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-The publications of the A.<sup>.</sup>.A.<sup>.</sup>. divide themselves into four classes. +{{works}}
-*''' Class [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. +
-*''' Class [B]''' consists of books or essays which are the result of ordinary scholarship, enlightened and earnest. +
-*''' Class [C]''' consists of matter which is to be regarded rather as suggestive than anything else. +
-*''' Class [D]''' consists of the Official Rituals and Instructions. +
-*''' Class [E]''' consists of manifestos, broadsides, epistles and other public statements. Some publications are composite, and pertain to more than one class.+
-*'''Liber 0''' Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram and Notes +Many of the important works of [[Aleister Crowley]] are in the form of '''Libers''' (''lit.'' "books"), which are usually short documents consisting of core teachings, methodologies, practices, or [[Thelema|Thelemic]] scripture. All the libers are given a number in the Greek numbering system, and those that are part of the [[A.'.A.'.]] curriculum are assigned a "class" as follows:
-*'''Liber 1''' Liber B Vel Magi [A] +
-*'''Liber 2''' The Message of the Master Therion [E] +
-*'''Liber 3''' Liber Jugorum [D] +
-*'''Liber 4''' On the Gematria of Fairy Tales by Crowley +
-*'''Liber 5''' Liber V Vel Reguli [D] +
-*'''Liber 6''' Liber O Vel Manus et Sagittae [B] +
-*'''Liber 7''' Liber Liberi Vel Lapis Lazuli, Adumbratio Kabbalae AEgyptorium [A] +
-*'''Liber 8''' Liber VIII [D] +
-*'''Liber 9''' Liber E Vel Excercitiorum [B] +
-*'''Liber 10''' Liber Porta Lucis [A] +
-*'''Liber 11''' Liber NU [D] +
-*'''Liber 13''' Graduum Montis Abiegni [D] +
-*'''Liber 15''' O.T.O. Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon Missae +
-*'''Liber 16''' Liber Turris Vel Domus Dei [B] +
-*'''Liber 21''' Khing Kang King +
-*'''Liber 25''' The Star Ruby [B] +
-*'''Liber 26''' The Star Saphire +
-*'''Liber 27''' Liber Trigrammaton [A] +
-*'''Liber 28''' Liber TzBA Vel NIKH Sub Figura XXVIII, The Fountain of +
-*'''Liber 30''' Liber Librae [B] +
-*'''Liber 31''' Liber XXXI +
-*'''Liber 33''' An Account of the A:.A.: +
-*'''Liber 36''' The Star Sapphire [D] +
-*'''Liber 44''' The Mass of the Phoenix [D] +
-*'''Liber 46''' The Key of the Mysteries +
-*'''Liber 49''' Jack Parson's Writings +
-*'''Liber 51''' The Lost Continent +
-*'''Liber 52''' Manifesto of the O.T.O. +
-*'''Liber 55''' The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua +
-*'''Liber 58''' The Temple of Solomon the King +
-*'''Liber 59''' Across the Gulf [C] +
-*'''Liber 61''' Liber LXI Vel Causae [D] +
-*'''Liber 64''' Liber Israfel [B] +
-*'''Liber 65''' Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente [A] +
-*'''Liber 66''' Liber Stellae Rubeae [A] +
-*'''Liber 67''' The Sword of the Song +
-*'''Liber 77''' Liber OZ +
-*'''Liber 78''' A Description of the Cards of the Tarot +
-*'''Liber 81''' The Tao Teh King +
-*'''Liber 89''' Liber Chanokh +
-*'''Liber 90''' Liber Tzaddi Vel Hamus Hermeticus [A] +
-*'''Liber 93''' The Fountain of Hyacinth +
-*'''Liber 96''' Liber Gaias, A Handbook of Geomancy [B] +
-*'''Liber 97''' Soror Achitha's Vision +
-*'''Liber 101''' O.T.O. An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order [B] +
