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Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente (Liber LXV)

Thelemic Scriptures

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Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente (Liber LXV, The Heart Girt with a Serpent), written by Aleister Crowley in 1907 and 1911, is one of the Class A Thelemic holy books, a five chapter mystical poem in dialogue between the aspirant and the god Hadit, treated within Thelema alongside Liber AL vel Legis as inspired, unalterable scripture rather than as Crowley's own ordinary literary or instructional writing.

Facts
Status
Canonical Status
Canonical 1
Its own record groups it with Liber AL vel Legis, already canonical, as a Class A Thelemic holy book, "inspired, unalterable scripture."
Structure
Structure
Five chapters, a mystical poem in dialogue between the aspirant and the god Hadit; one of the Class A Thelemic holy books treated as inspired, unalterable scripture. 1
Origins
Language
English 1
Attributed Author / Compiler
Aleister Crowley 1
Text
Literary Form
Philosophical dialogue 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Authored By

Source Aleister Crowley and Western EsotericismHenrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr (eds.)

Belongs to Tradition

Thelema, Religions
Source Aleister Crowley and Western EsotericismHenrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr (eds.)

Related To

Sources
1. Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism
Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2012on the Class A holy books of Thelema

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