AbouttheAuthorAaronLeitchhasbeenascholarandaspiritualseekerfornearlythreedecades.HeisamemberoftheHermeticOrderoftheGoldenDawn,theGentlemenofJupiter,andtheacademicSocietasMagica.Hiswritings cover such varied fields as ancient Middle Eastern religion and mythology, Solomonicmysticism,shamanism,Neoplatonism,Hermeticismandalchemy,traditionalWiccaandNeopaganism,theHermeticOrderoftheGoldenDawn,Thelema,angelology,Qabalah,Enochiana,AfricanDiasporareligions,hexcraftandhoodoofolktraditions,psychologyandconsciousnessexpansion,cyberspaceandvirtual reality,andmodernsocialcommentary.He is theauthorofSecretsof theMagickalGrimoiresandTheAngelicalLanguage,VolumesIandII.Visithiswebsiteatkheph777.tripod.comorhisblogataaronleitch.wordpress.com.

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Contents

Introduction

ChapterOne:WhoWasEnoch?

ChapterTwo:WhatEnochianMagickIs

ChapterThree:AnEnochianCastofCharacters

ChapterFour:TheHistoryofDeesEnochianTradition

AnEnochianGrimoireChapterFive:TheEnochianUniverse

ChapterSix:TheHeptarchia

ChapterSeven:TheAngelicMagickalTools

ChapterEight:InstructionsforHeptarchicInvocation

ChapterNine:TheBookofLoagaethandGebofal

ChapterTen:ThePartsoftheEarthSystem

ChapterEleven:TheGreatTableoftheEarth(Watchtowers)

ChapterTwelve:Neo-Enochiana

ChapterThirteen:CreatingaNeo-EnochianTruncatedPyramid

ChapterFourteen:ANeo-EnochianAngelSummoning

AppendixI:TheAngelicalLanguage

Appendix2:AnAngelicalPsalter(Forty-EightCallings)

Bibliography

Endnotes

TIntroduction

heEnochiansystemofmagickalevocationisconsideredoneofthemostadvancedintheWesternworld.Theangelswhoseattentionsitgainsareamongthemostpowerfulanddangerousmighty

spiritual beings who are concerned with the motions of the stars and the rise and fall of earthlygovernments. Respected magickal orders such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn reserveEnochianmagick for their highest Adept grades. Academics and researchers have spent generationsattempting todecipher andunderstand the journals of themenwho first recorded thematerial.Evenbeyond thoseoriginal journals, theEnochian systemhashadaprofoundeffectonWesternoccultismoverthelastseveralhundredyears,muchofwhichhasbeenlittleunderstooduntilfairlyrecently.Therefore,ImustadmitthatitwasdifficulttoimaginewritinganEnochianmagickbookwrittenfor

beginners. Imagine, for example, attempting to writeAn Introduction to Atom Smashing orBrainSurgeryforBeginners.What informationcouldsuchbookscontain thatwouldbeunderstandableanduseful for someone just beginning on his or her path? For a while I was stumped and even unsurewhetherIshouldtakeontheproject.Thankfully, someclose friendsquicklypointedout anerror inmy thinking.Whether the subject is

nuclearphysics,neuralsurgery,orEnochianmagick,youhavetostartsomewhere.Writingabeginnersbookonacomplexsubjectdoesnotmeancreatingawatered-downversionofthesystemandpresentingitassafeforthecourageousneophyte.Instead,itshouldserveasanintroductiontothemorecomplexmaterial.Itshouldincludesomebasichistoryanddefinethetermsandlingothestudentwillencounterlater.Mostimportantly,itmustpresentasimplifiedoverviewoftheentiresystem,therebyallowingthestudent to see the whole proverbial elephant before focusing upon the trunk, ears, legs, or otherelephantinecomponentsindetail.Thinking about the project in this way also brought another fact into focus: in its original form,

Enochianmagickwasneverrestrictedtomagickalmastersalone.Infact,theEnochianjournalsrecordasystemthatwasverymuchforbeginnersatthestartandproceededintomoreadvancedpracticesasthesystemunfoldedovermonthsandyears.1Therefore,amodernEnochianbeginnersbookcanfollowthesamepattern,introducingthestudenttotheverybasicsandpreparinghimorherforthemoreadvancedmaterialencounteredinlaterstudyandpractice.Once I had considered all of the above, I realized I had been given the opportunity to create an

Enochian grimoire, presenting the practice of themagickwithout dwelling upon every detail of thesystem(suchasendlessmagickalsquaresmadefromothermagickalsquares,complexmethodsofnamedecryption,long-windedquotesfromDeesjournals,etc.).Alltheseaspectsofthesystemarecertainlyimportantthey are the underlying foundation of the magickbut they are not necessary in anintroduction to thesystem.AnEnochiangrimoireshouldbe lightenough tocarryaroundamagickalcircleortempleandincludetheinformationyouneedtocreatethetoolsandperformtheceremonies.

(AlloftheunderlyingdetailsofEnochianawillbecoveredindepthinalaterwork,towhichthisbookcanbeconsideredaprimer.)Ofcourse,JohnDeehimselfcreatedtheworldsfirstEnochiangrimoire.Itstillexiststoday,cataloged

intheBritishLibraryasSloaneMS3191andalsopublishedinGeoffreyJamessEnochianMagickofDr. JohnDee (a book I highly recommendyou obtain).However,Dee apparently did not intend hisgrimoireasaprimer.Itincludesverylittleinstructionforthecreationofthetoolsandpresentsevenlessinformationabouthowtouse them.Instead,Deesgrimoire isacollectionofworkingnotes intendedfor his own use and therefore assuming the reader is already well-versed in the system. A modernEnochianprimerneedstopresentthetoolsalongwithwhattheyrepresentand,mostimportantly,howtoproperlyusethem.Thebookyouarenowreadingis intendedtofill thisgapinEnochianliterature.HereIwillbriefly

coversomeofthehistorybehindthesystem,sothebeginnerwillknowsomethingaboutthemenwhofirst recorded thematerialDr.JohnDeeandSirEdwardKelleyandwhat theywereattempting toaccomplish with their work. Then I will present an overview of each phase of Dees magick as itprogressed through his journalsfrom the Heptarchia (planetary magick), Gebofal and the Book ofLoagaeth(includingthefamousforty-eightAngelicalCallings),tothePartsoftheEarthandtheGreatTable of theEarth (which concernworld-changingmagick). Iwill then trace the thread ofEnochianhistoryfromJohnDeethroughtheGoldenDawnandbeyondtoillustratehowasetofjournalsthatDeenever shared with the public became some of the most influential magickal documents inWesternhistory.Next, Iwill presentmyEnochian grimoire. Itwill present theHeptarchia,Gebofal (the use of the

BookofLoagaeth), thePartsof theEarth,andtheGreatTableof theEarth(Watchtowers)systemsofmagick.ItwilloutlineEnochiancosmologyandthemagickaltools,furnishings,angels,andspiritsofthe system. Then it will provide step-by-step instructions for Enochian magickal ceremonies. Thisgrimoirewill focusuponDee-puristEnochiana,meaning itwill notborrowmaterial fromanyof thesourcesthatcameafterthemanhimselfpassedaway.After theDee-puristmaterial, Iwillpresentanoverviewof theneo-Enochiancurrent that is rooted

primarilyintheGoldenDawntradition.Thismaterialfocusesuponamodified(orreformed)versionoftheGreatTableoftheEarthandacuriousmethodofapplyingtheforty-eightAngelicalCallingstotheGreatTableitself.(Traditionally,thereisnothingconcerningtheHeptarchia,Gebofal,orthePartsoftheEarthintheneo-Enochianmaterial;however,thishasbeenchangingrecentlyasmorestudentsarediscoveringDeesoriginalmaterial.)ThismaybethefirstbookinhistorytopresenttheDee-puristandneo-Enochiansystemssidebysideinaneasy-to-understandformat.

ANoteontheBasicsofMagickDue to space restrictions, it is impossible for me to include detailed instructions for the basics ofRenaissance angel magick or the lodge-style rituals of the Golden Dawn. However, there aremanypoints in thisbookwhereIwill instruct theaspirant toperformbasicpurifications,write invocations,andperformGoldenDawnritualsliketheLesserorGreaterRitualsofthePentagram.

MoststudentswhoareinterestedinEnochianmagickwilllikelyhavepreviousexperiencewitheitherRenaissance(Solomonic)orGoldenDawnstylesofmagickandwillnotneedstep-by-stepinstructionsfor these things.However, ifyoudoneedordesire further informationor teachingforeithersystem,hereisalistofgreatbookstogetyoustarted.Eachofthesecanbeconsideredperfectprimersforthemagickyouwilllearninthistext.

ForDee-PuristEnochiana:My own Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires is, to my knowledge, the only existing primer for

Renaissance/Solomonic magick on the market. There I cover magickal timing, ritual purifications,consecrations,writinginvocationsandconjurations,talismans,magickaltools,summoningangels,andmore.Plus,IwroteSecretswiththiscurrentbookinmind,soitincludesalotofexamplesfromDeesjournals, angels that youll find in this book, and more. It is a perfect companion to TheEssentialEnochianGrimoire.

ForGoldenDawnNeo-Enochiana:If youre looking for a great introduction to Golden Dawnstyle magick, you wont find a better

source thanDonaldMichaelKraigsModernMagick:TwelveLessons in theHighMagickalArts.HecoverseverythingfrombasicpentagramandhexagramritualstoGoldenDawngradesigns,theOpeningbyWatchtower,creationoftalismans,angelicevocation,andmuchmore.Plus,ifyoufeelparticularlydrawn to theGoldenDawnpath itself, youwould gainmuch byworking throughChic andTabathaCicerosSelf-Initiation into theGoldenDawnTradition. If youwork through the courses outlined inthosetwobooks,therewillbenothingintheneo-Enochianmagickpresentedinthisbookthatwillbebeyondyourgrasp.Finally,ifyouwantagreatresourceforcreatingGoldenDawnrobes,altars,andmagickaltools,see

CreatingMagicalTools,alsobyChicandTabathaCicero.

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EChapterOne

WhoWasEnoch?

nochisperhapsoneofthemostmysteriousfiguresintheOldTestament.Legendtellsusthathewas takenbyangels into theheavensand,while there, recordedhundredsofbooksofwisdom.

Whenhe returned toearth,hewrotehis storyandpassedhiswisdomdown to latergenerations.ThesamelegendsclaimthatEnochsbooksandwisdomwerelostinthegreatfloodofNoahstime.Allthatsurvivedwashisautobiography,calledtheBookofEnoch.Itisquitecuriousthatsomuchto-doshouldbemadeoverapersonwhoishardlymentionedinthe

Bibleatall.TheNewTestamentbookofJudequotesbrieflyfromtheBookofEnoch,thoughitmakesnoreferencetothelegendsaboutEnochhimself.IntheentireOldTestamentEnochismentionedonlyonce,andeventheninaseeminglyoff-handedmanner.HisnameappearsinthebookofGenesisaspartof a longer list of forefathers. In chapter 5, verses 1824, we learn that Enoch was the father ofMethuselah and the great-grandfather of Noah, each of whom have their own important places inbiblicalliteratureandlegend.ThereareonlythreedetailsthatmightexplainwhysomanyhavefoundEnochsofascinating:First, he is the seventh generation from Adam, and seven is a sacred number throughout biblical

traditions.Second,heissaidtohavelived365years,whichisthenumberofdaysinasolaryearandthereforealsoasacrednumber.Finally,andmostimportantly,heistheonlyforefatherinthelistwithnorecordedtimeofdeath.ThepassagesimplyreadsAndEnochwalkedwithGod:andhewasnot;forGodtookhim(Genesis5:24),andnomoreissaidoftheman.ThesesmalldetailswereveryinterestingtoJewish(andlaterChristian)mystics.EventuallythelegendsaboutthelifeanddeedsofEnocharosetofleshouttheskeletaldescriptiongivenbyGenesis.The famed (or infamous, depending on your view) Book of Enoch is the oldest known recorded

versionoftheEnochianlegend.ItwasnotlikelywrittenbyEnochinthemythicaltimebeforethegreatflood.Instead,itappearstohavebeenwrittenduringtheveryrealHebrewcaptivityinBabylon(about600BCE). This legend describes aBabylonian-influenced cosmology andmythoswherein Enoch istakenbodilyintotheheavensseveraltimesandgivengrandtoursofitssevenregions.Heholdsfamiliarconversationswithbothangelsandfallenangels,beholdsthethroneofGod,andisallowedtoreadfromthecelestialBookofLife (adivine recordof thedestiniesofeverycreated thing in theworldpast,present,and future). In theend,Enoch is taken (withoutdying) to livepermanently inParadise,wellbeforeGoddestroystheworldwiththegreatflood(Genesis6).TheBookofEnochbecamefoundationalnotonly toJewishreligion,butalso to theearlyChristian

faith. Many early churches included the scripture in their bibles before it was rejected by Catholicauthorities and excluded from the canon.Eventually theBookofEnoch faded into obscurity.By the

medievalandRenaissanceeras,nolivingpersonknowntotheWesternworldhadeverseenit,andtheEnochianlegendexistedonlyinoralform.Ofcourse,EasternOrthodoxchurchesdidnotrecognizetheauthorityofCatholiccouncils.Thanksto

thisfact,thebookwasrediscoveredintheeighteenthcenturyaspartoftheEthiopianOrthodoxBiblewhere it had been preserved all along. Thus, we tend to refer to the originalBook of Enoch as theEthiopicBookofEnochorsimplyas1Enoch.2