-*'''Liber 106''' Concerning Death +
-*'''Liber 111''' Liber CXI Vel Aleph, The Book of Wisdom or Folly [B] +
-*'''Liber 120''' Liber Cadaveris, Ritual CXX, Of Passing Through the Tuat [D] +
-*'''Liber 148''' The Soldier and the Hunchback +
-*'''Liber 150''' Liber CL Vel {Lamed}{Ayin}{Nun], A Sandal, De Lege Libellum [E] +
-*'''Liber 156''' Liber Cheth Vel Vallum Abiegni [A] +
-*'''Liber 161''' O.T.O. Concerning the Law of Thelema +
-*'''Liber 175''' Astarte Vel Liber Berylli [D] +
-*'''Liber 185''' Liber Collegii Sancti +
-*'''Liber 194''' O.T.O. An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order +
-*'''Liber 197''' The High History of Good Sir Palamedes the Saracen Knight and of his following the Questing Beast [C] +
-*'''Liber 200''' Liber Resh Vel Helios [D] +
-*'''Liber 206''' Liber RU Vel Spiritus [D] +
-*'''Liber 216''' The Yi King +
-*'''Liber 220''' Liber AL Vel Legis, The Book of the Law [A+
-*'''Liber 22P''' Commentary on the Book of the Law. +
-*'''Liber 231''' Liber Arcanorum ATU TAHUTI QUAS VIDIT ASAR IN AMENTI sub figura CCXXXI. Liber Carcerorum Qliphoth cum suis Geniis [A+
-*'''Liber 242''' AHA! [C] +
-*'''Liber 300''' Khabs am Pekht [E] +
-*'''Liber 312''' Liber A vel ARMORUM +
-*'''Liber 335''' Adonis [C] +
-*'''Liber 341''' Liber HHH[D] +
-*'''Liber 343''' Amrita, The Elixir of Life +
-*'''Liber 370''' Liber A'ASH Vel Capricorni Pnuematici [A] +
-*'''Liber 400''' Liber TAU Vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum [A] +
-*'''Liber 400''' Liber TAU Vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum [A] Graphic +
-*'''Liber 412''' Liber A Vel Armorum [D] +
-*'''Liber 414''' De Arte Magica Secundum ritum Gradus Nonae OTO +
-*'''Liber 415''' Opus Lutetianum, The Paris Working [AB] +
-*'''Liber 451''' Liber Siloam +
-*'''Liber 474''' Liber Os Abymsmi del DAATH [C] +
-*'''Liber 500''' Sepher Sehpiroth +
-*'''Liber 536''' BATRACHOPHRENOBOCOSMOMACHIA [B] +
-*'''Liber 555''' Liber HAD [D] +
-*'''Liber 570''' Vel Ararita +
-*'''Liber 633''' De Thaumaturgia +
-*'''Liber 666''' The Beast +
-*'''Liber 671''' Liber Pyramidos [D] +
-*'''Liber 729''' The Amalantrah Working [C] +
-*'''Liber 800''' Liber Samekh Theurgia Goetia Summae, Congressus cum Daemone [D] +
-*'''Liber 811''' Energized Enthusiasm +
-*'''Liber 813''' Liber DCCCXIII Vel Ararita Sub Figura DLXX [A] +
-*'''Liber 831''' Liber IOD [D] +
-*'''Liber 837''' The Law of Liberty [E] +
-*'''Liber 860''' John St. John [C] +
-*'''Liber 868''' Liber Viarum Viae [B] +
-*'''Liber 911''' A Note on Genesis +
-*'''Liber 913''' {Beth}{Resh}{Aleph}{Shin}{Yod}{Tau} Liber Viae Memoriae [B] +
-*'''Liber 963''' The Treasure-House of Images [A-B]+
-Please finish me...+* '''Class [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. 
 +* '''Class [B]''' consists of books or essays which are the result of ordinary scholarship, enlightened and earnest. 
 +* '''Class [C]''' consists of matter which is to be regarded rather as suggestive than anything else. 
 +* '''Class [D]''' consists of the Official Rituals and Instructions. 
 +* '''Class [E]''' consists of manifestos, broadsides, epistles and other public statements. Some publications are composite, and pertain to more than one class. 
 + 
 +==The catalog of libers== 
 + 
 +Listed with liber number, roman number, class, full title, and a short description. 
