This is all of it. The Order has no inner library, no restricted papers, and no further texts reserved for those who have proven themselves. What you see below is the entire published teaching of the Order of the Serpent, in its current editions.
The texts are listed in the order in which they were first published. If you are new, Start Here suggests a different order for reading them. For what to read beyond these seven texts, see Study.
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The Shed Skin
The founding statement of the Order of the Serpent, adopted by the First Circle on 2 October 2010.
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First Workings
A primer in self-initiation for those beginning the practice: the record, stillness, the Gesture of the Open Ring, three first workings, and when to stop.
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The Seven Coils
The Order's map of self-initiation, from the first question to the open ring, with the task, the danger, and the sign of each stage.
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Against the Locked Grimoire
An essay on secrecy, initiation, and the economics of hidden teaching, written to accompany the opening of the Order's archive.
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The Nightside Record
On keeping the magical record: the practitioner's most important tool, and the only teacher that cannot flatter you.
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Venom and Remedy
On transgression: what it is for, where it belongs, how much is enough, and how to recognize when it has turned to poison.
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The Blind Maker
On the old myth of a maker who believed himself the only god, read as a portrait of the left-hand path's own characteristic error, with the serpent as its remedy.
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