Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...

 (October 12, 1875 – December 1, 1947)—mystic, occultist, and mountaineer—was a highly prolific writer, not only on the topic of Thelema

Thelema

Thelema is a religious philosophy that was established, defined and developed by the early 20th century British writer and ceremonial magician, Aleister Crowley. He believed himself to be the prophet of a new age, the Æon of Horus, based upon a religious experience that he had in Egypt in 1904...

 and magick, but on philosophy, politics, and culture. He was also a published poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

 and left behind a large number of personal letters and daily journal entries. The following list contains works published and edited by other hands after Crowley's death.

Libri

Many of the important works of Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...

 are in the form of Libri (lit. "books"), which are usually short documents consisting of core teachings, methodologies, practices, or Thelemic

Thelema

Thelema is a religious philosophy that was established, defined and developed by the early 20th century British writer and ceremonial magician, Aleister Crowley. He believed himself to be the prophet of a new age, the Æon of Horus, based upon a religious experience that he had in Egypt in 1904...

 scripture. All the libri 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.

Books

The following list encompasses both Libri and other works, including those compiled or edited after Crowley's death by others.

• 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley : Including Gematria & Sepher Sephiroth. (1982). York Beach, ME : S. Weiser
  Red Wheel Weiser Conari
  Red Wheel Weiser Conari, also known in different periods in its history as RedWheel/Weiser, LLC and Samuel Weiser, Inc., is a book publisher with three imprints: Red Wheel, Weiser Books and Conari Books...
  
  . ISBN 0-87728-222-6
• Aha! : Being Liber CCXLII. (1996). Tempe, Arizona
  Tempe, Arizona
  Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...
  
  : New Falcon Publications. ISBN 1-56184-035-1
• Aleister Crowley and the Practice of the Magical Diary. (2006). Tempe, AZ : New Falcon Publications. ISBN 1-57863-372-9
• Amrita : Essays in Magical Rejuvenation. (1990). Kings Beach, CA : Thelema Publications. ISBN 0-913576-18-2
• "The Blue Equinox" (Equinox III:1)
  The Blue Equinox
  The Blue Equinox first published in 1919, is a book by English mystic and occultist Aleister Crowley, the founder of Thelema, detailing the principles and aims of the secret society O.T.O. and its ally the A∴A∴...
  
  . (1992). York Beach, ME : Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-210-2
• The Book of the Law (Technically called Liber AL vel Legis sub figura CCXX as delivered by XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI)
  The Book of the Law
  Liber AL vel Legis is the central sacred text of Thelema, written by Aleister Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in the year 1904. Its full title is Liber AL vel Legis, sub figura CCXX, as delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI, and it is commonly referred to as The Book of the Law.Liber AL vel Legis contains three...
  
  . (1997). York Beach, ME : Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-334-6
• The Book of Lies, which is also falsely called Breaks
  The Book of Lies (Crowley)
  The Book of Lies was written by English occultist and teacher Aleister Crowley and first published in 1912 or 1913...
  
  . (1981). York Beach, ME : Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-516-0
• The Book of Thoth : A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians (Equinox III:5)
  The Book of Thoth (Crowley)
  The Book of Thoth : A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians is the title of The Equinox, volume III, number 5, by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley. The book is recorded in the vernal equinox of 1944 The Book of Thoth : A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians is the title of The...
  
  . (1981). New York : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-268-4
• Clouds without Water
  Clouds without Water
  Clouds without Water is a poetry collection by Aleister Crowley , an English author, occult magician, mountaineer and founder of the religious philosophy of Thelema. Clouds without Water was one of many of Crowley's eccentric works published in his lifetime and was first seen in 1909...
  
  . (1909). Illinois : Yogi Publication Society. ISBN 0-911662-50-2
• Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 1905-1907
  Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 1905-1907
  The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 1905-1907 was originally a trilogy of books published by the occultist, magician, and self-proclaimed prophet of Thelema, Aleister Crowley during his early career as student of magick, and is now considered among his very numerous rarities.- Collected Works...
  
  . (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-130-6
• Commentaries on the Holy Books and Other Papers (Equinox IV:1). (1996). York Beach, ME : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-888-7
• The Confessions of Aleister Crowley : An Autohagiography
  The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
  The Confessions of Aleister Crowley : An Autohagiography, by Aleister Crowley , is a book written in six parts, the first two parts published in 1929. It is subtitled "An Autohagiography" which refers to the autobiography of a Saint, a title which Crowley would also have associated with the...
  
  . (1979). London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7100-0175-4
• Crowley on Christ. (1974). London: The C.W. Daniel Co.Ltd. ISBN 0-85207-131-0
• Diary of a Drug Fiend
  Diary of a Drug Fiend
  Diary of a Drug Fiend, published in 1922, was occult writer and mystic Aleister Crowley's first published novel, and is also reportedly the earliest known reference to the Abbey of Thelema in Sicily.-Plot introduction:...
  
