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Enochian Magick Overview
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From Enochian Magick Overview Pt 1)
Enochian Magick - The Tablets:
For convenience, the four
tablets will be referred to by their three-letter banner names.
Dee received two versions of the Great Tablet which featured
the tablets in the orders (clockwise from top left) ORO-MOR-MPH-OIP
and ORO-MPH-OIP-MOR. These are sometimes referred to as the
original and reformed versions respectively. I have been told
that any arrangement of the tablets in the Great Tablet is
allowed provided that the ORO and MOR tablets are adjacent.
In order for the four tablets to be bound together, it is
necessary to rotate three of them so that corresponding subquarters
are in the center of the Great Tablet. The arrangement of
the names on the Black Cross is correct if the lower right
subquarters are in the center; otherwise they need to be rotated
one step for each counterclockwise rotation of the tablets.
This gives the following names to be used with the various
subquarters in forming kerubic god-names and cacodemon names:
Subtablets in the center of
the Great Tablet
LowerRight LowerLeft UpperLeft
UpperRight
Top half of UL and LR tables EXARP PRAXE MOTIB HCOMA
Lower half of UL and LR tables HCOMA MOTIB ATNAN NANTA
Top half of UR and LL tables MOTIB HCOMA EXARP PRAXE
Lower half of UR and LL tables ATNAN NANTA HCOMA MOTIB
The subtablets in the center
have a root-like quality for each arrangement, whereas the
rest are more manifesting. This gives a total of 32 possible
arrangements, 2 places for ORO relative to the Black Cross
* 2 places for MOR adjacent to ORO * 2 arrangements of MPH
and OIP * 4 rotations. The tablets serve as an interface through
which the angels and others may be contacted and may act.
The subquarter angels seem to have a larger degree of direct
involvement with the squares and crosses of their portions
of the tablets than do the seniors and other names drawn from
the great crosses.
Enochian Magick - The Squares:
The squares of the tablet
come in a variety of types: the Black Cross squares, the spiritu
sancti line squares, the rest of the squares of the great
crosses, the kerubic squares, the subquarter cross squares,
and the serviant squares. The squares of each type seem to
be homogenous, so it is possible to assign whatever sort of
attribution one likes to them, though something compatible
with whatever attributions are assigned to the angels in probably
desirable. The crosses seem to have a natural structure as
crosses. This is discussed below for the subquarter crosses;
I have not figured out much about the great or black crosses.
There is a spirit associated with each of the serviant squares.
I believe that these correspond to the final groups of 16
spirits seen in Kelley's vision of the watchtowers. The squares
and crosses have a degree of solidity that makes them useful
for building various types of structures. Ben's Enochian Temples
is the best example of this. Enochian chess might be taken
as a smaller scale example.
Directions and Elements:
The tablets are not primarily
elemental, and there are a number of elemental and directional
attributions in use. The best characterization of the tablets
that I have been able to come up with is ORO-celestial yang,
OIP-earthly yang, MPH-celestial yin, MOR-earthly yin. The
tablets also seem to have a natural order ORO-OIP-MPH-MOR.
It seems natural to assign earth to the MOR tablet and whichever
of fire and air is deemed more spiritual or less dense to
ORO. One may then assign water to MPH and the other of fire
and air to OIP on the other yin with other yin and other yang
with other yang theory. Some people instead assign ORO-fire,
OIP-water, MPH-air, MOR-earth, which perhaps makes sense if
one's understanding of the elements is heavily influenced
by the IHVH formula. In any event, the directional assignments
of the tablets depend on which version of the Great Tablet
one uses as well as whether one takes the tablets as facing
up or down, or in other words having the writing on the top
or bottom. Dee was told, in conjunction with the original
tablet, that the ORO tablet is in the East, so this gives
two natural directional assignments in conjunction with the
original tablet. If it is facing up, we get Dee's assignment,
ORO-East, OIP-North, MPH-West, MOR-South. If it is facing
down, we get the GD's assignment, ORO-East, OIP-South, MPH-West,
and MOR-North. If one assigns ORO-fire, OIP-air, MPH-water,
MOR-earth, then the reformed tablet facing down will fit with
a zodiacal directional attribution, with the actual directions
depending on where one places the signs of the zodiac and
whether one uses the cardinal, fixed, or mutable signs as
one's reference. If one assigns ORO-air, OIP-fire, MPH-water,
MOR-earth, then the reformed tablet facing up fits with a
zodiacal attribution. A few years after the main material
was received, Kelley had a vision of a round-house that included
fire in the East, air in the South, water in the West, and
Earth in the North. The symbolism of this vision fits extremely
well with the seals received in conjunction with the tablets,
flames going with flames, smoke with smoke, and the earth
attribution in each case going with a large number of angelic
workers. This would support an attribution ORO-East-fire,
OIP-South-air, MPH-West-water, MOR-North-earth. I tend to
view this as a default assignment, though I also use the reformed
tablet with either of the attributions given above or, often,
do not bother with such attributions at all. As a general
comment on attributions, I think it is important to distinguish
those things which are intrinsic to or closely related to
a given system and those which are being joined together for
particular uses. Many people like to settle on particular
attributions, such as an assignment of the elements to the
watchtowers. This has the advantage of building up the connection
over time and the disadvantage of a loss of flexibility. Personally,
I prefer flexibility. In any event, it is worth thinking about
such things in a flexible way, however dogmatic one may be
in terms of practice.
