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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Complete Technical Library
of the O.T.O. and A∴A∴

by Class

Publications in Class A
– The Holy Books of Thelema –

LIBER
Number
Class
Title
O.T.O.
core
A∴A∴
core
LIBER I
1.
A
Liber B vel Magi sub figurâ I
LIBER VII
7.
A
Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli – Adumbratio Kabbalæ Ægyptiorum sub figurâ VII
LIBER X
10.
A
Liber Porta Lucis sub figurâ X
A∴A∴
LIBER XXII
22.
A
Liber Carcerorum Των Qliphoth Cum Suis Geniis
LIBER XXVII
27.
A
Liber Trigrammaton sub figurâ XXVII
LIBER XXXI AL
31.
A
The Holograph Manuscript of Liber AL vel Legis
A∴A∴
LIBER LXV
65.
A
Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente sub figurâ אדני
LIBER LXVI
66.
A
Liber Stellæ Rubeæ sub figurâ LXVI
LIBER XC
90.
A
Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus
LIBER CLVI
156.
A
Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni sub figurâ CLVI
LIBER CCXX
220.
A
Liber AL vel Legis sub figurâ CCXX – The Book of the Law
A∴A∴
LIBER CCXXXI
231.
A
Liber Arcanorum τών Atu τού Tahuti Quas Vidit Asar in Amennti sub figura CCXXXI
LIBER CCCLXX
370.
A
Liber A’ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici sub figurâ CCCLXX
LIBER CD 400. A Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum
LIBER DCCCXIII 1
813.
A
Liber DCCCXIII vel ARARITA sub figurâ DLXX

Publications in Class AB
– Holy Scholarship of Thelema –

LIBER
Number
Class
Title
O.T.O.
core
A∴A∴
core
LIBER CDXV
415.
AB
Opus Lutetianum – The Paris Working
LIBER CCCCXVIII
418.
AB
Liber XXX ÆRUM vel Sæculi, sub figurâ CCCCXVIII – The Vision and the Voice
= Liber CDXVIII
LIBER DCCCCLXIII
963.
AB
Liber ΘΗΣΑΥΡΟΥ ΕΙΔΩΛΩΝ, sub figurâ DCCCCLXIII – The Treasurehouse of Images
= Liber CMLXIII

Publications in Class B
– Scholarship of Thelema –

LIBER
Number
Class
Title
O.T.O.
core
A∴A∴
core
TOTH
B
The Book of Thoth
SOLOMON
B
The Temple of Solomon the King – [ Chapters: The Sorcerer & Qabalah & The Priest ]
LIBER VI
6.
B
Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae sub figurâ VI
A∴A∴
LIBER IX
9.
B
Liber E vel Exercitiorum sub figurâ IX
A∴A∴
LIBER XVI
16.
B
Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
(A∴A∴)
LIBER XXI
21.
B
Khing Kang King – The Classic of Purity
LIBER XXIV
24.
B
De Nuptis Secretis Deorum cum Hominibus
(O.T.O.)
LIBER XXX
30.
B
Liber Librae sub figurâ XXX
A∴A∴
Liber LVIII
58.
B
Qabalah
LIBER LXIV
64.
B
Liber Israfel sub figurâ LXIV
LIBER LXXI
71.
B
The Voice of the Silence – The Two Paths – The Seven Portals
LIBER LXXVIII
78.
B
On the Tarot
LIBER LXXXIV
84.
B
Liber Chanokh – A Brief Abstract of the Symbolic Representation of the Universe derived by Doctor John Dee through the skrying of Sir Edward Kelly
LIBER XCVI
96.
B
Liber Gaias – A Handbook of Geomancy
LIBER CI
101.
B
An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order
O.T.O.
LIBER CVI
106.
B
Concerning Death
LIBER CXI
111.
B
Liber CXI vel Aleph – The Book of Wisdom or Folly
LIBER CLXV
165.
B
A Master of the Temple
LIBER CCXXVIII
228.
B
De Natura Deorum
(O.T.O.)
LIBER CCCLXVII
367.
B
De Homunculo
(O.T.O.)
LIBER CDXIV
414.
B
De Arte Magica Secundum ritum Gradus Nonæ O.T.O. Baphometi Epistola anno belli universalis ne perdat arcanum scripta
(O.T.O.)
LIBER CDLI 2
451.
B
Liber CDLI – Eroto-comatose Lucidity
LIBER CDLXXXIX
489.
B
One Star in Sight sub figurâ CDLXXXIX
A∴A∴
LIBER D
500.
B
Sepher Sephiroth sub figurâ D οαριθνοσ
LIBER DXXXVI
536.
B
Liber Βατραχοφρενοβοοκοσμομαχια sub figurâ DXXXVI
LIBER DCLXVI 3
666.
B
Liber Artemis Iota vel de Coitu Scholia Triviæ sub figurâ 666
LIBER 777
777.
B
Liber 777 vel Prolegomena Symbolica Ad Systemam Sceptico-Mysticæ Viæ Explicandæ, Fundamentum Hieroglyphicum Sanctissimorum Scientiæ Summæ
(A∴A∴)
LIBER DCCCLXVIII
868.
B
Liber Viarum Viæ sub figurâ DCCCLXVIII
LIBER CMXIII
913.
B
תישארב, Liber (ThIShARB) Viæ Memoriæ sub figurâ CMXIII
LIBER MCCLXIV
1264.
B
The Greek Qabalah