  . (1970). York Beach, ME : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-146-7
• Eight Lectures on Yoga (Equinox III:4)
  Eight Lectures on Yoga
  Eight Lectures on Yoga is a book by English occultist and teacher Aleister Crowley about the practice of Yoga. The book is number 4 of volume 3 of the Equinox, which was published by the Ordo Templi Orientis. The work is largely a demystified look at yoga, using little to no jargon or satirical humor...
  
  . (1985). Phoenix, AZ : Falcon Press. ISBN 0-941404-36-6
• Enochian World of Aleister Crowley : Enochian Sex Magick. (1991). Scottsdale, AZ : New Falcon Publications. ISBN 1-56184-029-7
• The Equinox (I:1-10)
  The Equinox
  The Equinox is a series of publications in book form that serves as the official organ of the A.'.A.'., a magical order founded by Aleister Crowley...
  
  . (2006).York Beach, ME : Weiser Books. ISBN 1-57863-351-6
• The Equinox (III:10)
  The Equinox
  The Equinox is a series of publications in book form that serves as the official organ of the A.'.A.'., a magical order founded by Aleister Crowley...
  
  . (2001). York Beach, ME : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-719-8
• The Equinox of the Gods (Equinox III:3)
  The Equinox of the Gods (Crowley)
  The Equinox of the Gods is a book first published in 1936 detailing the events and circumstances leading up to Aleister Crowley's transcription of The Book of the Law, the central text of Thelema....
  
  . (1992). York Beach, ME : Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-210-2
• Gems from the Equinox. (1982).Phoenix, AZ : Falcon Press. ISBN 0-941404-10-2
• The General Principles of Astrology (Liber DXXXVI). (2002). Boston, MA : Weiser Books. ISBN 0-87728-908-5
• The Goetia : The Lesser Key of Solomon the King. (1995). York Beach, ME : Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-847-X
• The Heart of the Master. (1973). Montreal : 93 Publishing. ISBN 0-919690-00-9
• The Holy Books of Thelema (Equinox III:9)
  Holy Books of Thelema
  Aleister Crowley, the founder of the religion of Thelema, designated his works as belonging to one of several classes. Not all of his work was placed in a class by him.The remaining texts were written between the years 1907 and 1911...
  
  . (1983). York Beach, ME : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-579-9
• Khing Kang King : The Classic of Purity, Being Liber XXI. (1980). Kings Beach, CA : Thelema Publications. ISBN 0-913576-16-6
• Konx Om Pax : Essays in Light
  Konx om Pax
  Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light is a publication by British occultist Aleister Crowley, first published in 1907. The name Konx Om Pax is a phrase purportedly used in the Eleusinian Mysteries...
  
  . (1990). Chicago : Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press is a small publishing house specialising in books by and relating to Aleister Crowley, and to scholarly works on the occult.-History:...
  
  . ISBN 0-933429-04-5
• The Law is for All : The Authorized Popular Commentary of Liber AL vel Legis sub figura CCXX, The Book of the Law
  The Law is for All
  The Law is for All is a collection of Aleister Crowley's commentary on The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. It was edited to be a primer of sorts into Crowley's general interpretations about the sometimes opaque text of Liber Legis...
  
  . (1996). Tempe, AZ : New Falcon Publications. ISBN 1-56184-090-4
• Liber Aleph vel CXI : The Book of Wisdom or Folly (Equinox III:6)
  Liber Aleph
  Liber Aleph vel CXI: The Book of Wisdom or Folly is the title of The Equinox, volume III, number VI, by Aleister Crowley. The book is written in the form of an epistle to his magical son, Charles Stansfeld Jones, Frater Achad, whom Crowley later doubted as being his true magical son, asserting that...
  
  . (1991). York Beach, ME : Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-729-5
• Little Essays Toward Truth
  Little Essays Toward Truth
  Little Essays Toward Truth is a 1938 book written by the mystic Aleister Crowley . It consists of sixteen philosophical essays on various topics within the framework of the Qabalah and Crowley's religion of Thelema...
  
  . (1991). Tempe, AZ : New Falcon Publications. ISBN 1-56184-000-9
• The Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley : Tunisia 1923. (1996). York Beach, ME : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-856-9
• The Magical Record of the Beast 666: The Diaries of Aleister Crowley, 1914-1920. (1972). London : Duckworth. ISBN 0-7156-0636-0
• Magick : Liber ABA, Book Four, Parts I-IV
  Magick (Book 4)
  Magick, Liber ABA, Book 4 is widely considered to be the magnum opus of 20th century occultist Aleister Crowley, the founder of Thelema...
  
