The Temple of Solomon the King )
  • Across the Gulf
    Across the Gulf Ankh-f-na-khonsu
    Liber LIX; Number 59; Class C. A fantastic account of a past life in Egypt. It's principal interest lies in the fact that it's story of the overthrowing of Isis by Osiris may help the reader to understand the meaning of the overthrowing of Osiris by Horus in the present Aeon.
  • Liber Causae
    Liber Causae
    Liber LXI; Number 61; Class D. Explains the actual history and origin of the present movement. It's statements are accurate in the ordinary sense of the word. The object of the book is to discount Mythopeia. In other words, the collapse of the Order of the G.'.D.'. and the founding of the A.'.A.'.
  • Liber Israfel
    Liber Israfel
    Liber LXIV; Number 64; Class B. By Allen Bennet, Crowley, Others. Invocation of Thoth, as a prelude to preaching. Formerly called 'Liber Anubis', an instruction in a suitable method of preaching.
  • Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente
    Liber LXV; Number 65; Class A. An account of the relations of the aspirant and his Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Liber Stellae Rubeae
    Liber Stellae Rubeae
    Liber LXVI; Number 66; Class A. A secret ritual of Apep, the heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis. Sexual Magick veiled in symbolism.
  • The Sword of Song
    The Sword of Song Aleister Crowley
    Liber LXVII; Number 67; Class C. Two Poems. A critical study of various philosophies. An account of Buddhism. 1925.
    1925
  • Liber LXX - The Cross of a Frog
    Liber LXX - The Cross of a Frog Aleister Crowley
    Liber LXX; Number 70; Class C. The Ceremonies proper to obtaining a familiar spirit of a Mercurial nature as described in the Apocalypse of St. John the Divine from a frog or toad.
  • Liber OZ
    Liber LXXVII; Number 77. The Thelemic declaration of rights of Man.
  • On the Tarot
    On the Tarot
    Liber LXXVIII; Number 78; Class B. A complete treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on all planes.
  • Liber Chanokh
    Liber Chanokh John Dee
    Liber LXXXIV; Number 84; Class B. A brief Abstract of the Symbolic Representation of the Universe. Derived by Dr. John Dee through the Scrying of Sir Edward Kelley.
  • Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus
    Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus
    Liber XC; Number 90; Class A. An account of Initiation, and an indication as to those who are suitable for the same.
  • Fountain of Hyacinth, The
    Fountain of Hyacinth, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber XCIII; Number 93. A diary of the use of cocaine and heroin and the relations of the Magician therewith. See Liber Al vel Legis: Chapter Two, verse Twentytwo.
    1922
  • A Handbook of Geomancy
    A Handbook of Geomancy
    Liber XCVI; Number 96; Class B. A guide but with some intentional inaccuracies.
  • Soror Achitha's Vision - The Amalantrah Working
    Soror Achitha's Vision - The Amalantrah Working Roddie Minor
    Liber XCVII; Number 97
    1918
  • An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order
    An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order Baphomet XI°
    Liber CI; Number 101; Class B. Enumerating the Duties and Privileges. These Regulations Come Into Force In Any District Where the Membership Exceeds One Thousand Souls.
    1919
  • Concerning Death
    Concerning Death Baphomet X°
    Liber CVI; Number 106. A treatise on the nature of death and the proper attitude to be taken towards it.
  • Liber Aleph
    Liber Aleph
    Liber CXI; Number 111; Class B. An extended and elaborate commentary on 'The Book of the Law', in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to the son of mankind. Contains some of the deepest secrets of Initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems.
  • Ritual of passing through the Tuat, The
    Ritual of passing through the Tuat, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXX; Number 120; Class D. A Ritual of Initiation for certain Select Zelators.
  • Soldier and the hunchback, The
    Soldier and the hunchback, The
    Liber CXLVIII; Number 148. A general discussion on philosophy.
  • De Lege Libellum
    De Lege Libellum To Mega Therion
    Liber CL; Number 150; Class E. A further explanation of the Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by it's acceptance. The Law of Liberty Love Life and Light.
    1919
  • Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni
    Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni
    Liber CLVI; Number 156; Class A. A perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept considered under the Symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Sexual magick veiled in symbolism.