Publications in Class C
– Suggestions of Thelema –

LIBER
Number
Class
Title
O.T.O.
core
A∴A∴
core
THE SHIP
C
The Ship – A Mystery Play
LIBER XXXIII
33.
C
An Account of A∴A∴ sub figurâ XXXIII
A∴A∴
LIBER XLI
41.
C
Liber XLI 天 道 (Thien Tao)
LIBER LV
55.
C
The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua
LIBER LIX
59.
C
Across the Gulf
LIBER LXVII
67.
C
The Sword of Song
LIBER LXX
70.
C
Σταυροσ Βατραχου – The Cross of a Frog
Liber XCV
95.
C
The Wake World
LIBER C
100.
C / D
Liber כ ף, Αγαπη Αζοθ Sal Philosphorum – The Book of the Unveiling of the Sangraal ⌖
(O.T.O.)
LIBER CLVIII
158.
C
The Soldier and The Hunchback ! and ?
LIBER CXCVII
197.
C
The High History of Good Sir Palamedes the Saracen Knight and of his following of the Questing Beast
Liber CCXLII
242.
C
AHA!
LIBER CCCXXV
325.
C
The Bartzabel Working
LIBER CCCXXXIII
333.
C
The Book of Lies
LIBER CCCXXXV
335.
C
Adonis an Allegory
LIBER CDLXXIV
474.
C
Liber Os Abysmi vel DAATH sub figurâ CDLXXIV
(LIBER DCCXXIX) 4
(729.)
C

The Amalantrah Working
= Soror Achitha’s Vision – The Amalantrah Working [LIBER XCVII]

LIBER DCCCXI 7
811.
C
Energized Enthusiasm – A Note on Theurgy
LIBER DCCCXXXVII
837.
C / E
The Law of Liberty – A Tract of ΤΟ ΜΕΓΑ ΘΗΡΙΟΝ 666
LIBER DCCCLX
860.
C
John St. John – The Record of the Magical Retirement of G. H. Frater, O∴ M∴
LIBER MMCCLXI
2261.
C
A Note on Genesis
LIBER
Number
Class
Title
O.T.O.
core
A∴A∴
core
LIBER III
3.
D
Liber III vel Jugorum
A∴A∴
LIBER V
5.
D
Liber V vel Reguli
LIBER VIII
8.
D
8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
LIBER XI
11.
D
Liber NU sub figurâ XI
LIBER XIII
13.
D
Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni
A∴A∴
LIBER XXV
25.
D
The Star Ruby
LIBER XXVIII
28.
D
Septem Regum Sanctorum – The Ceremony of the Seven Holy Kings ⌖
(A∴A∴)
LIBER XXXVI
36.
D
The Star Sapphire
LIBER XLIV
44.
D
The Mass of the Phœnix
LIBER LXI
61.
D
Liber LXI vel Causae – The Preliminary Lection, including the History Lection
A∴A∴
LIBER LXX
70.
D
Σταυρος Βατραχου sub figurâ LXX
LIBER LXXIV
74.
D
Liber Testis Testitudinis vel ע ד sub figurâ LXXIV
LIBER C
100.
D / C
Liber כ ף, Αγαπη Αζοθ Sal Philosphorum – The Book of the Unveiling of the Sangraal ⌖
(O.T.O.)
LIBER CXX
120.
D
Liber Cadaveris – Ritual CXX Of passing through the Tuat ⌖
(A∴A∴)
LIBER CLXXV
175.
D
Liber Astarté vel Liber Berylli sub figurâ CLXXV
(A∴A∴)
LIBER CLXXXV
185.
D
Liber Collegii Sancti sub figurâ CLXXXV
A∴A∴
LIBER CLXXXVI
186.
D
Liber ק vel Gnosticorum Missa Minor
LIBER CC
200.
D
Liber Resh vel Helios sub figurâ CC
A∴A∴
LIBER CCVI
206.
D
Liber RU vel Spiritus sub figurâ CCVI
LIBER CCCXLI
341.
D
Liber HHH sub figurâ CCCXLI
A∴A∴
LIBER CDXII
412.
D
Liber A vel Armorum sub figurâ CDXII
(LIBER CDLI) 2
(451.)
D
Liber Siloam = Liber CDLI
LIBER DLV
555.
D
Liber HAD sub figurâ DLV
LIBER DCLXXI 5
671.
D
Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos
(A∴A∴)
(LIBER DCLXXI) 5
(671.)
D
Liber DCLXXI vel ThROA
(O.T.O.)
LIBER DCC
700.
D
Liber Vesta vel פרכח s
(A∴A∴)
LIBER DCCC 6
800.
D
Liber Samekh Theurgia Goetia Summæ, Congressus cum Dæmone sub figurâ DCCC
(LIBER DCCCXI) 7
(811.)
D
Liber Collegii Internii – (missing)
LIBER DCCCXXXI
831.
D
Liber YOD sub figurâ DCCCXXXI

