Works of Aleister Crowley (Libers)

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
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 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.