 + 
 +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing=0> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <th>Liber</th> 
 + <th>No.</th> 
 + <th>Class</th> 
 + <th>Title</th> 
 +  
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>I</td> 
 + <td>1</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber B vel Magi'''—An account of the Grade of Magus</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>II</td> 
 + <td>2</td> 
 + <td>E</td> 
 + <td>'''Message of The Master Therion, The'''—Thelemic epistle</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>III</td> 
 + <td>3</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber III vel Jugorum'''—An instruction for the control of speech, action, and thought.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>IV</td> 
 + <td>4</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber ABA'''—titled ''Magick, Book 4'', Crowley's opus on magick and mysticism</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>V</td> 
 + <td>5</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''[[Liber V vel Reguli]]'''—The Ritual of the Mark of the Beast 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>VI</td> 
 + <td>6</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae'''—Instruction in magical techniques</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>VII</td> 
 + <td>7</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli '''—The birth words of a Master of the Temple</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>VIII</td> 
 + <td>8</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''8th Aether'''—On the [[Holy Guardian Angel]] from ''The Vision and the Voice'' 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>IX</td> 
 + <td>9</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber E'''—Instruction 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>X</td> 
 + <td>10</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Porta Lucis'''—A "Holy Book" regarding the [[Master Therion]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XI</td> 
 + <td>11</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber NU'''—A mystical instruction for attaining [[Nuit]]. </td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XIII</td> 
 + <td>13</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni'''—Tasks of the aspirant from Probationer to Adept.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XV</td> 
 + <td>15</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicae Canon Missae'''—The [[Gnostic Mass]]</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XVI</td> 
 + <td>16</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Turris vel Domus Dei'''—An instruction for attainment</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XVII</td> 
 + <td>17</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber IAO'''—Three methods of sexual magick.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XXI</td> 
 + <td>21</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Khing Kang King—The Classic of Purity'''—Taoist classic put into rhyme. 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XXIV</td> 
 + <td>24</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''De Nuptis Secretis Deorum Cum Hominibus'''—Sexual magick.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XXV</td> 
 + <td>25</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''[[The Star Ruby]]'''—An improved form of the [[Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XXVII</td> 
 + <td>27</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Trigrammaton'''—Trigrams</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XXVIII</td> 
 + <td>28</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Septem Regum Sanctorum—The Ceremony of the Seven Holy Kings'''—Initiation Ritual for select probationers to A.·.A.·.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XXX</td> 
 + <td>30</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Librae—The Book of the Balance'''—Thelemic morality</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XXXIII</td> 
 + <td>33</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''An Account of A.'.A.'.'''—An epistle regarding that Order</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XXXVI</td> 
 + <td>36</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''[[The Star Sapphire]]'''—Improved [[Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram|Ritual of the Hexagram]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XLI</td> 
 + <td>41</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''Thien Tao'''—An essay on Attainment by way of Equilibrium.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XLIV</td> 
 + <td>44</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''[[Mass of the Phoenix|The Mass of the Phoenix]]'''—A solar ritual.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LI</td> 
 + <td>51</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Lost Continent, The'''— An account of Atlantis</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LII</td> 
 + <td>52</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Manifesto of the O.T.O.'''—From 1919.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LV</td> 
 + <td>55</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;C</td> 
 + <td>'''Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua, The '''—Treatise on alchemy.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LVIII</td> 
 + <td>58</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;B</td> 
 + <td>'''The Qabalah'''—Method and uses of the [[Qabalah]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LIX</td> 
 + <td>59</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;C</td> 
 + <td>'''Across the Gulf'''—An account of a past life in Egypt.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXI</td> 
 + <td>61</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Causae'''—Origins of the A.'.A.'.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXIV</td> 
 + <td>64</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;B</td> 
 + <td>'''[[Liber Israfel]]'''—Invocation of Thoth, as a prelude to preaching.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXV</td> 
 + <td>65</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente'''—On the [[Holy Guardian Angel]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXVI</td> 
 + <td>66</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Stellae Rubeae'''—A secret ritual of Apep; sex magick veiled in symbolism.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXVII</td> 
 + <td>67</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;C</td> 
 + <td>'''The Sword of Song'''—A critical study of various philosophies</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXX</td> 
 + <td>70</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;C</td> 
 + <td>'''The Cross of a Frog'''—A ritual with a frog.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXXIII</td> 