JohnDeeandtheEnochianLegendJohnDeewasanEnglishscholarandmysticwholivedandworkedduringthereignofQueenElizabethI.HewasoneofthemostinfluentialmeninEnglandatthetimeanexpertinnavigation,mathematics,astronomy,astrology,chemistry,languages,encryption,andevenoccultism(tonameonlyafewofhisspecialties). During his lifetime, very little of import was done in Englandeven by the queenwithoutfirstseekinghisadviceordirectinvolvement.DeeshomewasEnglandsfirstunofficiallibraryandscientificlab,whichattractedalonglistoffamousscholars,artists,mystics,andearlyscientists.WhenDee began to summon angels in 1581CE, he stated that hemerelywished to follow in the

footstepsofEnochandotherbiblicalprophetswhoconversedwithangelsandwerethusgranteddirectaccess to the secrets of heaven.Before long,Dee foundhimselfwith thehelpof amediumnamedEdwardKelleyholdingdailyconversationswitharchangels suchasMichael,Gabriel,Raphael, andUriel. These entities introduced themen to an entire host of previously unknown angelswhowouldeventuallyrevealanewsystemofangelmagick.AsDeerecordedtheangelsearlylessonsregardingthetoolsandfurnitureneededforthemagick,he

decided to ask themabout theBookofEnoch. LikemostChristian or Jewishmystics of his day, hedesperatelywantedtogethishandsonthelong-lostrecordofEnochslife.Sincefindingandobtaininglostbooksislistedamongthepowersofangels,heaskedthemiftheymightbeabletobringhimacopyofthebook.IimaginehisheartmusthaveracedwhentheyagreedtogranthisrequestbuttheangelshadasurpriseinstoreforDeeandKelley.Thespiritualentitiescertainlyupheldtheirpromise:theydidbringaBookofEnochtoDee.However,

itwasnttheEthiopicBookofEnochorsomeotherrecordofthelifeanddeedsofthebiblicalprophet;itwasafargreaterandmuchmorevaluabletreasure.TheangelsrevealednothinglessthanthemysteriousbookEnochhadreadandcopiedfrominheaventheBookofLifeitself,theultimaterecordofallthingsintheuniverse.DeesangelswouldeventuallycallthistheHolyBookofLoagaeth(speechfromGod). It contained thewordsGod had used to create theworld, entrances into forty-eight gates ofheaven,anditrecordedthedestiniesofallthingsincreationpast,present,andfuture.The Book of Loagaeth became the heart and soul of Dees entire corpus of magick. From it was

derived the language of the angels, alongwith several systems ofmagick intended to influence thephysicalworld.Itsprimarypurpose,however,wastoopenthegatesofheavenandeithercalloutangelsor spiritually enter the gatesas Enoch had doneto visit the celestial realms directly. The angelsexplainedthatEnochhadbeenthefirsttoundertakethisprocess,andtheyalsooutlinedexactlyhowhehadaccomplishedit.ThiswasapparentlyintendedasinstructionforhowDeehimselfwasexpectedtoperformthesamework.

ThatiswhyDeessystemofmagickiscalledEnochiantoday.BylinkingthemagickdirectlytothelegendofEnoch,DeesangelshadestablishedthenewmaterialaspartofthehistoricalEnochiansaga.The angel magick of Dr. John Dee is Enochian in the exact sameway the Keys of Solomon areSolomonic or the books of the Torah are Mosaicbecause they each purport to be directlydescendedfrom(orwrittenby)thebiblicalherowhosemythostheyadopted.

FurtherReadingTheBooksofEnoch:ACompleteVolumeContaining1Enoch(TheEthiopicBookofEnoch),2Enoch(TheSlavonicSecretsofEnoch),3Enoch(TheHebrewBookofEnoch)byJosephB.Lumpkin

JewishMeditationbyAryehKaplanOriginsoftheKabbalahbyGershomScholemMajorTrendsinJewishMysticismbyGershomScholem

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TChapterTwo

WhatEnochianMagickIs

echnically,thetermEnochianmagickcanindicateanysystemofoccultismthatdrawsuponthewritingsormythosofEnoch.ByfartheworldsmostfamoussystemofEnochianoccultismisthat

recordedbyJohnDeeandEdwardKelley.John Dee was introduced to Edward Kelley in late 1582. Dee had already employed a skryer

(BarnabasSaul)tospeakwithangelsbutwasunsatisfiedwiththemansresults.Kelley,it turnedout,was an excellent mediumnot to mention a fellow student of alchemyand the two men quicklybecamepartnersintheirspiritualpursuits.Overthenextsixorsevenyears,Kelleywouldspendhourseach day gazing into a crystal ball while Dee recited prayers and invocations to call down angelicentities.OnceKelley reported seeingvisions in the stone,Deewouldquestion theangels and recordwhattheyrevealed.WhattheangelsrevealediswhatweusuallycallEnochianmagicktoday.Thisnewsystemwasgiven

toDeeandKelley in threephases: theHeptarchia,Gebofal, and thePartsof theEarthand theGreatTableoftheEarth(Watchtowers).

1:TheHeptarchia(SevenfoldRulership)

Figure1:TheRoundTableoftheForty-NineHeptarchicRoyalAngels

TheHeptarchiaisasystemofplanetarymagickthatcallsupontheangelsofthesevenbiblicaldaysofCreation.Thereare forty-nineof theseangelsseven foreachof thedaysof theweek (or thesevenclassicalplanets).ThereisnoreferencetoEnochinthisphaseofthesystem,anditlargelyresemblesothersystemsofRenaissanceangelmagick(suchasfoundintheArbatelofMagic,theHeptameron,thePaulineArts,theAlmadelofSolomon,etc.).Mostimportantly,thisphaseiswherethetoolsandfurniturenecessaryforall threephasesofDees

magickalsystemarerevealed.Theyincludeaskryingtablewithwaxsealsandpurifiedtintalismans,amagickallamen,andagoldenringofSolomontobewornbytheconjurer.

2:Gebofal(TheBookofLoagaethandtheForty-EightAngelicalCallings)

Figure2:TheBookofLifewithEnochianSeals

TheBookofLoagaeth(speechfromGod)issupposedtobeoneandthesamewiththeBookofLifedescribedinthelegendsofEnoch,theOldTestament,thebookofJubilees,andelsewhere.Assuch,itshouldalsobeoneandthesamewiththefamousBookofSevenSealsdescribedintheRevelationofSt.John:AndIsawintherighthandofhimthatsatonthethroneabookwrittenwithinandonthebackside,sealedwithsevenseals.AndIsawastrongangelproclaimingwithaloudvoice,Whoisworthytoopenthebook,andtoloosethesealsthereof?Andnomaninheaven,norinearth,neitherundertheearth,wasabletoopenthebook,neithertolookthereon(Revelation5:14).

AstheangelsexplainedtoDee,theBookofLoagaethembodiesthesevendays(orwemightsaytheseven ages) of creation outlined in chapter one ofGenesis. This includes ourmodern age,which ismystically interpreted as the seventh age (day) of the universe, during which God rests from theCreation. Taken all together, the holy book represents the entire span of history from creation todestruction.Itincludesallwisdomandknowledgefromthepast,ofthepresent,andintothefuture.Inshort,itistheultimatetomeofuniversalknowledge.However, the text ofLoagaeth iswritten in amysterious languagewithwhichGod is supposed to

havespokentheuniverseintoexistence.(ConsiderthemanyinstancesofAndGodsaid...inthefirstchapterofGenesis.)Theangelsneverofferedatranslationofthetext,anditcontinuestoeludeattemptstotranslateordecipherittothisveryday.3

Theholybookappeared toKelley in the skrying stoneas a collectionof forty-nine leaves 4eachwitha49 49tablethathasafrontandabackside(thustakingupbothsidesofeachleaf),filledwiththelettersofthemysteriousLanguageofCreation.5Eachleafstablerepresentsamysticalgatewayintooneofthetwelvekingdomsofheaven,whichlikelyindicatesthetwelvezodiacalhousesortheirsigns(Aries,Taurus,etc.).Thesegatesswingbothways,allowingtheaspiranteithertocallangelicteachersthroughthemortoenterand(likeEnoch)explorethecelestialcitiesbeyondthem.Inordertoaccessthewisdomoftheholybookorgainentrancetothegatesofheaven,theaspirant

mustinvoketheaidoftheangelswhoguardeachgate.ThesystemgivenforachievingthiswascalledGebofal byDees angels, though they never offered a translation of the name.Gebofal is a lengthyforty-nine-dayritualthatusesaseriesofforty-eightinvocationsdesignedtoattracttheattentionofthenecessaryangels.The invocationsaredescribedascallingsaswellaskeys (because theyare thekeystothegatesofheaven),andtheyarewrittenentirelyintheAngelicallanguage.

TheAngelicalLanguage

Graph Un Or Gal Ged Veh Pa

E A F D G/J C/Ch/K B

Drux Ger Mals Ur Na Gon Tal

N Q/Qu P/Ph L H I/Y M

Gisg Fam Van Ceph Don Med Pal

T S U/V Z R O X

Figure3:LettersoftheAngelicalAlphabet

Theforty-eightAngelicalCallingsarewritteninanotherversion(ordialect)oftheLoagaethtongue,whichmodernstudentsandpractitionersoftenrefertoasEnochian.Deehimselfreferredtoitvariouslyas Angelical, the celestial speech, the first language of God-Christ, or Adamical. That lastnameAdamicalwas used by Dee (briefly) after the angels told him that Adam had spoken thelanguagefluentlyinEdenandhadevenusedittoapplytruenamestoallthingsincreation.(Inmyownwork,IhavechosentostickwithAngelical.)Accordingtothelegendrevealedbytheangels,Adamlostthelanguagewhenhefellfromparadise

(Genesis 3); he then attempted to reconstruct it from memory. This reconstruction was the firstprimordialversionofHebrew,thoughitsnotaHebrewwewouldrecognizetoday.Sometimelater,theconfusionof tongues tookplaceat theTowerofBabel (Genesis11),and theprimordialHebrewwassimilarly lost.After that, biblicalHebrewthe languageof theOldTestamentcame intoexistence,andtherestislinguistichistory.

AfterAdamsfall,onlyonehumanwasdeemedworthytoreadtheoriginaltongueofEden,andthatwasEnoch.ItispossibletointerprettheEnochianlegendasafailedattempttoreseedthelanguageintohumanity. It failed, of course, due to the events that led up to the great flood (Genesis 68), duringwhichallofEnochswisdomwaslost.Fortunately, theAngelicalCalls revealed toDeeweregiven loose translations,and therehavebeen

several efforts over the years to create workable dictionaries of the words. I have made my owncontribution, which I published as The Angelical Language, Volume I: The Complete History andMythosoftheTongueofAngelsandTheAngelicalLanguage,VolumeII:AnEncyclopedicLexiconoftheTongueofAngels.Thoseprojectswerefairlymassive,takingtenyearsandoverninehundredpagestocomplete.BecauseIcoverthesubjectinsuchexhaustivedetailthere,Iwillsavespacehereandreferthereadertothosebookstolearnmoreaboutthetongueoftheangels.AsIstatedpreviously,LoagaethisthecentrallinchpinofDeesentiresystemofmagick.Theangels

oftheHeptarchiaareassociateddirectlywiththebooktheyarementionedinthetextandwerealsoinvolvedintransmittingit toDeeandKelley.Also,thepracticeofGebofalrequiresthesameskryingtoolsandfurnitureusedintheHeptarchicsystem.Finally,Loagaeth appears to be the primary source of the third phase of theEnochian system, the

PartsoftheEarthandtheGreatTableoftheEarth(Watchtowers).

