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This article is about the Angelical Language recorded in the journals of Dr. John Dee. John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609 was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist For Dee's overall system of Angel Magic, see Enochian Magic. Enochian magic is a system of Ceremonial magic based on the evocation and commanding of various spirits For other examples of divine or angelic languages, see Divine language. For the fictional language used in the 1997 film The Fifth Element see Divine Language (The Fifth Element.

Enochian is a name often applied to an occult or angelic language recorded in the private journals of Dr. The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" John Dee and his seer Edward Kelley in the late 16th century. John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609 was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist Edward Kelley or Kelly, also known as Edward Talbot ( August 1, 1555 –1597 was a convicted English criminal and self-declared The men claimed that it was revealed to them by angels, while some contemporary scholars of magick consider it a constructed language. An angel is a Spiritual Supernatural being found in many Religions Although the nature of angels and the tasks given to them vary from tradition to tradition Magick, in the broadest sense is any act designed to cause intentional change A constructed or artificial language known colloquially or informally as a conlang is a Language whose Phonology, Grammar

Applying the term "Enochian" to the language is a modern convention—not found in Dee's journals. Dee referred to the language as "Angelical", the "Celestial Speech", the "Language of Angels", the "First Language of God-Christ" and the "Holy Language". He sometimes referred to its alphabet as "Adamical" because (according to Dee's Angels) it was used by Adam in Paradise to name all things. See also Divine language The Adamic language is according to Abrahamic traditions, the mythical language spoken by Adam and Eve in the Garden Dee also recorded that the Patriarch Enoch had been the last human (before Dee and Kelley) to know the language—thus prompting later scholars to refer to the language and Dee's entire magickal system as "Enochian". Enoch ( Hebrew:; Tiberian: Ḥănōḵ, Standard: Ḥanokh, Ashkenazi, Jiddish: jHenosch

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According to Tobias Churton in his book The Golden Builders,[1] the concept of an Angelic or pre-deluge language was common during Dee's time. The importance of it was connected with the idea that if the language of angels could be known then it would be possible to directly interact with them and with the universe through it.

Dee began to allude to his search for knowledge through the angels in 1581 when he mentioned in his personal journals that God had sent "good angels" to communicate directly with his prophets. An angel is a Spiritual Supernatural being found in many Religions Although the nature of angels and the tasks given to them vary from tradition to tradition In 1582 Dee teamed up with the seer Edward Kelley (although there had been at least a couple of others before him)[2]. Edward Kelley or Kelly, also known as Edward Talbot ( August 1, 1555 –1597 was a convicted English criminal and self-declared With Kelley's help as a scryer Dee set out to establish lasting contact with the angels, which resulted among other things in the reception of the Enochian or Angelical language.

According to Dee's journals [3], Angelical was supposed to have been the language God used to create the world, and which was later used by Adam to speak with God and the angels, and to name all things in existence. Adam then lost the language upon his Fall from Paradise, and constructed a form of proto-Hebrew based upon his vague memory of Angelical. The Fall of Man, or simply the Fall, in Christian doctrine refers to the transition of the first humans from a state of innocent obedience to God, This proto-Hebrew, then, was the universal human language until the time of the Confusion of Tongues at the Tower of Babel. A universal language is a hypothetical historical or mythical language said to be spoken and understood by all or most of the world's populationor in some circles is said to be understood The Tower of Babel (מגדל בבל Migdal Bavel برج بابل Burj Babil) is a structure featured in chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis, an enormous After this, all the various human languages were developed, including an even more modified Hebrew (which we know as "Biblical Hebrew"). From the time of Adam to the time of Dee and Kelley, Angelical was hidden from humans with the single exception of the patriarch Enoch—who according to the angels recorded the "Book of Loagaeth" (Speech From God) for humanity. The book was then lost again in the Deluge of Noah. The story of a Great Flood (also known as the Deluge) sent by a Deity or deities to destroy Civilization as an act of Divine retribution is a

The angelical language as revealed to Dee and Kelley encompasses a very limited text corpus. Additionally only parts of it come with English translations. The reception of what has become known as Enochian started on March 26 1583, when Kelley reported visions in the crystal of the twenty-one lettered alphabet characteristic of the language. A few days later Kelley started receiving what became the first corpus of texts in the purported Angelic language. This resulted in the book Liber Loagaeth (“Book [of] Speech from God”). The book consists of 49 “calls” or prayers in the Angelic language, but also of 95 great letter tables, each of 49 x 49 letter-filled squares. [4] Unfortunately the angels never bothered translating the texts in this book.

The other and most important set of Enochian texts was received through Kelley about a year later, in Krakow. These are more important since they come with English translations, thus providing the basis for the Enochian vocabulary. The texts comprise 48 poetic verses, which in Dee’s manuscripts are called “Claves Angelicae”, or “Angelic Keys”. The Keys are assigned certain functions within the magical system. Dee was apparently intended to use these Keys to "open the 49 Gates of Wisdom/Understanding" represented by the 49 magic squares in Liber Loagaeth:

I am therefore to instruct and inform you, according to your Doctrine delivered, which is contained in 49 Tables. In Recreational mathematics, a magic square of order n is an arrangement of n ² numbers usually distinct Integers in a square, such In 49 voices, or callings: which are the Natural Keys to open those, not 49 but 48 (for one is not to be opened) Gates of Understanding, whereby you shall have knowledge to move every Gate… [5]
But you shall understand that these 19 Calls are the Calls, or entrances into the knowledge of the mystical Tables. Every Table containing one whole leaf, whereunto you need no other circumstances. [6]

While these texts contain most of the vocabulary dozens of further words are found hidden throughout Dee's journals, and thousands of undefined words are contained in the Liber Loagaeth. Marked stylistic differences between the words in Loagaeth and in the Keys have led some present-day magicians to assume that these represent two different "dialects" of the language.