  • Tao Teh Ching
    Tao Teh Ching Ko Yuen
    Liber CLVII; Number 157. A new translation with a commentary by the Master Therion. This is the most exalted and yet practical of the Chinese classics. Also called Liber LXXXI
  • Law of Thelema, The
    Law of Thelema, The Baphomet XI°
    Liber CLXI; Number 161. An epistle written to Professor L...B...K... who also himself waited for the New Aeon, concerning the O.T.O. and it's solution of Property, and now reprinted for the General Circulation.
    1919
  • Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli
    Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli
    Liber CLXXV; Number 175; Class D. An instruction in attainment by the method of devotion, on Bhakta-Yoga; how one may unite oneself to any particular Deity. Both Magical and Mystical methods are given.
  • Liber Colegii Sancti
    Liber Colegii Sancti
    Liber CLXXXV; Number 185; Class D. Being the tasks proper to the Grades and their Oaths proper to Liber XIII. This is the Official Paper of the various Grades. It
  • An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXCIV; Number 194. Any Province of the O.T.O. is governed by the Grand Master and those to whom he delegates his Authority, until such time as the Order is established, which is the case when it possesses eleven or more Profess-houses in the province. Then the regular constitution is automatically Promulgated. The Quotation is slightly adapted from an address in one of the Rituals.
    1919
  • Sir Palamedes the saracen knight
    Sir Palamedes the saracen knight Aleister Crowley
    Liber CXCVII; Number 197; Class C. A poetic account of the Great Work and enumeration of many obstacles.
    1905
  • Liber Resh vel Helios
    Liber Resh vel Helios
    Liber CC; Number 200; Class D. An instruction for the adoration of the Sun four times daily, with the object of composing the mind to meditation, thus to bring conscious relation with the center of our system; for advanced students, to make actual Magical contact with the Spiritual energy of the Sun and thus to draw actual force from Him.
  • Liber RU vel Spiritus
    Liber RU vel Spiritus
    Liber CCVI; Number 206; Class D. Full instructions in Pranayama, describes various practices of controlling the breath, how to insure success, what results to strive for, and how to use them for the Great Work.
  • A syllabus of the official instructions of the A.'.A.'.
    A syllabus of the official instructions of the A.'.A.'.
    Liber CCVII; Number 207. An enumeration of the Official Publications of the A.'.A.'. with a brief description of the contains of each book; this Catalog is an expansion thereof, including those publications which were written after 'The Syllabus' was composed.
  • The I Ching
    The I Ching
    Liber CCXVI; Number 216. A new translation, with a commentary by the Master Therion. The Yi King is mathematical and philosophical in form. It's structure is cognate with that of the Qabalah. The I Ching reduced expertly to a series of six-line mnemonic keys, one for each hexagram.
  • Liber AL vel Legis Aiwass
    Liber CCXX; Number 220; Class A. The Book of the Law
  • Liber Arcanorum
    Liber Arcanorum
    Liber CCXXXI; Number 231; Class A. An account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. The sequence of the 22 Trumps is explained as a formula of Initiation.
  • AHA!
    AHA! Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCXXLII; Number 242; Class C. An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment and the results obtained. In the form of a Discourse between and Adept and His Pupil.
  • Khaps am Pekht
    Khaps am Pekht The Master Therion
    Liber CCC; Number 300; Class E. A special instruction for the Promulgation of the Law. This is the first and most important duty of every aspirant of whatever grade. It builds up in him the character and Karma which forms the Spine of Attainment.
    1919
  • Book of lies, The
    Book of lies, The Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXXXIII; Number 333; Class C. 93 short chapters each Qabalistically related to its chapter number. Deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. It is an Official Publication for Babes of the Abyss, but it is recommended even to beginners as being highly suggestive. 1913.
    1913
  • Adonis an Allegory
    Adonis an Allegory Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXXXV; Number 335; Class C. A short play. Set in the hanging gardens of Babylon in classical times with classical characters. An account in poetic language of the struggle of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of man, giving their harmony following on the victory of the latter.
  • Liber H.H.H.
    Liber H.H.H.
    Liber CCCXLI; Number 341. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts.
  • AMRITA
    AMRITA Aleister Crowley
    Liber CCCXLIII; Number 343
    1920
  • Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici
    Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici
    Liber CCCLXX; Number 370; Class A. Analyzes the nature of the creative magical force in man, explains how to awaken it, how to use it and indicates the general as well as the particular objects to be gained thereby. Sexual magick heavily veiled in symbolism.
  • Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum
    Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum
    Liber CD; Number 400; Class A. A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of Initiation. Analyzes the Hebrew alphabet into seven triads, each of which forms a Trinity of sympathetic ideas relating respectively to the Three Orders comprised in the A.'.A.'.
