Diese Liste enthält die Libri von Thelema, die Bücher des Thelema-Systems (, Plural libri), stellt also eine Art Kanon des von Aleister Crowley begründeten Orden des Astrum Argenteum (A∴A∴), des Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) und allgemein der Nachfolger Crowleys und der Thelema-Tradition dar.
Die meisten Texte gehen auf Aleister Crowley zurück. Wenn nicht anders vermerkt, kann von einer Autorschaft Crowleys ausgegangen werden. Viele der kürzeren Schriften erschienen in der Zeitschrift Equinox oder auch in The International. Ebenso gehen die Inhaltsangaben weitgehend auf Crowleys A Syllabus of the Official Instructions of the A∴A∴ (Liber 207) zurück.
Die Titel entsprechen häufig dem Muster Liber A vel B sub figura X, was als Buch A oder B mit Nummer X gelesen werden kann, wobei X eine Zahl in römischen Zahlen ist.
Die Länge der der rund 140 Texte ist sehr unterschiedlich. Manche der „Bücher“ umfassen nur einige Absätze, andere haben den Umfang mehrbändiger Werke (zum Beispiel Liber 4).
Klassen Die Klasse der einzelnen Schriften ist eine Klassifizierung des A∴A∴ entsprechend der Bedeutung der jeweiligen Schrift, wobei die wichtigsten Schriften in der Klasse „A“ sind. Einige der Schriften gehören zu mehreren Klassen. Die Klassen A bis D gehen wie die Inhaltsangaben auf Crowleys Liber 207 zurück. Schriften des O.T.O. haben keine Klassifizierung. Die Klassen im EinzelnenSiehe die Einleitung auf der Libri-Seite des O.T.O.
Klasse Beschreibung A Schriften, deren Inhalt in keiner Weise verändert werden darf, da sie das Werk eines Adepten sind („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“) B Schriften, die Resultat gewöhnlicher Gelehrsamkeit sind („books or essays which are the result of ordinary scholarship, enlightened and earnest“) C Materialien, die eher als Anregung denn als sonst etwas dienen können („matter which is to be regarded rather as suggestive than anything else“) D offizielle Rituale und Anweisungen E Bekanntmachungen und Infoschriften
Liste der Libri Die folgende Liste führt Libri von Thelema auf, zusammen mit bibliographischen Angaben zu Erstdruck, Erstausgabe in eckigen Klammern. Angaben der Form „Warburg XXX“ verweisen auf Bestände innerhalb der Sammlung der Crowleyana] von Gerald Joseph Yorke und Francis King in der Bibliothek des Warburg Institute (s. Weblinks).
Liber Nummer Klasse Titel Inhalt I 1 A Liber B vel Magi This is an account of the Grade of Magus, the highest grade which it is ever possible to manifest in any way whatever upon this plane. Or so it is said by the Masters of the Temple. [Erstausgabe London, ca. 1916, s. a. Equinox I,7 (1912)] II 2 E The Message of The Master Therion Explains the essence of the new Law in a very simple manner. [s. Equinox III,1 (1919)] III 3 D Liber III vel Jugorum An instruction for the control of speech, action, and thought. [s. Equinox I,4 (1910)] IV 4 ABDE Liber ABA (Magick) A general account in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers. [Teile I und II Crowley und Soror Virakam [= Mary Desti] als Book 4 (1912), Teil III als Magick in Theory and Practice by the Master Therion mit Leila Waddell. Teil IV als The Equinox of the Gods (1936). Buchausgaben unter dem Titel Magick.] 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. [Erstdruck in Magick in Theory and Practice, Appendix VI.] VI 6 B Liber O vel Manus et Sagitae 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. [s. Equinox I,2 (1909)] VII 7 A Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Adumbratio Kabbalae AEgyptiorvm The Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple. The nature of this book is sufficiently explained by its title. Its seven chapters are referred to the seven planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus. [Erstdruck in Crowley, ΘΕΛΗΜΑ (Privatdruck, 1909) und in Crowley, The Holy Books Bd. II (1909).] 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. See Liber 418. [s. a. Equinox IV,1 (1996)] IX 9 B Liber E vel Exercitiorum This book 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, in order that the student may thoroughly understand his own limitations. [s. Equinox I,1 (1909)] 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. [s. Equinox I,6 (1911)] 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. [s. Equinox I,7 (1912)] XIII 13 D Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni An account of the tasks of the aspirant from Probationer to Adept. [s. Equinox I,3 (1910)] XV 15 Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ The central public and private rite of Ordo Templi Orientis and its ecclesiastical arm, Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica. Several equally canonical versions, with slight variations, of this document exist, published in several sources. This is a O.T.O. document. [Geschrieben 1913. Es gibt 3 von Crowley veröffentlichte Versionen der „gnostischen Messe“: The International, Bd. XII Nr. 3, März 1918 Equinox III,1, 1919 Magic in Theory and Practice, 1923.] XVI 16 B Liber Turris vel Domus Dei An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind. [s. Equinox I,6 (1911)] XVII 17 D Liber IAO Sexual Magick. