Descriptive Summary
Crowley, Aleister,
1875-1947
Aleister Crowley Collection
1889-1989,
(bulk 1901-1953)
TXRC00-A20
18 boxes (7.5 linear
feet), 1 galley folder, 2 oversize folders
Works, magical and
poetic, comprise the majority of the Aleister Crowley Collection, which also
includes prose, correspondence, and personal papers. Also present are materials
relating to several occult groups with which Crowley was involved.
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center,
University of Texas at Austin
English.
Biographical Sketch
Aleister Crowley, 1875-1947, was born Edward Alexander to Edward and
Emily Crowley in Leamington, Warwickshire. His father died when Aleister was
eleven, and the boy and his mother went to live with relatives. Supported by a
legacy left by his father, Crowley entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1895.
Though he rarely attended lectures and left without taking a degree, his time
at Cambridge was not wasted. He began a program of self-education which
involved reading everything he could get his hands on, becoming extremely
proficient at chess, and enjoying the social venue available to a wealthy young
college man of the times. Crowley traveled a great deal during school holidays,
taking trips to St. Petersburg, Holland, and Scandinavia. It was in Stockholm
on New Year's Eve 1896 that he had his first mystical experience, which was to
shape his pursuits for the rest of his life.
After his mystical experience Crowley began to take his writing
seriously and in 1898 he privately published the long poem
Aceldema: A Place to Bury Strangers In.
Though he had changed his name to Aleister early in his Cambridge
career, he published this work anonymously under the moniker
A Gentleman of the University of Cambridge.
Aceldema was followed by several other long
poems including a mildly pornographic publication
White Stains (1898).
Crowley left Cambridge in 1898 and in November became an initiate in the
Order of the Golden Dawn, under the tutelage of Samuel Mathers, one of the
founders of the Order. He progressed rapidly through the ranks and his efforts
to assume a leadership role in the London chapter of the Order, against the
firm opposition of fellow member W. B. Yeats, sparked a power struggle which
eventually destroyed the Order in 1900. After the dissolution of the Golden
Dawn Crowley traveled to America, Mexico, Hawaii, and India, returning to
England in 1903 where he married Rose Kelly. The couple took an extended
honeymoon which took them back to India in 1904 where their daughter was
born.
The Crowleys were in Cairo in the spring of 1904 when Rose, who had
previously shown little or no interest in the occult, became possessed by an
entity named Aiwass. Over the course of three days Aiwass dictated a text to
Crowley which became known as
Liber AL vel Legis or
The Book of the Law. In this work Crowley
was named as the Prophet of a New Aeon which would end the Age of Osiris and
usher in the Age of Horus.
Between 1907 and 1911 Crowley, under the direct influence of a spirit,
wrote twelve Holy Books. During these years he also worked on nonmagical
manuscripts and published several long poems including
Clouds Without Water (1908) and began
expanding his literary efforts to prose in the form of
Knox Om Pax (1907). In 1909 Crowley
announced in the first issue of his new publication
The Equinox, the formation of a magical
order, the Argentum Astrum or Silver Star, also called A.A. Though Crowley had
done his best to ignore the dictates of
The Book of the Law, the slim volume quickly
became the central core of Crowley's magical system. By 1913 the A.A. was no
longer flourishing and Crowley had been inspired by the Ordo Templi Orientis
(O.T.O.), a fringe Masonic order. He took the name Baphomet and became the head
of the English speaking branch of the order.
Crowley spent the duration of World War I in America, returning to
England in 1919. He next went to Sicily where he began an abbey and battled a
growing heroin addiction. In 1923 a disciple died of fever and his widow
accused Crowley of murder, bringing unwanted notoriety to the abbey and leading
to Crowley's expulsion from Italy. In 1925 he was elected World Head of the
O.T.O., and 1929 saw the publication of his seminal work
Magik: In Theory and in Practice.
Crowley traveled between England and Germany a good deal during the
1930s. He initially admired aspects of the Nazi system, but by the time World
War II started, he was disillusioned and spent the years of the war on the
south coast of England. He battled frequent bouts of ill health and a
recurrence of his heroin addiction. He also finished a number of writing
projects, including the
Book of Thoth and a redesign of the 78 cards
of the Tarot deck. In 1945 he moved to his last home, a residential hotel in
Hastings, and died on December 1, 1947.
