The Center for Enochian Studies, Volume I, number 6b

		The same Saturday afternoon. Hora 5.¹
		: After that Mr. Edward Talbot² had called Uriel, and I was come
		to the Stone, and had used a short speech of thanks to God.³ I then
		required some Instructions for the purposes of Soyga⁴.
		Uriel: Peace, you must use Michael.
		: I know no means or order to use in the invocation of Michael.
		[Note: - In this time there appeared in the stone a rich
		Chair and after a little while it was out of sight.]
		Uriel: He is to be invoked by certain of the psalms of David and
		prayers. The which psalms, are nothing else, but a means unto the
		seat and Majesty of God. Whereby you gather with yourselves due
		power to apply your natures to the holy Angels. I mean the psalms
		commonly called the Seven Psalms⁵. You must use pleasant savours,
		with hand and heart: whereby you shall allure him and win him
		(through God's favor) to attain unto the thing, you have long
		sought for.
		There must be a conjunction of minds in prayer betwixt you
		two, to God continually. It is the will of God, that you should
		jointly, have the knowledge of his Angels together.
		You had attained unto the sight of Michael, but for the
		imperfection of Saul⁶. Be of good comfort.
		[ - The chair came into the Stone again and I asked what it
		meant.]
		Uriel: This is a seat of perfection: from which, all things shall
		be showed unto thee, which thou hast long desired.
		[ - Then was there was a square Table brought unto the Stone:
		and I demanded, what that Table betokened.]
		Uriel: A Mystery not yet to be known. These two, shall remain in
		the stone; to the sight of all undefiled creatures.
		You must use a four-square Table, two Cubits⁷ square:
		whereupon must be set Sigillum Dei⁸ , which is already * perfected
i.		in a book⁹ of thine: Blessed be God in all his Mysteries, and Holy
		in all his works. This Seal must not be looked on without great
		Reverence and Devotion. This Seal is to be made of perfect wax
		which is clean purified: we have no respect of Colours¹⁰.
		This Seal must be 9 inches in Diameter: The roundness must be
		27 inches and somewhat more. The thickness of it must be an inches
		and half a quarter, and the figure of a Cross, must be on the back
		of it thus¹¹;

		The Table is to be made of sweet wood¹² and to be of two
		Cubits high, with 4 feet: with 4 of the former seals under the 4
		feet.
		[: The fashion of the 4 feet, standing upon the foresaid
		round Seals was shewed, so as the uttermost circle containing the
ii.		letters, did seem to be clean * without the compass the feet,
		equally round about the same feet. And these Seals were shewed much
		lesser than the principal Seal.
		Under the Table did seem to be laid red silk, two yards
		square. And over the Seal: did seem likewise red silk to lie four-
		square: somewhat broader than the Table, hanging down with 4 knops
		or tassels at the 4 corners thereof.
		Upon this uppermost red silk, did seem to be set the stone
		with the frame: right over, and upon the principal Seal: saving
		that the said silk was between the one and the other.

iii.		The Table was shewed to have on the 4 sides of it * Characters
		and Names, these, that are herein a schedule annexed, in diverse
		rows¹³.
		Uriel: The Characters and words on the sides of this Square Table,
		are to be written with yellow, made of perfect oil, used in the
		church¹⁴.
		: What oil is that?
		Uriel: Of That oil shall be opened unto you. The oil is perfect
	prayers: of other oil I have no respect.
	We sanctify, because we are holy: and you sanctify because of
	your holiness.

	Uriel: There is a spirit named Lundrumgutta using you. Who seeketh
	your destruction, in the hatred of men, in the hurt of thy goods.
	Discharge him tomorrow with Brimstone¹⁶. He haunteth thy house,
	and seeketh the destruction of thy daughter. His pretense was to have
	maimed thee in thy shoulder the last night and long ago. If thou do
	not discharge him tomorrow, he will hurt both thy wife and thy
	daughter.
iv.	He is here * now.
	Give him discharge from your and house. He will seek Saul's
	Death who is accursed.
	: I know no means or art too do this by. For I did burn in flame
	of Brimstone, Maherion his name and Character, when I found Saul
	privily dealing with him, (which manner of wicked dealing I had
	forbidden him) and yet he came after, and would have carried Saul
v.	away quick; as Robert Hilton, George; and other of my house can
	testify.
	Uriel: The Cursed will come to the Cursed.
	: I beseech you to discharge him and bind him some where far
	off, as Raphael did (for Tobias sake) with the wicked Spirit
	Asmodeus¹⁷.
	Uriel: But Tobias did his part. Art is vain, in respect of God his
	power. Brimstone is a means.

	: When shall I do this?
	Uriel: Tomorrow at the time of prayers.
	: Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto, sicut etc. Amen.

.oOo.

