{"collection":"Ordo Templi Orientis","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_oto_index_htm_lib30_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_oto_index_htm_lib30_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_oto_index_htm_lib30_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/oto/index.htm/lib30.htm","summary":"This is a catalog or bibliography page from the Sacred Texts website, listing primary source documents of Thelema, an esoteric philosophical and magical system founded primarily by occultist Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century. The page inventories roughly 80+ texts\u2014called \"Libri\" (books)\u2014produced by Crowley and associates within the initiatory orders A\u2234A\u2234 and OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis), ranging from ritual instructions and magical diaries to philosophical treatises and poetry. Each entry includes a number, an OTO classification indicating relative importance, a title, and a brief description of the text's purpose (e.g., instructions for specific magical practices, accounts of initiatory grades, sexual magic, Qabalistic study, or Taoist translations). A distinctive feature of the collection is its synthesis of Western ceremonial magic, Eastern traditions (Taoism, yoga, Buddhism), and Crowley's own doctrinal system centered on the \"Book of the Law\" and the concept of individual Will (\"Thelema\" means \"will\" in Greek). The page is administrative rather than argumentative in nature\u2014it serves as a finding aid for readers seeking specific Thelemic texts\u2014but implicitly frames this body of work as a coherent initiatory curriculum organized by grade and function. Useful for researchers wanting an overview of the Thelemic canon or a roadmap to specific topics (sex magic, ritual practice, cosmology) within Crowley's system.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Thelema Texts","tradition":"Ordo Templi Orientis","translated_text":null,"word_count":4109}