Sources
For more information on Aleister Crowley, see
Crowley, Aleister,
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An
Autohagiography,
(New York: Bantam Books,
1971)
Sutin, Lawrence,
Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley,
(New York: St. Martins Press, 2000)
Symonds, John,
The Great Beast: the Life and Magick of Aleister
Crowley,
(St. Albans, Herts.: Mayflower,
1973)
Scope and Contents
Works, magical and poetic, comprise the majority of the Aleister Crowley
Collection, 1889-1989 (bulk 1898-1953), in addition to prose, correspondence,
and personal papers. Also present are materials relating to several occult
groups with which Crowley was involved. The collection is organized into five
series, arranged alphabetically by author or title and chronologically where
possible: Series I. Works, 1893-1974 (bulk 1900-1956, 13.5 boxes); Series II.
Correspondence, 1903-1947 (.5 box); Series III. Personal Papers, 1889-1942
(bulk 1911-1942, .5 box); Series IV. Occult Groups, 1901-1989 (3 boxes); and
Series V. Third-Party Works and Correspondence, 1898-1951 (.5 box). This
collection was previously accessible through a card catalog, but has been
re-cataloged as part of a retrospective conversion project.
Encompassing poetry, fiction, commentary, magical formulae, pornography,
and other genres, Crowley's literary efforts were voluminous and carefully
preserved. The variety of forms in which Crowley expressed himself are amply
demonstrated in the Works Series. Holograph drafts are frequently bound with
later typescript versions, allowing the researcher to examine Crowley's
revision process.
Letters written by Crowley make up the bulk of the Correspondence
Series. Primary correspondents include his solicitor Isidore Kerman, and
associates Sybil Mengeus and Louis Wilkinson. A few letters written to Crowley
are also present. Additional financial and legal papers regarding Crowley's
debts and lawsuits are located in the Personal Papers Series, along with a set
of hand colored tarot cards designed by Oswald Wirth.
Crowley affiliated himself with several occult groups during his
lifetime, including The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Argenteum Astrum
(Silver Star), and Ordo Templi Orientis. Materials relating to these groups,
include printed forms, notebooks, and historical essays, and are included in
the Occult Groups Series. The remaining material in this collection is made up
of works by other authors and correspondence between other people, often
friends or associates of Crowley.
Elsewhere in the Ransom Center are twelve Vertical Files containing
newspaper clippings with biographical information and literary criticism as
well as published works by Crowley and over 100 photographs of Crowley and his
artwork located in the Literary Files of the Photography Collection.
Acquisition
Purchases and gifts, 1960-2002 (R162, R312, R920, R1252, R2139, R2180,
R2396, R2914, R3057, R3217, R3600, G759, G868, G2619)
Access
Open for research
Processed by
Chelsea S. Dinsmore, 2000
Index Terms
Correspondents
Kerman, Isidore
Symmonds, John
Westcott, W. Wynn (William
Wynn), 1849-1925
Subjects
Authors, English--20th
century
Occultists--Great
Britain
Tarot
Documents Types
Galley proofs
Other materials associated with Aleister Crowley may be found in the
following collections at the Ransom Center:
- Bax, Clifford
- Bennett, Arnold
- Craig, Alec
- Cunard, Nancy
- Flint, Frank Stewart
- Mackenzie, Compton
Aleister Crowley Collection--Folder List
Series I. Works,
1893-1974 (bulk 1900-1959)
13.5 boxes
The Works Series is organized into three subseries: A. Magical
Works, 1898-1947 (4.5 boxes); B. Poetry, 1893-1910 (5.5 boxes); and C. Prose and
other Writings, 1902-1956 (3.5 boxes). Each subseries is arranged
alphabetically by title. An index of all of these works is located at the end
of this guide.
Holograph and typescript drafts of a large number of Crowley's
magical writings are represented in the Magical Works subseries. Of particular
interest are holograph and page proof versions of
Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)
along with
The Comment and
The Comment II. Also present are
typescript notes from Crowley's astral travels and his magical record. A number
of articles later published in
Equinox are present as is Crowley's
description of a ritual of initiation. Typescript chapters of
Magical & Philosophical Commentaries on the
Book of the Law, which was edited and published after Crowley's death
are also included in this subseries.
