What is Enochian Magic? John Dee and the Book of Enoch / The Liber Loagaeth - Angelic Language II

The Enochian, or better, "angelical language" revealed to Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley is among the most famous events in the history of western esotericism. While the angelic calls are more famous, the central text of Enochian magic is actually a series of complex grid-like sequences filled with angelic letters and numbers along with long strings of angelic words known variously but most famously as the Liber Loagaeth or the "Book of the Speech of God." This episode explore this mysterious volume in depth from it's reception to what little we know about its contents.

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#Johndee #enochian #magick

Recommended Readings on the Liber Loagaeth:

Leitch - The Angelical Language, Volume I - 978-0738714905

Klein - The Complete Mystical Records of Dr. John Dee - 978-0738763002

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[jeromealexandre]

“ There is no better drama than Angelic drama “ - excellent quote! Thoroughly enjoyed this .

[andythedishwasher]

The field of computational linguistics you described seems like it could be an excellent avenue for my own academic path. I'm really interested in the semiotic differences and similarities between how spoken languages and programming languages operate. I feel as if a more generalized, less mechanically oriented, study of programming languages could bring us to an understanding of what "magical" languages throughout history have been designed to accomplish within the hardware of the human brain.

[francinem]

Your humour and indepth knowledge is what makes you a powerful teacher, Dr Sledge!! glad to see your subscribers are growing!! love your content. Your observation about the theme of Dee and Kelley's questioning ("treasure") and the angels trying to steer them correctly, reminds of reading casteneda describing himself writing incessantly while don juan made fun of his obsession with scribbling, but the irony that we have detailed capturing of what was said at his loss of understanding at the time... ty for your videos, they are excellent

[mattwright]

You are one of my new favorite teachers. Probably the only person on earth that can articulate material like this on a level that can cross cultural boundaries and crack some pretty thick ice using intellecutal humor. Thank you for your work.

[evh]

These guys are like the Beavis and Butthead of the 16th century. Someone should make a comedy movie about their misadventures.

[ghastlythnerd]

“Rainbow magic wand combo breaker” has me cackling in my office

[marlastar]

This guy is amazing!.. everything he does is very interesting.

[jelkel]

Yes, these two were an awful though incredibly interesting influence on each other, it seemed almost inevitable that things would degenerate into an alchemical fear and loathing in central Europe. It's amazing that what is usually a fairly serious subject has such an element of farce with this gruesome twosome, I don't think you missed a single instance of this, very well done. Most people in Dee's position would have perhaps said the banishment spell very slowly when Kelley was being beaten by shovels, luckily for Kelley Dee was a good bro, too good infact.

[mkdatruth]

“A pioneer in the swinger scene” under the pic of Edward Kelley is hilarious.

[Jason-msbv]

Sounds like a great 'guys night in'! Thanks for this exposition of Dee and Kelly's Excellent Adventure.

[VantaCube]

I love all of your videos. Thanks for making this content and sharing not only interesting topics but also your keen sense of humor lol

[MaryAnnNytowl]

This is a truly fascinating and entertaining playlist; I'm really enjoying it - thanks for making & sharing it with us! ❤️❤️

[darkartsbyadrienne]

Dr. Sledge should seriously consider an Enochian stand up special! Super fun to watch!

[PeaceAll]

You make me research more than ever before, i am new to your channel but i am totally glued to the screen & riveted to my chair when you start Teaching. I Love research by the way. This topic was/is really interesting, Thank You For You!

[noam]

The experience of Kelly that you describe is NOT creepy. I had a similar experience. It was, at once, both literally awe-some and deeply uncomfortable. There was a massive headache in a certain place in my head, and an internal light that was as if staring at a thousand suns collected in one place. Then I was brought within and saw a Divine Form. It is not my place to interfere with anyone's path, so I will end the direct encounter there.

Two notes - I was not the only one in the room at the time. My wife also had the same headache in the same place in the head. She also saw the light I mentioned. She was not permitted within, as I was. For us both, it was a profound experience, difficult to fully describe.

Neither of us suffered any ill effects afterward. Even still, it took about 6 hours for the discomfort to leave fully.