3:ThePartsoftheEarthandtheGreatTableoftheEarth(Watchtowers)

Figure4:TheOriginalGreatTable

ThePartsoftheEarthThefinalphaseofthemagickcameintwopieces.ThefirstiscalledthePartsoftheEarth,wherein

the world is divided into ninety-two regions of geopolitical influence (kingdoms, nations, and evencultures)governedby the signsand the rulingangelsof thezodiac.6These zodiacal kingsgoverntheir areas (or parts) of theworldwith the help of large numbers of servient angels. All of theseentitieshavedirect influenceover theirownPartof theEarth,and thusapparentlyover thenation(s)thatresidethere.Bysummoningtheseangels,Deelikelyhopedtoexerthisowninfluenceoverforeignnations,orattheveryleastspyuponthemviaremoteviewing.

ThePartsandtheThirtyAethyrsThere are ninety-two Parts of the Earth listed in Dees journals, though one of them is hidden;

therefore,Deeoftenreferredtothemastheninety-onePartsoftheEarth.7Thoseninety-onepartsaredividedamongstthefinalthirtytablesofLoagaeth,whichrepresentthethirtycirclesofheavencalledtheAethyrs (orEthersorAires).DuringDees lifetime (and, in fact,until fairly recently in scientific

history),thewordaethyr/ethermeanttheupperregionsofspace,theclearsky,theheavens.8Thus,thethirtyAethyrsoftheEnochiansystemareactuallythirtyheavensthatextendfromtheearthallthewaytoGodsthrone.EachoftheseAethyrs(alongwiththeirPartsoftheEarth)canbeaccessedbyrecitingtheAngelical

CallfortheappropriateLoagaeth table.Themagethenhas thechoiceofviewingthatnationthroughthe crystal stone or even spiritually visiting the nation directly via a form of etheric (or aethyric)projection.Thoughtheseaethyricheavensaredescribedasstackedoneatoptheother,thisisonlyforillustration.

Theninety-one(orninety-two)partsarebetterenvisionedasstretchedouthorizontallyacrosstheearth.ThethirtyAethyrsrepresentthevisiblefirmament(sky)wherethestars(angels)dwell,whilethepartsrepresenttheareasoftheworldgovernedbythosestars.

TheGreatTableoftheEarth(Watchtowers)OnceDeehadreceivedthePartsoftheEarth,hewasgiventhesecondpieceofphasethree:theGreat

TableoftheEarth.Thisisalargemagickaltable(orword-square)formedbytakingallofthenamesoftheninety-twopartsandarrangingthemuponamassive25 27grid.Theresultingtablecanthenbebrokendownintofourseparate12 13tabletsboundtogetherbyalargecentralcrosscontainingafewlettersandseveralblanksquares.DeewouldrefertothiscentralcrossastheBlackCross(likelyanalchemicalreference)andtheCrossofUnion.ThefoursurroundingtabletsarecalledWatchtowers,baseduponbiblicalimagerysuchasthefollowing:Ihavesetwatchmenuponthywalls,OJerusalem,whichshallneverholdtheirpeacedaynornight(Isaiah62:6).

ComparethattothefollowingstatementabouttheGreatTablemadebyoneofDeesangels,Ave:ThefourhousesaretheFourAngelsoftheEarth,whicharetheFourOverseers,andWatchtowers,that...God...hathplacedagainstthe...GreatEnemy,theDevil.

Thesefourangelicoverseersarelikelythefourkherubicarchangels(lion,eagle,man,andox)foundinthevisionofEzekiel(Ezekiel1)andinSt.Johnsapocalypse(Revelation4).Theywouldalsohaveclose relations to the four archangelsMichael,Gabriel,Raphael, andUrielwhowere theprimaryangeliccontactsforDeeandKelleythroughouttheirwork.However,DeeneverexploredthisaspectoftheGreatTableinhisjournals,soIwillreservemyfindingsonthemforanotherpublication.9

AccordingtoDeesjournals,thefourWatchtowertabletsaresupposedtorepresentthequartersoftheearth.Note that this does not necessarilymean they represent the four philosophical elements (Fire,Water, Air, and Earth). Today, it is traditional in manyWestern systems of occultism to assign theelements to thefourpointsof thecompass,andthishas ledmanytoassumethefourWatchtowersatthosecompasspointsshouldalsorepresentthefourelements.However, thisisnothowDeerecordedthesystem.Inhisjournals,theprimaryfocuswasuponthedirectionassociatedwitheachWatchtower,andtheywereneverdescribedaselementaltabletsatall.10

WhereasthePartsof theEarthsystemgrantsoneinfluenceoverindividualnations, theGreatTablecoversentirequartersoftheworldatonce.WhenDeeaskedexactlyhowthefourquartersofthemapwere to be divided amongst theWatchtowers, the angels gave the cryptic and unhelpful answer, Inrespectofyourpoles.Thatsallwellandgoodfornorthandsouth,butwhereexactlyaretheeastern

andwesternpolesoftheearth?Wehavetheprimemeridiantoday;however,thatisanarbitrarypointthat has changedmany times throughout history. (Ourmodernprimemeridianwas set in 1884, longafterDeeslifetime.)ThereisnoindicationinDeesjournalswheretheeasternandwesternquartersoftheearthshouldbedivided.IfeelthequarterscoveredbytheWatchtowersareintendedtobegeopoliticalratherthangeographical

thatis,muchlikethePartsoftheEarth,theydontrepresentspecifictractsoflandasmuchastheyrepresent communities of people. Whereas the parts focus upon individual nations, the quartersrepresentthefourcivilizationsoftheworld.Youhearaboutthesemoreoftenthanyoumightthink,intermslikeWesternnationsorEasternculture.Belowisalistofthefourworldcivilizationsandafewexamplesofcountriesorregionsthattraditionallyfallintoeachcategory:11

WesternCivilization:WesternEuropeandNorthAmerica.Britain,USA,Canada,Spain,France,Germany,Italy,etc.

EasternCivilization:EasternEuropeandAsia.Russia,India,Mongolia,China,Japan,Korea,Thailand,etc.(AlsoincludingtheMiddleEasternnationssuchasEgypt,Israel,Palestine,Iran,Iraq,etc.)

NorthernCivilization:NorthernEurope.Norway,Sweden,Greenland,Iceland,theInuitandSiberianpeoples,etc.

SouthernCivilization:Nationssouthoftheequator:southernAfrica,SouthAmerica,Australia,countlessinhabitedislands,etc.

ThesefourclassificationslikelydevelopedinancienttimesperhapswhenRomeruledtheWesternworld,ormaybeevenGreecebeforeit.Therefore,theareaofGreeceandItalybecamethecenterpointoftheknownworldforgeographersandmapmakers.DeelikelyfeltthathisbelovedEnglandshouldbethe center of the worldand the four classifications would later be preserved once England indeedbecametherulingworldempire.Thesearethesameclassificationsweusetothisveryday.ThelettersofeachWatchtowertakenfromthePartsoftheEarthbutrearrangedintotheformofthe

Great Tablecreate the names of dozens (maybe hundreds) of angels and spirits who govern theirparticularquarteroftheearth.Thereareangelsofmedicineandalchemy,transportation,transformation,andtherevelationofsecrets(tonamejustafew)associatedwitheachcivilization.Thus,ifonedesirestoinfluencetheWesternnations,onewouldcalltheangelsoftheWesternWatchtower;ifonedesirestoinfluencethenationsofAsia,thenonewouldcallupontheangelsoftheEasternWatchtower.AsDeesangelsinstructed,ButwhenthouwiltworkintheEast,thoumusttakesuchasbearrulethere;somustthoudooftherest.12

TheReformedGreatTableofRaphaelYoumightbesurprisedtolearnthatthereweretwoversionsoftheGreatTableoftheEarthrecorded

in Dees journals: the original and one called the Reformed Great Table of Raphael. The reformedversionislargelythesameastheoriginalexceptthefourWatchtowertabletshavebeenrearrangedandsomeoftheletteringhasbeenchanged.

IsuspectthatnothingintheEnochiansystemhascausedmorecontroversythanthedebateoverwhichversionoftheGreatTableistheproperversion.Infact,thissingleconflictisatthecenterofamajorsplitwithintheEnochiantraditionwheretwoentirelydifferentmagickalsystems(calledDeepuristandneo-Enochian)havedevelopedaroundtheopposingtables.EvenDeehimselfseemstohavebeenunsureonthematter.HereceivedtheoriginalGreatTableatthe

sametimeastherestoftheEnochianmaterial.Atfirst,heplacedtheWatchtowersinthewrongorderwithin the Great Table,13 but the angels quickly corrected him. Nothing further was said about thearrangementof theWatchtowersuntilyears later, longafter theEnochian transmissionshad run theircourse.When theReformed Tablewas later revealed by the archangel Raphael, it was presented not as a

major correction to the system of angelmagick butmerely as amethod of decrypting amysteriousmessageforDee,Kelley,andtheirwives.Nonetheless,DeefeltitwasimportantenoughtorecordtheReformedGreatTableinhispersonalgrimoirealongsidetheoriginal,thoughtherestofthemagickinhisgrimoireisbasedstrictlyupontheoriginalversion.Itwouldappearthathenevermadeuphismindorthathefelteitherversionhaditsuses.In order to give you the complete picture, Iwill briefly explain the origin of theReformedGreat

Table.LaterwewillexplorethetwoschoolsofEnochianmagickthathavedevelopedoverthecenturiesandhowthetwoGreatTablesareattheheartoftheschism:

Figure5:TheReformedGreatTableofRaphael

DeeandKelleyreceivedtheoriginalGreatTablefromtheangels inmid-1584.14This remained theoneandonlyGreatTablethroughoutthetransmissionoftheEnochianmagickalsystem(s).Theeventsthat led to theReformedGreatTable tookplace inAprilof1587 15whenwe learn thatKelleyhasaskedtheangelstorelievehimofhisskryingduties.TheangelsappearangryatKelleysrequestbutagreetograntitif,afterfourteendays,hestillwishes

toquit.DeespentthosetwoweeksattemptingtotrainhissonArthurtoskryinKelleysplace,buthedid not have great success.On the day before the deadline,Kelley returnedwith every intention ofendinghisemploymentwithDee.Theangelsappearedinthestonebutweredressedinthemostfilthyanddisorderedmannerquite theoppositeof thesplendid royalclothing theynormallywore. Itwasthen theangelsgaveDeeandKelley theirmost infamouscommandment: tobond togetherasonebysharingallthingsincommonbetweenthem.Kelleyunderstoodatoncethattheangelsmeanteventheirwivesmustbeshared.Atfirst,DeedidnotacceptKelleysinterpretation.Heinsteadtookthecommandmenttomeanakind

of Christian brotherhood and communal living. However, Kelley would later tell Dee that he had

receivedavisionofRaphael,whoconfirmedthesharingofwivesandgaveKelleyamessagefromGodto prove it. The message was encryptednothing more than a collection of numbers. The angelsexplained thekey todecrypting themessagewas tonumberall the squaresof theGreatTableof theEarth from 1 to 624, then replace the numbers from the message with the letters found in eachnumberedsquare.Sadly,whenDeewrote out the resultingmessage, itwas nothing but gibberish. So themen set to

summoningtheangelsoncemoreanddemandedtoknowthecorrectmethodofdecryptingthesecretmessage fromGod. The answer, theywere told,was to rearrange theWatchtowerswithin theGreatTable,thennumberthesquaresaspreviouslyinstructed.Deedidthis,decryptedthemessage,andthistimeobtainedaletterwritteninLatin.ItcontainedastatementofdivinepermissionforDeeandKelleytosharetheirwivesincommon.ThatwastheoneandonlytimetheReformedGreatTableofRaphaelwasusedinDeesjournals.Dee