The Poetry subseries contains holograph and typescript drafts of
some of Crowley's earliest self-published poems including
Aceldama, A Place to Bury Strangers In
(1898),
Songs of the Spirit (1898), and
Oracles (1902). Also present are page
proofs of
Clouds Without Water (1908) and a bound
holograph version of
The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of
Shiraz (1910). Almost all of the manuscripts in this section include
revisions by Crowley providing further insight into Crowley's writing
process.
Additional works by Crowley, including essays, sections of his
autobiography, scripts, and diaries are located in the Prose and Other Writings
subseries. This collection of works demonstrates the extent of Crowley's
literary efforts with examples of satire, translations, literary critique,
drama, and even pornography. Titles include
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
(1930),
The God Eater: A Tragedy of Satire
(1903),
Simon Iff, Psychoanalyst (1917), and
Snowdrops from a Curates Garden 1881 A.D.
(1904).
Subseries A. Magical Works,
1898-1947
1
1
Across the Gulf,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 111pp
1
2
AL the Commentary Called D
(Jeridensis),
nd,
typescript with author revisions and bound typescript
with author notes, 37pp
1
3
The Book of the Operation of the Sacred
Magic of Abramelin the Mage,
1900,
typescript with author revisions, 19pp
1
4
A Comment on the Nature of Aethyrs,
nd,
holograph, 6pp
1
5
Commentary on the Book of Lies,
nd,
photocopy of typescript, 33pp
1
6
The Elixir of Life,
1920,
two typescripts, 21pp
1
7
An Evocation of Bartzabel: The Spirit of Mars,
1907-1915,
holograph with author revisions in bound notebook,
47pp
1
8
The Gospel According to St. Bernard
Shaw,
c. 1953,
bound typescript copy, 238pp
1
9
Hail Mary,
1912,
printed version with author corrections, 96pp
1
10
The Herb Dangerous,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 116pp
1
11
The High History of Sir Palamedes the
Saracen Knight: and of His Following of the Questing Beast,
1912,
page proofs with author revisions, 113pp
2
1
The I Ching,
1921,
photocopied typescript, 27pp
2
2-4
John St. John: The Book of the Magical
Retirement,
1908,
holograph with a few author revisions in a three bound
notebooks and typescript notes, 236pp
2
5-6
Knox Om Pax: Essays on Light,
1907,
holograph pages, four sets of page proofs, printed book
with marginalia, 460pp
2
7
L
2
8-9
Liber AL vel Legis
2
Copy of holograph,
nd,
65pp
2
Page proofs with author revisions,
c. 1909,
35pp
2
Title page, printed,
1926,
1p (removed to oversize folder 1)
2
10
Liber AL vel Legis: The Comment,
nd,
bound holograph with author revisions, 35pp
2
11
Liber AL vel Legis: The Comment
II,
nd,
holograph, includes photographs of the Stélé and papers
about its translation, 32pp
3
1-2
Liber Aleph: The Book of Wisdom or
Folly,
1916,
carbon typescript, 224pp
3
3
Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 25pp
Magical & Philosophical Commentaries
on the Book of the Law,
1974,
edited by John Symmonds and Kenneth Grant
3
4
Chapter I, typescript, heavily edited,
307pp
3
5
Chapter II, typescript, heavily edited,
232pp
3
6
Chapter III, typescript paste-up, edited,
44p
3
7
Appendix,
The Commentary Called D
(Jeridensis),
typescript with revisions, 28pp
3
8
Magical Record,
1907,
typescript copy with author revisions, 38pp
3
9
Magick Without Tears,
nd,
typescript, 11pp
3
10
Notes of astral travel,
1898,
typescript copy with emendations, 22pp
3
11
Notes on
Equinox I & II,
nd,
transcribed marginalia, 18pp
3
12
OZ. Liber LXXVII,
nd,
printed card with Crowley's seal in red wax and
photograph on verso, 1p
3
13
Powers of Number,
1899,
typescript fragment with author revisions,
12pp
4
1
Remarkable Experiments with the Elixir of Life,
nd,
typescript, 14pp
4
2
Rex de Arte Regia (Magical Diary of Baphomet),
1914,
21pp
4
3
Ritual of Initiation,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 27pp
4
4
The Secret Conference by Gèrard
Aumont (Aleister Crowley pseudonym),
nd,
two typescripts, 28pp
