Works of Aleister Crowley (Libers)

*Part of the Works of Aleister Crowley series*

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.

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.

See also

• Works of Aleister Crowley (Books)
• Works of Aleister Crowley (Poetry)
• Works of Aleister Crowley (Other)

External links

• [The Libri of Aleister Crowley](http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/index.html) (*http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/index.html*), on Hermetic.com. A complete listing with full text in most cases.