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Aleister Crowley

Frater Achad

Gerard Aumont

Allan Bennett

Frank Bennett

Marjorie Cameron

W. B. Crow

Edward Crowley

J.F.C. Fuller

Karl Germer

Kenneth Grant

Nina Hamnett

Frieda Harris

Leah Hirsig

Martha Küntzel

MacGregor Mathers

Betty May

Grady McMurtry

Victor B. Neuburg

OTO Newsletters

Jack Parsons

Fernando Pessoa

Israel Regardie

Theodor Reuss

C. F. Russell

Phyllis Seckler

P.R. Stephensen

Jane Wolfe

Gerald Yorke

Reference Material

 

Aleister Crowley

Publications

 

THE LIBERS

LIBER

CLASS

TITLE

REMARKS

I

A

Liber B vel Magi

An account of the Grade of Magus.

II

E

The Message of the Master Therion

Thelemic epistle.

III

D

Liber III vel Jugorum

An instruction for the control of speech, action, and thought.

IV

A B D E

Liber ABA

Magick, Book 4, A general account in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers.

V

D

Liber V vel Reguli

The Ritual of the Mark of the Beast.

VI

B

Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae

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.

VII

A

Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli

Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple.

VIII

D

8th Aethyr

On the Holy Guardian Angel from The Vision and the Voice.

IX

B

Liber E vel Exercitiorum

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.

X

A

Liber Porta Lucis

An account of the sending forth of the Master by the AA and an explanation of his mission.

XI

D

Liber Nu

An instruction for attaining Nuit.

XIII

D

Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni

An account of the tasks of the aspirant from Probationer to Adept.

XV

D

Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon Missae

The central public and private rite of Ordo Templi Orientis and its ecclesiastical arm, Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica.

XVI

B

Liber Turris vel Domus Dei

An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind.

XVII

D

Liber IAO

Sexual Magick. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. The active form of Liber CCCXLI. Thought to be lost.

XXI

B

Khing Kang King

Taoist classic put into rhyme. A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion.

XXII

A

Liber XXII Domarum Mercurii Cum Suis Geniis

This book is contained within Liber CCXXXI.

XXIV

B

De Nuptiis Secretis Deorum cum Homnibus

Sexual Magick.

XXV

D

The Star Ruby

An improved form of the ‘Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram’.

XXVII

A

Liber Trigrammaton

“Liber Trigrammaton, being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the TAO with the YIN and the YANG. An account of the cosmic process: corresponding to the stanzas of Dzyan in another system.”

XXVIII

D

Liber Septem Regum Sanctorum

The Ceremony of the Seven Kings. Being an Initiation Ritual for certain select probationers to AA

XXX

B

Liber Librae - The Book of the Balance

Karma Yoga. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man.

XXXI

 

Liber XXXI

Being a part of the diary of Frater O.I.V.V.I.O. concerning the fool Parzival and how he discovered the mystery of the one that is not. Written down in the fourteenth year of this Aeon when the sun was in the sign of Libra by Frater Arctaeon.”

XXXIII

C

An Account of AA

Broadly based upon Cloud on the Sanctuary by the Councillor Von Eckartshausen and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher.

XXXVI

D

The Star Sapphire

An improved form of the Ritual of the Hexagram.

XLI

C

Thien Tao or The Synagogue of Satan

An essay on Attainment by way of Equilibrium.

XLIV

D

The Mass of the Phoenix

A Solar ritual.

XLVI

 

The Key of the Mysteries

A Translation of La Clef des Grands Mysteres, by Éliphas Lévi. Specially adapted to the task of the Attainment of Bhakta-Yoga.

XLIX

 

Shih Yi Chien

An account of the divine perfection illustrated by the seven-fold permutation of the Dyad. No full version of this is thought to survive.

XLIX

 

Liber 49

Received by Jack Parsons on 29 February 1946 during the Babalon Working.

LI

 

The Lost Continent

An account of the continent of Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of its people, together with a true account of the catastrophe, so-called, which ended in its disappearance.

LII

 

Manifesto of the O.T.O.

1919 manifesto.

LIII

 

The Stone of the Philosophers

From Konx Om Pax.

LV

C

The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua

An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy.

LVIII

B

Qabalah

Also sometimes referred to as “Gematria” or “An Essay on Number”. A general discussion of the Method and uses of the Qabalah.

LIX

C

Across the Gulf

A fantastic account of a past life in Egypt. Its principal interest lies in the fact that its 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.

LX

 

The Ab-ul-Diz Working

An account of a Communication made to Fra. Perdurabo in 1904.