4
5
The Soldier and the Hunchback,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 51pp
4
6-7
The Sword of Song
4
1903,
holograph and typescript versions with author revisions
bound together, 171pp
4
1904,
printed version bound in vellum, 195pp
4
8
The Tao Teh King,
c. 1918,
by Ko Yuen, translated by Crowley, photocopy,
100pp
4
9
The Temple of Solomon the King,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 65pp
4
10
The True Greater Ritual of the Pentagram,
1906,
holograph with author revisions, 3pp
The Vision and the Voice, Being the Cries
of the Thirty Aethyrs
5
1-3
Holograph with author notations in 6 notebooks,
1909,
337pp
5
4
Typescript copy with author commentary,
1952,
163pp
5
5
Yoga for Yahoos,
nd,
typescript, 185pp
5
6
Z.10. Monsters, Niggers,
Jews, etc.,
nd,
typescript, 6pp
5
Subseries B. Poetry,
1893-1910
5
Aceldama, a Place to Bury Strangers in; A
Philosophical Poem
5
7
Five sets of page proofs bound together with author
revisions,
1898,
88pp
5
8
Printed with author revisions, bound,
1898,
28pp
6
1
Ahab and Other Poems,
1903,
holograph and typescript versions bound together,
67pp
6
Alexandra, A Birthday
Ode
6
2
Holograph and typescript drafts with author revisions
and editor's marks,
1905,
30pp
6
3
Four sets of page proofs, one set bound,
1906,
30pp
6
4
Alice: An Adultery,
1903,
bound holograph with author revisions, 138pp
6
Amphora,
1918,
galley proof with author revisions, 10pp (removed to
galley folder 1)
6
5
The Argonauts,
c. 1902,
bound holograph with author revisions, 150pp
6
6
At the Old Absinthe House (this
manuscript is not available for use)
6
7
Carmen Saeculare,
1900,
holograph and printed version bound together,
62pp
6
8-9
Clouds Without Water,
1908,
three sets of page proofs, 390pp
7
1
Gargoyles Being Strangely Wrought Images
of Life and Death,
1906,
bound holograph with author revisions, 125pp
7
2-3
The Golden Rose,
nd,
typescript with revisions, 134pp
7
4
I-S
7
Jephthah and Other Mysteries Lyrical and
Dramatic
7
5-6
Bound holograph in two volumes, with author revisions,
1898,
367pp
7
7
Printed volume with author revisions,
1898,
224pp
8
1
The Mother's Tragedy and Other
Poems,
1901-1905,
bound page proofs with revisions, 111pp
8
2
Oracles,
1893-1902,
bound holograph and typescript with author revisions,
207pp
8
Orpheus: A Lyrical
Legend
8
3
Volume I, holograph with author revisions and pages
tipped in, bound in four volumes,
1905,
476pp
8
4-6
Volumes II-IV
9
1-2
Printed with author revisions, bound in two volumes,
c. 1905,
301pp
9
Rosa Coeli,
1907,
page proofs, 17pp (removed to oversize folder
1)
9
3
The Scented Garden of Abdullah the
Satirist of Shiraz,
1910,
bound holograph with author revisions, 50pp
9
4
Songs of the Spirit,
1898,
bound holograph with author revisions, 88pp
The Tale of Archais,
1898,
9
5
Printed volume with a holograph note, 89pp
9
*
Composite holograph and typescript manuscript with author revisions, 148 pp, bound with a typed copy with author revisions, 163 pp (*removed to box 17)
10
1
Tannhäuser: A Story of All Times,
1902,
holograph, typescript, and printed version, all with
author revisions, bound together, 376pp
10
The Winged Beetle
10
2
Page proofs,
1909,
196pp
10
3-5
Printer's mark-up with paste ups and notes,
1909,
180pp
10
Subseries C. Prose and other Writings,
1902-1956
10
6
A-Z
10
The Art of Lord Dunsany,
nd,
galley proof, 1p (removed to galley folder 1)
10
7
The Burning of Melcarth,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 37pp
10
8
The Cancer: A Study in Nerves,
nd,
typescript, 24pp
The Confessions of Aleister
Crowley
11
1
Volume II, page proofs with author revisions,
1930,
306pp
11
2
Volume III, carbon copy made from 1931 galley proofs,
1956,
100pp
11
3
The Crime of the Impasse de l' Enfant Jesus,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 29pp
11
4
Diary,
Spring 1902,
typescript with author revisions, 10pp
11
5
Diary,
1907,
holograph notes and fragments
11
6
Energized Enthusiasm,
nd,
bound holograph script with author revisions, bound with
Lines to a Young Lady
Violinist...
