was published possibly after this volume in 1907). The last work to appear was Crowley's Orpheus: a Lyrical Legend and was meant to be his crowning work as a poet. As he points out in the introduction, not only was Crowley unhappy with the final product, its lengthy and uninspired creation from as far back as 1902 (uncommon in Crowley who was turbulent in his creative output) was also badly received from friends. But many would agree the pæan style in which Crowley glorifies these mythological characters was pertinent to his career as a conjuror of gods, and the many complicated rhyme schemes were if anything a signpost of the incantatory style of Crowley that is now stereotyped in witchcraft. The chapters are LIBER PRIMUS VEL CARMINUM (Orpheus' tuning his lyre to antistrophe of various "elemental forces") TO OSCAR ECKENSTEIN, with whom I have wondered in so many solitudes of nature, and thereby learnt the words and spells that bind her children LIBER SECUNDUS VEL AMORIS (Orpheus laments Eurydice's death) TO MARY BEATON, whom I lament LIBER TERTIUS VEL LABORIS (Orpheus travels to Hades) TO THE MEMORY OF IEHI AOUR, with whom I walked through Hell, and compelled it LIBER QUARTUS VEL MORTIS (Orpheus on Mt. Ida with the Mænads) TO MY WIFE Editions The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 3 vols. 1905–1907, Foyer, UK: S. P. R. T. The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 1 vol, "traveller's ed.", 1907, Foyer, UK: S. P. R. T The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley reprint, 3 vols. 1974, Des Plaines, IL: Yogi Publication Society, , , See also Libri of Aleister Crowley List of works by Aleister Crowley The Stratagem and other Stories Clouds without Water External links Thelemite texts Works by Aleister Crowley 1905 books