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  2. Enochian - Wikipedia

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    The phonology of Enochian is "thoroughly English", apart from difficult sequences such as bdrios, excolphabmartbh, longamphlg, lapch, etc. [16] Similarly, Enochian orthography closely follows Early Modern English orthography, for example in having soft and hard c and g , and in using digraphs ch , ph , sh , and th for the sounds /tʃ ~ k/, /f ...

  3. Enochian magic - Wikipedia

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    Israel Regardie's Enochian dictionary is reprinted in Crowley, Duquette, and Hyatt, Enochian World of Aleister Crowley. [ 12 ] Since Dee is known to have been a spy for Elizabeth I 's court, there are interpretations of his Angelic manuscripts as cryptographic documents - most likely polyalphabetic ciphers - designed to disguise political messages.

  4. Watchtower (magic) - Wikipedia

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    In the Enochian system of magic, brought to public attention by Dr. John Dee and his scryer Edward Kelley in the 16th century, was the first instance of Watchtower rituals being used. The rituals involved complex evocative designs.

  5. Theurgy - Wikipedia

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    [5] Keith Thomas: "Spiritual magic or theurgy was based on the idea that one could reach God in an ascent up the scale of creation made possible by a rigorous course of prayer, fasting and devotional preparation." [6] Pierre A. Riffard: "Theurgy is a type of magic. It consists of a set of magical practices performed to evoke beneficent spirits ...

  6. Enochian (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Enochian is an occult or angelic language recorded in the private journals of Dr. John Dee and his seer Edward Kelley in the late 16th century. Enochian may also refer to: Enochian chess, a four-player chess variant; Enochian magic, a system of ceremonial magic based on the writings of John Dee and Edward Kelley; Enochian Theory, a British rock ...

  7. Enoch - Wikipedia

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    These recount how Enoch was taken up to Heaven and was appointed guardian of all the celestial treasures, chief of the archangels, and the immediate attendant on the Throne of God. He was subsequently taught all secrets and mysteries and, with all the angels at his back, fulfills of his own accord whatever comes out of the mouth of God ...

  8. Archon (Gnosticism) - Wikipedia

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    As rulers over the material world, they are called ἄρχοντες (archontes, "principalities", or "rulers"). As with Classical astronomy , which thought of a sphere of fixed stars above the spheres of the seven planets, [ 7 ] beyond the spheres of the evil archons (Hebdomad), there were the supercelestial regions which a soul must reach by ...

  9. Historical geography - Wikipedia

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    A 1740 map of Paris. Ortelius World Map, 1570. Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time. [1] In its modern form, it is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history, anthropology, ecology, geology, environmental studies, literary studies, and other fields.