11
7
Ercildoune: A Novel,
1907,
holograph with author revisions, 171pp
11
8
The Excluded Middle,
nd,
bound holograph and typescript with author revisions,
16pp
11
9
The God Eater: A Tragedy of
Satire,
1903,
bound holograph with author revisions, 48pp
12
1
The God of Ibreez,
nd,
bound holograph, 56pp
12
2
The King of Terrors,
1912,
bound holograph, 90pp
12
3
Little Poems in Prose by Charles
Baudelaire,
1913,
translated by Crowley, page proofs with author revisions,
143pp
12
Mortadello or the Angel of Venice: A
Comedy
12
4
Bound holograph with author revisions,
1912,
217pp
12
5
Printed volume,
1912,
122pp
12
6
The Mysterious Malady,
nd,
typescript, 20pp
12
7
New York Nights: II The Ballet
Russe and
IV Broadway,
nd,
typescripts, 10pp
12
8-9
Notebooks,
nd and 1926,
holograph fragments, notes, verses, 140pp
13
1
The Scrutinies of Simon Iff,
1917,
printed volume with author revisions, 29pp
13
2
Simon Iff, Psychoanalyst,
1917,
typescript, 49pp
13
3
Sir Roger Bloxom,
1916-17,
photocopy typescript with author corrections,
79pp
13
4
Sire de Maletroit's Door,
nd,
bound holograph with author revisions, 170pp
13
5
Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden 1881
A.D.,
1904,
photocopy typescript, 87pp
13
6
The Three Wishes: A Play in Three Acts and
a Prologue,
typescript, 60pp
13
7
Work re. Judism,
nd,
typescript fragment, 14pp
13
8
The World's Tragedy,
nd,
holograph with author revisions, 146pp
Series II. Correspondence,
1903-1947
(.5 box)
This small series is divided into outgoing and incoming
correspondence with the bulk of the materials comprising letters from Crowley
to friends and associates. Most of the letters are casual though many of the
letters to his solicitor, Isidore Kerman, include instructions on the handling
of his affairs. Typed copies and holograph letters Crowley wrote to Louis
Wilkinson refer to their mutual occult activities. Letters to Crowley are
sparse and generally personal, although letters from his lawyers refer to
business matters. The correspondents in this series are listed in the Index of
Correspondents at the end of this guide.
Outgoing correspondence,
1903-1947
14
1
A-Z; Unidentified
14
2
Evans, Montgomery,
1923-33
14
3
Kerman, Isidore,
1934-44
14
4
Mengeus, Sybil,
1903
14
Wilkinson, Louis Umfreville,
1912-47
14
5
23 holograph letters from Crowley
14
6
Typescripts of 188 letters from Crowley
14
7
Incoming correspondence,
1907-1942
Series III. Personal Papers,
1889-1942 (bulk 1911-1942)
.5 box
Memoranda of agreement, legal writs, and correspondence between
Crowley's solicitors and people with complaints make up the Personal Papers
Series, in addition to bills and receipts. An item of particular interest in
this series is a set of hand colored tarot cards designed by the famous Swiss
Kabbalist Oswald Wirth. Crowley purchased the cards in Paris in 1906.
14
8
Financial papers, bills, and receipts,
1911-1935
14
9*
9* Legal documents, agreements and copyright
statements, 1922-36 (*Freemasons, German Grand Order of Scottish Rites
certificate of John Yorker, nd, removed to oversize folder 2)
14
10
Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips, Solicitors,
1933-42,
correspondence re Crowley's affairs
14
11
Kerman, Isidore, Solicitor,
1933-43,
correspondence re Crowley's affairs
14
12
Letters to the
Times re copies of Crowley's books,
1942
14
13
Tarot cards, printed and hand painted,
1889
(Paris) purchased by Crowley in 1906
Series IV. Occult Groups,
1901-1989
(3 boxes)
This series has been organized into three subseries: A. The Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn, 1901-1907 (2 boxes); B. Argenteum Astrum, 1909-1925
(.5 box); and C. Ordo Templi Orientis, 1921-1989 (.5 box). The Ordo Templi
Orientis (O.T.O.) survived Crowley and is active around the world.