Publications in Class E
– Public Statements of Thelema –

LIBER
Number
Class
Title
O.T.O.
core
A∴A∴
core
EQUINOX OF GODS
E
The Equinox of the Gods
GENESIS LIBRI AL
E
Genesis Libri AL
LIBER II
2.
E
The Message of The Master Therion
LIBER CL
150.
E
Liber Cl vel נעל – De Lege Libellum
LIBER CCC
300.
E
Khabs am Pekht
O.T.O.
LIBER DCCCXXXVII
837.
E / C
The Law of Liberty – A Tract of ΤΟ ΜΕΓΑ ΘΗΡΙΟΝ 666

Unclassified Documents of Thelema

IBER
Number
Class
Title
O.T.O.
core
A∴A∴
core
LIBER IV
4.
U
Liber ABA (Magick)
LIBER XV
15.
U
Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae – Canon Missae
O.T.O.
(LIBER XVIII) 8
(18.)
U

Liber צ ב א vel Νικη sub figura XXVIII – The Fountain of Hyacinth
= LIBER XCIII

Liber XXXI
31.
U
Liber XXXI – Being a part of the diary of Frater O.I.V.V.I.O.
LIBER XLVI
46.
U
The Key of the Mysteries
LIBER XLIX 9
49.
U
The Collected writings of Jack Parsons
(LIBER XLIX) 9
(49.)
U
Shih Yi Chien – (missing)
LIBER LI
51.
U
The Lost Continent
LIBER LII
52.
U
Manifesto of the OTO
O.T.O.
LIBER LX
60.
U
The Ab-ul-Diz Working
LIBER LXXIII
73.
U
The Urn
(O.T.O.)
LIBER LXXVII
77.
U
Liber Oz
O.T.O.
LIBER LXXXI
81.
U
The Butterfly Net (MOONCHILD)
LIBER XCIII 8
93.
U
Liber צ ב א vel Νικη sub figura XCIII – The Fountain of Hyacinth –
= LIBER XVIII
LIBER XCVII 4
97.
U

Soror Achitha’s Vision – The Amalantrah Working
= The Amalantrah Working [LIBER DCCXXIX]