LXI

D

Liber LXI vel Causae

Origins of the AA

LXIV

B

Liber Israfel

Invocation of Thoth, as a prelude to preaching.

LXV

A

Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente

 

—The Commentary

“An account of the relations of the Aspirant with his Holy Guardian Angel. This book is given to Probationers, as the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel is the Crown of the Outer College.

LXVI

A

Liber Stellae Rubeae

“A secret ritual, the Heart of IAO- OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis, and written down under the figure LXVI. This book is sufficiently described by the title.”

LXVII

C

The Sword of Song

Two Poems. A critical study of various philosophies. An account of Buddhism.

LXX

C

Stauros Batrachou - The Cross of a Frog

“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.”

LXXI

B

The Voice of the Silence / The Two Paths / The Seven Portals

By H.P. Blavatsky, with an extensive commentary by Crowley.

LXXIII

   

The Urn

The Diary of a Magus.

LXXVI

D

Liber Testis Testitudinis

 

LXXVII

   

Liber OZ

The Thelemic declaration of rights of Man, in five sections comprised of one syllable words.

LXXVIII

B

On the Tarot

“A description of the card of the tarot with their attributions; including a method of divination.” A complete treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on all planes.

LXXXI

    

The Butterfly Net (Moonchild)

Magical adventure story concerning homunculi, particularly concerning the planet Luna, written in the form of a novel.

LXXXIV

B

Liber Chanokh

“A brief Abstract of the Symbolic Representation of the Universe Derived by Dr. John Dee through the Scrying of Sir Edward Kelley.”

XC

A

Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus

An account of Initiation.

XCIII

  

The Fountain of Hyacinth

A diary of the use of cocaine and heroin and the relations of the Magician therewith.

XCV

C

The Wake World

A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel.

XCVI

B

Liber Gaias

A Handbook of Geomancy. A guide but with some intentional inaccuracies.

C

D

Liber Agape Azoth sal Philosophorum

The Book of the Unveiling of the Sangraal wherein it is spoken of the Wine of the Sabbath of the Adepts. Secrets instructions of the IX○ O.T.O. (Sex Magick.)

CI

B

An Open Letter to those Who may wish to Join the Order

Enumerating the Duties and Privileges. These Regulations Come Into Force In Any District Where the Membership Exceeds One Thousand Souls.

CVI

B

Concerning Death

A treatise on the nature of death and the proper attitude to be taken towards it.

CXI

B

The Book of Wisdom or Folly

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.

CXX

D

Liber Cadaveris, of Passing through the Tuat

A Ritual of Initiation for certain Select Zelators.

CXXIV

 

Of Eden and the Sacred Oak

On hospitality in the O.T.O.

CXXXII

 

Liber Apotheosis

A treatise on the Incarnation of a God, instructions to Realize and Proclaim His Identity.

CXLVIII

C

The Soldier and the Hunchback

A general discussion on philosophy.

CL

E

De Lege Libellum

A further explanation of the Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by its acceptance. The Law of Liberty Love Life and Light.

CLI

 

Liber QNA

Book by Frater Achad [Charles Stansfeld Jones] on the value and meaning of letters.

CLVI

A

Liber Cheth

“This book is 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.

CLVII

B

The Tao Teh King

A new translation with a commentary by the Master Therion. This is the most exalted and yet practical of the Chinese classics.

CLXI

 

Concerning the Law of Thelema

An epistle written to Professor L…B…K… [Lindley Keasbey] who also himself waited for the New Aeon, concerning the O.T.O. and its solution of Property, and now reprinted for the General Circulation. This is an O.T.O. document.

CLXV

B

A Master of the Temple

Frater Achad’s magical diary with comments by Crowley.

CLXXV

D

Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli

An instruction in attainment by the method of devotion, on Bhakta-Yoga; how one may unite oneself to any particular Deity.

CLXXXV

D

Liber Collegii Sancti

Being the tasks proper to the Grades and their Oaths proper to Liber XIII. This is the Official Paper of the various Grades. It includes the Task and Oath of all Grades to, and including, Adeptus Minor.

CLXXXVI

D

Liber ק vel Gnosticorum Missa Minor

Sexual Magick.

CXCIV

 

An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order

The structure of the O.T.O.

CXCVII

D

The High History of Good Sir Palamedes

A poetic account of the Great Work and enumeration of many obstacles.

CC

D

Liber Resh vel Spiritus

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.

CCVI

D

Liber RU vel Spiritus

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.

