Much of the communication was important within the context of the operations, but has no direct bearing on the systems of magick being presented. The record of these operations is very detailed so much so that it takes careful study to separate the spiritual “wheat” from the chaff.
Despite this, the records for the 1581-1585 operations appear almost entirely intact.
Ashmole’s collection passed eventually to the British Library.Īccording to Ashmole, about half of the hidden records were mistakenly destroyed by the discoverer’s maid before efforts were made to preserve the rest. The hidden documents were not discovered until around 1662, and found their way into the hands of Elias Ashmole in 1672. After his death the chest was purchased from his estate and passed through several owners. In later years, Dee apparently decided to conceal his magickal records in a hidden compartment of a large cedar chest he possessed. The earlier portions concerning the Heptarchy and Liber Loagaeth came to light by a more roundabout means. This part was published in Casaubon’s A True and Faithful Relation. A portion of them, concerning the Angelic Calls, Tablets and Liber Scientiae, were acquired with Dee’s library by Robert Cotton. Kelly would watch the stone and report everything he saw and heard Dee would sit at another table nearby and record everything that occurred.ĭee made multiple copies of these records. Then a scrying stone would be placed on a prepared table, and the angels were called to manifest a visible appearance therein. Dee would act as the orator, directing fervent prayers to God and the archangels for 15 minutes to an hour. The method employed for these works was fairly standard for the time. Kelly joined him in March of 1582, and was his sole assistant during the remainder of the work.
ENOCHIAN CHESS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN SERIES
During the years from 1581 to 1585, Dee performed a long series of magickal operations to that intent. Having come to the conclusion that worldly efforts would not lead to the wisdom he desired, he decided to apply himself to contacting divine sources. Among these was the then-fabled Book of Enoch, which he apparently conceived as being a book describing the magick system used by that patriarch. Dee had a passion for discovering lost knowledge and spiritual truths in particular he wanted to recover the wisdom he believed to be in the lost books of earlier times. The systems of magick now known as Enochian magick derive from the work of the Elizabethan scholar Dr. Thanks also to the many people who made suggestions, whether or not I used them, and to the people who had constructive criticisms of early versions. Thanks to Clay Holden and the John Dee Publication Project for cleaned-up scans from Dee's diaries. Note: Due to their large size, the illustrations for this document are on separate linked pages.
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