 + <td>73</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''The Urn'''—The Diary of a Magus.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXXVII</td> 
 + <td>77</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber OZ'''—The Thelemic declaration of rights of Man.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXXVIII</td> 
 + <td>78</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''On the Tarot'''—A complete treatise on the [[Tarot]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXXXI</td> 
 + <td>81</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Moonchild (The Butterfly Net)'''—Magical adventure story.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>LXXXIV</td> 
 + <td>84</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Chanokh'''—Symbolic representation of the Universe.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XC</td> 
 + <td>90</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus'''—An account of Initiation.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XCIII</td> 
 + <td>93</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Fountain of Hyacinth, The'''—A diary of drug use.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XCV</td> 
 + <td>95</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;C</td> 
 + <td>'''The Wake World'''—Poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XCVI</td> 
 + <td>96</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;B</td> 
 + <td>'''A Handbook of Geomancy'''—A guide but with some intentional inaccuracies.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>XCVII</td> 
 + <td>97</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Soror Achitha's Vision'''—[[The Amalantrah Working]]</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>100</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;D</td> 
 + <td>'''Agape, Azoth'''—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.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CI</td> 
 + <td>101</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;B</td> 
 + <td>'''An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order'''—Enumerating the Duties and Privileges.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CVI</td> 
 + <td>106</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Concerning Death'''—A treatise on the nature of death.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CXI</td> 
 + <td>111</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Aleph'''—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. </td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CXX</td> 
 + <td>120</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Ritual of passing through the Tuat, The'''—A Ritual of Initiation for certain Select Zelators of A.'.A.'.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CXXIV</td> 
 + <td>124</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Of Eden and the Sacred Oak'''—On hospitlity in O.T.O.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CXXXII</td> 
 + <td>132</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Apotheosis'''—Treatise on the Incarnation of a God.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CXLVIII</td> 
 + <td>148</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''The Soldier and The hunchback'''—A general discussion on philosophy.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CL</td> 
 + <td>150</td> 
 + <td>E&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''De Lege Libellum'''—Thelemic epistle on Light, Life, Love, and Liberty. 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CLVI</td> 
 + <td>156</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni'''—Account of the task of the Exempt Adept (sex magick veiled in symbolism).</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CLVII</td> 
 + <td>157</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Tao Teh Ching'''—A translation and commentary by Crowley. </td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CLXI</td> 
 + <td>161</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Law of Thelema, The'''—Thelemic epistle. 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CLXV</td> 
 + <td>165</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''A Master of the Temple'''—Frater Achad's magical diary with comments by Crowley.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CLXXV</td> 
 + <td>175</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli'''—On uniting oneself to a Deity. </td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CLXXXV</td> 
 + <td>185</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Colegii Sancti'''—Tasks and Oaths of the Grades of A.'.A.'.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CXCIV</td> 
 + <td>194</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order'''—the structure of O.T.O.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CXCVII</td> 
 + <td>197</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''Sir Palamedes the saracen knight'''—A poetic account of the [[Great Work]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CC</td> 
 + <td>200</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''[[Liber Resh|Liber Resh vel Helios]]'''—An instruction for the adoration of the Sun four times daily.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCVI</td> 
 + <td>206</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber RU vel Spiritus'''—Full instructions in Pranayama.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCVII</td> 
 + <td>207</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''A syllabus of the official instructions of the A.'..A.'.''' 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCXVI</td> 
 + <td>216</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''The I Ching'''—A translation with commentary by Crowley.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCXX</td> 
 + <td>220</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''[[The Book of the Law|Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law]]'''</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCXXVIII</td> 
 + <td>228</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''De Natura Deorum'''</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCXXXI</td> 
 + <td>231</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Arcanorum'''—treatise on the Trumps of the [[Tarot]]. 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCXXLII</td> 
 + <td>242</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''AHA!'''—An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment and the results obtained. </td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCLXV</td> 
 + <td>265</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''The Structure of the Mind'''—A treatise of physology from the mystic and magical standpoint.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCC</td> 
 + <td>300</td> 
 + <td>E</td> 