The point in telling this experience is to say that the effects were preceeded by a kind of rewiring of the circuitry, so nothing would be burnt out. It was a kindness.

[markwarrensprawson]

I remember buying and getting stuck into my first copy of Aleister Crowley's "Liber 418: The Vision and the Voice" and I happened to be reading another little book that went into some detail about Crowley's relationship with the "disciple" who joined him on that journey into the desert, an apparently sorely mistreated Victor Neuburg, at the same time. I was at the time familiar only with the so-called Enochian Keys as a result of having read Anton LaVey's "Satanic Bible" which has the keys printed in a somewhat abridged form towards its end. I found the history of the language and its "reception" by Dee and Kelley compelling and like you, I was only about 14 at the time myself, so to be honest, a lot of the techniques and terminology that was employed in the writing of the book were as new to me as the language. If I'm being honest, the method of scrying employed by Dee and Kelley is still quite foggy to me from the implements they made use of to all the inversions of the text in their revelations and the way in which they were written down. You can imagine then, I'm sure, that if I'm still foggy on those things now, I swore my way through "The Vision and the Voice" from start to finish and on that first reading, really took nothing in beyond the exciting bit detailing Al's seemingly deliberate embodiment of the spirit of Daath's ruling demon, Choronzon, and what I discovered in the little book I was subsequently reading to have been some kind of abusive sexually-charged behavior aimed at the skinny little Neuburg who's job in the ritual was basically to assist and document and ended up involving so much more than that - all apparently rather ugly stuff that doesn't reflect on the character of the late Crowley very well at all.
Man, did I put a lot of time into trying to learn to recite those keys by heart. Years later, I had managed to commit some to memory along with a modicum of awareness of what I was saying in translation. It was all part of a study of ceremonial magick that I really took quite seriously until my early thirties. Today, I don't think I could recite even a single sentence from any one of the keys. Man alive, those were some weird times. I don't regret them, not for the most part, although I did fall victim to something of an obsession with the material that I don't think benefited me or anyone else at all.
But now that I'm listening to you talk about the history of the Enochian or Angelic language, I find my interest somewhat piqued by it again, although with a great deal more interest in the history and conception of the work. I love your channel so much, Dr. Sledge. It's kinda homey for me in a way, and you deliver the information with such clarity along with that wonderful modicum of subtle humor that just makes it all the better. Thank you so very much.

[mememe]

Wow, this strikes so many notes of the Mormon story and Joseph smith . Joseph had a somewhat murky past with finding buried treasure, glossolalia was very popular before the nauvoo period, you get a new book that has ancient roots(reminds me of the mystique of the hermetica), a new alphabet in very short use, and alot more.

It's really fascinating the magical past of protestantism and it's ideological compatriots. I've often seen mormonism as the apotheosis of mystical non-denominationalism. Their closest relatives being the baptists, or rational non-denominationalism.

I hope Dr. Sledge does some videos on the Restoration period in America, or on the oahspe, or the urantia book 🤔

[DMTmates]

Your best video yet ! Our evolution lies within the word. The transcendence of our language into a higher form. A language where you can "see" what the person means.

[aurealuc]

Dr. Sledge,
I enjoy your presentations, especially your academic approach to the esoteric. I am familiar with the readings of the American Book of the Dead by EJ Gold, a translations and interpretation of Tibetan Book of the Dead. Two things struck me during your discussion on the Angelical symbols. During the voyage of the essence after death there is an immediate confrontation with the Clear Light and greatest potential for transfiguration. After this initial bounce the essence begins to lose momentum and descends through 49 chambers, noted by colors, symbols and angelic association in order to learn the lessons of the Tree of Life. Seven times we pass through seven chambers each time experiencing more hallucinations and distractions drawing us into another karmic rebirth. However anytime during this voyage through Bardo we can see the face of the beloved and transcend. The angelic beings first appearing as friendly guides, followed by non-responsive guides and eventually the torment of our own hallucinations. The 7x7 or 49 chambers seems to resonate with the magickal squares and the descending passages you have described in your work on the Angelical symbols.
Blessings
Aurea luc