CCVII

 

A Syllabus of the Official Instructions of the AA

An enumeration of the Official Publications of the AA with a brief description of the contents of each book.

CCXVI

 

The Yi King

The I Ching. A new translation, with a commentary by the Master Therion.

CCXX

A

Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)

This book is the foundation of the New Ćon, and thus of the whole of our Work.”

CCXXVIII

B

De Natura Deorum

Sexual Magick.

CCXXXI

A

Liber Arcanum

This is an account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps.

CCXLII

C

Aha!

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.

CCLXV

 

The Structure of the Mind

A treatise of physiology from the mystic and magical standpoint. Its study will help the aspirant to make a detailed scientific analysis of his mind, and so learn to control it. Unpublished.

CCC

E

Khabs am Pekht

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.

CCCXXXIII

C

The Book of Lies

The Book of Lies which is also Falsely Called Breaks. The Wanderings or Falsifications of the One Thought of Frater Perdurabo, which Thought is itself Untrue. Liber CCCXXXIII. 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.

CCCXXXV

C

Adonis an Allegory

A short play.

CCCXLI

 

Liber HHH

Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts.

CCCXLIII

 

AMRITA, the Elixir of Life

 

CCCLXV

 

The Preliminary Invocation of the Goetia

With the barbarous names of evocation used therein, and the secret rubric of the ritual, by the Master Therion. This is the most potent invocation extant, and was used by the Master Himself in his Attainment. Please note that this ritual is identical with Liber Samekh in many aspects, however, there are differences.

CCCLXVII

 

De Homunculo

Sexual magick.

CCCLXX

A

Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici

Contains the true secret of all practical magick. 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.

CD

A

Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum

A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of initiation.

CDXII

D

Liber A vel Armorum

An instruction for the preparation of the Elemental Instruments.

CDXIV

 

De Arte Magica

Sexual magick.

CDXV

A B

Opus Lutetianum, The Paris Working

A record of homosexual magick operations.

CDXVIII

A B

The Vision and the Voice

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.

CDLI

B

Eroto-comatose Lucidity

Sexual magick. The chapter of "Eroto-comatose Lucidity" in Liber CDXIV - De Arte Magica.

CDLI

D

Liber Siloam

Thought to be lost.

CDLXXIV

C

Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath

Gnana Yoga. An instruction in a purely intellectual method of entering the Abyss.

D

B

Sepher Sephiroth

A dictionary of Hebrew words arranged according to their value numerically. This is an Encyclopedia of the Holy Qabalah, which is a map of the Universe, and enables man to attain Perfect Understanding.

DXXXVI

B

Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia

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.

DLV

D

Liber HAD

An instruction for attaining Hadit.

DLXX

 

Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita

An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.

DCXXXIII

 

De Thaumaturgia

A statement of certain ethical considerations concerning Magick.

DCLXXI

D

Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos

A ritual of self-initiation based on the Neophyte ritual.

DCCXXIX

C

The Amalantrah Working

Interviews with a discarnate entity.

DCCLXXVII

B

Liber 777

A complete dictionary of the correspondences of all magical elements, reprinted with extensive additions, making it the only standard comprehensive book of reference ever published.

DCCC

D

Liber Samekh

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.

DCCCVIII

 

Liber Serpentis Nehushtan

Considered lost, no known copy.

DCCCXI

C

Energised Enthusiasm

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.

DCCCXIII

A

Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita

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.

DCCCXXXI

D

Liber Yod

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.

DCCCXXXVII

C

The Law of Liberty

This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain Ethical problems.

DCCCLX

C

John St. John

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.

DCCCLXVIII

B

Liber Viarum Viae

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 difficulty until attainment is complete.

DCCCLXXXVIII

 

The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw

A complete study of the origins of Christianity.

CMXIII

B

Liber ThiShARB

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.

CMXXXIV

 

The Cactus

A record of experiments with the Mescal buttons. No known copy exists, probably was just a collection of case study documents destroyed by British customs. See The Cactus and the Beast.

CMLXIII

A B

The Treasure House of Images

A superb collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac.

 

 

LIBER CLASSES

Class

Explanation

A

Consists of books of which may be changed not so much as the style of a letter: that is, they represent the utterance of an Adept entirely beyond the criticism of even the Visible Head of the Organization.

B

Consists of books or essays which are the result of ordinary scholarship, enlightened and earnest.

C

Consists of matter which is to be regarded rather as suggestive than anything else.

D

Consists of the Official Rituals and Instructions.

E

Consists of manifestos, broadsides, epistles and other public statements. Some publications are composite, and pertain to more than one class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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