The Qabalistic and Thelemic Works of Frater Achad
The lamen of Frater Achad
The complete published works of Frater Achad, the magical motto of Charles Stansfeld Jones, cabalist extraordinaire, and more
“Sir Charles Stansfeld Jones, whose occult names, numbers, dignities and titles, are as follows: PARZIVAL, Knight of the Holy Ghost, etc., X° O.T.O., 418, 777, V.I.O. (Unus In Omnibus), Achad, or O.I.V.V.I.O. (Omnia in Uno, Unus in Omnibus), Fra A∴ A∴, 8○ = 3□, Arctaeon, to be my son by Jeanne Foster, Soror Hilarion.”—New Comment on II.76, Liber Legis
This material presented here is updated from Norton’s Imperium also in The Hermetic Library. Previously, this material was several levels deep on the site, but this Frater Achad material deserves to be a featured part of the collection. See also Charles Stansfeld Jones in Hermeneuticon.
- QBL, or The Bride's Reception - A basic primer on the Tree of Life from a Thelemic viewpoint. The appendix contains the magickal records of Achad's discovery of his “Restored” Tree of Life.
- The Egyptian Revival — A detailed examination of Frater Achad's “Restored” Tree of Life, its justification in past cabalistic writings, and its relation to Thelemic symbolism. Contains many ideas later adopted (without credit) by other writers.
- The Anatomy of the Body of God — Achad's magnum opus on cabalistic geometry.
- Crystal Vision Through Crystal Gazing — The good Frater's classic monograph on this traditional method of scrying and its transformation into higher forms of spiritual vision. Lots of good advice for anyone learning or using any method of scrying.
- The Chalice of Ecstasy — An analysis of Wagner's Parzival as it relates to the Path of Initiation and Thelema.
- Liber 31 — The magickal record of Achad's discovery of the Key of Liber AL vel Legis
- 31 Hymns to the Star Goddess — Prose “verses” to NUIT, in the style of Crowley's Book of Lies. Not great literature, but with some useful content.
- I. N. R. I. De Mysteriis Rosæ Rubeæ Et Aureæ Crucis — Concerning the symbolism of the Rose and Cross.
- Liber QNA — Concerning Names of God.
- The Conjuration of Kronos — An invocation of Binah in the Golden Dawn style, thought to be written by Frater Achad.
- Additional Notes on Liber Al vel Legis — Comments on Chapter 1, vv. 45-48.
- Stepping Out of the Old Æon Into the New — An astronomical metaphor.
- New Aeon Test Questions — Achad's Test Questions for the three “grades” of Liber AL.
Previously unpublished works by Frater Achad
Through the efforts of Frater 117 of Yggdrasil Camp, O.T.O. and Bishop T. Allen Greenfield, a number of new articles by Frater Achad were released to the public. These articles were first published (along with commentary and annotations by Bishop Greenfield) in Mjölnir, a quarterly journal from Yggdrasil Camp.
- The Treasure House of Achad — An introduction to this series of Achad works by T. Allen Greenfield. From Mjölnir vol. 1, no. 1.
- Belief vs. Knowledge — An essay contrasting religious belief with direct spiritual experience. From Mjölnir vol. 1, no. 2.
- Mirrors of Life — Concerning subjective relativism and freedom of awareness. From Mjölnir vol. 1, no. 3.
- Freedom - Concerning the enjoyment of life and living. From Mjölnir vol. 1, no. 4.
- Untitled Letter to the Universal Brotherhood — Concerning Right Knowledge. From Mjölnir vol.2 no. 4.
- Thinking Backwards — Concerning Crowley's method of discovering “past lives”. From Mjölnir vol. 2 no. 3.
- Nothing — Concerning the abandonment of all finite characteristics. From Mjölnir v2 no. 1.