Materials located in the Golden Dawn section include a journal kept
by Allen Bennett about his experiences in the order, essays and papers about
the history of the order, and descriptions of enochian tables.
Materials related to the Argenteum Astrum or Silver Star
organization include printed forms and examples of exams taken by neophytes to
pass between grades in the order. Similarly, printed forms and explanatory
essays comprise the better part of the O.T.O. section. Additionally, there is
an abridged catalog of materials held by the O.T.O.
Subseries A. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn,
1901-1907
15
1
Bennet, Allen,
nd,
bound notebook with holograph notes, diagrams, and
translations, 72pp
15
2
Ceremony of the Equinox and
Ritual of the 0°=0° Neophyte,
nd,
30pp
15
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Vol. 1-6,
1906-7,
holograph copy from the manuscripts of Allen Bennet by
J.F.C. Fuller, 767pp (removed to box 17 and 18)
15
History of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn
15
3
Essay about the Order,
nd,
typescript copy, 15pp
15
4
Letters and papers re the Golden Dawn dispute,
1901
15
5
Unkown author, materials re Enochian Tables
15
6
Westcott, W. Wynn, bound notebook with holograph
versions of
Clavicula Tabularum Enochi (or
Book H),
The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster,
Analogy: A Lecture on Mystic
Learning, and
The General Guidance and Purification of
the Soul,
140pp
15
Subseries B. Argenteum Astrum (Silver Star, A.A.),
1909-1925
15
7
Oath of a Probationer form,
1921,
one form filled out in the name of Jane Wolfe, four blank
forms with wax seals, 4pp
15
8
Crooke, Ida de H.,
1925,
holograph A.A. examination papers and a letter
15
9
Nemburg, Victor B.,
The Magical Record of Omnia Vincam, a
probationer of A.A.,
1909,
holograph notebook, 130pp
Subseries C. Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.),
1921-1989
16
1
Printed forms filled out by Jane Wolf and Frank Bennet,
1921,
11pp
16
2
Rites and explanatory essays,
1934-45,
typescript copies, 15pp
16
3
O.T.O. catalog of archival holdings,
1989,
65pp
Series V. Third-Party Works and Correspondence,
1898-1951
(.5 box)
The Third-Party Series is divided between works and correspondence
written by people other than Crowley. The Works section includes J.F.C.
Fuller's
666 Bibliotheca Crowleyana (1966) and a
typescript of Gerald York's
Bibliography of the Works of Aleister Crowley
(1941) as well as other titles. Third-party correspondence includes
letters written between people other than Crowley, though often about him or
his business. Individual authors are listed in the Index of Correspondents at
the end of this guide.
Works
16
4
Unidentified authors
16
5
Evans, Montgomery, lists of works by Aleister Crowley,
nd,
typescript with author revisions, 15pp
16
6
Fuller, J.F.C.,
666: Bibliotheca Crowleyana,
1966,
printed pamphlet cataloging a unique collection of works
by and about Crowley, 28pp
16
7
Jones, George Cecil, bound notebook with holographic
notes and fragments on mystical topics,
1898,
55pp
16
8
Lavroff, Marie,
God's Journey,
nd,
typescript with author revisions, 38pp
16
9
Mathers, S. Liddell MacGregor,
The Qliphoth of the Qabalah: The Unclean
Spirit,
nd,
typescript with author additions, 11pp
16
10
York, Gerald V.,
Bibliography of the Works of Aleister
Crowley,
1951,
photocopy typescript, 112pp
16
Correspondence
16
11
A-Z; Unidentified
16
12
Townshend, F.N.E.,
1921
16-17
Oversize bound volumes
Aleister Crowley Collection--Index of Correspondents
Box and folder numbers are followed by a number in parentheses which
indicates the number of items by that person. A single item is indicated where
there is no number in parentheses following the box and folder number. Where
there is correspondence from Aleister Crowley, the number in parentheses is
followed by the phrase from Crowley. So in the
example:
Calder-Marshall, Arthur, 1908- --14.1 (3 from Crowley), 14.7 (3)
There are 3 letters from Crowley to Calder-Marshall in box 14, folder 1,
and 3 letters from Calder-Marshall in box 14, folder 7.