Skeptical and linguistic evaluations

Skeptics have pointed to this discrepancy between the two revealed sets of Enochian texts as an indication that Enochian is in fact not a consistent language. Scientific skepticism or rational skepticism ( also spelled scepticism) sometimes referred to as skeptical inquiry, is a scientific or practical [7] For instance it has been noted, especially by the Australian linguist Donald Laycock, that the texts in the Loagaeth material show phonetic features that do not generally appear in natural languages. Dr Donald Laycock was an Australian linguist and anthropologist [8] Rather, the features shown are commonly found in instances of glossolalia. Glossolalia is commonly called "speaking in tongues" For other uses of "speaking in tongues" see Speaking in Tongues (disambiguation. This could be indicative of Kelley actually receiving at least this set of texts through the well-known phenomenon of glossolalia.

Building on Laycock’s linguistic analysis skeptics also point out that there are even problems with holding that the texts of the Enochian keys represent a genuine natural language. In the Philosophy of language, a natural language (or ordinary language) is a Language that is spoken or written in phonemic-alphabetic or phonemically-related It is observed that the syntax of the Enochian calls is almost identical with that of English. [9] Also the very scant evidence of Enochian verb declension seems to be quite reminiscent of English – more so than with Semitic languages as Hebrew or Arabic, which one perhaps would have supposed Adam’s pristine language to be closer related to than English. [10] These and other points arguably make the reception of the Enochian language less mysterious and hard to account for than some practitioners of Enochian magic have typically contended. Enochian magic is a system of Ceremonial magic based on the evocation and commanding of various spirits

John Dee was convinced that there was a hidden message for mankind written in Angelical and as he called upon angels to help him understand it, Angelical, or Adamic as it is often known, appears to say "angel I call". John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609 was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist See also Divine language The Adamic language is according to Abrahamic traditions, the mythical language spoken by Adam and Eve in the Garden One modern Adamic medium points out that English is close to Angelish and that the Angelish language can attest to a test. Others are beginning to point out that traces of the language have left clues in all other languages. For example, pointing out that in English it is apparent that there is a parent language, the similarities between planet and plan it, and the story of God in a garden that he later put a guard on before he moved father away. Other examples have been listed on the Adamic Talk Page of Wikipedea. See also Divine language The Adamic language is according to Abrahamic traditions, the mythical language spoken by Adam and Eve in the Garden

At two points in the Bible, Paul seems to say that he could not repeat what he heard in his head because it was unlawful, suggesting that there is an unexpected sense of humour and quite possibly an inherent banter to be found in Adamic as it split into different languages. Classic examples being Diarrhoea, dire rear and derrière. A less humorous (humour us) example is Unicorn or Unique horn and those fluent in Adamic claim that it reveals constant alternative meanings, including information that appears to explain the so called "meaning of life" and prophecies in the passed, present and future. While those who have fixed religious beliefs may have a strong aversion to an alternative view of the mystery of the universe, those fluent in Adamic say it appears to hold a stronger version which the broadcasters at the BBC's flagship radio station have supposedly received in text messages to the studios since Easter 2007.

Leo Vinci

In 1976, Leo Vinci published a book entitled Gmicalzoma: An Enochian Dictionary.

Enochian in popular culture

Anton LaVey included nineteen of the Enochian Keys, both in the original and in English translation, in his The Satanic Bible. Anton Szandor LaVey, (April 11 1930 &ndash October 24 1997 born Howard Stanton Levey, was the American Founder and High Priest of the The Satanic Bible was written by Anton LaVey in 1969 It is a collection of essays observations and basic Satanic Rituals and outlines LaVey's Satanic He edited them, however, by replacing the angelic names with the names of demons from Christian theology. Occasional other references have appeared in popular media. In this same book, he says that Enochian is considered older than Sanskrit.

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  1. ^ Churton, Tobias (2002). Enochian angels are entities as expressed in the Enochian magic system introduced in the 16th century by John Dee (1507&ndash1608 and Edward Kelley Enochian magic is a system of Ceremonial magic based on the evocation and commanding of various spirits The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" This is a list of magical terms and traditions dealing with various occult practices traditions and components of Magic. The Golden Builders. Signal Publishing. ISBN 0-9543309-0-0.  
  2. ^ Deborah Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels, 16-17.
  3. ^ Now in various collections of the British Library. See especially Sloane MSS 3188, 3189 and 3191, and Cotton Appendix XLVI. All the above are available in digital scans at : http://www.themagickalreview.org/enochian/mss/.
  4. ^ This book is now in British Library MS Sloane 3189.
  5. ^ The angel Nalvage, cited in Casaubon ed. , A True and Faithful Relation…, p. 77
  6. ^ The angel Illemese, cited in Casaubon ed. , A True and Faithful Relation…, p. 199)
  7. ^ See Donald Laycock, "Enochian: Angelic language or mortal folly?", 19-64 in The Complete Enochian Dictionary. Also Egil Asprem, "'Enochian' Language: A proof of the existence of angels?" in Skepsis (13. 12. 2006), http://www.skepsis.no/marginalia/enochian_language_a_proof_of_t.html.
  8. ^ Laycock, "Enochian: Angelic language or mortal folly?", p. 33.
  9. ^ Ibid, 43.
  10. ^ Ibid.
  11. ^ playthedamncard: Why yes, I AM a Geek God

Note: most of these primary sources relate to a version of this entry that was radically rewritten but is still available at http://paganpedia.mind-n-magick.com/wiki/index.php?title=Enochian

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