The Book of Wisdom or Folly

Liber Aleph vel CXI

 

 

Published Date:

23 September 1961 at 6.19 a.m. The copyright page states 1962.

Publisher:

Thelema Publishing Company.

Printer:

Compositora Grafica LUX Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Published At:

West Point, California.

Pages:

xiv + 220.

Price:

Priced at $7.50. 

Edition:

Unknown number of copies printed on machine-made paper and bound in red textured cloth. Has a dust-jacket designed by Frieda Harris.

 

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Contents

 

1. Apologia (Apology)

2. De Arte Kabbalistica (On the Qabalistic Art)

3. De Vita Corrigenda (On Correcting One’s Life)

4. Legenda de Amore (Fables of Love)

5. Gesta de Amore (Of Love in History)

6. Ultima Thesis de Amore (A Final Thesis on Love)

7. De Natura Sua Percipienda (On Perceiving One’s Own Nature)

8. Altera de Via Naturae (More on the Way of Nature)

9. Quo Modo Natura Sua Est Legenda (How One Should Consider One’s Nature)

10. De Somniis. Causa Per Accidens. ( On Dreams. Accidental)

11. De Somniis. Causa Per Naturam.(On Dreams. Natural)

12. De Somniis. Vestimenta Gorroris. (On Dreams. Clothed with Horror)

13. De Somniis. Sequentia. (On Dreams. Continued)

14. De Somniis. Clavicula. (On Dreams. They Key)

15. De Via Per Empyraeum (On Astral Travel)

16. De Cultu (On THelemic Cult)

17. De Clavicula Somniorum (On the Key of Dreams)

18. De Somno Lucido (On the Sleep of Light)

19. De Venenis (On Poisons)

20. De Motu Vitae (On the Motion of Life)

21. De Morbis Sanguinis (On the Diseases of the Blood)

22. De Cursu Amoris (On the Way of Love)

23. De Nuptiis Mysticis (On the Mystical Marriage)

24. De Voluptate Poenarum (On the Joy of Sorrows)

25. De Voluntate Ultima (On the Ultimate Will)

26. De Differentia Rerum (On the Difference between Things)

27. De Voluntate Tacita (On the Hidden Will)

28. De Formula Summa (On the SUpreme Formula)

29. De Via Inertiae (On the Way of Inertia)

30. De Via Libertatis (On the Way of Freedom)

31. De Lege Motus (On the Law of Motion)

32. De Legibus Contra Motum (On the Laws Against Motion)

33. De Necessitate Communi (On the Common Need)

34. De Libertate Corporis (On the Freedom of the Body)

35. De Libertate Mentis (On the Freedom of the Mind)

36. De Libertate Juvenum (On the Freedom of Children)

37. De Vi Per Disciplinam Colenda (On Cultivating Strength through Discipline)

38. De Ordine Rerum (On the Order of Things)

39. De Fundamentis Civitatis (On the Fundamentals of the State)

40. De Voluntate Juvenum (On the Will of Children)

41. De Modo Disputandi (On How to Teach)

42. De Voluntate Juvenis Cognoscenda (On Learning How to Know the Will of a Child)

43. De Auro Rubeo (On the Red Gold)

44. De Sapientia in re Sexuali (On Wisdom in Sexual Affairs)

45. De Gradibus Aequis Scientiae (On the Right Gain of Knowledge)

46. De Virtute Audendi (On the Virtue of Daring)

47. De Arte Mentis Colendi (On the Training of the Mind) (1) Mathematica (Mathematics)

48. Sequitur (Continued) (2) Classica (Classics)

49. Sequitur (Continued) (3) Scientifica (Science)

50. De Modo Quo Operet Lex Magica (How Magickal Law Works)

51. De Machina Magica (On the Mechanism of Magick)

52. De Harmonis Animae Cum Corpore (On the Harmony of the Soul with the Body)

53. De Mysterio Prudentiae (On the Mystery of Economy)

54. De Arte Alchemica (On the Alchemical Art)

55. De Arcano Subtilissimo (On the Most Subtle Secret)