wroteoutthisnewtableinhisentryforApril18,1587.Aboveit,heincludedanoteexplainingthathehadoriginallybeenunsure about the correctplacementof theWatchtowers.Beneath it, he explainedhowKelleyhad received thisnewversionof theGreatTable from thearchangelRaphael and that itmadehimgreatlyrejoiceinspirit.ThismakesitappearthatDeerejoicedatgettingacorrectiontohisorderingoftheWatchtowers,andithasledmanytobelievetheReformedGreatTableshouldoverrulethe original version. However, Dee had long since received the correction to his ordering of theWatchtowers.HisgreatrejoicingwasbecausethisnewReformedGreatTableallowedhimtodecryptthemessagefromGod.Yet, as I saidbefore, itwould appear thatDeedid suspect theReformedGreatTablehadpractical

uses.Atleast,hefelttherewassomereasonworthincludingitalongsidetheoriginalGreatTableinhispersonalEnochiangrimoire.ThosewhoopposetheuseoftheReformedGreatTablepointoutthatKelleyreceiveditaloneinhis

bedchamber,whiletherestoftheEnochianmaterialwasreceivedstrictlywhenbothmenwerepresent.AmorecynicalsegmentofDeeandKelleyscholarsinsistthatthecommandmenttosharewivesinandof itself is proof that either they were no longer talking to angels (if, indeed, they had ever beenspeakingwithtrueangels)orthatKelleywasmerelylyingtogetintobedwithJaneDee.Personally, I cant accept either of these simplistic conclusions. First, I find it odd that people

generally accept angelswho dictate such things aswar and famine but become suspicious if angelssuggest that humans should share love. In my opinion, a suggestion of polyamory (multiple loves)would have been quite ahead of its time in Dees day, but its hardly proof that the entities weredemonic.Second,itisentirelypossiblethatDeeandKelleywereinfluencedbycertainsocialexperimentsthat

were,indeed,centuriesaheadoftheirtime.OneofthesesocialexperimentswascalledtheFamilyofLovewhichpracticed communal living andgroupmarriage.Dee andKelley seem to haveknownseveralmembersof thatgroupand thuscouldhavebeen introduced to theirphilosophies.While thatsubjectisabitbeyondthisbook,theaboveshouldbeenoughtoillustratethatthepolyamorousepisodebetweentheDeesandtheKelleysshouldnotbewrittenoffwithshort-sightedmoraljudgments(against

either the angelsor thehumans involved)norwithout furtherhistorical study into thematter. In anycase,itdoesnotautomaticallyinvalidatetheReformedGreatTableofRaphael.Ofcourse,thereisnothingthatultimatelyprovesitsvalidityeither,sotheissueremainsunresolved.

InalaterchapterwewilldiscussthehistoricaldevelopmentoftheEnochiantradition,andwewillseewhatroletheReformedGreatTablehascometoplayinitsownright.

FurtherReadingDeesOccultSourcebooks:SteganographiabyTrithemiusDeSeptumSecundeisbyTrithemiusThreeBooksofOccultPhilosophybyHenryCorneliusAgrippaLiberJuratusArbatelofMagicTheHeptameronThePaulineArtsandTheAlmadelofSolomon(bothfoundinTheLemegeton)

DeesAngelicJournals:JohnDeesFiveBooksofMysteryeditedbyJosephPetersonATrueandFaithfulRelationofWhatPassedforManyYearsBetweenDr.JohnDeeandSomeSpiritsbyMricCasaubon

TheHeptarchiaMysticabyJohnDeeDigitalScansoftheEnochianManuscripts(i.e.,allofDeesoriginaljournals)TheEnochianMagickofDr.JohnDeebyGeoffreyJames

BooksAboutDeesOriginalSystem:EnochianMagickforBeginners:TheOriginalSystemofAngelMagickbyDonaldTysonTheAngelicalLanguage,VolumeI:TheCompleteHistoryandMythosoftheTongueofAngelsbyAaronLeitch

TheAngelicalLanguage,VolumeII:AnEncyclopedicLexiconoftheTongueofAngelsbyAaronLeitch

TheCompleteEnochianDictionary:ADictionaryoftheAngelicLanguageasRevealedtoDr.JohnDeeandEdwardKelleybyDonaldLaycock(especiallyseetheintroduction)

EnochianMagicinTheorybyDeanF.Wilson

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DChapterThree

AnEnochianCastofCharacters

eeandKelleyspent theiryears together travelingacrossEurope,meetingpowerfulpeople,andattemptingtoestablishthemselvesasoccultleaders.Deehopedtoberecognizedasaprophetdue

tohisangeliccontacts,whileKelleyhopedtobecomeanaccomplishedalchemist.OnlyKelleywouldachievehisgoalduringhislifetime,whileDee,sadly,wouldnotbecomeaworld-famousangelworkeruntilmanyyearsafterhispassing.As you expand yourEnochian studies beyond this primer, especially if you readDees journals or

biographies,youwillquicklyfindyourselflostinalabyrinthofobscurenames.Someofthemwillbefamiliar(suchasQueenElizabethI),whilemostofthemwillbeentirelynew.TherewillbenamesofhumanswhoaidedorpersecutedDeeduringhis travels,and therewillbenamesofangelswhohaveneverappearedoutsideofDeeswritings.Therefore, I feel itwouldbeuseful toprovide aprogramof sorts soyou cankeep trackof all the

players.The following list isnot inalphabeticalorderbut is insteadarranged so that eachentrywillprovideanotherpieceofDeesstoryin(roughly)chronologicalorder.Onceyouhavereadthroughthissection,youwillhaveabasicunderstandingofthegreaterEnochiansaga.

ThePeopleQueen Elizabeth I (15331603): This famous monarch guided England through one of its mostexcitingandfrighteningperiods.Herfather,KingHenrytheVIII,hadbrokenawayfromtheCatholicChurchandproclaimedhimself the leaderofanewChurchofEngland.Thisnewfaithwasbasicallysimilar toCatholicism (in its rites and liturgy)butdidnot recognize the authorityof thepope.AfterHenryspassing,hissonEdwardreignedforashorttimeandcontinuedwhathisfatherhadstarted.Thiswasnotdestinedtolast,however,asEdwardsoondiedandthethronewasseizedbyhisveryCatholicsisterMary.MarybeganareignofterroracrossEnglandtouprootanddestroythenewProtestantfaith.Forthiscampaign,MaryisknowntothisdayasBloodyMary.16

Meanwhile, Princess Elizabeth had been raised and educated in the Protestant faith. As Maryspopularity as Queen diminished, the people began to view Elizabeth (and the Protestant faith) as aprobable alternative. The princess was therefore arrested, spending some time in prison and thenconfinedtoherhome.AccordingtoDee,hemadevisitstoherwhileshewasimprisonedandworkedundercoverforherinsupportoftheProtestantcause.Marypassedawayafter a reignofonly fiveyears.Shehad failed toproduce anheir, soElizabeth

finally ascended the throne. She quickly began to rebuild the shatteredChurch ofEngland and eventookitbeyonditsjustlikeCatholicismbutwithoutthepopeorigins.ItwasElizabeth,notherfatherorbrother,whotrulycreatedtheChurchofEnglandthatweknowtoday.

Emperor Rudolph II (15521612): The Holy Roman Empire has a long and not well-definedhistory.ItsoriginsareoftenattributedtothecrowningofCharlemagneasEmperoroftheRomansbythe pope in 800 CE. A bit over one hundred years later (962 CE), Otto the Great was the first toofficially take the title Holy Roman Emperor. In 1576 (Dees lifetime), the Austrian Rudolph IIinheritedthepositionfromhisfather,MaximillianII.RudolphwastheblacksheepoftheCatholicHapsburgfamily.Hewaslargelyuninterestedinpolitics

ortheaffairsoftheempire,andgavehisattentioninsteadtothearts,alchemy,astrology,andoccultism.HiscourtinPraguebecameacenterforartists,philosophers,andalchemistsfromaroundtheworldwhoknewtheycouldstudyandpracticetheirartstherewithoutfearofpersecution.Rudolphevenemployedteamsofalchemistsinthehopestheywoulddiscoverthesecretofturningbasemetalsintogold.(Thiswas actually not uncommon in royal courts across Europe. At the time, alchemy was considered aseriousmainstreamscience.)

JohnDee (15271609): During the Renaissance, England was not yet the grand empire it wouldbecome.Infact,DeewasamongthefirsttoinsistthatEnglandshouldbuilditsdefensesandactquicklytosecurethenorthernseasandpartsof(thenewlydiscovered)NorthAmerica.Deewasalsotheonlyman inEnglandwith thenecessaryknowledgeofnavigationalequipment to launchsuchexpeditions.EnglandsearliesttripstoAmerica,aswellasitsfirstmeetingwithRussia,wereundertakenonlyafterconsultingwithDee.DeeevencoinedthetermBritishEmpirethoughthatempirewouldnotariseuntilafterhepassed

away. During his lifetime, Englandwas still a backwater burga hick town on the outskirts of theworld that was just beginning to take its place in the larger European community. Of course, itsturbulent shift fromCatholicism toProtestantismonly intensified its isolation from theHolyRomanEmpire. In thisstate,Englanddidnothavethefinances toaffordroyalstatussymbolssuchascourtphilosophers,butthatdidntstopEnglandfromfillingthatroleunofficially.This is where John Dee came into the picture. His European education was more extensive and

currentthanthatofanyoneinEngland.Hewasalreadyfamousasamathematician,scientist,physician,astronomer,andnavigator,andhesoonfoundhimselfservingthequeenasheradviser,courtmagician(philosopher), and even undercover spy. He spent his life in the hopes that he would one day becompensatedforhisservicetothecrown,butthosehopesmostlywouldbedashed.Thequeenusuallydidherbesttolookafterheroldfriend,butpoliticsandfinancesoftencamebetweenthem.Not longafterDeebeganhisangelicevocationswithEdwardKelley, the twomendecided to seek

their fortunes inEurope.They first traveled toPoland in the companyof their friend andbenefactorAlbertLasky,thePolishprince(seelaterinthischapter).TheirtimewithLaskywasrathershort,andDeeandKelleysoonmovedontothecourtofRudolphIIinPrague.Deehopedthathisangelicjournalswould prove his status as a prophet, and he attempted to transmit messages fromGod directly toRudolph.Sadly, as ismostoften the case forprophets,Deesmessageswerenotwelcomed (or trulybelieved), andDeequickly foundhimselfoutof favor andbeatinga retreatback toEngland.Kelleywouldnotreturnwithhim,norwouldDeeeverseehimagain.

Edmund Bonner (15001569): After King Henry VIII founded the Anglican Church, Englandstruggled toestablish itselfasaProtestantcountry.Bonnerhadbeen instrumental in theschismfromRomeandwasappointedbishopofLondon.However,hegenerallydislikedthereformationsproposedbythenewchurchandwaseventuallyremovedfromhispositionandimprisoned.AfterMary ascended the throne, her primary goal was to bring the kingdom back under Catholic

controlandthatmeantthearrestandpersecutionofanyoneassociatedwithProtestantpolitics.Bonnerwasfreedfromprison, restored tohis formerposition,andbecame, toput it simply,Englandsgrandinquisitor.Mary sent Protestants and sympathizers to him for interrogation (and likely torture), andmanyoftheaccusedwereneverseenaliveagain.Thankstothisrole,BonnerisknowntothisverydayasBloodyBonner(clearlyanassociationwiththenameBloodyMary).DeewasoneoftheProtestantsympathizersarrestedandsenttoBonner.Hehaddrawnuphoroscopes

forbothMaryandPrincessElizabeth that indicatedElizabethwasmorefit to rule.Thisseems likearatherstupidthingtodounderthecircumstances,unlessDeewastryingtogetarrested.TherecordsofDeesarrestandinterrogationareslim.AllweknowforcertainisthatDeewenttoseeBonnerunderaccusationoftreason.Then,thenexttimeweseeDee,heisworkingwithBonnerintheinterrogationroom,helping toprosecuteProtestants!Dee lived inBonnershousehold for some timeandpossiblyearnedadoctorateofdivinitywhilehewasthere.(ThismaybetheoriginofhisDr.title.)ItappearedtomanypeopleatthetimethatDeewasacowardwhomerelywishedtosidewiththe

winner when his own life was on the line. This did some damage to Dees reputation and likelycontributedtothesocialstruggleshefacedmostofhisadultlife.InhislateryearshewouldclaimthatheneversidedwiththeCatholicsbuthad,infact,beenworkingundercoverforPrincessElizabeth(whohadbeeninprisonatthetime).ThisclaimisdifficulttodismissinlightofthefactthattheyoungQueenElizabethonceshefinallytookthethroneacceptedDeeintoherinnercircleasoneofherprimaryadviserswithopenarmsandnoquestionsasked.

