The Libri of Aleister Crowley
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Aleister Crowley classified his more important works about Thelema in a couple of different ways. He used a system of numbered libri (Books) to set these particular works apart from his other writings, thus we have titles like “Liber II: The Message of the Master Therion”. He also further categorized them according to “Class”. The class designation specifies the nature of the work itself, defining its intended usage, and also lets us know the importance of the book in the grand scheme of the system. An explanation of these classes is 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 public announcements and broadsheets.
Below, is a list of links to a large number of the Libri of Aleister Crowley. They are listed here by class, and come from two primary sources. The online library of Ordo Templi Orientis U.S.A., and The Hermetic Library.
Class A:
- Liber I: Liber B Vel Magi
- Liber VII: Liber Liberi Vel Lapidis Lazuli
- Liber X: Liber Porta Lucis
- Liber XXVII: Liber Trigrammaton
- Liber XXXI: Liber AL(Liber Legis), The Book of the Law(Original manuscript)
- Liber LXV: Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente
- Liber LXVI: Liber Stellæ Rubeæ
- Liber XC: Liber Tzaddi Vel Hamus Hermeticus
- Liber CLVI: Liber Cheth Vel Vallum Abiegni
- Liber CCXX: Liber AL Vel Legis(The Book of the Law)
- Liber CCXXXI: Liber Arcanorum
- Liber CCCLXX: Liber A’ash Vel Capricoroni Pneumatici
- Liber CD: Liber Tau Vel Kabbalæ Trium Literarum
- Liber DCCCXII: Vel Ararita
Class B:
- The Book of Thoth
- Liber VI: Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae
- Liber IX: Liber E vel Exercitiorum
- Liber XVI: Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
- Liber XXI: Khing Kang King – The Classic of Purity
- Liber XXX: Liber Librae
- Liber LVIII: Qabalah
- Liber LXIV: Liber Israfel
- Liber LXXI: The Voice of the Silence / The Two Paths / The Seven Portals
- Liber LXXVIII: On the Tarot
- Liber LXXXIV: Liber Chanokh
- Liber XCVI: Liber Gaias – A Handbook of Geomancy
- Liber CI: An Open Letter to those who may wish to join the Order
- Liber CVI: Concerning Death
- Liber CXI: Liber CXI vel Aleph, The Book of Wisdom or Folly
- Liber CLXV: A Master of the Temple
- Liber CDLI: Liber CDLI – Eroto-comatose Lucidity
- Liber CDLXXXIX: One Star in Sight sub figurâ CDLXXXIX
- Liber D: Sepher Sephiroth
- Liber DXXXVI: Liber Βατραχοφρενοβοοκοσμομαχια
- Liber DCLXVI: Liber Artemis Iota vel de Coitu Scholia Triviæ
- Liber DCCLXXVII: Liber 777 vel Prolegomena Symbolica Ad Systemam Sceptico-Mysticæ Viæ Explicandæ, Fundamentum Hieroglyphicum Sanctissimorum Scientiæ Summæ
- Liber DCCCLXVIII: Liber Viarum Viæ
- Liber CMXXXIV: תישארב, Liber Viæ Memoriæ
Class AB:
- Liber CDXV: Opus Lutetianum(The Paris Working)
- Liber CCCCXVIII: Liber XXX vel Aerum(The Vision and the Voice)
- Liber DCCCCLXIII: Liber ΘΗΣΑΥΡΟΥ ΕΙΔΩΛΩΝ(The Treasure House of Images)
Class C:
- Liber XXXIII: An Account of A∴A∴
- Liber XLI: Thien Tao
- Liber LV: The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua
- Liber LIX: Across the Gulf
- Liber LXVII: The Sword of Song
- Liber XCV: The Wake World
- Liber CXLVIII: The Soldier and The Hunchback
- Liber CXCVII: The High History of Good Sir Palamedes the Saracen Knight and of his following of the Questing Beast
- Liber CCXLII: AHA!
- Liber CCCXXXIII: The Book of Lies
- Liber CCCXXXV: Adonis an Allegory
- Liber CDLXXIV: Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
- Liber DCCXXIX: The Amalantrah Working
- Liber DCCC: The Ship
- Liber DCCCXI: Energised Enthusiasm
- Liber DCCCXXXVII: The Law of Liberty
- Liber DCCCLX: John St. John
- Liber MMCCLXI: A Note on Genesis
Class D:
- Liber III: Liber III vel Jugorum
- Liber V: Liber V vel Reguli
- Liber VIII: 8th Aether Liber CCCCXVIII
- Liber XI: Liber NU
- Liber XIII: Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni
- Liber XXV: The Star Ruby
- Liber XXXVI: The Star Sapphire
- Liber XLIV: The Mass of the Phœnix
- Liber LXI: LIBER LXI VEL CAUSÆ
- Liber LXX: Σταυρος Βατραχου (The Cross of a Frog)
- Liber CXX: Liber Cadaveris, Ritual CXX, Of passing through the Tuat
- Liber CLXXV: Liber Astarté vel Liber Berylli
- Liber CLXXXV: Liber Collegii Sancti
- Liver CC: Liber Resh vel Helios
- Liber CCVI: Liber RU vel Spiritus
- Liber CDXII: Liber A vel Armorum
- Liber DLV: Liber HAD
- Liber DCLXXI: Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos
- Liber DCCC: Liber Samekh Theurgia Goetia Summæ, Congressus cum Dæmone
- Liber DCCCXXXI: Liber YOD
- Liber MCCLXIV: The Greek Qabalah
Class E:
- (unnumbered): The Equinox of the Gods
- Liber II: The Message of The Master Therion
- Liber CL: Liber Cl vel נעל, A Sandal, De Lege Libellum
- Liber CCC: Khabs am Pekht
- Liber DCCCXXXVII: The Law of Liberty