56. De Menstruo Artis (On the Medium of the Art)

57. De Necessitate Voluntatis (On the Necessity of the Will)

58. De Comedia Universa, Quae Dictur Pan (On the Universal Comedy which is called Pan)

59. De Caecitia Hominum (On the Blindness of Men)

60. Allegoria de Caissa (An Allegory on Chess)

61. De Veritate Falsi (On the Truth of Falsehood)

62. De Relatione Illusionum (On the Relations of Illusion)

63. De Prudentia (On Prudence)

64. De Ratione Magi Vitae (On the Relativity of the Life of the Magician)

65. De Corde Candido (On the Pure Heart)

66. De Conformitate Magi (On the Conformity of the Magician)

67. De Poetis (On the Poets)

68. De Magis Ordinis AA Quibus Caro Fir Verbum (On the Magi of the AA in whom the Word takes Flesh)

69. De Magis Tempori Antiqui: Imprimis, de Lao-Tze (On the Magi of Old, First, Lao-Tze)

70. De Gautama (On Gautama)

71. De Sri Krishna et de Dionyso (On Sri Krishna and Dionysus)

72. De Tahuti (On Tahuti)

73. De Quodam Mago Aegyptiorum, Quem Appelunt Judaei Mosheh (On that Egyptian Magus whom the Jews called Mosheh)

74. De Mago Arabico Mohammed (On the Arabian Magus Mohammed)

75. De se Ipso ΤΩΙ ΜΕΤΑ ΘΗΡΙΩΙ, ΤΩΙ ΑΟΓΩΙ ΑΙΩΝΟΣ Cujuc Verbum Est Θελημα (On the Great Beast Himself, the Logos of the Aeon, whose word is Thelema)

76. Mandatum ad Filium Suum (A Command to His Son)

77. Quare Filium Creavit: Ut Fiat Libertas (Wherefore he Begat his Son: So that there be Freedom)

78. De Sua Debilitate (On His Frailty)

79. De Manu Quae Magum Sustinet (On the Hand that Upholds the Magus)

80. De Suo Peccato (On His Sin)

81. De Sua Victoria Per Nomen Babalon (On His Victory through the Name Babalon)

82. De Arcano Nefando (On the Forbidden Secret)

83. De Arcano, Per Quod Spiritus Quidam in Corpore Recipiatur (On the Secret through which any Spirit is Received in the Body)

84. De Clave Kabbalistica Hujus Artis (On the Qabalistic Key of this Art)

85. De Missa Spiritus Sancti (On the Mass of the Holy Ghost)

86. De Formula Tota (On the Complete Formula)

87. De Hac Formula Considerationes Kabbalisticae (Qabalistic Considerations on this Formula)

88. De Quibusdam Artibus Magicis (On Certain Arts Magick)

89. De Magno Opere (On the Great Work)

90. De Gradibus ad Magnum Opus (On the Steps to the Great Work)

91. De Formula Lunae (On the Formula of the Moon)

92. De Aquilae Sumenda (On the Taking of the Eagle)

93. De Medicinis Secundum Quattuor Elementa (On the Chemical Agents According to the Four Elements)

94. De Virtute Experimentiae in Hoc Arte (On the Virtue of Experience in this Art)

95. De Sacramento Vero (On the True Sacrament)

96. De Discipulis Regendis (On Directing Disciples)

97. De Quibusdam Morbis Discipulorum (On Certain Diseases of Disciples)

98. De Culpis Domi Petendis (On Watching for Faults in the House)

99. De Corpore Umbra Hominis (On the Body, that is the Shadow of Man)

100. De Sirenis (On Sirens)

101. De Femina Quadam (On a Certain Woman)

102. De Sua Virtute (On Her Virtue)

103. De Aliquibus Modis Oraculi Petendi (On Seeking for Certain Types of Oracle)

104. De Fratribus Nigris Filiis Iniquitatis (On the Black Brothers, Sons of Iniquity)

105. De Virtute Chirurgica (On the Virtue of Surgery)

106. De Operibus Microcosmi. Quorum Sunt Quattuor Minores. (On the Four Lesser Operations of the Microcosmis Star)

107. De Operibus Stellae Microcosmi. Quorum Sunt Quattuor Mahores. (On the Four Major Operations of the Microcosmic Star)

