similia said:
Thanks for taking the time to explain that so thouroughly Zhark. Your english is easy to understand, though my brain is struggling with the Enochian
Ahhh *smile* that is nice to read, thanks
and yes, brain hiccups, but is helpful for me to write about enochian
similia said:
But I can see the pattern now, many thanks. If you look down a column you will see Star (Aquarius), Justice (Libra), Fool (Air) and Lovers (Gemini). The three air signs and the air element. The same for the other vertical columns, each one a different element.
Looking horizontally, you see signs of the same quality (e.g. Star/Aquarius, Heirophant/Taurus, Strength/Leo and Death/Scorpio, all the fixed signs). Your chart makes this much clearer. I understand how this relates back to attribution of YHVH
You got it.
similia said:
though am not 100% clear on the method behind the rotating changes in the different elemental tables. But the same basic pattern can be observed, which satisfies me for the moment.
My thinking about the method behind the rotating changes is:
The Golden Dawn use two 4-Element Schematics
Nr 1:
The elements vibrate between the Cardinal points for they have not an unchangeable abode therein,
though they are allotted to the Four Quarters in their invocation in the Ceremonies of the First
Order. This attribution is derived from the nature of the winds. For the Easterly wind is of the
Nature of Air more especially. The South Wind bringeth into action the nature of Fire. West
winds bring with them moisture and rain. North winds are cold and dry like Earth. The S.W.
wind is violent and explosive -- the mingling of the contrary elements of Fire and Water. The
N.W. and S.W. winds are more harmonious, uniting the influence of the two active and passive
elements.
Nr 2:
Yet their natural position in the Zodiac is: Fire in the East, Earth in South, Air in West,
and Water in the North. Therefore they vibrate: Air between West and East. Fire between East
and South. Water between North and West. Earth between South and North. Spirit also vibrateth
between the Height and Depth
(from Regardie Israel - Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic - THE RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM)
The arrangement of the Enochian Element Tables follow (Nr 1) the Nature of Air (1 Air 2 Water 3 Fire 4 Earth)
and begins with Letter h (5 Wands *Reglus in Lion*) on the Great Cross on the Air Tablet
One Gate in/to the Enochian Tables is the 5 Pillar Tree of Life:
It is demonstrated in the book called "T" that when the 10 Sephiroth in their
grouping which is called the Tree of Life are projected in a Sphere (Kether coinciding
with the North Pole, Malkuth coinciding with the South Pole, the Pillar of Mildness
with the Axis), then the Pillars of Severity and of Mercy are quadrupled, i .e. there are
5 Pillars instead of 3 Pillars.
(Regardie Israel - Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic - THE BOOK OF THE CONCOURSE OF THE FORCES)
Am not clear with the astrological System but the Human Body assignment to the 5 Pillar is easy
4 * Tiphareth - Heart
2 * Chesed - left shoulder
2 * Geburah - right Shoulder
=
1 Heart - 4 Sephiroth
2 Shoulders - 4 Sephiroth, 2 for one Shoulder
1 Ear - 2 Sephiroth and so on
The YHVH/4 Elements on Sephirotic Crosses
Regardie write:
The Sephirotic Crosses represent the Sephiroth modified by the letter of the
lesser angle. Thus they will be Kether of Vau in the airy lesser angle, of Heh in the
watery, and so on. The attributions of these Crosses otherwise are constant in all
angles of all tablets
I think Regardie mean every Sephiroc Cross has only one Element (it comes from YHVH)
The Sephiroth Cross in the Air Section on the Fire Tablet has 10 Air Signs (one for one Letter), in the Water Section 10 Water Signs and so on
The same (as in the Fire Tablet) are on the Water, Air, and Earth Tablet
Air Section 10 Air Signs and so on and so on
The Kerubic Squares
Regardie write:
(a) The outside square is always attributed to the letter corresponding to
the element of the lesser angle. Thus in the four airy lesser angles the left hand square
is attributed to Vau, in the four watery the right hand square always to Heh; in the
four earthy the left-hand square always to Heh (final); in the four fiery the right
hand square always to Yod.