SirEdwardKelley (Talbot):Dee began hismagickalworkwith another skryer by the name ofBarnabus Saul (see next page). However, things did not work out with Saul, and Dee was soonintroduced(byaMr.Clerkson)toamannamedEdwardTalbot.DeewastednotimeinputtingEdwardsskryingskillstothetest,andthattestwaspassedwithmorethanflyingcolors.Kelleyeasilyestablishedcontact with the most powerful of archangels, and Dee seemed to know he had found his workingpartner.Later,EdwardTalbotwouldturnouttobeEdwardKelley.(Itisunclear,buttherevelationofhistrue

identitymayhavecauseda rowwithDeeswife.) It isuncertainwhetherTalbotorKelley ishis realname;itispossiblethatKelleywastravelingundercoveratthetimehemetDee17orthathegaveafalselastnameincaseDeeturnedouttobehostile.Inanycase,weknowlittletonothingaboutKelleyslifebeforeheappearsinDeesjournals.Itiscertain,however,thathelivedhislifeasEdwardKelleyfromthetimeherevealedhisnametoDeeuntilhisdeath.Kelleymayhavebeenatop-notchskryer,buthisreal interestwasinalchemy.It ispossiblethathe

desiredtomeetandworkwithDeeinordertolearnwhatalchemicalknowledgeDeepossessed.HealsospentsomeofhisfreetimeawayfromDeeinthepursuitofalchemicalmysteriesandburiedtreasures.

When the twomen traveled toPrague tomeetwithEmperorRudolph,Kelley foundhis true callingamongthecourtalchemistshemetthere.DuringtheirstayintheEmpirescapitalcity,Deeceasedtobetheleaderofthepairandbegantotake

a back seat to Kelley and his alchemical exploits. When Dee finally decided to leave Prague andjourneybacktowardEngland,KelleyremainedasoneofRudolphsprimarycourtalchemists.Hewasgivenseveralestatesincludingsilvermines,castles,andevenanastronomytowerbyaWilliamofRosenburg(seelaterinthischapter),andRudolphevenmadehimabaronofthekingdom.ThistitlewasequivalenttoknighthoodbackinEngland,anditisthereasonheiscalledSireventhoughhewasnottechnicallyknightedbythequeen.LegendhasitthatKelleywassuccessfulintransmutingbasemetalstogold,andEnglishauthorities

spentmanyyearsvainlyattemptingtoconvinceKelleytobringhisknowledgebacktoEngland.Kelleyrefusedandlivedtherestofhislifeasasuccessfulalchemist.Intheend,Kelleywasarrestedandimprisonedontwoseparateoccasions.Thismayhavebeendueto

his own volatile temper, or itmay have been done for political reasons. Some even suspect hewaslockedupforfailingtoproducetheamountsofgoldhepromised.DeesjournalsindicateKelleywaskilled during an escape attempt from prison in 1597; however, new Czech documents are currentlycomingtolight(untranslatedasofyet)thatmayproveKelleylivedonandhadaveryinfluentiallifeinPrague.

Barnabas Saul: Before Dee met Kelley, he attempted his work with another medium namedBarnabasSaul.Saulappearsastheskryerforonlyonesessioninthemagickaljournals(theveryfirstone), after which he claimed that his mediumistic abilities had left him. He leaves the story in thecompanyofaMr.Clerksonanddoesnotappearagain.Soon afterward, the sameMr. Clerkson introducedDee toMr. Talbot (Kelley),whowarned the

good doctor that Saulwas secretly slandering him.Dee had already recorded his own doubts aboutSauls honesty, so there is reason to believeDee tookKelleyswarnings at face value.Later,Kelleywould report that the angels agreed and had declared both Saul and the information he had skryedcorrupt.Ononehand,allof thiscouldeasilybeKelleysellinghimselfasaskryeroverSaul.On theotherhand,ifKelleysaccusationsweretrue,itcouldexplainwhySaulsuddenlygaveupskryinganddepartedthescenejustbeforeKelleyarrived.VerylittleisknownaboutBarnabasSaul.Deesrecordssuggesthewasaclericorpreacherofsome

type. I suspect his name is not real, because Barnabas and Saul are the names of two early churchfatherswhoworkedtogetherforatime(seeActs1115intheBible).Theyeventuallybegantoworkwithathird(BarnabassnephewJohnMark)andhadafallingoutoverhisinvolvement.ItresultedinBarnabasandSaulgoing their separateways,withJohnMarkgoingwithBarnabas.ThewholestoryseemsabitsimilartotheincidentsbetweenDee,Saul,andKelley.

Mr.Clerkson:Weknownothing at all aboutMr.Clerkson.He first appears inDees journal as afriendorassociateofBarnabasSaul.WhenSaulquitskryingand leftDeeshousehold,he left in thecompanyofMr.Clerkson.Then,amere twodays later,Mr.Clerksonarrivesoncemore to introduceDeetoEdwardTalbot(Kelley).

Itwouldseem,then,thatMr.ClerksonhadanimportantroleinfindingskryersforDeetohire.Thiswouldnothavebeenunusual.Atthetime,skryerssoldtheirservicesmuchasastrologersandpsychicsdo today.Whatwe do not know iswhat interestMr. Clerkson had inDeeswork, orwhat (if any)compensationhereceivedforintroducingskryerstopotentialemployers.

ArthurDee (15791651):For a verybrief time,EdwardKelley refused to continueDees skryingwork;thus,Deeattemptedtoemployhiseldestson,Arthur,instead.Theattemptwasafailure,andsoonDeeconvincedKelleytocomebacktowork.Asanadult,ArthurwouldclaimthathewitnessedhisfatherandKelleytransmutingbasemetalsinto

goldinPrague,andevenusedtoplaywithgoldandsilveringotsthat litteredthehouseliketoys.Hewould go on to follow in his fathers footsteps as a physician and alchemist, and he would servepowerfulmeninthiscapacity.JamesI(kingofEnglandafterElizabeth)recommendedhisappointmentas physician to the czar of Russia, and during his years there he would compile his own famousalchemicaltext:FasciculusChemicus.Later,hewouldreturntoEnglandandbecomephysiciantoKingCharlesI.

ThomasKelley:Thomas,supposedlyEdwardKelleysbrother, isanothershadowyfigure inDeesjournals.Heappearsquitesuddenlyinthestory,bringingnewsthatEdwardisabouttobearrestedforallegedcrimescommittedelsewhere.EdwardvanishesfromDeeshouseholdbeforeauthoritiesarriveandreturnslaterclaimingtohavebeenfishing.ThomasKelleywouldappearseveraltimesthroughoutDeesjournals,almostalwaysintheroleofa

couriertakingmessagesbetweenEnglandandPrague.HewouldalsomarryintothevonPisnitzfamily,anobleBohemianfamilywithconnectionsinRudolphscourt.ThisisinterestingbecauseKelleywouldhimselfbecomeaBohemiannoblewhileworkingforRudolph.DeeneverrecordedthenameofthefamilyintowhichThomasKelleyhadmarried.Healsodidnot

recordwhenThomasandhisfamilymovedtoEngland,nordidheevermentionthemagain.Scholarswho viewDees journal as a complex spy thriller (and it certainly is!) have suggested that ThomasKelleymaybeafalsename.

AlbertLasky (b. 1527): In 1583, thisPolish princemade an elaborate royal appearance inQueenElizabethscourt. It isnotentirelyclearwhyLaskymade thisvisit;however, it is stronglysuspectedthatLaskywashopingtoclaimthePolishthrone.TheflamboyantnoblewaspopularwiththepeopleofPolandandwasperhapsattemptingtogaintheblessingsandsupportofcertainforeignmonarchssuchasElizabethandRudolph.Ofcourse,thisputhimverymuchatoddswithPolandskingStefanBatory.LaskywasalsointerestedinalchemyandwishedtomeetwithDeeasmuchashewishedtoseethe

queenherself.Thus,afterhisvisittotheroyalcourt,hetookanotherelaborateroyalprocessiontoDeesfront door and quickly became part of the Enochian saga. He was allowed to sit in on the skryingsessionsandwasevenallowedtoaskquestionsoftheangels.Deehopedhehadfoundhisbenefactorandsoonpackeduphishousehold(includingKelleyandhis

family)andheadedoffforPolandinLaskyscompany.Unfortunately,Laskyquicklyranoutofmoney

andfinallypartedwayswithDee.Itisunclear,buthemayevenhaverunafoulofKingBatory,ashisroyalaspirationswereneverachieved.

WilliamCecil (LordBurghley) (15211598):William Cecil served as Queen Elizabeths chiefadviserformostofherreign,firstassecretaryofstateandthenasLordHighTreasurer.HeandJohnDeeknewoneanotherpersonally,anditwasCecilwhomDeeoftenappealedtoforcompensationforhisservicestoEngland.Sadly,itwasalsoCecilwhodeniedmanyofDeesrequests.OnceKelley became a famous alchemist in Prague,Cecil seemed to largely forget aboutDee and

focusedinsteaduponKelley.ThroughanintermediaryagentnamedEdwardDyer(seenextpage),Cecilmade valiant efforts to convince, cajole, and lightly threaten Kelley to return to England with hisalchemicalknowledge.Kelley,ofcourse,refusedtoreturn.

FrancisWalsingham (15321590):Walsinghamwas Elizabeths secretary of state afterWilliamCecil moved into the position of Lord High Treasurer. Duringmost of the period that concerns us,Walsinghamwas responsible for establishing government policies both foreign and domestic. He isevenmorefamousas thequeensspymaster,whosingle-handedlybuiltEnglands famousnetworkofintelligencers(spies)throughoutEnglandandEurope.DeeandWalsinghamknewoneanother,andtheirrolesinEnglishhistorybroughtthemtogetheron

severaloccasions.WhenWalsinghamtookoverasspymaster,hefounditnecessarytoconsultwiththeonlymaninEnglandwhounderstoodencryptionciphersandwho(legendhasit)hadlongsinceservedas the queens spy: JohnDee. Sure enough,Walsinghamwould go on to establish theworldsmostfamousspynetwork,madefamousforitsdependenceuponencryptionandsecretmessages.Ofcourse, spies trustnoone, andWalsinghamwould laterdevelop suspicionsagainstDee,Kelley,

andtheiroccultwork.Inresponse,Deetooktohidinghisjournalsinasecretcompartmentinsidehischimney.WhenDeeandKelleyleftwithPrinceLaskyforPoland,theydidsointhedeadofnighttoescapetheeyesofWalsinghamsagents.Later,DeeandKelleymadearatherlargeshowofburningthejournals in their entiretyvery likely so Walsinghams spies would report that the records weredestroyed.(Later,thejournalswouldreappear,whichDeewouldclaimasamiracle.)

CountWilliamofRosenberg (VilemRozmberk;d.1592):TheRosenberg familywas themostinfluentialclaninBohemiaandwereoftencalledthereallordsofthekingdom.William,inparticular,madehishometownacenterofBohemianpoliticsandculture.HewasalsoafriendofDeeandKelley,actingastheirpatronandbenefactoraftertheyleftRudolphscourt.Thetwomysticssleptinahouseowned byRosenberg inTrebon and evenworked in an alchemical lab he provided for them.Czechsources (only nowcoming to light) have indicated thatSirKelleys later knighthoodmayhavebeencompensationforfindingsilverinoneofRosenbergsmines.