 + <td>'''Khaps am Pekht'''—A special instruction for the Promulgation of the Law.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCCXXXIII</td> 
 + <td>333</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''Book of Lies, The'''—A book of 93 brief chapters on many subjects. 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCCXXXV</td> 
 + <td>335</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''Adonis an Allegory'''—A short play. </td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCCXLI</td> 
 + <td>341</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber H.H.H.'''—Three methods of attainment.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCCXLIII</td> 
 + <td>343</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''AMRITA'''</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCCLXV</td> 
 + <td>365</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''The Preliminary Invocation of the Goetia'''—Similar to [[Liber Samekh]], but with some differences.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCCLXVII</td> 
 + <td>367</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''De Homunculo'''</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CCCLXX</td> 
 + <td>370</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici'''—Analyzes the nature of the creative magical force in man (veiled sex magick).</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CD</td> 
 + <td>400</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum'''—A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of Initiation. </td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CDXII</td> 
 + <td>412</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber A vel Armorum'''—An instruction for the preparation of the Elemental Instruments.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CDXIV</td> 
 + <td>414</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''De Arte Magica'''</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CDXV</td> 
 + <td>415</td> 
 + <td>AB</td> 
 + <td>'''Paris Working, The'''—A record of homosexual magick operations.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CDXVIII</td> 
 + <td>418</td> 
 + <td>AB</td> 
 + <td>'''Vision and the Voice, The'''—The classic account of Crowley's travels through the Thirty Aethyrs. 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CDLI</td> 
 + <td>451</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Eroto-Comatose Lucidity'''—Treatise on sex magick</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CDLXXIV</td> 
 + <td>474</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath'''—A method for entering the [[Abyss]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>500</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Sepher Sephiroth'''—A [[Qabalah|Qabalistic]] dictionary of Hebrew words arranged according to their value numerically.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DXXXVI</td> 
 + <td>536</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia'''—Instruction in the expansion of the field of the mind.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DLV</td> 
 + <td>555</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber HAD'''—An instruction for attaining [[Hadit]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DLXX</td> 
 + <td>570</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita'''—An account of the [[Hexagram]] and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCXXXIII</td> 
 + <td>633</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''De Thaumaturgia'''—A treatice on magical ethics.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 +  
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCLXXI</td> 
 + <td>671</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos'''—A ritual of self Initiation based on the Neophyte ritual.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCXXIX</td> 
 + <td>729</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''The Amalantrah Working'''—Interviews with a discarnate entity.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCLXXVII</td> 
 + <td>777</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''777 vel Prolegomena Symbolica Ad Systemam Sceptico Mysticae'''—The Holy [[Qabalah]] and [[Tree_of_Life:777|its correspondences]]. 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCC</td> 
 + <td>800</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''[[Liber Samekh]]'''—Ritual for the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the [[Holy Guardian Angel]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCCVIII</td> 
 + <td>808</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''Serpentis Nehushtan'''</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCCXI</td> 
 + <td>811</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;C</td> 
 + <td>'''Energised Enthusiasm'''—Treatise on [[sex magick]] and the creative impulse. 
 +</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCCXIII</td> 
 + <td>813</td> 
 + <td>A</td> 
 + <td>'''Ararita'''—An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity and Beyond.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCCXXXI</td> 
 + <td>831</td> 
 + <td>D</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Yod'''—Three methods of reducing the manifold consciousness to the Unity.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCCXXXVII</td> 
 + <td>837</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''Law of Liberty, The'''—Thelemic epistle. </td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCCLX</td> 
 + <td>860</td> 
 + <td>C</td> 
 + <td>'''John St. John'''—Record of Crowley's magical retirement.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCCLXVIII</td> 
 + <td>868</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber Viarum Viae'''— A graphic account of Magical powers classified under Tarot Trumps.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>DCCCLXXXVIII</td> 
 + <td>888</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw'''—A complete study of the origins of [[Christianity]].</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CMXIII</td> 
 + <td>913</td> 
 + <td>B</td> 
 + <td>'''Liber ThIShARB'''—Methods for attaining the magical memory</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CMXXXIV</td> 
 + <td>934</td> 
 + <td>&nbsp;</td> 
 + <td>'''The Cactus'''—A record of experiments with the Mescal buttons.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 + <tr align="left" valign="top"> 
 + <td>CMLXIII</td> 
 + <td>963</td> 
 + <td>AB</td> 
 + <td>'''Treasurehouse of Images, The '''—Collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac.</td> 
 + </tr> 
 +</table> 
 + 
 +==See also== 
 +*[[Works of Aleister Crowley (Books)]] 
 +*[[Works of Aleister Crowley (Poetry)]] 
 +*[[Works of Aleister Crowley (Other)]] 
 + 
 +==External links== 
 +*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/index.html The Libri of Aleister Crowley], on Hermetic.com. A complete listing with full text in most cases. 