The Banner-Names:
The banner names are useful
for tuning in to the general space of the watchtowers and
summoning energy in an amorphous form. They seem to fit quite
well with the zodiac, though there are a variety of attributions
floating around. All such attributions I am aware of place
ORO opposite OIP and MPH opposite MOR, as in the reformed
tablet, perhaps because the ORO and OIP tablets have a yang
nature and the MPH and MOR ones a yin nature. The two attributions
I use are ORO IBAH AOZPI MPH ... HCTGA paired with the signs
running from Aries to Pisces and from Pisces to Aries. In
the former case, the tablets take elemental and directional
attributions from the cardinal signs, in the latter from the
fixed signs.
Enochian Magick - The Seniors:
The seniors do not follow
set formulas as the subquarter angels seem to but instead
work as individuals or in groups as required in a given context.
They are able to employ the energies of the planets, zodiac,
etc., but are not properly identified with these. Each tablets'
set of seniors has a structure: The ORO tablet seniors have
a hierarchical structure, with HABIORO being chief, AAOZAIF
and HTMORDA jointly second, AHAOZPI third, and HIPOTGA and
AVTOTAR jointly fourth. The OIP tablet seniors are divided
into two groups of three: AAETPIO, ALNDVOD, ARINNAQ and ADOEOET,
AAPDOCE, ANODOIN, which seem to constitue opposite polarities.
The MPH tablet seniors form a directed circle, running LSRAHPM,
SAIINOV, LAOAXRP, SLGAIOL, LIGDISA, SONIZNT. The MOR tablet
seniors form a set of axes given by rotating LZINOPO back
and AHMLICV forward relative to their names' placements in
the tablet. There are various structures that can be used
in conjunction with the seniors. An astrological one that
I have been given is as follows: The ORO tablet seniors are
paired with the pairs of opposite signs. These joinings of
opposite signs may be interpretted as follows:
1-Pisces/Virgo The beginning of the creative process.
2-Aquarius/Leo Interaction of the individual and the group.
3-Capricorn/Cancer Established structures and the need for
creativity.
4-Sagittarius/Gemini Ordering processes.
5-Scorpio/Taurus Cycles of growth and decay, life and death.
6-Libra/Aries Completion of projects.
There are 24 ways these can be paired with the seniors, the
listings running clockwise from HABIORO: 1-2/5-3-4/6,1-2/6-4-3/5,1-3/4-2-5/6,1-3/4-5-2/6,1-3/5-6-2/4,1-3/6-2-4/5
In each case pair 1 represents the beginning of things, one
of 2 and 3 gives the character of the arrangement with 4,
5, or 6 as a supplement, and one of the remaining three directs
the implementation through the other two. The OIP tablet seniors
are paired with the planets, with Moon, Venus, and Jupiter
going with one group of three and Mercury, Mars, and Saturn
the other. The MPH tablet seniors are paired with the four
intervals of the course of the planets through the sky and
the visible and hidden poritions of the sky in the order:
sunrise-noon, visible sky, noon-sunset, sunset-nadir, hidden
sky, nadir-sunrise. Any of the six ways of pairing the circles
is allowed. The MOR tablet seniors are paired with the cardinal
directions in any of the twenty-four ways consitent with the
axes they form. Another possibility is to assign the seniors
to the sephiroth of the Tree of Life. Those of the ORO tablet
may be assigned to Kether, the two groups from the OIP tablet
to Chockmah and Binah, those of the MPH tablet to the Zar
Apin taken in numerical order Chesed to Yesod, and those of
the MOR tablet to Malkuth, perhaps with a directional attribution.