Sir Edward Dyer (15431607): Dyer is perhaps the ultimate example of an Elizabethan poet-intelligencer.Englandmademuchuseofpoetsandwritersasagentsbecausetheywerepronetotravelandcouldinfluencepublicopinion.Dyerwascalledanornamentofthequeenscourtoutwardlyfor

hispoetryandsecretlyforthemissionsheranonElizabethsbehalf.Forhiseffortshewasknightedandgivenland.Dyerwas also a personal friend of JohnDee, even becoming godfather toDees sonArthur.As a

secretagentheworkeddirectly forWilliamCecil,andhe, in turn,directed theGarlandbrothers (seenext entry).AsDeeandKelley traveledacrossEurope,Dyerand theGarlandskept trackof the twomysticsand theirdoings.Apparentlyat thedirectionofCecil,DyerbecameanalchemicalstudentofKelleys for several months in Pragueuntil the two had a violent falling-out and ended up in jailtogether.EnglandnevergotitshandsonKelleysalchemicalknowledge.

Garland brothers: In his journals, Dee mentions four men by the name of Garland: Francis,Edward,Robert, andHenry.However,Dees journal is theonlyplace thesemencanbe found.TheyappearinnoEnglishorEuropeanrecords,norinthepersonaljournalsofotherswhoencounteredthem,suchasArthurDee.Yet two of the so-called Garland brothers were present at a public demonstration where Kelley

transmuted mercury into gold. At least one of themFrancisappears several times, carryingmessagestoandfromEngland.TheyappeartobemostactiveduringtheperiodinwhichWilliamCecilattempted to lureKelleyback toEngland forhis alchemicalknowledge.FrancisGarland specificallyseemstoworkforEdwardDyer.AllofthissuggestsquitestronglythattheGarlandbrothersofDeesjournalsareEnglishsecretagents;theywerenotlikelybrothersandGarlandwasafalsename.

SirWalterRaleigh (15521618):A friend andneighborof JohnDee, their childrenused toplaytogether.SirRaleighismostfamousforhisinvolvementinthefoundingofVirginiaintheNewWorld.HeestablishedthetownofRoanoke,Virginia,whichisfamousforthelaterdisappearanceofitsentirepopulation.(ItisassumedthecolonistsdecidedtheyhadbeenabandonedbyEnglandandthuswenttolive with the Native Americans.) Sir Raleigh is also famous for his attempt to find El DoradoamythicalcityofgoldinSouthAmerica.It isnearlycertainthatthisfamousexplorerconsultedwithDeeonthesubjectsofnavigationandEnglishclaimstoNorthAmerica.

GerardusMercator (15121594): Mercator was a world-famous cartographer who lived in theFrench county ofFlanders in theLowCountries (directly south ofEnglandon the continent). In hisyouth, Dee studied with Mercator in France and there gained expertise in the latest navigationaltechniquesandequipment.UponreturningtoEngland,Deewastheonlypersoninthecountrywiththisknowledge, and that is why he was consulted by the captains of every major English maritimeexpeditionduringhislifetime.

SirRobertBruceCotton(15701631):SirCottonisbestknownforthecollectionoftheCottonlibrary, which still exists in the BritishMuseum today. About a decade after Dees passing, CottonobtainedrightstothelandaroundDeeshouseandbegantosearchthegroundsforvaluablebooksorartifacts. This resulted in the discovery of the second half of Dees angelic journals, which Cottonclaimedhadbeenburied in theground. (Wehavenever learnedwhyDeedividedhis journals inhalfandhidthemintworadicallydifferentplaces.)

Later,duringthemid-1600s,ascholarbythenameofMricCasaubon(seenextentry)wouldobtainthesejournalsfromCottonssonandpublishthem,therebybringingDeesmagickbackintothelighthalfacenturyafterDeehiditaway.Unfortunately,thefirsthalfofDeesrecords(whichincludedmuchvital informationabouthissystem)wouldnotbefounduntilsometimelater. (See theentryforEliasAshmole.)

MricCasaubon(15991671):CasaubonwasaFrench-Englishclassicalscholarwithafocusuponreligiousandesotericsubjects.Heisknownforhisliteralbeliefinsuchspiritualthingsasangelsanddemons, andhe supported the inquisitorial definitionof witchcraft.As a conservativeProtestantmuch like King James I, whom he servedhe disagreed with such things as divine inspiration or,indeed,anyindividualsclaimsofpersonalspiritualrevelation.Toprovehimselfcorrect,heobtainedseveralofDeesjournalsfromRobertCottonsson,wrotea

disparagingintroductiontothem,andpublishedthemin1659asATrueandFaithfulRelationofWhatPassedforManyYearsBetweenDr.JohnDee...andSomeSpirits.Intheintroduction,Casaubonassertsthat Dee was truly in contact with spiritual beings, but that they were, in fact, demons who weredeluding an old foolwith the help of a young con artist (Kelley). Even thoughATrue andFaithfulRelationwouldeventuallybecomefoundational to theWesternEsotericTradition (certainlynotwhatCasaubonintended!),theintroductionalsocastDeeinanegativelightthathasonlybeenoverturnedinthelastfewdecades.

EliasAshmole(16171692):Ashmolewasanantiquarian,esotericstudent,andearlyFreemason.Hewasalsodeeplyinvolvedinthecollectionandcatalogingofpricelessmanuscripts,soitisnosurprisethatthismanwasacutelyinterestedinthemagickaljournalsofDr.JohnDee.AbouttenyearsafterCasaubonpublishedATrueandFaithfulRelation,Ashmolewascontactedbya

manwhoclaimedtopossessseveralpaperswritteninDeeshand.Thestorythemangavewasnothingshortoffantastical:Hiswifeownedacedarchestthatshehadacquiredduringherfirstmarriage.Shekept the chest after her husbandpassed away, and even rescued it from theGreatFire ofLondon in1666. (Shecouldnotsaywhyshehadchosen tocarrya largewoodenchestwithherduringsuchanevacuation.)Shelaterremarried,andthechestremainedinherhouseholdformanyyears.Oneday,theyweremovingthechestandheardafaintrattleinitsbottom.Sureenough,thechesthadafalsebottom,andwhenitwaspriedopen,alargestackofpaperswasfound,alongwithasmallrosary.Thesepapers turnedout tobe themissing firsthalfofDeesmagickal journals, alongwitha small

grimoire Dee had compiled from information in the journals. Sadly, the couple failed to secure thedocuments,andtheirilliteratemaidfoundanddestroyedseveralpagesofthematerial.(Sheinfamouslyused themtodrainpies.)Once thismistakewasdiscovered, thecouplegathered theremainingpagesand took them toAshmole. The yearwas 1672, though these journalswould not have a significantimpactontheEnochiantraditionforseveralcenturies.

Dr. Rudd: Thomas Rudd (15831656) was born just as Dee and Kelley began their angelicsances.Hewould become amilitary engineer andmathematician, and thusmayhave had a naturalinterest in thelifeandworkofJohnDee.AmanuscriptbyaDr.RuddentitledATreatiseonAngel

Magic(whichincludedEnochianmaterial)wouldbepublishedinthelate1600s,butitisunlikelytheactualThomasRuddhadanythingtodowithit.A long-standing legend has it thatDr. Rudd knewDee personally, and that Rudd continuedDees

angelicexperimentsafter theoldermanpassedaway.Asyouwilldiscover later, this isnot likelythecase.However,thenameDr.RuddstillhasanimportantplaceintheEnochiansaga.

TheAngelsAnnael(GraceofGod):MorecommonlyspelledAnael,heisthearchangelofVenusasfoundinTheHeptameron.Heappearsonlyonce:intheveryfirstsessionrecordedinDeesjournalsandtheonlysessionfeaturingBarnabasSaulasskryer.Duringthisappearance,Annaelclaimedtobethesuccessiveruler of the entire universe. There are six otherswho take their turn in the supreme position (all ofwhomarealsofoundinTheHeptameron):Cassiel,Sachiel,Samael,Michael,Raphael,andGabriel.18

ThesearethesevenspiritswhostandbeforethefaceofGod(Revelation4:5).AnnaelalsoexplainedthatthearchangelMichaelwasattachedtotheskryingstone.(Later,Deewould

learnthatGabriel,Raphael,andUrielwerealsoattachedtoit,butthatMichaelwaschiefamongthem.)Annael further offered instruction for how to proceed in the work, and then he left for good. Theimplication is that Annael brokered themeeting between the twomen and the four archangels whowouldoverseethetransmissionoftheentirecorpusofDeesmagickalsystem.

Michael (Who IsLikeGod,FortitudoDei): Chief of the four archangels, high priest ofheaven,andgeneraloftheangelichosts.InTheHeptameronheisthearchangelofSol.OthersourceslisthimasanarchangelofMercuryandapsychopompwhodirectssouls toparadise,orGehenna.InDeesjournals,healsogoesbythenameofFortitudoDei(FortitudeofGod).19LegendtellsusthatMichael was the patron of Solomon and gave the king the famous Ring of Solomon by which heworkedmiracles.MichaelwouldalsorevealaspecialRingofSolomontoDeeandKelley,aswellastheothermagickaltoolsandfurnishingsnecessaryforEnochianmagick.

Gabriel(StrengthofGod):BestknownastheangeloftheAnnunciation(whotoldMaryshewouldgivebirthtothesonofGod)aswellastheangelwhorevealedtheKorantoMuhammed.InTheHeptameronheisthearchangelofLuna.InDeesjournals,Gabrielwasinchargeofthetransmissionoftheforty-eightAngelicalCallingsand

the thirty Aethyrs. He did not reveal them personally but directed two angels under his chargeNalvageandIllemese(seelaterentries)totransmittheinformation.Hedidstepintoanswerquestionsaboutthematerial,suchaswhenhespoketoDeeabouttherelationshipbetweenthewordsofthecallsandcertainnumbersthatNalvagehadattachedtothem.

Raphael (Healing of God, Medicina Dei): The physician of heaven, he is often calledMedicina Dei (Medicine of God) in Dees journals and sometimes by the shorthand Me. ThisshouldnotbeconfusedwithanangelnamedMethatappearselsewhereinDeesmagickalsystembutwithwhomDeeneverspokedirectly.20

Raphael,meanwhile,revealedtheBookofLoagaethandtheLanguageofGod-Christwithwhichitiswritten.Hereferredtothisasadivineelixirthatwouldhealalloftheworldsafflictions.HebegantransmittingthetextofLoagaethinaletter-by-letterfashionthatquicklyoverwhelmedDeeandKelley.When they requestedaneasierwayofdoing thework, thearchangelagreedbut sworehewouldnotappear to themen again. From that point onward, a voice revealed the remaining text of the holybook.

Uriel(LightofGod):Thedivineavengerandanangelofdeath,Urielisthedivinelightshiningwithinthedarkness.ThisarchangelappearedtoKelleyduringhisveryfirstskryingsessionwithDee,andheremainedthearchangelinchargeofthetransmissionoftheentireEnochiancorpus.Whenthemenhadquestionsormadeamistake,itwasUrielwhowouldappeartoelaboratepointsorchastisethemenfortheirshortcomings.

Galvah(TheEnd,Wisdom,IAM):Galvahsnamemeanstheendmostlikelyinthesenseof Omega from the biblical phrase I am theAlpha and theOmega, theBeginning and theEnd.GalvahistheMotherofAngelsandisoncecalledWisdom(Greek:Sophia)byoneofDeesangels.SheintroducedherselftothemenwiththenameIAMthesamenamegiventoMosesattheburningbush(Exodus3:14).Without adoubt,Galvah isoneand the samewith theGnosticmothergoddessSophia,whichalso

linkshertosuchfiguresasInanna,Ishtar,Isis,theShekinah(orAimaElohimoftheQabalists),MotherMary, and the Hermetic Soul of the World. In short, she is the wife of God and represents thepresenceoftheDivineinthephysicalworld.GalvahsmainroleinDeesjournalswastherevelationoftheforty-ninthtableofLoagaeth,thevery

lastinthebook.Itwouldappearthatsheislinkeddirectlytothepowersrepresentedinthattable.

Madimi:Anangelof theHeptarchia, aDaughterof theDaughtersofLight.Madimiappearedasayoung girl and was one of Dees primary (and favorite) angel contacts. When he later fathered adaughter, Dee would name her Madimia. The angel Madimi appeared throughout Dees journals,usually inanunofficialcapacity.Deewouldaskherquestions,and if shecouldnotanswer themshewouldpointDeetowardtherightangel(s).During the finalweeksofDeesworkwithKelley,Madimi appeared as a fully grownwoman and

instigatedtheinfamouswife-sharingincident.