 +[[Category:Aleister Crowley]] [[Category:Works of Aleister Crowley]]

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Many of the important works of Aleister Crowley are in the form of Libers (lit. "books"), which are usually short documents consisting of core teachings, methodologies, practices, or Thelemic scripture. All the libers are given a number in the Greek numbering system, and those that are part of the A.'.A.'. curriculum are assigned a "class" as follows:

The catalog of libers

Listed with liber number, roman number, class, full title, and a short description.

Liber No. Class Title
I 1 A Liber B vel Magi—An account of the Grade of Magus
II 2 E Message of The Master Therion, The—Thelemic epistle
III 3 D Liber III vel Jugorum—An instruction for the control of speech, action, and thought.
IV 4   Liber ABA—titled Magick, Book 4, Crowley's opus on magick and mysticism
V 5 D Liber V vel Reguli—The Ritual of the Mark of the Beast
VI 6 B Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae—Instruction in magical techniques
VII 7 A Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli —The birth words of a Master of the Temple
VIII 8 D 8th Aether—On the Holy Guardian Angel from The Vision and the Voice
IX 9 B Liber E—Instruction
X 10 A Liber Porta Lucis—A "Holy Book" regarding the Master Therion.
XI 11 D Liber NU—A mystical instruction for attaining Nuit.
XIII 13 D Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni—Tasks of the aspirant from Probationer to Adept.
XV 15   Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicae Canon Missae—The Gnostic Mass
XVI 16 B Liber Turris vel Domus Dei—An instruction for attainment
XVII 17 D Liber IAO—Three methods of sexual magick.
XXI 21   Khing Kang King—The Classic of Purity—Taoist classic put into rhyme.
XXIV 24 B De Nuptis Secretis Deorum Cum Hominibus—Sexual magick.
XXV 25 D The Star Ruby—An improved form of the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram.
XXVII 27 A Liber Trigrammaton—Trigrams
XXVIII 28 D Septem Regum Sanctorum—The Ceremony of the Seven Holy Kings—Initiation Ritual for select probationers to A.·.A.·.
XXX 30 B Liber Librae—The Book of the Balance—Thelemic morality
XXXIII 33 C An Account of A.'.A.'.—An epistle regarding that Order
XXXVI 36 D The Star Sapphire—Improved Ritual of the Hexagram.
XLI 41 C Thien Tao—An essay on Attainment by way of Equilibrium.
XLIV 44 D The Mass of the Phoenix—A solar ritual.
LI 51   Lost Continent, The— An account of Atlantis
LII 52   Manifesto of the O.T.O.—From 1919.
LV 55  C Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua, The —Treatise on alchemy.
LVIII 58  B The Qabalah—Method and uses of the Qabalah.
LIX 59  C Across the Gulf—An account of a past life in Egypt.
LXI 61  D Liber Causae—Origins of the A.'.A.'.
LXIV 64  B Liber Israfel—Invocation of Thoth, as a prelude to preaching.
LXV 65  A Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente—On the Holy Guardian Angel.
LXVI 66  A Liber Stellae Rubeae—A secret ritual of Apep; sex magick veiled in symbolism.
LXVII 67  C The Sword of Song—A critical study of various philosophies
LXX 70  C The Cross of a Frog—A ritual with a frog.
LXXIII 73   The Urn—The Diary of a Magus.
LXXVII 77   Liber OZ—The Thelemic declaration of rights of Man.
LXXVIII 78 B On the Tarot—A complete treatise on the Tarot.
LXXXI 81   Moonchild (The Butterfly Net)—Magical adventure story.
LXXXIV 84  B Liber Chanokh—Symbolic representation of the Universe.
XC 90  A Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus—An account of Initiation.
XCIII 93   Fountain of Hyacinth, The—A diary of drug use.
XCV 95  C The Wake World—Poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel.
XCVI 96  B A Handbook of Geomancy—A guide but with some intentional inaccuracies.
XCVII 97   Soror Achitha's VisionThe Amalantrah Working
C 100  D Agape, Azoth—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.
CI 101  B An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order—Enumerating the Duties and Privileges.
CVI 106   Concerning Death—A treatise on the nature of death.
CXI 111  B Liber Aleph—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.
CXX 120 D Ritual of passing through the Tuat, The—A Ritual of Initiation for certain Select Zelators of A.'.A.'.
CXXIV 124   Of Eden and the Sacred Oak—On hospitlity in O.T.O.
CXXXII 132   Apotheosis—Treatise on the Incarnation of a God.
CXLVIII 148   The Soldier and The hunchback—A general discussion on philosophy.
