Decoding the Enochian Secrets: God’s Most Holy Book to Mankind as Received by Dr. John Dee from Angelic Messengers

252 Pages·2010·12.295 MB·English

by  John DeSalvo Ph.D.

D EC O D IN G ™ '
EN O CH IA N
\ SEC R ETS ' t
THE ORIGINAL TEXT WITH COMMENTARY
BY JOHN DeSALVO. Ph.D.
DECODING THE
ENOCH IAN
SECRETS
"By all accounts, Dr. John Dee played a major role in world his­
tory, shaping politics, scientific thought, and occultism for cen­
turies. The highly influential ‘Enochian’ system of magic origi­
nated in his ‘mystical experiments/ of which he kept meticulous
records. Yet the centerpiece of his system has never before been
published— an enigmatic book that Dee clearly regarded as a
monumental gift from God to humanity, communicated through
his angels. John DeSalvo has done a wonderful job putting to­
gether all the pieces scattered throughout Dee's manuscripts, in­
cluding an accessible and systematic introduction. DeSalvo pro­
vides valuable suggestions for exploring the book, including
meditations and spiritual exercises developed over his many
years of investigating Dee’s published and unpublished works.
Definitely recommended.”
JOSEPH PETERSON, AUTHOR OF JOHN DEE’S FIVE BOOKS
OF MYSTERY
DECODING
t h e
EN O C H IA N
SECRETS
God's Most Holy Book to Mankind
as Received by
Dr. John Dee from Angelic Messengers
THE ORIGINAL TEXT
WITH COMMENTARY BY
JOHN DeSALVO. Ph.D.
OCfIM
Destiny Books
Rochester. Vermont • Toronto. Canada
I would like to dedicate
this book to the following people:
My parents, John and Nina DeSalvo;
My wife, Valerie, and my children,
Christopher, Stephen, Paul, and Veronica;
And of course to Dr. John Dee,
who made this all possible.
I’m immeasurably indebted to my very close friends Marty and
Judy Stuart for their constant help and encouragement and espe­
cially to )udy for reading the entire manuscript and making in­
valuable suggestions.
Joseph Peterson explained to me the organization and makeup
of the Tables in the Book of Enoch, especially the first leaf. I’m
also very grateful to him for permission to quote from his most
excellent and valuable book John Dee's Five Books of Mystery.
There are very few people in the world that one is eternally
grateful to, but Jon Graham is one of those people in my life. He
is responsible for seeing that my most important spiritual books
are published.
To my editor Anne Dillion. This is the third book Anne has as­
sisted me with, for which I am thankful.
A very special thanks to Jeanie Levitan, the managing editor for
Inner Traditions. No managing editor could take more interest in
all the books she publishes and try to make them the best they
could be. Her personal editorial assistance made this historic
book into something that we are all very proud of.
PREFACE
1 ENOCH OF THE BIBLE
2 THE APOCRYPHAL BOOK OF ENOCH
3 ENOCH'S VISIONS AND REVELATIONS
4 DR. IOHN DEE ANDTHE ANGELS
s DR. DEE RECEIVES THE BOOK OF ENOCH
6 THE DISCOVERY OF THE HIDDEN FORTY-NINTH
TABLE OF THE BOOK OF ENOCH
7 THE MISSING SET OF TABLES IN DEE’S HANDWRITING
8 SUBIECTIVE EXPERIENCES OF THE BOOK OF ENOCH
Q INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEDITATING USING THE BOOK
OF ENOCH
io REFLECTIONS AND FINAL THOUGHTS
Ap.p_endix A
THE NAMES OF THE NINETY-ONE GOVERNORS OF THE
THIRTY AETHYRS
Appendix B
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF ENOCH
(As Given to Dr. Dee bv the Ansels)
FOOTNOTES
ENDNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE FIRST LEAF OF THE BOOK OF ENOCH
From the diaries of Dr. John Dee, written in his own hand
from the British Library MS Sloane 3188
Copyright © The British Library Board. All rights reserved.
The first leaf is comprised of twenty-eight pages of forty-nine
paragraphs of Enochian words as well a small table of nine lines
of forty-nine letters per line on the twenty-eighth page. The front
side of the first leaf is shown in illustrations 1 through 20 on
pages Q2-112. The back side of the first leaf begins on page 112.
Dee included line numbers in the left margins to indicate each
of the forty-nine-words paragraphs. Whenever a line or paragraph
at the bottom of a page is carried over to the next page, I have in­
cluded an a and b designation in the figure caption (e.g. line 5a,
5b, etc.).
Reminder: The first paragraph on the back side of the first leaf
was incorrectly labeled 2 and is shown crossed out and correctly
labeled 1 (see illustration 21 on page in ). Dee renumbered all the
subsequent paragraphs to correctly identify the passages on the
back side. So when we review the numbered paragraphs on the
back side, we must not reference the numbers crossed out in the
squares but the corrected numbers that appear to their left.
Previews
diary entries
that are not
part of the
Paragraph I
of 49 words
is line I of
The number
the first leaf
1 in the
square marks
the beginning
of the front
side of the
first leaf