Official Instructions of A:.A:.

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The publications of the A:.A:.divide themselves into 5 classes.
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 Organisation.
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 promulgation's
Some publications are composite, and pertain to more than one class. Those Libers which have never been officially classified are labeled as class UC [#Note# This UC Class is not an official A:.A:. class, it has been invented by S.P.R.T. for the purpose of convenience.]


Liber Number Class Name Description
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
2
E
The Message of the Master Therion. It explains the essence of the New Law in a very simple manner.
3
D
Liber Jugorum. An instruction for the control of speech, action and thought.
4
A,B,D,E
ABA.[Book 4]. A general account in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers in four parts: 1. Mysticism 2. Magick (Elementary Theory) 3. Magick in Theory and Practice 4. Thelema: The Law
5
D
Liber V vel Reguli. Being the ritual of the Mark of the Beast: an incantation proper to invoke the Energies of the Æon of Horus, adapted for the Daily use of the Magician of whatever grade
6
B
Liber O vel Manus et Sagittæ. The instructions given in this book are too loose to find place in the Class D publications.

Instructions given for 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

7
A
Liber Liberi vel Lapidus Lazuli, Adumbratio Kabbalæ Ægyptiorum sub figura VII,being 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 refereed to the seven planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus. 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."
8
D
Liber VIII. See CDXVII
9
B
Liber E vel Exercitiorum. This book instruct 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.
10
A
Liber Porta Lucis. This book is an account of the sending forth of the Master Therion by the A:.A:. and an explanation of his mission.
11
D
Liber NV. An instruction for attaining Nuit
13
D
Graduum Montis Abiegni. An account of the task of the Aspirant from Probationer to Adept
16
D
Liber Turris vel Domus Dei. An instruction for attainment by the destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind.
17
D
Liber I.A.O. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts.

This book has not been published. It is the active form of "Liber H.H.H."[vel CCCXLI] The article "Energised Enthusiasm"["Liber DCCCXI"] is an adumbration of this book.

21
B
[Ch'ing Chang Ching} The classic of Purity, by Kuo Hsiang. A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion.
25
D
The Ritual of the Star Ruby. An improved form of the lesser ritual of the Pentagram
27
A
Liber Tigrammaton. Being the book of the 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.

It describes the Course of Creation under the Figure of the interplay of Three Principles.

28
D
Liber Septem Regum Sanctorum. [Ritual XXVIII. The Ceremony of the Seven Holy Kings.]
30
B
Liber Libræ. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man.
XXXI
31
A
AL Liber Legis. The Book of the Law sub figura XXXI Facsimile of the manuscript of the Book of the Law.
33
C
An Account of A:.A:. first written in the language of his period by Councillor Von Eckarthausen, 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.
36
D
The Star Sapphire. An improved ritual of the Hexagram.
41
C
Thien Tao. An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane.
44
D
The Mass of the Phoenix. An instruction in a simple and exoteric form of Eucharist. A Ritual of the Law.
46
UC
The Key of the Mysteries. A translation by Frater O.M of the masterpiece of Éliphas Lévi, La Clef des grands mystères
49
UC
Shih I Ch'ien. An account of the divine perfection illustrated by the seven-fold permutation of the Dyad.
51
UC
The Lost Continent. An account of the continent of Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of its people, together with a true account of the catastrophe, so-called, which ended in its disappearance.
55
C
The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua with the seven Lances that he brake. An account of the Magickal and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy.
LVIII
58
B
Liber LVIII This is an article on the Qabalah in"The Temple of Solomon the King."
59
C
Across the Gulf A fantastic account of a previous incarnation. Its principle interest is that its story of the overthroughing of Isis by Osiris may help the reader to understand the meaning of the overthroughing of Osiris by Horus in the present Æon.
61
D
Liber Causæ.The Preliminary Lection, including the History Lection. Explains the actual history of the origin of the present movement. Its statements are accurate in the ordinary sense of the word. The object of the book is to discount Mythopoeai.
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.
64
B
Liber Israfel, formerly called Anubis. An instruction in a suitable method of preaching.
65
A
Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente. An account of the relations of the Aspirant with his Holy Guardian Angel. 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 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.
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.
66
A
Liber Stellæ Rubeæ. A secret ritual, the Heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis, and written under the figure LXVI.



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