LIBER CI
101.
U / B
Liber CI – O.T.O. – An Open Letter to Those Who May Wish to Join the Order
O.T.O.
LIBER CVI
106.
U / B
Liber CVI – Concerning Death
LIBER CXXIV
124.
U
Liber CXXIV – Of Eden and the Sacred Oak – And of the Greater and Lesser Hospitality of the O.T.O.
O.T.O.
LIBER CXXXII
132.
U
Liber Apotheosis
(O.T.O.)
LIBER CLVII
157.
U
The Tao Teh Ching
LIBER CLXI
161.
U
Liber CLXI – O.T.O. – Concerning the Law of Thelema
O.T.O.
LIBER CXCIV
194.
U
Liber CXCIV – O.T.O. – An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order
O.T.O.
LIBER CCVII
207.
U
A Syllabus of the Official Instructions of the A∴A∴
A∴A∴
LIBER CCXVI
216.
U
The I Ching
LIBER CCLXV
265.
U
The Structure of the Mind – (missing)
LIBER CCCXLIII
343.
U
Liber CCCXLIII: AMRITA – Some Comments on the Elixir of Life
(LIBER CCCLXV) 6
(365.)
U
The Preliminary Invocation of the Goetia
{Theurgia Goetia Summæ (Congressus Cum Dæmone)}
= Liber DCCC – Liber Samekh
(Liber DCCCXIII) 1
(570.)
U
Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita sub figurâ DLXX – (» in Hungarian)
= Liber DCCCXIII vel ARARITA
LIBER DCXXXIII
633.
U
Liber DCXXXIII – De Thaumaturgia – (» in Hungarian)
LIBER 666 3
666a.
U
The Beast
LIBER DCCCVIII
808.
U
Liber Serpentis Nehushtan – (missing)
LIBER DCCCL
850.
U
The Rites of Eleusis
LIBER DCCCLXXXVIII
888.
U
The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw – A complete study of the origins of Christianity
LIBER CMXXXIV
934.
U
The Cactus
LIBER MCXXXIX
1139.
U
The Utterance of the Pythoness
LIBER MCLI
1151.
U
Liber MCLI
O.T.O.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Complete Technical Library
of the O.T.O. and A∴A∴

by Number

LIBER Number Class Title and Description
I 1. A Liber B vel Magi
An account of the Grade of Magus, the highest grade which it is even possible to manifest in any way whatsoever upon this plane. Or so it is said by the Masters of the Temple.
II 2. E The Message of The Master Therion
Explains the essence of the new Law in a very simple manner.
III 3. D Liber III vel Jugorum
An instruction for the control of speech, action, and thought.
IV 4. U Liber ABA (Magick)
A general account in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers. In four parts: (1) Mysticism (2) Magical Theory (3) Magical Practice (4) The Law.
V 5. D Liber V vel Reguli
Being the Ritual of the Mark of the Beast: an incantation proper to invoke the Energies of the Aeon of Horus, adapted for the daily use of the Magician of whatever grade. A pair of alternate, earlier forms are » available « as well.
VI 6. B Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae
Instructions given for the elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the Rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of attaining astral visions so called, and an instruction in the practice called Rising on the Planes. (The instructions given in this book are too loose to find place in the Class D publications.)
VII 7. A Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli
Gives in magical language an account of the Initiation of a Master of the Temple. This is the only parallel, for Beauty of Ecstasy, to Liber LXV. ‘The birth words of a Master of the Temple’. Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple. It´s 7 Chapters are referred to the 7 Planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus.
VIII 8. D 8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
And thus shall he do who will attain to the mystery of the knowledge and conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel.
IX 9. B Liber E vel Exercitiorum sub figurâ IX
Instructs the aspirant in the necessity of keeping a record. Suggests methods of testing physical clairvoyance. Gives instruction in Asana, Pranayama and Dharana, and advises the application of tests to the physical body, so that the student may thoroughly understand his own limitations.
X 10. A Liber Porta Lucis
An account of the sending forth of the Master Therion by the A∴A∴ and an explanation of his mission.
XI 11. D Liber NU
An instruction for attaining Nuit. An account of the task of the Aspirant from Probationer to Adept. Meditations on AL.
XIII 13. D Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni
An account of the tasks of the aspirant from Probationer to Adept.
XV 15. U Ecclesia Gnostica Catholicae Canon Missae
THE CANON OF THE MASS, according to the Gnostic Catholic Church, which represents the original and true pre-Christian Christianity. – Aleister Crowley composed the O.T.O. Gnostic Mass — technically called Liber XV or „Book 15“ — on a visit to Moscow in 1915 E.V. It is the central rite of Ordo Templi Orientis and it’s ecclesiastical arm, Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica. In many ways it is similar in structure to the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church. However, the comparison ends there, as the Gnostic Mass is a celebration of the principles of Thelema. The ceremony calls for five officers: a priest, a priestess, a deacon, and two acolytes, called “children”. The end of the ritual culminates in the consumation of the eucharist, which is a glass of wine and the host, called a Cake of Light, after which the congregant proclaims “There is no part of me that is not of the gods!”
XVI 16. B Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind.
XVII 17. D Liber IAO
IAO. Sexual Magick. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. The active form of Liber CCCXLI. – It is the active counterpart of Liber HHH. – The article Energized Enthusiasm is an adumbration of this book.
(XVIII) 8 (18.) U