108. De Stella Macrocosmi (On the Macrocosmic Star)

109. De Sua Femina Olun, et de Ecstasia Praeter Omnia (On His WOman Olun and on the Ecstasy that Surpasses All)

110. De Nomine Olun (On the Name Olun)

111. De Viris Magnanimis, Amore Praeclarissimis (On Great Men, Famous in Love)

112. De Castitate (On Chastity)

113. De Ceremonio Equinoxi (On the Ceremony of the Equinox)

114. De Luce Stellarum (On the Light of the Stars)

115. De Cantu (On Song)

116. De Stultitia Humana (On Human Stupidity)

117. De Suo Proelio (On His Struggle)

118. De Necessitate Verbi Clamandi (On the Need for Declaring the Word)

119. De Mysterio Eucharistico Universali (On the Mystery of the Universal Sacrament)

120. De Recto in Recto (On the Rightness of Things)

121. De Virgine Beata (On the Blessed Virgin)

122. De Joca Suae Moechae (On the Sport of His Mistress)

123. De Periculo Jocorum Amoris (On a Danger in the Sports of Love)

124. De Libidine Secreta (On the Unconscious, or Libido)

125. De Ordine Civitatum (On the Organization of Communities)

126. De Scientiae Modo (On the Method of Science)

127. De Monstris (On Monsters)

128. De Inferno Palatio Sapientiae (On the Hidden Place of Wisdom)

129. De Vitiis Voluntatis Secretae (On the Defects of the Hidden Will)

130. De Ratione Praesidio Voluntatis (On Reason, the Minister of the Will)

131. De Cursu Sapientis (On the Way of Wisdom)

132. De Ratione Quae Sine Voluntate est fons Maniae (On Reason, Source of Madness When not under Will)

133. De Veritate Quem Feminae non Dicere Licet (On Truth, which may not be told to a Woman)

134. De Natura Feminae (On the Nature of Woman)

135. De Duobus Praemiis Viae (On the Two Rewards of the Path)

136. De Ecstasia Samadhi, Quo Illis Differit (On the Ecstasy of Damadhi and How it Differs from Others)

137. De Arte Amoris et Deliciarum Mystici (On the Art of Love and the Pleasures of the Mystic)

138. De Praemio Summo, Vera Sapientia et Beatitudine Perfects (On the Highest Reward, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness)

