{"collection":"Ordo Templi Orientis","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_oto_index_htm_lib5_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_oto_index_htm_lib5_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_oto_index_htm_lib5_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/lib5.htm","summary":"This is a reference catalog page from Sacred-Texts.com listing the canonical texts of Thelema, the religious-philosophical system founded by occultist Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century. The catalog enumerates roughly 100 \"Libers\" (books), each assigned a Roman numeral, an OTO classification grade (A through E indicating importance), and a brief description of its contents \u2014 covering ritual magic, mystical attainment, sexual magick, Qabalah, yoga practices, and initiatory grade work within Crowley's A\u2234A\u2234 and OTO organizations. The collection spans Crowley's original writings alongside contributions from associates like Jack Parsons and Frater Achad, and includes Crowley's translations/commentaries on external texts such as the Tao Teh Ching and Blavatsky's Voice of the Silence. A distinctive feature is the frank inclusion of texts on sexual magic (labeled as such, sometimes \"veiled in symbolism\") and a diary documenting cocaine and heroin use, reflecting Thelema's transgressive approach to spiritual practice. The page also notes an ongoing copyright dispute: the OTO claims ownership over many texts that are arguably in the public domain, though Sacred-Texts hosts them for non-commercial use.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Thelema Texts","tradition":"Ordo Templi Orientis","translated_text":null,"word_count":4109}