Liber צ ב א vel Νικη sub figura XXVIII – The Fountain of Hyacinth
= LIBER XCIII

XXI 21. B Khing Kang King – The Classic of Purity
by Ko Hsuen. Taoist classic put into rhyme. A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion.
XXII 22. A Liber Carcerorum Των Qliphoth Cum Suis Geniis
It presents in tabular form the names and sigils of the Genii of the 22 Scales of the Serpent and of the Qliphoth.
XXIV 24. B De Nuptis Secretis Deorum cum Hominibus
Sexual magick.
XXV 25. D The Star Ruby
This is the chapter called the Star Ruby in the Book of Lies. It is improved form of the ‘Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram’. (There are two forms of this Ritual)
XXVII 27. A Liber Trigrammaton
It describes the Course of Creation under the Figure of the Interplay of Three Principles. This book corresponds to the stanzas of Dzyan. – Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang. An account of the Cosmic process: corresponding to the stanzas of Dzyan in another system.
XXVIII 28. D Septem Regum Sanctorum – The Ceremony of the Seven Holy Kings ⌖
Being an Initiation Ritual for certain select probationers to A∴A∴
XXX 30. B Liber Librae – The Book of the Balance
Karma Yoga. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man.
XXXI AL 31. A The Holograph Manuscript of Liber AL vel Legis
The scanned images of original manuscript of LIBER CCXX – Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)
XXXI 31. U The Diary of Frater Achad
Being a part of the diary of Frater O.I.V.V.I.O. concerning the fool Parzival and how he discovered the mystery of the one that is not. Written down in the fourteenth year of this Aeon when the sun was in the sign of Libra by Frater Arctaeon.
XXXIII 33. C An Account of A∴A∴
An account of A∴A∴ first written in the language of his period by the Councillor Von Eckarthausen. Broadly based upon ‘Cloud on the Sanctuary’ by the Councillor Von Eckartshausen and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher.
XXXVI 36. D The Star Sapphire
Is Chapter XXXVI of the Book of Lies, giving an improved form of the 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 Ritual of the Law.
XLVI 46. U The Key of the Mysteries
A Translation of „La Clef des Grands Mysteres“, by Eliphas Levi. A translation by Frater O.M. {Aleister Crowley} of the masterpiece of Eliphas Levi. Specially adapted to the task of the Attainment of Bhakta-Yoga.
XLIX 9 49. U The Collected writings of Jack Parsons
This book contains the record of a magical experiment relating to the invocation of an elemental, the thereafter of the Goddess or Force called BABALON, and the results thereof.
(XLIX) 9 (49.) U Shih Yi Chien – (missing)
An account of the divine perfection illustrated by the seven-fold permutation of the Dyad.
LI 51. U The Lost Continent
An account of the continent of Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of it´s people, together with a true account of the catastrophy, so-called, which ended in it´s disappearance. See also ‘Atlantis’.
LII 52. U Manifesto of the OTO
This 1919 e.v. manifesto is by Crowley – others exist by other people.
LV 55. C The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua
An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy.
LVIII 58. B The Qabalah
A general discussion of the Method and uses of the Qabalah. (This is an artical on the Qabalah in the „The Temple of Solomon the King“ EQUINOX V.)
LIX 59. C Across the Gulf
A fantastic account of a previous incarnation – a past life in Egypt. It´s principal interest lies in the fact that it´s story of the overthrowing of Isis by Osiris may help the reader to understand the meaning of the overthrowing of Osiris by Horus in the present Aeon.
LX 60. U The Ab-ul-Diz Working
An Account of a Communication made to Fra. Perdurabo in 1904 – X. through the seer Ouarda is to be found in „The Equinox“ No. VII of Vol. I.
LXI 61. D Liber Causae
A manuscript giving an account of the history of the A∴A∴ in recent times. This history contains no mythology: it is a statement of facts susceptible of rational proof. It explains the actual history and origin of the present movement. It´s statements are accurate in the ordinary sense of the word. The object of the book is to discount Mythopeia. In other words, the collapse of the Order of the G∴D∴ and the founding of the A∴A∴
LXIV 64. B Liber Israfel
By Allen Bennet, Crowley, Others. Invocation of Thoth, as a prelude to preaching. Formerly called ‘Liber Anubis’, an instruction in a suitable method of preaching.
LXV 65. A Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente – The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent
This magical treatise describes particularly the relation of the Aspirant with his Higher Self. It is, alike in conception and execution, a masterpiece of exaltation of thought, carved in Pure Beauty. – An account of the relations of the aspirant and his Holy Guardian Angel. This book is given to Probationers, as the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel is the Crown of the Outer College. Similarly Liber VII is given to Neophytes, as the grade of Master of the Temple is the next resting-place, and Liber CCXX to the Zelator, since that carries him to the highest of all possible grades. Liber XXVII is given to the Practicus, as in this book is the ultimate foundation of the highest theoretical Qabalah, and Liber DCCCXIII to the Philosophus, as it is the foundation of the highest practical Qabalah.
LXVI 66. A Liber Stellae Rubeae
A secret ritual of Apep, the heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis and written down under the figure LXVI. Sexual Magick veiled in symbolism.
LXVII 67. C The Sword of Song
Two Poems. A critical study of various philosophies. An account of Buddhism. 1925.
LXX 70. C Liber LXX – The Cross of a Frog
The Ceremonies proper to obtaining a familiar spirit of a Mercurial nature as described in the Apocalypse of St. John the Divine from a frog or toad.
LXXI 71. B The Voice of the Silence / The Two Paths / The Seven Portals
by H.P. Blavatsky, with an elaborate commentary by Frater O.M. {Aleister Crowley} Frater O.M., 7°=4¤, is the most learned of all the Brethren of the Order; he has given eighteen years to the critical study of this masterpiece.
LXXIII 73. U The Urn
This is a sequel to “The Temple of Solomon the King”, and is the Diary of a Magus. This book contains a detailed account of all the experiences passed through by the Master Therion in his attainment of this Grade of Initiation, the highest possible in any manifested Man.
LXXIV 74. D Liber Testis Testitudinis vel ע ד sub figurâ LXXIV
LXXVII 77. U Liber OZ
The Thelemic declaration of rights of Man.
LXXVIII 78. B On the Tarot
A complete treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on all planes. – A description of the Cards of the Tarot, with their attributions, including a method of divination by their use.
LXXXI 81. U Moonchild – The Butterfly Net
An account of a magical operation (a kind of magical adventure story) concerning homunculi, particularly concerning the planet Luna, written in the form of a novel. Satirical of some members of the G∴D∴
LXXXIV 84. B Liber Chanokh
A brief Abstract of the Symbolic Representation of the Universe. Derived by Dr. John Dee through the Scrying of Sir Edward Kelley.
XC 90. A Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus
An account of Initiation, and an indication as to those who are suitable for the same.
XCIII 8 93. U The Fountain of Hyacinth
A diary of the use of cocaine and heroin and the relations of the Magician therewith. See Liber Al vel Legis: Chapter Two, verse Twentytwo.
XCV 95. C The Wake World
A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel. (in „Konx Om Pax“)
XCVI 96. B Liber Gaias – A Handbook of Geomancy
Gives a simple and fairly satisfactory system of Geomancy. A guide but with some intentional inaccuracies.
XCVII 4 97. U Soror Achitha´s Vision – The Amalantrah Working
Interviews with a discarnate entity. = The Amalantrah Working [LIBER DCCXXIX]
C 100. D Agape vel Liber C vel 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. (Sex Magick.)
= Liber כ ף, Αγαπη Αζοθ Sal Philosphorum – The Book of the Unveiling of the Sangraal ⌖
CI 101. B An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order
Enumerating the Duties and Privileges. These Regulations Come Into Force In Any District Where the Membership Exceeds One Thousand Souls.
CVI 106. B Concerning Death
A treatise on the nature of death and the proper attitude to be taken towards it.
CXI 111. B Liber Aleph – The Book of Wisdom or Folly
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. Contains some of the deepest secrets of Initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems.
CXX 120. D Liber Cadaveris – The Ritual of passing through the Tuat
A Ritual of Initiation for certain Select Zelators.
CXXIV 124. U Of Eden and the Sacred Oak
And of the Greater and Lesser Hospitality of the O.T.O.
CXXXII 132. U Apotheosis
A treatise on the Incarnation of a God, instructions to Realize and Proclaim His Identity.
CXLVIII 148. C The Soldier and The Hunchback ! and ?
A general discussion on philosophy.
CL 150. E De Lege Libellum
A short explanation of the Law, extolling its sublime virtue by the Master Therion. A further explanation of the Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by it´s acceptance. The Law of Liberty Love Life and Light.
CLVI 156. A Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni
A perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept considered under the Symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Sexual magick veiled in symbolism.