139. De Inferno Sevorum (On the Hell of the Slaves)

140. Rhapsodia de Domina Nostra (A Rhapsody to Our Lady)

141. Rhapsodia de Astro Suo (A Rhapsody to His Star)

142. De Harmonia Voluntatis Cum Destinia (On the Harmony of Will and Fate)

143. Paranthesis de Quadam Virgine (A Parenthesis on a Certain Virgin)

144. De Constantia Amoris, Corvo Candido (On Constancy in Love, To a White Raven)

145. De Mysterio Mali (On the Mystery of Evil)

146. De Virtute Tolerantia (On the Virtue of Tolerance)

147. De Formula Deorum Morientium (On the Formula of the Dying God)

148. De Stultis Malignis (On Malign Fools)

149. Apologia Pro Suis Literis (An Apology for His Writings)

150. Laus Legis Thelema (In Praise of the Law of Thelema)

151. De Sphinge Aegyptiorum (On the Sphinx of the Egyptians)

152. De Natura ΣΦΙΝΨ (Of the Nature of the Sphinx)

153. De Tauro (On the Bull)

154. De Leone (On the Lion)

155. Altera de Leone (Further on the Lion)

156. De Viro (On the Man)

157. De Dracone, Quae est Aquila, Serpens, Scorpion (On the Dragon, which is the Eagle, Serpent and Scorpion)

158. De Quattuor Virtutis ΣΦΙΝΨ (On the four virtues of the Sphinx)

159. De Libra, In Qua Quattuor Virtutes Aequipollent (On the Balance in which the Four Virtues Gather Power)

160. De Pyramide (On the Pyramid)

161. Prolegomena de Silentio (Concerning Silence)

162. De Natura Silentii Nostri (On the Nature of Our Silence)

163. De Formula Recta Draconis (On the Correct Formula of the Dragon)

164. De Sua Carta Coelorum (On His Horoscope)

165. De Opere Suo (On His Work)

166. De Fratribus Nigris (On the Black Brothers)

167. De Arte Alchemistica (On the Alchemical Art)

168. De Femina: Quae est Propria Joco (On Woman, who is fit for a Jest)

169. De Formula Feminae (On the Formula of Woman)

170. Verba Magistri Sui de Femina (His Master’s Words on Woman)

171. De Via Propria Feminis (On the Proper Conduct of Woman)

172. De Hac Re Altera Intelligenda (Further Concerning This)

173. De Clavibus Mortis et Diaboli, Arcanis Tou Tarot Fraternitatis R. C. (On the Keys of Death and the Devil, Arcana of the Tarot of the R. C. Brotherhood)

174. Sequitur de His Viis (urther on these Paths)

175. De Oculo Hoor (On the Eye of Hoor)

176. De Sua Initiatione (On His Initiation)

177. De Herbo Sanctissimo Arabico (On the Most Holy Grass of the Arabs)

178. De Quibusdam Mysteriis, Quae Vidi (On Certain Mysteries I have Seen)

179. De Quorum Modo Meditationes (On a Certain Method of Meditation)

180. Sequitur de Hac Re (Further on This)

181. Dequitur de Hac Re (Further on This)

182. Conclusio de Hac Modo Sanctitatis (Conclusion on this Method of Holiness)

183. De Via Sola Solis (On the Way of the Sun)

184. De Prudentia Ordinis AA (On the Prudence of the AA)

185. Altera de Sua Via (Further on this Path)

186. De Prudentia Artis Docendi (On Prudence in the Art of Teaching)

187. De Mente Inimica Animo (On the Mind, Enemy of the Soul)

188. De Illuminatum Operibus Diversis (On Different Works of the Illuminators)

189. De Eadem Re ALtera Verba (Further Words on This)

190. De Pace Perfects Luce (On the Perfect Peace with Light)

191. De Pace Perfecta (On Perfect Peace)

192. De Morte (On Death)

193. De Adeptis R. C. Escatologia (On the Eschatology of the R. C. Adepts)

194. De Nuptiis Summis (On the Supreme Marriage)

195. De Arte Voluptate Dilemma Quaedam (On a Certain Problem in the Art of Pleasure)

196. De Hoc Modo Dissolutio (On Unraveling of this Knot)

197. De Comedia, Quae IIan Dictur (On the Comedy which is called Pan)

198. De Ludo Amoris (On the Game of Love)

199. De Gaudio Stupri (On the Pleasures of Debauchery)

200. De Caecitia Philosophorum Antiquorum (On the Blindness of the Ancient Philosophers)

201. De Heresia Manichaea (On the Manichean Heresy)

202. De Veritate Rerum (On the Truth of Things)

203. De Aphorismo Ubi Dico: Omnia Sunt (On My Aphorism: All Aye)

204. De Ratione Hujus Epistolae Scribendae (On the Reason for Writing this Letter)

205. De Natura Hujus Epistolae (On the Nature of this Letter)

206. De Modo Quo Haec Epistolam Scripsi (How I Wrote this Letter)

207. De Sapientia et Stultitia (Of Wisdom and Folly)

208. De Oraculo Summo (On the Last Oracle)

 

 

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