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The basis of our whole work is the Book of the Law. It is essential for every Probationer to study this book and those which are directly connected with it, as commentaries:

LIBER CCXX. LIBER L VEL LEGIS SUB FIGURA CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foundation of the New Æon, and thus of the whole of our Work.

LIBER II. THE MESSAGE OF THE MASTER THERION. It explains the essence of the New Law in a very simple manner.

LIBER DCCCXXXVII. THE LAW OF LIBERTY. This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain ethical problems.

LIBER CL. DE LEGE LIBELLUM. A further explanation of the Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by its acceptance.

LIBER CXI. (ALEPH.) THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY. An extended and elaborate commentary or the Book of the Law, in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to his magical son.

LIBER X. LIBER PORTA LUCIS. This book is an account of the sending forth of the Master by the A ∴ A ∴ and an explanation of his mission.

LIBER XC. LIBER TZADDI VEL HAMUS HERMETICUS, Sub Figura XC. An account of Initiation, and an indication as to those who are suitable for the same

LIBER CCCCXVIII. LIBER XXX AERUM VEL SAECULI. Being of the Angels of the thirty Æthyrs the Vision and the Voice. Besides being the classical account of the thirty Æthyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the Angels should be regarded accurate and the doctrine of the function of the Great White Brotherhood understood as the foundation of the Aspiratation of the Adept. The account of the Master of the Temple should in particular be taken as authentic. The instruction in the 8th Æthyr pertains to Class D, i.e. it is an Official Ritual, and the same remarks apply to the account of the proper method of invoking Æthyrs given in the 18th Æthyr.

LIBER LXV. LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE. An account of the relations of the Aspirant with his Holy Guardian Angel. This book is given to Probationers, as the 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 DDCCXIII. to the Philosophus, as it is the foundation of the highest practical Qabalah.

LIBER VI. . 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 Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in production and invocation, a method of attaining astral

visions so called, and an instruction in the practice called Rising on the Planes.

LIBER IX. 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.

LIBER XXX. LIBER LIBRAE. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man.

LIBER LXI. LIBER CAUSAE. 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 Mythopoeia.

LIBER XXXIII. An account of A ∴ A ∴ first written in the language of his period by the Councillor Von Eckarthausen, and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher.

LIBER XXV. This is the chapter called the "Star Ruby" in the Book of Lies. It is an improved form of the "lesser" ritual of the Pentagram.

LIBER CC. RESH VEL HELIOS. An instruction for adoration of the Sun four times daily, with the object of composing the mind to meditation and of regularizing the practices.

LIBER CCC. A SPECIAL INSTRUCTION for the Promulgation of the Law. This is the first and most important duty of every Aspirant of whatever grade. It builds up in him the Character and Karma which form the Spine of Attainment.

LIBER ABA (Book 4). A GENERAL ACCOUNT in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers. In four parts: (I) Mysticism (a) Magical Theory (3) Magical Practice (4) The Law.

LIBER CCVII. SYLLABUS. An enumeration of the Official Publications of the A ∴ A ∴ with a brief description of the contents of each book.This course of reading will furnish the Probationer with a thorough general knowledge of the whole system of Attainment, and of the practices tending to this goal, so that he may choose freely as to what way he will take in his Beginning. For this is always left by the A ∴ A ∴ to his Free Will; They only begin to advise and criticize him on the information supplied to Them by himself in the Magical Record which he prepares for Their Instruction.