This should be taken as the Tree in Yetzirah and involves
viewing the Tree from top to bottom with a 1-2-6-1 structure,
a view more common in rabinnic than hermetic Kaballah.
Enochian Magick - The Kings:
The king-names have a strong
focusing effect. In terms of their place in the hierarchy,
they can be below and directed by the seniors, above the seniors
feeding energy to them from the banner names, or running from
the banner names through the space of the seniors who shape
the energy they carry and down to more manifest levels, the
last being what I have usually seen. The banner names, seniors,
and kings of a given direction can form a sphere, with the
banner names at top and king at the bottom, out of which sparks
of energy emerge. Alternatively, all of the banner names can
be used to form a circle or square with the seniors forming
a cup or pyramid shape and the kings combining to give the
stem of the cup or pillar down from the point of the pyramid.
Enochian Magick - The Kerubic
Angels:
Dee was told that the squares
from which the Kerubic names are drawn correspond to the letters
of the formula INRI, and the Kerubic angels fit quite well
with this formula, the first in each subquarter corresponding
to the initial I, the next to the N, etc. In Christian terms,
INRI can be read life-death-rebirth-life anew. It fits with
the sequence of alchemical processes blackening-whitening-yellowing-reddening.
Blackening consists of putrefying the material, though the
corresponding kerubic angels have more of a gathering than
putrefying quality. Whitening is a purifying process. Yellowing
consists in introducing a higher light. Redding consists in
reengaging with the manifest. The kerubic angels of a subquarter
can be called in sequence following this pattern. They can
also be called as a group, in which case they are able to
cause a pattern to be manifested in the world by planting
the corresponding cross in a suitable location and sending
energy down the 6-letter name, thus activating the spirits
of the sixteen serviant squares to do the work. This has been
described to me as the best way of achieving material results
using the system.
The Subquarter Crosses:
The 6-letter names open the
realm of the subquarter. It is possible to send energy down
them. Benjamin Rowe gives a description of this as alternate
squares sending down a seed to the next square and growing
these seeds into elaborate networks of roots, with the three
pairs of squares assigned to the divine, human, and elemental
realms. I am unable to comment on this except to confirm that
the squares do seem to be in pairs. The 5-letter names have
an attractive quality, drawing things upward by means of the
serviant angels.
Enochian Magick - The Serviant
Angels:
Dee was told that the serviant
angels of the lower right subquarter of each tablet relate
to elemental creatures in the order (from top) air-water-earth-fire.
The angels seem to fit quite well with the alchemical elements,
with water in the above sequence corresponding to mercury,
earth to salt, and fire to sulphur in its lower or hidden
form. Air in this context corresponds to a mixture of mercury
and pure sulphur, this being the means by which the higher
influence enters (See Julius Evola's The Hermetic Tradition).
The 5-letter name and the action of the kerubic angels seem
to correspond to the pure sulphur. It is interesting to note
that the elemental attribution Benjamin Rowe got for the bottom
three angels also fits with the alchemical elements given
that he is using the GD's attribution sulphur-fire, salt-water,
mercury-air. The angels are called from bottom to top and
have a redemptive quality. The bottom angel ignites the sulphur,
infusing energy into the object of the working. The next divides
the salt, breaking up the fixities which prevent needed change.
The next liberates the mercury, the mutable substance of which
things are made. The next admits the light from above. It
is quite natural to use the serviant and kerubic angels in
conjunction. The serviant angels followed by the first kerubic
angel would seem to give the blackening process, followed
by the other kerubic angels and alchemical processes as above.
It is also possible for the sixteen serviant square spirits
to activate the serviant angels in the planting of the crosses
process described above. They then serve to admit the pattern
or energy that the kerubic angels are sending. No doubt, any
number of other variants on how the angels may be employed
would also prove effective.
The Aethers:
In contrast to the seven heavens,
whose description as being in layers above the Earth is now
taken as metaphorical, the aethers seem to literally lie above
the Earth. They provide an avenue through which energies from
the Sun and other extraplanetary sources can come through
the veil over the Earth and manifest here. They come in groups,
as described above in the section on the calls.
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