Nalvage: Also called Fuge Terrestrium (Flee the Earth). He is one of the rare angels in Deesrecordswhosenameisnotfoundupononeofthemanycipher-tablesthatmakeuptheEnochiansystem.(That is, he is not in theHeptarchia, nor upon theGreatTable of theEarth, etc.)He appeared to beunderthedirectauthorityofGabriel.NalvagerevealedtheCorpusOmniumTable(otherwisecalledtheRoundTableofNalvage)21andthefirsteighteenAngelicalCallings.(IllemesewouldrevealtheCallsoftheAethyrsseenextentry.)

Illemese:An angel of theHeptarchia and a Son of the Sons of Light.Dee sometimes abbreviatedIllemesesnametoIl,butthatshouldnotbeconfusedwiththeHeptarchicangelnamedEl(orL),who

neverspokedirectlywithDee.Illemese, like Nalvage, seemed to be under the authority of Gabriel. (Also seeMapsama.) When

Nalvages timeas teacherhadexpired,GabrielassignedIllemesetocomplete the lessons.Itwas thusIllemesewhorevealedthenamesofthethirtyAethyrsandtheAngelicalCall(s)22thatopenthem.HewasalsotheangelwhointroducedDeeandKelleytoMotherGalvah(whowentbythenameWisdomatthetime).

Ave: An angel of theHeptarchia, a Son of the Sons of Light. This angel hadmore to dowith theEnochianaspectofDeesmagickthananyother.ItwasAvewhorevealedthesystemofGebofal(theforty-nine-day ceremony for opening the tables ofLoagaeth).Most of the instructionwas containedwithinaPrayerofEnoch,whichoutlinedexactlyhowEnochhadgoneaboutopeningtheholybookandhowDeewastodoitaswell.(FurtherinstructionwouldbegivenbytheangelMapsama.)AvewasalsotheangelwhorevealedtheGreatTableoftheEarthanditssystem.

Semiel(NameofGod):Thisangelappears inonlyoneplace inDees journals, andhisnamedoes not appear elsewhere in the Enochian system. He was called by Michael to reveal the outercircumferenceoftheSealoftheTrueGod,23whichcontainsaforty-letterednameofGod.MichaeltoldDee that Semiel alone knew themysteries thatwere about to be revealed. Itwas Semiel, then,whocalledinfortychildlikeangelswhorevealedthefortycharactersinthecircumferenceoftheseal.

Mapsama:MapsamasnamemeansDicIllis(SayUntoThem).He isoneof therareangelswhoappears inDees journalsbutdoesnotappearelsewhere in theEnochiansystem.(AlsoseeNalvage.)Mapsamawasactiveduringthetransmissionoftheforty-eightAngelicalCallsandgaveDeeandKelleyfurtherinstructiononthenatureofthecallsandhowtousethemforGebofal.HeisundertheauthorityofGabriel,thearchangelinchargeduringthetransmissionofthecallsandseemstoworkdirectlywithNalvage.(AlsoseeIllemese,wholatertookoverNalvagesroleinthejournals.)

Levanael(LunaofGod):AnangelofthemoonandoneoftheangelsoftheHeptarchia.LevenaelistheangelwhofirstreferredtothepracticeoftheHolyBookofLoagaethasGebofal.

Murifri:AnangeloftheHeptarchia,thoughhisnamedoesnotappearonanyofthemagickaltoolsorfurnishings.Instead,hisnameisfoundupononeofsevencipher-tablesusedtogeneratethenamesofthe forty-nineangelsof theHeptarchic royalty.AlthoughDeewrotemuchabout the forty-nine royalangels,herecordedverylittleabouttheothernamesthatcouldbefoundintheseventables.MurifriwastheonlyonefromthatgrouptoappeartoDee.24HeappearedlaterinthejournalstogiveinstructionsonthecreationofaHeptarchictalismanforaclientofDees.

Aath:AnangeloftheHeptarchia,aDaughteroftheDaughtersofLight.SheappearedoncetoexplaintheproperuseoftheBookofLoagaethtoDeeandKelley,andtoassurethemtheywouldnotbeabletouseittofindburiedtreasure.

Salamian:AnangelofthesunwhofirstappearsinTheHeptameron.InDeesrecords,hecomestowarnthementhatthedemonMammonthreatensthemandistryingtohindertheirwork.

TheDeeJournals(andWheretoFindThem)MysteriorumLibriQuinti(FiveBooksof theMysteries):AcquiredbyEliasAshmole in1672andnowcatalogedintheBritishMuseumasSloaneMS3188.CurrentlypublishedasJohnDeesFiveBooksofMystery, edited by Joseph Peterson. Includes records from 1581 until 1583 concerning theEnochianmagickaltools,Heptarchicangels,andthefirstpartsoftheBookofLoagaeth.

LiberMysteriorumSextusetSanctus (SixthandSacredBookof theMysteries):This is acopyof the tablesofLoagaeth inKelleyshandwriting thatwerenot includedat theendof theFiveBooks.AlsoacquiredbyEliasAshmole in1672andnowcataloged in theBritishMuseumasSloaneMS 3189. The forty-nine tables of Loagaeth are currently available only online or on the EsotericArchivesCDavailablefromJosephPetersonsEsotericArchiveswebsite.

DeesPersonalGrimoire:AlsoacquiredbyEliasAshmolein1672andnowcatalogedintheBritishMuseumasSloaneMS3191.CurrentlypublishedasTheEnochianMagickofDr.JohnDeebyGeoffreyJames.IncludeschoicepartsofDeesentiresystemofmagick.

DeHeptarchiaMystica: In 1983,RobertTurner published excerpts fromDees personal grimoireconcerning theHeptarchic systemofmagick.This isnow readily availableonline, and I recommendJosephPetersonsEsotericArchiveswebsite.

TheTrueandFaithfulRelationjournals:ThefinalthirteenbooksofDeesrecords.AcquiredbyRobert Bruce Cotton in about 1620 and now cataloged in the BritishMuseum as Cotton AppendixXLVI,Parts1 and2.CurrentlypublishedasATrueandFaithfulRelationofWhatPassed forManyYearsBetweenDr.JohnDeeandSomeSpiritsbyMricCasaubon.Coverstheperiodfrom1583totheendof thework in1585.Containssomeinstructionon theHeptarchiaandLoagaeth/Gebofal(thoughthereislittlecontextforthem),theforty-eightAngelicalCalls,andtheentiretyoftheGreatTableoftheEarthandPartsoftheEarthsystems.Thisbookwasthesolesourceforallpost-DeeEnochianpracticesfornearlyfourhundredyears.

FurtherReadingTheQueensConjuror:TheScienceandMagicofDr.JohnDee,AdvisortoQueenElizabethIbyBenjaminWoolley

JohnDee(15271608)byCharlotteFell-SmithJohnDee:TheWorldoftheElizabethanMagusbyPeterJ.FrenchThePrivateDiaryofDr.JohnDee:AndtheCatalogofHisLibraryofManuscriptsbyJohnDeeWritingsofDr.JohnDee(15271608)attheEsotericArchiveswebsiteAGoldenStorm:AttemptingtoRe-CreatetheContextofJohnDeeandEdwardKelleysAngelicMaterialbyTeresaBurns

FrancisGarland,WilliamShakespeare,andJohnDeesGreenLanguagebyTeresaBurns

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SChapterFour

TheHistoryofDeesEnochianTradition

o far, I have givenyou the very basics of theEnochian tradition, JohnDee, and themagickherecorded in his journals. You should now be generally familiar with certain termssuch as

Heptarchia,Gebofal,GreatTable,Watchtower, andPart of theEarththatwere oncemysterious. Inthischapter,wewillexploreageneralhistoricaloverviewofDeesEnochiantradition.Iwill beginwith some thoughts aboutDees own intentions andmotivations behind recording the

Enochian material. The discussion will briefly touch upon subjects such as Jewish and Christianmysticism.Next,IwillexplorethedevelopmentoftheEnochiantraditionafterDeespassing,startingwith a brief summary of how the journals escaped fromDees hiding places into the hands of lateroccultists. Then I will trace the Enochian influence through the scholar-philosophers of the RoyalSocietyofEngland,theAdeptsoftheGoldenDawn,andonintotheoccultismofthetwentiethcentury.Thiswill illustratehowdrasticallyDeesmaterialwasalteredby thosewhofollowedhimoccultistswho rarelyhad access to all ofDees journals and largelymisunderstoodwhat they could find.ThisresultedinanentirelynewEnochiantradition,whichIhavecalledneo-Enochianinpreviouswritings.

TheEnochianMagickofDr.JohnDee(orDeePurism)

ItisimportanttoconsidertheworkofDeeandKelleywithinthecontextoftheRenaissanceworldinwhich they livedwhere Protestantism was diluting the previously unchallenged authority of theCatholicChurch,wheretheChurchofEnglandwasstillyoungandendangered,whereBritainwasonthevergeof empire and theNewWorldwasnewlydiscovered.Deesmagick appears verydifferentthrough this lens than itwould lookmuch later, afterpassing through theAgeofEnlightenment andmagickal groups like theHermeticOrder of theGoldenDawn.This study of the original version ofDeesmagickasrecordedbythemanhimselfistodaycalledDeepurism.Alltoooften,DeepurismismistakentomeanthatonlyDeesownwritingsareimportanttothestudy

of Enochianmagick. Nothing could be further from the truth! Dee himself studied severalmysticaltraditions, suchas theHebrewQabalahandMerkavahmysticism, theChristianQabalah,Gnosticism,andeventheSolomonicgrimoires.(Wewillexplorethesefurtherbelow.)AlloftheseshowtheirmarkuponDeespersonalsystemofangelmagickandarethereforeanimportantpartoftheDee-puriststudyofEnochiana.Whenwe compareDeesmagick to his sourcematerial, we begin to get an idea of his unspoken

intentions.ThefirstphaseofhissystemtheHeptarchiaappearstobehisownversionofthemagickfound in the Solomonic grimoires. Precursors to the Heptarchia (and other phases of the Enochian

system)canbefoundintextssuchasAgrippasThreeBooksofOccultPhilosophy,ArbatelofMagic,LiberJuratis,TheHeptameron,Lemegeton(especiallythePaulineArtsand theAlmadelofSolomon),andmanymore. Likemany of these texts, DeesHeptarchia is a system of planetary angelmagickintendedtogaintheattentionsofthesevenentitieswhoconstructedandcurrentlymaintaintheuniverse.One of the grimoires in particular contains an essential occult primer for anyone who wishes to

attemptaHeptarchicworking:theforty-ninemagicalaphorismsfoundintheArbatelofMagic.TheseaphorismsoutlinebothanoccultphilosophyandacosmologythatseemtoprovidethefoundationuponwhichtheHeptarchicmagickisbuilt.The second phase of Dees systemincluding Gebofal and theBook of Loagaethappears to be

greatlyinfluencedbyJewishmysticalpracticessuchasCountingtheOmerandMerkavahmysticism.Counting theOmer isanobservance thatspans thefiftydaysbetweenPassoverandShavuot.Duringthistime,theJewishmysticcouldengageinthepracticeofEnteringtheFiftyGatesofUnderstanding(orBinah).This involveddailymeditationsupondifferent aspectsofGodas recorded in theTorah.EachmeditationleadstheaspirantclosertotheDivineandshouldultimatelyopenachannelofdirectcommunication fromGod tohuman.25Thiswouldappear tobe the inspirationbehind the forty-nine-daypracticeofGebofal,duringwhichadifferent table fromtheBookofLoagaeth ismeditateduponeachdayuntilitculminatesuponthefinaldayindirectdivinerevelation.TheMaasehMerkavah(workoftheChariot)wasanearlyformofJewishshamanismthatexisted

alongsidetheMaasehBerashith(workofCreation).InthestudyofBerashith,themysticwouldprayandcontemplatethemannerinwhichGodcreatedtheuniverseandhowthesoulbecameincarnateinflesh.InthestudyofMerkavah,theaspirantwouldperformtechniquestogeneratevisionsofthethroneofGod(calledtheMerkavah,ordivinechariot)andthesevencirclesofheaven.ThiscarriedoverintoearlyChristianityaswell,aswecanseeespeciallyinchapterfouroftheRevelationofSt.John.Later,inaboutthethirteenthcentury,bothMaasehBerashithandMaasehMerkavahwouldbecome

vitalfoundationsfortheJewishQabalah(aswellastherestoftheWesternMysteryTradition).Aspectsof Merkavah mysticism run throughout Dees system of angel magick, especially in the Loagaethsystem, which promises that one can enter the forty-eight gates of heaven and explore the realmsbeyond.ThethirdphaseofDeesmagickisbrokenintotwoaspects:thePartsoftheEarthandtheGreatTable

of theEarth.The parts system appears to be drawn fromAgrippaswork 26 (with some reference toMerkavahmysticism),while theGreat Table of the Earth appears to be a diagram of theMerkavah(throneofGod)itselfandhasalargelyalchemicalfocus.27