- Archer, Ethel--14.1 (from Crowley)
- Argus Bookshop, Inc.--16.1
- Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958--14.1 (3 from Crowley)
- Calder-Marshall, Arthur, 1908- --14.1 (3 from Crowley), 14.7
(3)
- Carter, - --14.1 (from Crowley)
- Chiswick Press--14.7
- Cosgrove, William--14.1 (from Crowley)
- Craig, M.--16.11
- Evans, Montgomery--14.2 (25 from Crowley)
- Felkin, R.L.--16.11
- Forsyte, Kerman and Phillips--14.7 (16), 14.10 (20+)
- Fuller, J.F.C. (John Frederick Charles), 1878-1966--14.1 (3 from
Crowley)
- Garnett, David, 1892- --16.11
- Hammond, - --14.7
- Hamnet, Nina, 1890-1956--14.7
- Harris, Frank, 1855-1931--14.7
- Harris, Frieda--14.1 (from Crowley), 14.7 (2)
- Harrison, Austin, 1873-1928--14.7, 16.11
- Hudson, Simmons & Co.--14.7
- Kerman, Isidore--14.3 (21 from Crowley), 14.11 (25)
- Leffingwell, Roy--14.7
- M.A. Jacobs & Sons--14.7 (2)
- Maison, Clare--14.1 (4 from Crowley)
- Margetts, Jenkins and Hornby--14.7
- Masters, Oliver H.--14.1 (from Crowley), 14.7
- May, Betty--16.11
- Mengers, Sybil--14.4 (8 from Crowley)
- Merton, Wilfred--14.1 (2 from Crowley)
- Murray, A.G.--14.1 (from Crowley)
- Nadigin, Raymond--14.7, 16.11 (2)
- Olsen, Dorothy--16.11 (2)
- Princes of the Theosophical Society--14.1 (from Crowley)
- Quinn, John, 1870-1924--14.7 (3)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--14.1 (from
Crowley)
- Schaeffer, -, Miss--14.1 (from Crowley)
- Schmiecher, Wilfred--(14 from Crowley)
- Sims, G.F.--16.1
- Spare, Austin Osman, 1888-1955--14.7 (3)
- Symmonds, John--14.1 (from Crowley), 16.11(5)
- Tankerville, George Montagu, 1852-1931--14.7
- Titus, Edward W., b. 1880--14.1 (4 from Crowley)
- Townshend, F.N.E.-16.12 (3)
- Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962--14.1 (2 from Crowley)
- Winads, Ltd.--16.11
Aleister Crowley Collection--Index of Works
Works contained in this index which are included in the
Syllabus of the Official Instruction of the
A.A. are indicated by the parenthetical statement of their Liber number
and Class placing where possible.
-
Aceldama, a Place to Bury Strangers in; A
Philosophical Poem--5.7-8
-
Across the Gulf (Liber LIX Class
C)--1.1
- Ahab and Other Poems--6.1
-
AL the Commentary Called D
(Jeridensis)--1.2
-
Alexandra, A Birthday Ode--6.2-3
-
Alice: An Adultery--6.4
-
Amphora--Galley Folder 1
-
The Argonauts--6.5
-
The Art of Lord Dunsany--Galley Folder
1
-
At the Old Absinthe House--6.6
-
The Book of the Operation of the Sacred
Magic--1.3
-
The Burning of Melcarth--10.7
-
The Cancer: A Study in
Nerves--10.8
-
Carmen Saeculare--6.7
-
Clouds Without Water--6.8-9
- A Comment on the Nature of Aethyrs--1.4
- Commentary on the Book of Lies--1.5
-
The Confessions of Aleister
Crowley--11.1-2
- The Crime of the Impasse de l' Enfant Jesus--11.3
- The Elixir of Life--1.6
-
Energized Enthusiasm (Liber DCCCLX Class
C)--Bound with
Lines to a Young Lady
-
Ercildoune: A Novel--11.7
- An Evocation of Bartzabel: The Spirit of Mars--1.7
-
The Excluded Middle--11.8
- Face--10.6
- The Formulae of the Magic of Light--See An Evocation of Bartzabel:
The Spirit of Mars
-
Gargoyles Being Strangely Wrought Images of Life
and Death--7.1
- Glaziers' House or The Shaving of A Shagpot--10.6
-
The God Eater: A Tragedy of