  . (1997). York Beach, ME : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-919-0
• Magick Without Tears
  Magick Without Tears
  Magick Without Tears, a series of letters, was the last book written by English occultist Aleister Crowley , although it was not published until after his death. It was written in the mid-1940s and published in 1954 with a foreword by its editor, Karl Germer.-Summary:The book consists of 80 letters...
  
  . (1982). Phoenix, AZ : Falcon Press. ISBN 0-941404-17-X
• Moonchild. (1972). London : Sphere. ISBN 0-7221-2703-0
• The Qabalah of Aleister Crowley : Three Texts. (1973). New York, NY : Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-222-6
• The Revival of Magick and Other Essays. (1998). Tempe, AZ : New Falcon Publications. ISBN 1-56184-133-1
• Rites of Eleusis: As Performed at Caxton Hall
  Rites of Eleusis (Crowley)
  The Rites of Eleusis were a series of seven public invocations or rites written by British occultist Aleister Crowley, each centered on one of the seven classical planets of antiquity. They were dramatically performed by Aleister Crowley, Leila Waddell , and Victor Benjamin Neuburg in October and...
  
  . (1990). Thame : Mandrake Press. ISBN 1-872736-02-5
• The Scrutinies of Simon Iff. (1987). Chicago : Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press is a small publishing house specialising in books by and relating to Aleister Crowley, and to scholarly works on the occult.-History:...
  
  . ISBN 0-933429-02-9
• Shih Yi: A critical and mnemonic paraphrase of the Yi King by Ko Yuen (Equinox III:8). (1971). Oceanside, CA. : H. P. Smith. ASIN B0006DYW0U
• The Stratagem and other Stories
  The Stratagem and other Stories
  "The Stratagem and other Stories" was a small book of short stories written by Aleister Crowley , occult magician, poet and self-proclaimed prophet of a new Æon.- Contents :...
  
  . (1929) Mandrake Press : London.
• Tannhäuser : A Story of All Time. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-215-9
• The Tao Teh King : A New Translation (Equinox III:8). (1976). Kings Beach, CA : Thelema Publications. ISBN 0-913576-06-9
• The Vision & the Voice : With Commentary and Other Papers (Equinox IV:II)
  The Vision and the Voice
  The Vision and the Voice chronicles the mystical journey of Aleister Crowley as he explored the 30 Enochian Æthyrs originally developed by Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley in the 16th century. These visions took place at two times: in 1900 during his stay in Mexico, and later in 1909 in Algeria...
  
  . (1998). York Beach, ME : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-887-9
• The World’s Tragedy. (1985). Phoenix, AZ : Falcon Press. ISBN 0-941404-18-8

Poetry

• Aceldama, A Place to Bury Strangers In. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-219-1
• Ahab, and Other Poems. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-221-3
• Aleister Crowley : Selected Poems. (1986). London : Crucible. ISBN 0-85030-456-3
• The Argonauts. (1974). New York, NY : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-222-1
• Clouds without Water
  Clouds without Water
  Clouds without Water is a poetry collection by Aleister Crowley , an English author, occult magician, mountaineer and founder of the religious philosophy of Thelema. Clouds without Water was one of many of Crowley's eccentric works published in his lifetime and was first seen in 1909...
  
  . (1974). New York, NY : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-111-X
• Gargoyles : Being Strangely Wrought Images of Life and Death. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-224-8
• Golden Twigs. (1988). Chicago : Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press is a small publishing house specialising in books by and relating to Aleister Crowley, and to scholarly works on the occult.-History:...
  
  . ISBN 0-933429-03-7
• Jephthah. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-217-5
• Jezebel, and Other Tragic Poems. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-216-7
• Orpheus : A Lyrical Legend. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-176-4
• The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of Shiraz, cover title Bagh-i-Muattar. (1991). Chicago : Teitan Press. ISBN 0-933429-05-3
• Snowdrops From a Curate’s Garden. (1986). Chicago : Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press is a small publishing house specialising in books by and relating to Aleister Crowley, and to scholarly works on the occult.-History:...
  
  . ISBN 0-933429-01-0
• Songs of the Spirit. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-220-5
• The Soul of Osiris : Comprising the Temple of The Holy Ghost and The Mother’s Tragedy. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-177-2
• The Star and the Garter. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-175-6
• The Sword of Song : Called by Christians, The Book of the Beast. (1974). New York : Gordon Press. ISBN 0-87968-223-X
• White Stains
  White Stains
  White Stains is a poetic work written by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley under the pseudonym "George Archibald Bishop". It was published in 1898 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands....
  
  . (1973). London : Duckworth. ISBN 0-7156-0680-8
• The Winged Beetle. (1992). Chicago, IL : Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press
  The Teitan Press is a small publishing house specialising in books by and relating to Aleister Crowley, and to scholarly works on the occult.-History:...
  
  . ISBN 0-933429-06-1

External links

• The Libri of Aleister Crowley, on Hermetic.com. A complete listing with full text in most cases.