Even Dees Angelical language did not arise in a complete vacuum. Long before he penned hisjournals,scholarsandmysticshadbeensearchingfortheprimordialtonguethatis,thefirsthumanlanguage, supposedly spoken in Eden. Other famous mages (such as Trithemius and Agrippa) hadalreadyattemptedtocreatesomeformofthis language.However, theyusuallyproducedaversionofHebrewwrittenwith obscure Hebrewesque characters.Deewas one of the first (perhaps the veryfirst)mysticstorecordatrulyuniquecelestiallanguagewithitsowngrammar,syntax,alphabet,andsoon.28

Finally,thereisaheavyGnosticinfluenceunderlyingmostofDeessystem.Gnosticismisamysticalreligion thatarosearound thedawnof theCommonEra in theareaofEgypt. Itdrewmuchfromtheancient Egyptian and Greek philosophies that were common to that area at the time. It aroseindependentlyofChristianity,butafteracoupleofcenturiesithadbecomecloselyassociatedwithearlymysticalChristian sects. (AGnostic text even became one of the four biblicalGospels: the book ofJohn.)Thisperhaps reached itspeakwhenamannamedValentinus (100160CE) formedaGnosticsectwithintheCatholicChurch.ThisandotherGnosticsectshadbeenallbutabolishedbythetimeDeecamealong.However,their

mysteriesespeciallythoseoftheValentiniansecthadlongsincebecomefoundationaltotheWesternEsoteric Tradition. Traces of Gnostic doctrine can be found within the Hebrew Qabalah, alchemy,Hermeticism,theSolomonicgrimoires,etc.InDeessystem,theGnosticinfluenceismostobviousinthepoeticalimageryoftheforty-eightAngelicalCallings.29

Takenalltogether,itwouldappearDeewishedtoformulatehisownChristianizedversionsofthemostpowerful occult systems he had encountered. This makes perfect sense when we consider that theChristianQabalahwasnewlybornandgatheringsteamduringDeesera.TheChristianQabalah(oftenspelledKabbalahorCabalaaswellasothervariations)isamixtureofChristian,Jewish,andHermeticmysticism.OneofthefirstChristianQabalists,PicaDellaMirandola,hadlivedinItalyinthelate1400s,about

one hundred years before Dees journals were written. Another famous Christian Qabalist, JohannReuchlin,livedinGermanyduringthelate1400sandearly1500s,passingawayjustafewyearsbeforeDeesbirthin1527.Therefore,DeestoodinagoodpositiontoaddhisnametothelistofgreatWesternChristian Qabalists. Had the kings and emperors who glimpsed Dees journals understood thesignificanceofwhat theysaw,hewouldhaveachievedhisgoal,andhisnamewouldnowbespokenalongsideMirandolas,Reuchlins,andthosewhofollowedthem.However,thatdreamwasneverfulfilled.ToomanypowerfulpeopleweresuspiciousofDeesangelic

revelations.Remember,thiswasatimewhenanythingthatsmackedofoccultismorthatattemptedtocontradict religious authority could get you arrested and tortured to death.Besideswhich, kings andrulers do not generally take kindly towould-be prophetswho insist on issuing commandments fromGod.Thus,insteadofbeinghailedasanaccomplishedphilosopher,Deefoundhimselfhastily leavingseveraltownsinthedeadofnight.Kelley(whoseaggressivepersonalitymadehimfewfriends)wouldescapewithDee on several occasions until he finally found a homewithEmperorRudolph and leftDeesemploy.DeewouldeventuallyreturntoEnglandin1589,wherehewouldspendhisremainingyearsseeking

fair compensation for all he had offered his queen and country, including his skills as a navigator,cartographer, mathemetician, physician, astrologer, philosopher, cryptographer, and perhaps evenintelligencer. In thisquesthewouldmeetwithsomesuccessesandquiteafewdefeats.ComplicatingmatterswasDeesgrowing infamyas a sorcerer andconsorterwithdevils,whichcausedhim tospendaportionofhissparetimedefendinghisreputation.

In theend,Deehidhismagickal journals away.Hispersonalgrimoire (compiled from informationrecorded in the journals) and the first five journals (containing the Heptarchia and a portion ofLoagaeth)weresecretedinthefalsebottomofacedarchest.Theywouldremainhiddenthereforoverfiftyyears, and itwouldbenearly fourhundredyearsbefore themagickal systems recorded in themwouldbeseriouslystudiedbyWesternoccultists.The remaining journals appear to have remained hidden on Dees property. About ten years after

Dees passing, the landwas purchased byRobertCotton,who claimed he found the journals buriedthere.Later,CottonssonwouldgivethesejournalstoMricCasaubon,whopublishedthemin1659asATrueandFaithfulRelationofWhatPassedforManyYearsbetweenDr.JohnDee(AMathematicianofGreatFameinQ.Eliz.andKingJamestheirReignes)andSomeSpirits.Thispublication,especiallyCasaubonsintroductiontothematerial,wasquitesensationalforthetime.CasaubondescribedDeeasa naive fool whowas duped by devils posing as angelsa characterization that would haunt Deesmemoryuntilthelatterpartsofthetwentiethcentury.Today there is a marked increase in both scholarship about Dee and Kelley and in the practical

application of the magickal systems they recorded. This new movement has led to the Dee-puristpracticeofEnochianmagick,seenforthefirsttimeinoverfourcenturies.Of course, if Dees magickal system was largely unknown and unused until the past couple of

decades,thenhowdidEnochianmagickbecomefoundationaltotheWesternMysteryTraditioninthemeantime?Letuscontinuethesagainthenextsection:

TheNeo-EnochianTraditionAs discussed in the previous section, Dee did not become famous as a co-founder of the ChristianQabalistictradition.Afterhispassing,fewpeopleknewoftheexistenceofthejournals,andabsolutelyno one attempted to carry on his work.Much of thematerial important toworking the systemwashiddeninthecedarchest,andCasaubonwouldnotpublishATrueandFaithfulRelationfornearlyhalfacentury.Deehad,however,diedwiththereputationofaconjurer,andthiswouldprovidetheperfectaudience

for Casaubons later publication. The world wanted to know what Dee and Kelley had been up tobehind the closed doors of their study.Like tabloid readers today, theywanted dirt and dramaandCasaubonwasmorethanhappytoprovidethemwithboth.Inhisintroduction,hedescribedDeeasapoorzealotwhowas fooledbyabunchofdevilsandaconartist (Kelley).Casaubons takeon thestorybecameacceptedasfact,andnoscholarwouldchallengethatviewfornearlyfourhundredyears.Thankfully, some people were nonetheless interested in Dees actual magickal work. The Age of

Enlightenmentwas justgettingunderway,andWesternculturewasshifting its focus fromreligion toscience. Several members of the Royal Society (a late seventeenth-century English organization ofEnlightenment scholars, scientists, and philosophers) took Dees journals seriously and began toexperimentwithhismaterial.Ofcourse,sincemostofDeessystemwasstillhiddenaway,whatthesescholarsfoundinCasaubons

book was a very intriguing yet incomplete system. It led to the (mistaken) idea that Dee had onlyrecordedaskeletaloutlineofasystem,andthatitneededfleshingoutwithoutsidematerialtomakeit

workable. Thus, occultists began to incorporate Dees material (such as theWatchtowers, the HolyTable, and the forty-eight Angelical Callings) into their own established magickal traditions. Thisresulted in something entirely new and different from what Dee had intendedand I call it neo-Enochiana.This was the era of men like Elias Ashmolea founding member of the Royal Societywho is

rumoredtobeamongthephilosopherswhoexperimentedwithsummoningDeesangels.(Thisisbynomeans confirmed.) It was also the period during which the mysterious Dr. Rudd comes into thepicture(seebelow).Othermajorcontributorstotheneo-Enochiancurrentwouldcomealonglater,suchastheHermeticOrderoftheGoldenDawnandAleisterCrowley.

RuddEnochianaLegendhas it thatDr.RuddknewDeepersonallyanddirectly inheritedhis systemof angelmagick.This wouldmean that Rudds Enochianmaterialpublished inA Treatise on AngelMagicshouldrepresentthefinalformofDeessystemasthemanhimselfwouldhaveusedit.ItwouldreflectwhatDee and Rudd worked on together, and it is said that Rudd led his own English mystery school,continuingasecrettraditionofEnochianmagickdescendeddirectlyfromDee.Sadly,thislegenddoesnotstanduptothefacts.Firstofall,theEnochianmaterialfoundinRudds

treatiseshowsnofamiliaritywithDeesentiresystem.ItincludesonlytheportionspublishedbyMricCasaubon,whichonlyincludesaboutathirdofthesystem.ManyofthemysteriesassociatedwiththeEnochianmaterialwererecordedinthejournalsCasaubondidnothave,andRuddstreatisemakesnoreferencetothemwhatsoever.AllofthismeanstheTreatiseonAngelMagicwasmostlikelywrittenafterCasaubonpublishedhis

bookin1659.AndsincetheThomasRuddofhistoricalrecordpassedawaythreeyearsearlier(1656),itisquiteunlikelythathewrotethetreatise.Plus,thereisnoproofthatThomasRuddknewJohnDee.Itwouldappear the treatisewaswrittenbysomeone longafterDeepassedaway,andDr.Ruddsnamewassimplyusedtogivethemanuscriptoccultauthority.For thesereasons,IconsiderRuddsmaterial tobe thefirstexampleofneo-Enochiana.Rudddid

whathundredsofneo-Enochianpractitionersafterhimwoulddo:hepickedandchoseinterestingbitsofinformationfromATrueandFaithfulRelationandincorporatedthemintothemagickalsystemhewasalreadyusing.RuddstandsoutinthisregardbecausehepublishedbeforetheexistenceoftheHermeticOrderoftheGoldenDawn,soyouwontfindanyGDelementsinhisneo-Enochianmaterial.Rudd focuses primarily upon the construction and use of the skrying table, which Casaubon had

illustratednear thefrontofATrueandFaithfulRelation. Ironically, thiswasperhapscloser toDeesoriginal intent than later neo-Enochian systems would come. Rudd did not seem interested in theWatchtowers, Parts of the Earth, the thirty Aethyrs, or (oddly enough) the forty-eight AngelicalCallings, likely because he was already well-versed in his own systems of angel summoning (asoutlinedintherestofthetreatise).HemighthavebeenmoreinterestedintheHeptarchicsystemifthatmaterialbeenincludedinATrueandFaithfulRelation.IwouldfindithardtobelieveRuddcouldhaveknown about theHeptarchia and notmentioned it in his own analysis of theHoly Table and SevenEnsigns,bothofwhichareinherenttoDeesHeptarchicsystem.

BookHThe next important neo-Enochian document to appearwas entitledBookH, orClavicula TabularumEnochi. In fact, Iwould say thatBookH is the singlemost important source document for the neo-Enochian tradition because it would later become the foundation of the Golden Dawns Enochiansystem.Book H focuses entirely upon the Great Table system of angel magick as drawn from Mric

Casaubons publication ofDees later journals. It contains all of the information recorded byDeeincluding theGreatTable initiation rite, the functionsof theWatchtowerangels,and themethods fordecrypting their names from theGreat Table. Then it considerably expands upon those instructions,seeking to present a fully functional grimoire for the use of theWatchtowers. There are dozens oforiginalprayersandinvocations,andthemethodofextractingtheangelsnamesisaltered,thuscreatinganentirelynewhierarchyofspiritualbeingsthatneverappearinDeesrecords.ThereisalsoadifferenceinhowtheauthorofBookHattributedtheWatchtowerstothefourquarters

oftheworld.Asdiscussedinchapter2,DeewastoldtousetheWatchtowerassociatedwiththeworldcivilization he wished to influence (Eastern nations, Western nations, etc.). However, Book H haschangedthissothateachWatchtowerrepresentsadi