Satire--11.9
-
The God of Ibreez--12.1
- The Golden Rose--7.2-3
-
The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw
(Liber DCCCLXXXVIII)--1.8
-
Hail Mary--1.9
-
The Herb Dangerous--1.10
-
The High History of Sir Palamedes the Saracen
Knight: and of His Following of the Questing Beast (Liber CXCVIL Class
C)--1.11
- His Enemy--10.6
- His Majesty's Fiddler--10.6
- The Humour of Pauline Pepper--10.6
-
The I Ching (translation Liber
CCXVI)--2.1
- In Manu Dominae (A Black Mass)--7.4
- The Ivory Gate--7.4
-
Jephthah and Other Mysteries Lyrical and
Dramatic--7.5-7
- The Jew of Fez--7.4
-
John St. John: The Book of the Magical
Retirement (Liber DCCCLX Class C)--2.2-4
- The King of Terrors--12.2
-
Knox Om Pax: Essays on
Light--2.5-6
- `Landed' Gentry--7.4
-
Liber AL vel Legis (Liber XXXI Class
A)--2.8-9
-
Liber AL vel Legis: The
Comment--2.10
-
Liber AL vel Legis: The Comment
II--2.11
-
Liber Aleph: The Book of Wisdom or Folly
(Liber CXI Class B)--3.1-2
-
Liber Ararita sub Figura DCCCXIII: Vol. 3, Pt. 2
(Class A)--2.7
-
Liber HHH (Liber CCCLXI Class
D)--2.7
-
Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Adumbratio
Kabbalae Aegypiorum Sub Figura VII (Liber VII Class A)--2.7
-
Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae (Liber VI
Class B)--3.3
-
Little Poems in Prose by Charles Baudelaire
(translation)--12.3
-
Magical & Philosophical Commentaries on the
Book of the Law--3.4-7
- Magical Record--3.8
-
Magick Without Tears--3.9
-
Mortadello or the Angel of Venice: A
Comedy--12.4-5
-
The Mother's Tragedy and Other
Poems--8.1
-
The Mysterious Malady--12.6
-
New York Nights--12.7
- Obligations: notes for an essay--10.6
- The Opium Dream--10.6
-
Oracles--8.2
-
Orpheus: A Lyrical
Legend--8.3-9.2
-
OZ. Liber LXXVII--3.12
- Powers of Number--3.13
- Remarkable Experiments with the Elixir of Life--4.1
- Rex de Arte Regia (Magical Diary of Baphomet)--4.2
- Ritual of Initiation--4.3
- Robbing Miss Herniman--10.6
-
Rosa Coeli--Oversize folder 1
- The Russian Butler--10.6
- The Saint and the Thief--7.4
-
The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of
Shiraz--9.3
-
The Secret Conference--4.4
-
The Scrutinies of Simon Iff--13.1
-
Simon Iff, Psychoanalysis--13.2
-
Sir Roger Bloxom--13.3
-
Sire de Maletroit's Door--13.4
-
Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden 1881
A.D.--13.5
-
The Soldier and the Hunchback (Liber
CXLVIII Class C)--4.5
- Song--7.4
- The Song of the Birds--7.4
-
Songs of the Spirit--9.4
-
The Sword of Song (Liber LXVII Class
C)--4.6-7
- The Tale of Archais--9.5
- Tannhäuser: A Story of All Times--10.1
- The Tao Teh Ching (translation) (Liber CLVII)--4.8
-
The Temple of Solomon the King (contains
Liber LVIII Class B)--4.9
- Thien TAI (Liber XLI ClassC)--See
Knox Om Pax
-
The Three Wishes: A Play in Three Acts and a
Prologue--13.6
- The True Greater Ritual of the Pentagram--4.10
- The Vision and the Voice, Being the Cries of the Thirty Aethyrs (
Liber XXX AERVM Vel Saeculi, Liber
CCCCXVIII Class AB)--5.1-4
- The Wake World (Liber XCV Class C)--See
Knox Om Pax
- Why Jesus Wept--10.6
- The Winged Beetle--10.2-5
-
The World's Tragedy--13.8
- Yi King--See I Ching
- Yoga for Yahoos--5.4
- Z. 10.
Monsters, Niggers, Jews,
etc.--5.6