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Works of Aleister Crowley (Libers)

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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 Vision—The 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 and enumeration of many obstacles.
CC 200  D Liber Resh
                vel Helios 
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 206  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 207   A syllabus
                of the official instructions of the A.·.A.·.
                
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.
CCXVI 216   The I Ching
                
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.
CCXX 220  A Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law
CCXXVIII 228  B De Natura Deorum
CCXXXI 231  A Liber
                Arcanorum 
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.
CCXXLII 242  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 265   The Structure of the Mind
                A treatise of physology from
                the mystic and magical standpoint. It´s study
                will help the aspirant to make a detailed
                scientific analysis of his mind, and so learn to
control it.
CCC 300  E Khaps 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 333  C Book of lies,
                The 
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.
CCCXXXV 335  C Adonis an
                Allegory 
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.
CCCXLI 341   Liber H.H.H.
                
Gives three methods of
attainment through a willed series of thoughts.
CCCXLIII 343   AMRITA
CCCLXV 365   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.
This is the 1904 version.
CCCLXVII 367  B De Homunculo
CCCLXX 370  A Liber A'ash
                vel Capricorni Pneumatici 
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 400  A Liber Tau
                vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum (<a href="libers/liber400.pdf">PDF 

Version</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.·.
CDXII 412  D Liber A vel
                Armorum 
An instruction for the
preparation of the Elemental Instruments.
CDXIV 414   De Arte Magica -- Removed at the demand of the Ordo Templis Orientis
CDXV 415  AB Paris
                Working, The (including Esoteric record and
                sundrys) 
A record of homosexual magick
operations.
CDXVIII 418  AB Vision and
                the Voice, The 
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 451  B Liber CDLI -
                Eroto-comatose Lucidity 
The chapter «Of Eroto-comatose
Lucidity » in Liber CDXIV - De Arte Magica
CDLXXIV 474  C Liber Os
                Abysmi vel Daath 
Gnana Yoga. An instruction in a
purely intellectual method of entering the Abyss.
D 500  B Sepher
                Sephiroth
By Allen Bennet, Crowley and Friends. 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 536  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. Requires Astronomical knowledge.
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 statement of certain ethical
considerations concerning Magick.
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
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. It is to the language of Occultism what Webster or Murray is to the
English language.
DCCC 800  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 808   Serpentis Nehushtan
DCCCXI 811  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 813  A 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 831  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 837  C Law of
                Liberty, The 
This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain
Ethical problems.
DCCCLX 860  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 868  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
difficuly until attainment is complete.
DCCCLXXXVIII 888   The Gospel
                According to Saint Bernard Shaw 
A complete study of the origins
of Christianity.
CMXIII 913  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. (So to enable the Aspirant to
calculate his True Orbit in eternity.)
CMXXXIV 934   The Cactus
                A record of experiments with
the Mescal buttons.
CMLXIII 963  AB Treasurehouse
                of Images, The 
A superb collection of Litanies
appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac.

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