CLVII 157. U Tao Teh Ching
A new translation with a commentary by the Master Therion. This is the most exalted and yet practical of the Chinese classics. Also called Liber LXXXI
CLXI 161. U The Law of Thelema
An epistle written to Professor L…B…K… who also himself waited for the New Aeon, concerning the O.T.O. and it´s solution of Property, and now reprinted for the General Circulation.
CLXV 165. B A Master of the Temple
The account of the attainment of a Master of the Temple: given in full detail by Frater O.I.V.V.I.O. This is the Record of a man who actually attained by the system taught by the A∴A∴. – Frater Achad´s magical diary with comments by Crowley.
CLXXV 175. D Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli
An instruction in attainment by the method of devotion, on Bhakta-Yoga; how one may unite oneself to any particular Deity. Both Magical and Mystical methods are given.
CLXXXV 185. D Liber Colegii Sancti
Being the tasks proper to the Grades and their Oaths proper to Liber XIII. This is the Official Paper of the various Grades. It includes the Task and Oath of all Grades to, and including, Adeptus Minor.
CXCIV 194. U An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order
Any Province of the O.T.O. is governed by the Grand Master and those to whom he delegates his Authority, until such time as the Order is established, which is the case when it possesses eleven or more Profess-houses in the province. Then the regular constitution is automatically Promulgated. The Quotation is slightly adapted from an address in one of the Rituals.
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 and of regularizing the practices, 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. U 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. U 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. Confucius said that if his life were to be prolonged by a few years, he would give fifty of them to the study of this book.
CCXX 220. A Liber AL vel Legis
The Book of the Law – which is the foundation of our whole work, and the commentary thereon by the Master through whom it was given to the world.
CCXXVIII 228. B De Natura Deorum
Of the Nature of the Gods
CCXXXI 231. A Liber Arcanorum τών Atu τού Tahuti Quas Vidit Asar in Amennti sub figura CCXXXI
Addentur Sigilla et Nomina Eorum. This is 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.
CCXLII 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. U The Structure of the Mind – (missing) – [possibly lost or destroyed]
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 Khabs 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.
CCCXXV 325. C The Bartzabel Working
An evocation of Bartzabel, the spirit of Mars, was made, so successfully as to demand description.
CCCXXXIII 333. C The Book of Lies
falsely so called: with an extended commentary by the Master Therion. This book contains some of the most valuable mystic epigrams ever written, and also some very important secret rituals. It is the official Text-Book of A∴A∴ for Babes of the Abyss, but it is recommended even to beginners as being highly suggestive. – 93 short chapters each Qabalistically related to its chapter number. Deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. 1913. (Its Chapters XXV, XXXVI, and XLIV are in Class D.)
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. D Liber H.H.H.
Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts.
CCCXLIII 343. U AMRITA
Some Comments on the Elixir of Life.
(CCCLXV) 6 (365.) U The Preliminary Invocation of the Goetia = Liber DCCC – Liber Samekh
{Theurgia Goetia Summæ (Congressus Cum Dæmone)}
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
Another Secret Instruction of the IX° O.T.O.
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 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. U De Arte MagicaSecundum ritum Gradus Nonæ O.T.O.
The Art of Magic according to the degree Nonæ O.T.O. Baphomet not destroy a mysterious letter written in a universal war.
CDXV 415. AB The Paris Working (including Esoteric record and sundrys)
A record of homosexual magick operations.
CCCCXVIII 418. AB The Vision and the Voice = Liber CDXVIII
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. – The instruction in the 8th Aethyr pertains to Class D, i.e. it is an Official Ritual, and the same remarks apply to the account of the proper method of invoking ˘thyrs given in the 18th Aethyr.
CDLI 2 451. B Liber CDLI – Eroto-comatose Lucidity
The chapter Of Eroto-comatose Lucidity in Liber CDXIV – De Arte Magica (Liber 414) ⌖
(CDLI) 2 (451.) D Liber Siloam = Liber CDLI
A direct method of inducing trance.
CDLXXIV 474. C Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
Gnana Yoga. An instruction in a purely intellectual method of entering the Abyss.