*
i. Erratice, contra ignorantia mea: vide post.
An error; in opposition to my ignorance, observe what follows.

ii. Note this point.

iii. Cave: quia Angelus tenebrarum se intrusit hic, ut Libri Quinti
Appendice apparabit.
Be careful; those angels which are of the darkness intrude in
this, as will appear in the appendix to these five books.

iv. So it is evident who went about to hinder the truth before in
the character, and in the border of the Table falsely counterfeited
etc.: as it also in the next action may appear.

v. Saul in danger of being carried away quick.

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1. 5pm Saturday March 10, 1582 anno domini.

2. Dee gives E.T.

3. Most probably the Latin version of a prayer given by Abano in the Heptameron

vide pg.74. C. Agrippa, The Fourth Book... (Heptangle, 1984).

4. For a rather forced though interesting solution to the enigma of Soyga see

Appendix D pg. 117-123. R. Turner, The Heptarchia Mystica... (Aquarian 1986).

5. Psalms: IV, XI, XVI, XXIII, XXVII, LXII, CXXXI.

6. cf Thelema Lodge O.T.O. (Jun. & Jul. 1988 ev)

7. In biblical measurement a cubit is generally considered to be roughly equal

to 18 inches, but as the unit is actually measured from the point of the elbow

to the tips of the extended fingers, a cubit's actual length has varied greatly

throughout history.

8. i.e. the sign or signature of God, it is notable that Dee originally had here Sigillum

Divintas that is the Divine Sign or Holy Signature.

9. Dee makes a rather obscure notation in Latin with regard to this Angelic statement,

but the curious should examine pg. 11. of The Sworn Book Of Honorius, ed. &

trans. Daniel J. Driscoll (Gillette, NJ: Heptangle Books, 1983)

10. This Seal is one of the few relics of Dee still extant, and is on display in the British

Museum Collection. It is made from a very pure almost clear form of sealing

wax that has suffered only minimally from its great age. Originally in the

collection of John Cotton with the Holy Table and much of Dee's ceremonial

paraphernalia., it was miraculously saved from the Great Fire of London in

which the table and much else perished. For more detail see R. Turner op. cit.

pg.78-80. and The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London XXI (1906-7)

11. AGLA () is notariqon for Ateh Gebor Le-Olahm Adonai ()

Thou Art Mighty Forever, O Lard!

12. Probably cedar wood.

13. The construction of the table of practice and of the holy lamen is an involved and

interrelated problem. It is, as is noted here and elsewhere, discussed at great

length and depth in Libri Quinti Appendice, but even in that context the material

poses many complex and difficult problems. It is of some comfort that Dee and

Kelly were themselves quite confounded on the same points which presently cause

scholars difficulty, and it is unfortunate that these particular objects of

ceremonial furniture have all been lost through the course of time, but sufficient

instruction and evidence does exist to draw fairly concrete albeit still disputable

conclusions with regards to the important specifics of construction.

       The October edition of this series will contain a special supplement discussing

in detail the furniture required preliminary, for the practice of Dee's system of

Angelic Magick. In it we shall reproduce all pertinent passages from Dee's own

MSS, provide and substantiate our own conclusions in these matters and provide

some practical guidelines to actual reproduction. Interested persons should

examine the various published studies of these matters:

M. Casaubon, A True & Faithful Relation... (London:1659). The twenty-fifth through

twenty-seventh, and the thirty-eighth through fifty-third pages of Dr. Casaubon's

preface as well as the plate immediately following the table of contents.

Aleister Crowley, Liber XXX Aervm vel saecvli sub figura CCCCXVIII. In particular

the 15th and 18th aires.

                                  Liber LXXXIV vel Chanock. Part One section I.

G. James, The Enochian Evocation... (Heptangle, Gilette NJ: 1984). pg. 28-38,

178-182.

G. Schueler, Enochian Magic, A Practical Manual (Llewelyn, St.Paul Mn: 1984).

pg. 23-4.

R. Turner op. cit. pg.40-49, 76-97.

14. The Angel would seem to be referring to an oil based gilt used for Altar detail work.

15. In Fronte: Though this root begets the English 'In front,' in medieval and renaissance

              Latin usage this term almost universally means 'before the altar'.
       A Sinistris: On the Left hand.
       A Dextris: On the Right hand.
       Juxta Pectus: At the Breast.

16. Native Sulfur.

17. Tobit III: 1-17 (note 8,17), VIII: 1-9 (note 2-4), XII: 1-22 (note 15-22). Asmodeus

() in some references rendered without the second aleph. Gk. Asmodeos,

-daus, or -daios. Lit. 'The Great Name of the Daemon'. One of the most prevalent devils

in western metaphysical literature; since being ascribed, in The Testament Of Solomon,

with the forced construction of the Temple, Asmodeus has made major appearances in

nearly every grimoire of the occult sciences.