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:
- 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.
Liber | No. | Class | Title |
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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 | E | 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 knightWork and enumeration of many obstacles. |
CC | 200 | D | Liber Resh
vel HeliosSun and thus to draw actual force from Him. |
CCVI | 206 | D | Liber RU vel
SpiritusWork. |
CCVII | 207 | A syllabus
of the official instructions of the A.·.A.·.Syllabus was composed. |
|
CCXVI | 216 | The I Ching
six-line mnemonic keys, one for each hexagram. |
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CCXX | 220 | A | Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law |
CCXXVIII | 228 | B | De Natura Deorum |
CCXXXI | 231 | A | Liber
Arcanorumexplained 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 Discoursebetween 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 tocontrol it. |
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CCC | 300 | E | Khaps am
PekhtKarma which forms the Spine of Attainment. |
CCCXXXIII | 333 | C | Book of lies,
The1913. |
CCCXXXV | 335 | C | Adonis an
Allegorylatter. |
CCCXLI | 341 | Liber H.H.H.
attainment through a willed series of thoughts. |
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CCCXLIII | 343 | AMRITA | |
CCCLXV | 365 | The Preliminary Invocation of the Goetia
This is the 1904 version. |
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CCCLXVII | 367 | B | De Homunculo |
CCCLXX | 370 | A | Liber A'ash
vel Capricorni Pneumaticisymbolism. |
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 theA.·.A.·. |
CDXII | 412 | D | Liber A vel
Armorumpreparation 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)operations. |
CDXVIII | 418 | AB | Vision and
the Voice, Thetaken as authentic. |
CDLI | 451 | B | Liber CDLI -
Eroto-comatose LucidityLucidity » in Liber CDXIV - De Arte Magica |
CDLXXIV | 474 | C | Liber Os
Abysmi vel Daathpurely intellectual method of entering the Abyss. |
D | 500 | B | Sepher
Sephirothenables man to attain Perfect Understanding. |
DXXXVI | 536 | B | Liber
Batrachophrenoboocosmomachiaone passive. Requires Astronomical knowledge. |
DLV | 555 | D | Liber HAD
Hadit. |
DLXX | 570 | Liber
DCCCXIII vel AraritaBeyond. |
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DCXXXIII | 633 | De
Thaumaturgiaconsiderations concerning Magick. |
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DCLXXI | 671 | D | Liber DCLXXI
vel Pyramidosbased on the Neophyte ritual. |
DCCXXIX | 729 | C | The
Amalantrah WorkingInterviews with a discarnate entity. |
DCCLXXVII | 777 | B | 777 vel Prolegomena Symbolica Ad Systemam
Sceptico MysticaeEnglish language. |
DCCC | 800 | D | Liber Samekh
Mage. |
DCCCVIII | 808 | Serpentis Nehushtan | |
DCCCXI | 811 | C | Energised
EnthusiasmIntuition and Hatha yoga. |
DCCCXIII | 813 | A | Ararita
very secret process of Initiation. |
DCCCXXXI | 831 | D | Liber Yod
the Holy Guardian Angel. |
DCCCXXXVII | 837 | C | Law of
Liberty, TheEthical problems. |
DCCCLX | 860 | C | John St.
Johnconcerned. |
DCCCLXVIII | 868 | B | Liber Viarum
Viaedifficuly until attainment is complete. |
DCCCLXXXVIII | 888 | The Gospel
According to Saint Bernard Shawof Christianity. |
|
CMXIII | 913 | B | Liber
ThIShARBcalculate his True Orbit in eternity.) |
CMXXXIV | 934 | The Cactus A record of experiments withthe Mescal buttons. |
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CMLXIII | 963 | AB | Treasurehouse
of Images, Theappropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac. |