CDLXXXIX 489. B One Star in Sight sub figurâ CDLXXXIX
A glimpse of the structure and system of the Great White Brotherhood.
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
A COMPLETE TREATISE ON ASTROLOGY, by Frater O.M. This is the only text-book composed on scientific lines; by classifying observed facts, instead of deducting from a priori theories. – An instruction in the expansion of the field of the mind. Three 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) 1 (570.) U Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita sub figurâ DLXX = Liber DCCCXIII
This book describes in magical language a very secret process of Initiation. – An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.
DCXXXIII 633. U De Thaumaturgia
A statement of certain ethical considerations concerning Magick.
DCLXVI 3 666. B Liber Artemis Iota vel de Coitu Scholia Triviæ sub figurâ 666
An instructional paper for members of Agapé Lodge O.T.O. on the topic of sexual ethics. This book was included as part of Chapter XV: Sex MoralityChapter XV: Sex Morality in Magic Without Tears. (See p.753 of Magick: Liber ABA)
666 3 666a. U The Beast
An A∴A∴ document which is an account of the Magical Personality who is the Logos of the present Æon. This could be a document called “The Master Therion, A Biographical Note” .
DCLXXI 5 671. D Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos
A ritual of self Initiation based on the Neophyte ritual.
DCLXXI 5 (671.) D Liber DCLXXI vel ThROA
Ritual DCLXXI – This is the actual MS 671 referred to in Liber DCCCLX – John St John
DCC 700. D Liber Vesta vel פרכח sub figurâ DCC
This is the Book of the Robes of the Outer.
(DCCXXIX) 4 (729.) C The Amalantrah Working
Interviews with a discarnate entity. = Soror Achitha’s Vision – The Amalantrah Working [LIBER XCVII]
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 6 800. D Liber Samekh = Liber CCCLXV
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. U Serpentis Nehushtan – (missing)
[unpublished / possibly lost or destroyed]
DCCCXI 7 811. C Energized Enthusiasm
An essay developing the idea of creativity – and genius – as a sexual phenomenon. This course is specially adapted to the Task of this Grade, the Attainment of Control of the Body of Light, development of Intuition and Hatha yoga.
(DCCCXI) 7 (811.) D Liber Collegii Internii – (missing)
Some material exists in Crowley’s notebooks, on the theory and practice of running a Magical Order, but nothing is known to survive with this title. [unpublished / possibly lost or destroyed]
DCCCXIII 1 813. A Ararita = Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita sub figurâ DLXX
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 = Liber IOD
formerly called VESTA. 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 The Law of Liberty
This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain Ethical problems.
DCCCL 850. U The Rites of Eleusis
The Rites of Eleusis were a series of seven public invocations or rites written by Aleister Crowley, each centered on one of the seven classical planets of antiquity. They were dramatically performed by Aleister Crowley, Leila Waddell (Laylah), and Victor Benjamin Neuburg in October and November, 1910, at Caxton Hall, London. This act brought Crowley’s occult organization the A∴A∴ into the public eye.
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. U 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. U The Cactus – (missing)
An elaborate study of the psychological effects produced by Anhalonium Lewinii (Mescal Buttons), compiled from the actual records of some hundreds of experiments; with an explanatory essay. Unpublished.
DCCCCLXIII 963. AB The Treasure House of Images = Liber CMLXIII
A superb collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac. (Only the short note pertains to Class A.)
MCXXXIX 1139. U The Utterance of the Pythoness – (missing)
Liber 1139 is unlisted. One possibility is Liber VII : The Book of Lapis Lazuli. “…Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple.” Zayin=7.
MCLI 1151. U Liber MCLI
By Jim Graeb IX° O.T.O.. Being the requirements of Minerval to III°, in study and work in the O.T.O., as it has manifested under the Caliph.
MCCLXIV 1264. B The Greek Qabalah
A complete dictionary of all sacred and important words and phrases given in the Books of the Gnosis and other important writings both in the Greek and the Coptic. It is to the Greek Qabalah what the Sephir Sephiroth is to the Hebrew. The present form is taken from Crowley´s notes by Bill Heidrick, IX° O.T.O..
MMCCLXI 10 2261. C A Note on Genesis = Liber MMCMXI
By Allen Bennet. A model of Qabalistic ratiocination. Specially adapted to Gnana Yoga. With a preface and notes by Crowley.
(MMCMXI) 10 (2911.) C Liber Tyarb (בראית) = Liber MMCCLXI