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. The active form of Liber H.H.H (Liber 341). The article Energized Enthusiasm (Liber 811) is an adumbration of this book. [Text scheint verloren. Eine Fälschung mit dem Untertitel The Book of Holy Kisses zirkuliert seit einigen Jahren im Internet.] XXI 21 Khing Kang King — The Classic of Purity Taoist classic put into rhyme. A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion. [Erstausgabe Khing kang king, the classic of purity first written down by me Ko Yuen in the episode of the Dynasty of Wu and now made into a rime by me Aleister Crowley. O.T.O, London 1939.] XXII 22 A Liber XXII Domarum Mercurii Cum Suis Geniis [Enthalten in Liber 231, s. Equinox I,7 (1912)] XXIV 24 B De Nuptiis Secretis Deorum Cum Hominibus Sexual magick. [Warburg NS3 u. OS25. Deutsche Übersetzung von Theodor Reuß: Von den geheimen Hochzeiten der Götter mit den Menschen. In: De Arte Magica – Die Magie des Hochalters. Die Oriflamme. Schmiedeberg ca. 1913.] XXV 25 D The Star Ruby An improved form of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. [Eine Fassung des Textes erstmals in The Book of Lies (s. Liber 333, 25, 1913). Überarbeitete Fassung in Magick in Theory and Practice, Appendix VI (1929).] XXVII 27 A Liber Trigrammaton 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. [Erstdruck in Crowley, ΘΕΛΗΜΑ (Privatdruck, 1909) und in Crowley, The Holy Books Bd. III (1909); enthalten in: The Holy Books of Thelema (Equinox III,9, 1983).] XXVIII 28 D Septem Regum Sanctorum — The Ceremony of the Seven Holy Kings Being an Initiation Ritual for certain select probationers to A∴A∴. [Erstdruck in beschränkter Auflage Thelema Lodge, O.T.O., 1989Ritual XXVIII. The Ceremony of the Seven Holy Kings, bibliographischer Eintrag bei Weiser Antiquarian, abgerufen am 8. März 2023.] XXVIII 28 Liber vel Νικη — The Fountain of Hyacinth [siehe Liber 93] XXX 30 B Liber Librae — The Book of the Balance Karma Yoga. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man. [s. Equinox I,1 (1909)] XXXI 31 A AL (Liber Legis), The Book of the Law, as delivered by 93 – עיוז – ΑΙϜΑΣΣ – 418 to תריון – ΤΟ ΜΕΓΑ ΘΗΡΙΟΝ 666 Facsimile pages of the actual manuscript of The Book of the Law. This book is the foundation of the New Aeon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Received April 8, 9 and 10, 1904 by Aleister Crowley and Rose Kelly. [Die Nummer 31 bezieht sich nur auf die Faksimileform von Liber AL vel Legis. Der eigentliche Text ist Liber 220.] XXXI 31 The Diary of Frater Achad Being a part of the diary of Frater O.I.V.V.I.O. [Omnibus in Unus Unus in Omnibus = Charles Stansfeld Jones] 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. [Magisches Tagebuch von Charles Stansfeld Jones, 22. September – 19. Oktober 1918.] XXXIII 33 C An Account of A∴A∴ Broadly based upon Cloud on the Sanctuary by the Councillor Von Eckartshausen and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher.An elementary suggestive account of the work of the Order in its relation to the average man. The preliminary paper of M∴ M∴ M∴ may be classed with this. [s. Equinox I,1 (1909) und IV,1 (1996)] XXXVI 36 D The Star Sapphire This is Chapter XXXVI of the Book of Lies, giving an improved ritual of the Hexagram. [s. Liber 333, 36.] XLI 41 C Thien TAO An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane. [s. Konx Om Pax (Liber 397, 1907).] XLIV 44 D The Mass of the Phoenix This is Chapter XLIV of the Book of Lies. An instruction in a simple and exoteric form of Eucharist. [s. Liber 333, 44.] XLVI 46 The Key of the Mysteries A Translation of La Clef des Grands Mysteres, by Éliphas Lévi. Specially adapted to the task of the Attainment of Bhakta-Yoga. [s. Equinox I,10, Special Supplement (1913)] XLIX 49 Shih Yi Chien An account of the divine perfection illustrated by the seven-fold permutation of the Dyad. No full version of this is thought to survive. XLIX 49 The Collected writings of Jack Parsons Received by John Whiteside “Jack” Parsons (Belarion 8○ = 3□) on February 29, 1946 EV during the “Babalon Working”. Also: The Explosive Imagination of John Whiteside “Jack” Parsons. LI 51 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. [Crowley 1913 in Confessions: „In particular there is a sort of novel, "The Lost Continent", purporting to give an account of the civilization of Atlantis. I sometimes feel that this lacks artistic unity. At times it is a fantastic rhapsody describing my ideals of Utopian society; but some passages are a satire on the conditions of our existing civilization, while others convey hints of certain profound magical secrets, or anticipations of discoveries in science.“Aleister Crowley: The Confessions of Aleister Crowley : An Autohagiography. Hrsgg. von John Symonds und Kenneth Grant. Penguin/Arkana, 1989, ISBN 0-14-019189-5, S. 715.] LII 52 Manifesto of the O.T.O. This 1919 e.v. manifesto is by Crowley, others exist by other people. [s. Equinox III,1 (1919)] LIII 53 The Stone of the Philosophers [s. Konx Om Pax (Liber 397, 1907).] LV 55 C The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy.