The Library of Babel is Jorge Luis Borges's famous 1941 meditation on language, alphabets, and the library that contains all knowledge. This work is an allegory of our Universe, complemented and enhanced by the detailed etchings of the French artist, Érik Desmazières.

This short story delves into the infinite, exploring the vast and endless possibilities of a library that holds every book ever written and every book that could possibly be written. The narrative challenges the reader to ponder the meaning of existence, knowledge, and the universe itself.

The Book of Lies (full title: Which is also Falsely Called BREAKS. The Wanderings or Falsifications of the One Thought of Frater Perdurabo, which Thought is itself Untrue. Liber CCCXXXIII [Book 333]) was written by English occultist Aleister Crowley (using the pen name of Frater Perdurabo) and first published in 1912 or 1913.

The book consists of 93 chapters, each of which consists of one page of text. The chapters include a question mark, poems, rituals, instructions, and obscure allusions and cryptograms. The subject of each chapter is generally determined by its number and its corresponding qabalistic meaning.

Around 1921, Crowley wrote a short commentary about each chapter, assisting the reader in the qabalistic interpretation. Several chapters and a photograph in the book reference Leila Waddell, who Crowley called Laylah, and who, as Crowley's influential Scarlet Woman, acted as his muse during the writing process of this volume.

Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, The Mind's I is a searching, probing cosmic journey of the mind that delves deeply into the problem of self and self-consciousness. From verbalizing chimpanzees to scientific speculations involving machines with souls, from the mesmerizing, maze-like fiction of Borges to the tantalizing, dreamlike fiction of Lem, this book opens the mind to new dimensions of exciting possibilities.

Explore the Black Box of fantasy, the windfalls of reflection, and the ever-changing landscape of consciousness. Edited by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett, this book is a sign of change in the understanding of the Self.