The Essential Enochian Grimoire: An Introduction to Angel Magick from Dr. John Dee to the Golden Dawn

by Aaron Leitch

Discover how to perform Enochian magick with a straightforward guide that shows just what to do. The Essential Enochian Grimoire is an easy-to-read manual that's light enough to carry in a magickal circle yet provides all the details you need to perform the ceremonies. Impeccably researched and clearly organized, this book is the definitive primer on a topic that has captivated esotericists for centuries. Explore the history of Enochian cosmology, the angels and the spirits of the system, the temple setup, and the making and usage of the tools. Learn the secrets of John Dee's classical Enochian system as well as the modern system developed by the Golden Dawn. Practice the rituals of the new and the old...and summon the angels who guard the gates of heaven. "Aaron Leitch has done a remarkable job of clarifying the Enochian system for the benefit of both beginners and advanced magicians alike. You will not find a better introduction to Enochian magick anywhere."―Chic and Tabatha Cicero, Chief Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and co-authors of The Essential Golden Dawn "In the complex and often confusing world of Enochian magick, Aaron Leitch has accomplished the seemingly impossible by bringing clarity and precision while never oversimplifying or speaking down to the reader."―Donald Michael Kraig, author of Modern Magick "An indispensable addition to any Enochian magician's bookshelf."―Frater Yechidah, author of Enochian Magic in Theory

Genres: Occult, Witchcraft, Magic, Nonfiction, Mysticism, Renaissance, Spirituality

384 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2014

About the author

Aaron Leitch (Florida) has been a scholar and spiritual seeker for over a decade. His explorations have taken him into many fascinating areas of human spirituality, their history, and their modern practice. His writings (both in print and on the web) cover such varied fields as Middle Eastern Religion and Mythology, Shamanism, Neoplatonism, Hermeticism and Alchemy, Traditional Wicca and Neopaganism, The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Thelema, Angelology, Qabalah, Enochiana, Psychology and Consciousness Expansion, Cyberspace, and Modern Social Commentary.

Reviews

[Seph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaron Leitch is among the world's foremost experts on Enochian magic, and a scholar par excellence concerning the life and times of Dr. John Dee and Sir Edward Kelley. This review will cover all three volumes of Leitch's masterwork:

• The Angelical Language, Vol. 1
• The Angelical Language, Vol. 2
• The Essential Enochian Grimoire

Future revisions and updates will be appended, should successive volumes or additional material become available.

The Angelical Language, Vol. 1

Leitch opens his study with a tripartite treatise on the origins of the Enochian system.

First, Leitch provides a survey of the historical lives of Dr. John Dee and Sir Edward Kelley between the years 1582 and 1589, when the contents of the Enochian corpus were revealed. Included throughout are numerous quotes from the personal journals of Dee, which help to illuminate the experience of both men on their journey.

Second, Leitch explores the practices that Dee and Kelley received, with a focus on the Book of Loagaeth, the 48 Angelical Calls, and the practice of Gebofal. As an addendum, Leitch includes an "Angelic Psalter" of the 48 Angelical Calls, provided to aspiring students of Enochian magic for ease of use and quick reference.

Finally, masterfully, Leitch interweaves a scholarly analysis of concurrent magical philosophies throughout the book; exploring the influence of other magical systems on the Enochian corpus. Systems explored by Leitch include: the Hebrew Kaballah, the Aladaraia Sive Soyga Vocar or Book of Soyga, and the mystical experience of "Counting the Omer" as practiced by Jewish and Christian mystics.

Approaching complex subjects in this manner makes Leitch's work both accessible to the laymen, yet compulsively readable.

The Angelical Language, Vol. 2

Having completed his historical survey, the second volume of Leitch's study is an analysis of the Enochian language itself.

Part one of volume two is a linguistic analysis of the entire Enochian language, exploring pronunciation, grammar, and syntax. Subsections of this chapter include the identification of potential root-words, and how to properly use affixes, compound-words, and angelical conjugation. Part one concludes with a comparison between Enochian and Elizabethan English, the variation the English language which Dee and Kelley would have spoken when they received the Enochian corpus.

Part two of Leitch's work is a dual translation-and-transliteration of all 48 Angelical Calls. Each Call is broken down word by word, cataloged with a reference number, provided with a literal translation, and given an "English sense," or poetic translation.

Finally, volume two concludes with an Enochian-to-English lexicon, within which is contained a study of every Enochian word as recorded in any of Dee's writings. Every entry includes:

• The word in English and Enochian
• The word's pronunciation and part of speech
• Its poetic definition
• A cross-reference to the word's use in the Calls
• Potential root-words and other words that share it
• Additional notes about the word from Leitch himself

As an addendum Leitch includes a modest list of common English words and their equivalents in Enochian. By no means an exhaustive list, this compact reference guide will quickly become indispensable to any magician hoping to advance their study from theory to practice.

The Essential Enochian Grimoire

Once more returning to his scholarly position, Leitch opens part one with a dramatis personæ, providing an easy reference to the human and angelic beings so central to the mythology and practice of Enochian magic.

Following this, Leitch gives an account of Enochian magic, as practiced by people other than Dee and Kelley. Notable faces here include: Meric Casaubon; "Dr. Rudd;" the mysterious "Book H;" and the magicians of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, including Aleister Crowley and Israel Regardie.

Here, at long last then, is the payoff to all of Leitch's hard work, and to the patient student's dedicated study: a practical "how-to" manual of Enochian magic.

Divided into two sections—"Dee Purist Enochian" and modern "Neo Enochiana"—Leitch provides a comprehensive guide to every single facet of Enochian magic from both Dee's journals and later magicians. Everything you need to know, from the origin of a practice to the translation of Enochian texts, is provided. Leitch also includes numerous diagrams and graphs, as well as ready-to-use incantations, meant to help the aspiring magician find his or her grounding.

Five major practices are covered in Leitch's grimoire:

• The Heptarchia
• Gebofal and the Book of Loagaeth
• "Traditionalist" Parts of the Earth
• "Neo Enochian" Parts of the Earth
• Neo Enochian Truncated Pyramids

Leitch completes his grimoire by appending the "Angelic Psalter" from volume 1 of the series; once more providing ease-of-access to the aspiring magician.

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Aaron Leitch's series on Enochian magic is, simply put, the single greatest repository of Enochian wisdom available today. This series belongs on the shelves of every student of the Enochian magic, whether they're new to the art, or have been practicing it for decades.

[Dianna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I realized that this was not what I thought it would be. I think it was too technical for me.

[Äsruþr Cyneaþsson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found Leitch's work here to be a clear, well researched and accessible work on the Enochian subject. So many works on Enochian are easily lost in the myriad of complexities of Enochian. The book reads well on first attempts, the second reading is when the work really does begin to sink in with increased understanding.

[Constantinos Nterziotis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although the subject is difficult, Mr. Leitch has managed to present theoretical and practical information in a good, readable and not exciting way. You will find a framework for working with the way Dee did and the way according to the GD tradition. The book needs to be read more than 2 times.

[Jackson Capper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well written, comprehensive, and worth it's reputation as a de facto standard introduction to Enochian. I'd have liked a more structured approach that appreciates the convoluted and confusing nature of the Enochian corpus.

[Jessie B. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting

[Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!} · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this book would be of use to some people but not for me.