  • Liber A vel Armorum
    Liber A vel Armorum
    Liber CDXII; Number 412; Class D. An instruction for the preparation of the Elemental Instruments.
  • Vision and the Voice, The
    Vision and the Voice, The
    Liber CDXVIII; Number 418; Class AB. Being of the Angels of the Thirty Aethyrs, the Vision and the Voice. Besides being the classical account of the Thirty Aethyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the Angels should be regarded as accurate, and the doctrine of the function of the Great White Brotherhood understood as the foundation of the Aspiration of the Adept. The account of the Master of the Temple should, in particular, be taken as authentic.
  • Liber CDLI - Eroto-comatose Lucidity
    Liber CDLI - Eroto-comatose Lucidity
    Liber CDLI; Number 451; Class B. The chapter "Of Eroto-comatose Lucidity" in Liber CDXIV - De Arte Magica
  • Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
    Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
    Liber CDLXXIV; Number 474; Class C. Gnana Yoga. An instruction in a purely intellectual method of entering the Abyss.
  • Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia
    Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia
    Liber DXXXVI; Number 536; Class B. An instruction in the expansion of the field of the mind. Two practices designed to aid the student in developing an awareness of the Universe around him are given, one is active one passive. Requires Astronomical knowledge.
  • Liber HAD
    Liber HAD
    Liber DLV; Number 555; Class D. An instruction for attaining Hadit.
  • Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita
    Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita
    Liber DLXX; Number 570. An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.
  • De Thaumaturgia
    De Thaumaturgia Baphomet XI°
    Liber DCXXXIII; Number 633. A statement of certain ethical considerations concerning Magick.
    1918
  • Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos
    Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCLXXI; Number 671; Class D. A ritual of self Initiation based on the Neophyte ritual.
  • Liber Samekh
    Liber Samekh Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCC; Number 800; Class D. Being the Ritual employed by the Beast 666 for the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel during the semester of His performance of the Operation of the Sacred Magick of Abramelin the Mage.
  • Energised Enthusiasm
    Energised Enthusiasm
    Liber DCCCXI; Number 811; Class C. An essay developing the idea of creativity - and genius - as a sexual phenomenon. Specially adapted to the task of Attainment of Control of the Body of Light, development of Intuition and Hatha yoga.
    1911
  • Ararita
    Ararita The Beast 666
    Liber DCCCXIII; Number 813; Class A. An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity and Beyond. This book describes in magical language a very secret process of Initiation.
  • Liber Yod
    Liber Yod
    Liber DCCCXXXI; Number 831; Class D. An instruction giving three methods of reducing the manifold consciousness to the Unity. Adapted to facilitate the task of Raja Yoga, and of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.
  • Law of Liberty, The
    Law of Liberty, The To Mega Therion 666
    Liber DCCCXXXVII; Number 837; Class C. This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain Ethical problems.
    1919
  • John St. John Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCCLX; Number 860; Class C. The Record of the Magical Retirement of G.H. Frater O.M. (Aleister Crowley). A model of what a magical record should be, so far as accurate analysis and fullness are concerned.
  • Liber Viarum Viae
    Liber Viarum Viae
    Liber DCCCLXVIII; Number 868; Class B. A graphic account of Magical powers classified under Tarot Trumps. An analysis of the 22 letters. To each is attributed a magical or mystical practice of progressive difficuly until attainment is complete.
  • The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw
    The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw Aleister Crowley
    Liber DCCCLXXXVIII; Number 888. A complete study of the origins of Christianity.
    1953
  • Liber ThIShARB
    Liber ThIShARB
    Liber CMXIII; Number 913; Class B. Gives methods for attaining the magical memory, or memory of past lives, and an insight into the function of the Aspirant in this present life. (So to enable the Aspirant to calculate his True Orbit in eternity.)
  • Treasurehouse of Images, The
    Treasurehouse of Images, The J.F.C. Fuller
    Liber CMLXIII; Number 963; Class AB. A superb collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac.
    1985
  • Liber MCLI
    Liber MCLI Jim Graeb
    Number 1151. By Jim Graeb IX O.T.O.. Being the requirements of Minerval to III, in study and work in the O.T.O., as it has manifested under the Caliph.
  • A Note on Genesis
    A Note on Genesis Allen Bennet
    Number 2261; Class C. By Allen Bennet. A model of Qabalistic ratiocination. Specially adapted to Gnana Yoga. With a preface and notes by Crowley.
    1899