CL 150 De Lege Libellum—Thelemic epistle on Light, Life, Love, and Liberty.
CLVI 156  A Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni—Account of the task of the Exempt Adept (sex magick veiled in symbolism).
CLVII 157   Tao Teh Ching—A translation and commentary by Crowley.
CLXI 161   Law of Thelema, The—Thelemic epistle.
CLXV 165 B A Master of the Temple—Frater Achad's magical diary with comments by Crowley.
CLXXV 175  D Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli—On uniting oneself to a Deity.
CLXXXV 185  D Liber Colegii Sancti—Tasks and Oaths of the Grades of A.'.A.'.
CXCIV 194   An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order—the structure of O.T.O.
CXCVII 197 C Sir Palamedes the saracen knight—A poetic account of the Great Work.
CC 200 D Liber Resh vel Helios—An instruction for the adoration of the Sun four times daily.
CCVI 206 D Liber RU vel Spiritus—Full instructions in Pranayama.
CCVII 207   A syllabus of the official instructions of the A.'..A.'.
CCXVI 216   The I Ching—A translation with commentary by Crowley.
CCXX 220 A Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law
CCXXVIII 228 B De Natura Deorum
CCXXXI 231 A Liber Arcanorum—treatise on the Trumps of the Tarot.
CCXXLII 242 C AHA!—An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment and the results obtained.
CCLXV 265   The Structure of the Mind—A treatise of physology from the mystic and magical standpoint.
CCC 300 E Khaps am Pekht—A special instruction for the Promulgation of the Law.
CCCXXXIII 333 C Book of Lies, The—A book of 93 brief chapters on many subjects.
CCCXXXV 335 C Adonis an Allegory—A short play.
CCCXLI 341   Liber H.H.H.—Three methods of attainment.
CCCXLIII 343   AMRITA
CCCLXV 365   The Preliminary Invocation of the Goetia—Similar to Liber Samekh, but with some differences.
CCCLXVII 367 B De Homunculo
CCCLXX 370 A Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici—Analyzes the nature of the creative magical force in man (veiled sex magick).
CD 400 A Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum—A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of Initiation.
CDXII 412 D Liber A vel Armorum—An instruction for the preparation of the Elemental Instruments.
CDXIV 414   De Arte Magica
CDXV 415 AB Paris Working, The—A record of homosexual magick operations.
CDXVIII 418 AB Vision and the Voice, The—The classic account of Crowley's travels through the Thirty Aethyrs.
CDLI 451 B Eroto-Comatose Lucidity—Treatise on sex magick
CDLXXIV 474 C Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath—A method for entering the Abyss.
D 500 B Sepher Sephiroth—A Qabalistic dictionary of Hebrew words arranged according to their value numerically.
DXXXVI 536 B Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia—Instruction in the expansion of the field of the mind.
DLV 555 D Liber HAD—An instruction for attaining Hadit.
DLXX 570   Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita—An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.
DCXXXIII 633   De Thaumaturgia—A treatice on magical ethics.
DCLXXI 671 D Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos—A ritual of self Initiation based on the Neophyte ritual.
DCCXXIX 729 C The Amalantrah Working—Interviews with a discarnate entity.
DCCLXXVII 777 B 777 vel Prolegomena Symbolica Ad Systemam Sceptico Mysticae—The Holy Qabalah and its correspondences.
DCCC 800 D Liber Samekh—Ritual for the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.
DCCCVIII 808   Serpentis Nehushtan
DCCCXI 811  C Energised Enthusiasm—Treatise on sex magick and the creative impulse.
DCCCXIII 813 A Ararita—An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity and Beyond.
DCCCXXXI 831 D Liber Yod—Three methods of reducing the manifold consciousness to the Unity.
DCCCXXXVII 837 C Law of Liberty, The—Thelemic epistle.
DCCCLX 860 C John St. John—Record of Crowley's magical retirement.
DCCCLXVIII 868 B Liber Viarum Viae— A graphic account of Magical powers classified under Tarot Trumps.
DCCCLXXXVIII 888   The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw—A complete study of the origins of Christianity.
CMXIII 913 B Liber ThIShARB—Methods for attaining the magical memory
CMXXXIV 934   The Cactus—A record of experiments with the Mescal buttons.
CMLXIII 963 AB Treasurehouse of Images, The —Collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac.

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