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Practical Angel Magic of Dr John Dee’s Enochian Tables
Tabula Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes as used by Wynn Westcott,
Alan Bennett, Reverent Ayto etc.
By Stephen Skinner and David Rankine
RRP £35, 300 pages, ISBN 978-0954763909,
HB
First published, June 2005; Published by Golden Hoard Press
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From two previously unpublished 17th century
manuscripts on Angel Magic, with instructions for their use
as used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Rev. Ayton, F L Gardiner
and other members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
The authors have discovered what happened
to John Dee’s most important manuscript, his book of
personal angelic invocations which he kept in Latin, and how
it was preserved and developed by 17th century magicians into
a full working magical system. How only a small part of this
material reached the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in
the 1880’s. Even this was then suppressed by the chiefs
of the Order, and it did not appear in Israel Regardie’s
monumental work on the Order rituals.
They have also traced how the classical techniques
of invocation and evocation drawn from late mediaeval grimoires,
were passed through John Dee’s magic, via Elias Ashmole,
to the aristocratic angel magicians of the 17th century, including
some of the most powerful and influential figures in England.
In the 20th century many fanciful constructions
were added to GD Enochian by writers such as Aleister Crowley,
who were however all unaware of the completely developed system
that already existed, and which is here published in full
for the first time.
 Publisher’s
Notes:
This book provides the complete text of Sloane
MS 307 and Sloane MS 3821, two previously unpublished 17th
century manuscripts which expand massively on the Latin in
Dee’s Tabularum Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes found
in Sloane MS 3191. The authors also provide derivative material
from the original Sloane manuscripts which occurred in Rawlinson
MS D1067 and Rawlinson MSS D1363. The first part of the material
on the Enochian Tables found in the Sloane manuscripts was
used by the Golden Dawn to form their Book H, and a transcription
of Allan Bennett’s personal copy of Book H is included
as an appendix, as well as textual comparison from Frederick
Leigh Gardner’s copy against the Sloane material.
To appreciate manuscript material the context
and provenance of the material needs to be demonstrated, and
Skinner and Rankine have done this with extensive chapters
elaborating on Sources of Angel Magic in the Grimoires, John
Dee, Aristocratic Magic after the Sixteenth Century and the
Impact of the Golden Dawn. A whole range of well-known and
obscure magicians are brought to life with details of their
lives and practices, tracing the ownership and use of the
material from the time of their creation through to the Golden
Dawn.
 Prediction
Magazine selected this book as their book of the month shortly
after it was released in 2005.
"This meticulously researched, scholarly
work opens up for the first time Dee’s book of personal
angelic invocations. Anyone interested in magick should have
this book on their shelves, for reference, interest and, of
course, kudos."
Prediction, Book of the Month, July
2005
"Anyone interested in the Western
Tradition and its roots will find this volume captivating.
To be able to read the words of Dr Dee, albeit in translation
from Latin, is also nothing short of a privilege, and should
rank alongside Agrippa."
Watkins Review, Staff Recommendations,
No. 12, Autumn/Winter 2005
Practical Angel Magic of Dr
John Dee's Enochian Tables, RRP £35.00
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ALSO SEE: THE
COMPLETE MAGICIAN'S TABLES BY STEPHEN SKINNER
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