Appendix B: A Thelemic Canon

Within Thelema, there is no official canon of hierological texts. Outside the A∴A∴ classification system, there is no formal system for canonizing texts for Thelemic liturgical use. Contrary to misinformed opinion in some pagan spaces, canonization is not merely about power; it is also about consistency and continuity of message and doctrine. This outline does not present an official canon of Thelemic texts, but rather a complete course of Thelemic study intended to support a consistent examination of the Law of Thelema as handed down from its first prophet. No claim is made that this is an official canon, nor is this a proposal for the formalization of any such Thelemic canon. It is offered in the spirit of study and reflection.

It should be noted that the central five texts of the Heptateuch appear in the same order as they are provided to members of Crowley’s A∴A∴ as they proceed through their grades. They are bookended by an introductory text, Liber Tzaddi, and a concluding text, Liber Porta Lucis, representing the “calling” and the “sending forth,” respectively. Aside from this particular connection, no organizational bias is intended or should be assumed in this outline.

The Visions

The Heptateuch

The Calling to Initiation
  1. Liber Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus sub figurâ XC
The First Crisis of the Journey
  1. Liber Cordis Cencti Serpente vel LXV sub figurâ אדני
The Second Crisis of the Journey
  1. Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Adumbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum sub figurâ VII
The Law of the World
  1. Liber AL vel Legis sub figurâ XXXI/CCXX
The Narrative of Creation
  1. Liber Trigammaton sub figurâ XXVII
The Revelation of Unity & Beyond
  1. Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita sub figurâ DLXX
The Sending Forth of the Master
  1. Liber Porta Lucis sub figurâ X

The Vision and The Voice

The Prophet's Ecstatic Cosmological Vision
  1. Liber XXX Ærum vel Sæculi sub figurâ CDXVIII

The Voices

The Poetics

Initiatory
  1. Adonis
  2. Aha!
Psalmic
  1. Thirty-one Hymns to the Star Goddess
  2. Hymns to the Great Gods of Heaven
Liturgical
  1. Liber Θεσαυρου Ἐιδολον sub figurâ DCCCCLXIII (Treasure-House of Images)
  2. The Ship

The Allegories

Account of the Magical and Mystical Path
  1. The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua with the Seven Lances That He Brake
Account of the Great Work
  1. The High History of Good Sir Palamedes the Saracen Knight; And of His Following of the Questing Beast
Account of the Soul and the Holy Guardian Angel
  1. The Wake World

The Epistles

  1. The Message of the Master Therion
  2. De Lege Libellum
  3. The Law of Liberty
  4. The Mystery of Sin
  5. Concerning Death
  6. Concerning the Working of Wonders
  7. Little Essays Toward Truth
  8. Khabs Am Pekht

The Histories

  1. Liber XXXIII: An Account of the A.A.
  2. Liber LXI vel Causae
  3. The Master Therion—A Biography

General Books

  1. Liber B vel Magi sub figurâ I
  2. Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni sub figurâ CLVI
  3. Liber A’Ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici sub figurâ CCCLXX
General Thelemic Morality
  1. Liber Librae sub figurâ XXX
  2. Duty: A note on the chief rules of practical conduct to be observed by those who accept the Law of Thelema.

The Virtues

Magical Rites

Public
  1. Liber Resh vel Helios sub figurâ CC
  2. Liber V vel Reguli
Personal
  1. Star Ruby
  2. Star Sapphire
Revelatory
  1. Liber Stellae Rubeae sub figurâ LXVI

Mystical Rites

Meditational
  1. Liber NU sub figurâ XI
  2. Liber HAD sub figurâ DLV
Adorational
  1. Astarte vel Liber Berylli sub figurâ CLXXV
Interior
  1. Liber Samekh Theurgia Goetia Summa (Congressus Cum Daemone) sub figurâ DCCC

Celebratory Rites

Expository
  1. Liber Israfel sub figurâ LXIV
Personal
  1. Liber XLIV: The Mass of the Phoenix