This confused me long time, i don?t found the Element-Start-Points from the on the Tablets
Air Tablet:
Nr 1 - up-Left r = Air (Air Section)
Nr 2 - up-right a = Water (Water Section)
Nr 3 - down-left+6up t = Earth (Earth Section)
Nr 4 - down-right+6up d = Fire (Fire Section)
Same Start points (as on Air Tablet) with the same Readingsequenz (Air,Water,Earth,Fire) on the Water (Letters: T m M X)
Earth (b a O t) and the Fire Tablet (d a p a)
Regardie write:
(b) In the Tablets of Air and Water the Name reads right to left in the two
Upper quarters, left to right
The Sequenz of YHVH (Fire Water Air Earth) in the Kerubic Squares (Water+Air) on the Air Tablet from right to left are:
The Air Tablet:
Start point 1
Nr 1 - up-right a = Water (Water Section)
NR 2 - p = Air (Water Section)
Nr 3 - t = Earth (Water Section)
Nr 4 - y = Fire (Water Section)
Start point 2
Nr 1 - up-Left r = Air (Air Section)
Nr 2 - a = Earth (the last Letter, right Side in the Kerubic Square on the Air Section)
Nr 3 - l = Fire (Air Section)
Nr 4 - Z = Water (Air Section)
Start point 3
Nr 1 - down-Left t = Earth (Earth Section)
Nr 2 - N = Fire
Nr 3 - b = Water
Nr 4 - r = Air
Start point 4
Nr 1 - down-right d = Fire (Fire Section)
Nr 2 - x = Water (the first Letter, left Side on Fire Section)
Nr 3 - g = Air
Nr 4 - s = Earth
Same Element Sequenz on Water Tablet
on Earth and Fire Tablet write Regardie:
in the two lower. In the Tablets of Earth and Fire, it reads
left to right in the two upper quarters, right to left in the two lower
The Earth Tablet:
Startpoint 1
Nr 1 - up-left b = Air (Air Section)
Nr 2 - O = Earth
and so on
The Servient squares.
Regardie Write:
These, it will be remembered, are in four vertical columns of four squares, or
four horizontal ranks of four squares. To avoid confusion the word "column" will be
used to denote vertical, and the word "rank" to denote horizontal rows invariably.
The four columns follow the order of the four Kerubic squares always. The four
squares under Heh are also attributed to Heh and so forth. The four ranks are also
dependent on the four Kerubic squares, and whatever order these are in, right to left is
the order of the servient ranks downwards. This rule is invariable, and does NOT
depend on whether the Name reads right to left or left to right.
All Tables and all Sections (on a Table) have the same Startpoint
Air Tablet:
Nr 1 - s = Earth (the last Letter, right Side in the Servient Square on the Air Section)
why Earth? it comes from the same last Letter on the Kerubic Square a = Earth
n z c (reading from left to right from s (Nr 1) are Earth Too
Nr 2 - t = Fire (one Letter under s (Nr 1)
why Fire? the Sequenz of YHVH = Fire Water Air Earth (same as in the Kerubic Squares) goes down on the Servient squares:
Nr 3 - s (one under Letter t) = Water
Nr 4 - d = Air
and so on and so on
A very Helpful Program about this is Visual Enochian
http://www.mysticalinternet.com/software/enochian.htm
you can see there the Pyramids of the Squares with the Elemtcolours
The Enochian Tables are not easy to understand, but after understanding, now I think, many of Enochian go with a simple and Mnemotechnic 4*4 Elements (in Scion s excellent. Liber T Guide are more about Mnemotechnic, it open my eyes *thanks !!*)
similia said:
The Sephirotic Cross I am a little less comfortable with. I can see that they are all the same on each tablet, as you pointed out. And that they are basically all the cards that are not a Sign or Element, i.e. these are the planets (excluding Saturn, as The World card is already used for its Earth attribution). Why they have gone on each square is unclear though. some are very sensible, e.g. Towers/Mars on Geburah with the other 5's, Sun/Sun on Tipareth with the other 6's. The others I do not understand why they are there, but at least can see that they are in a repeated pattern.
Similar, same questions in my Head, i dont understand this
I have read only the Godzilla vz ET one you referenced completely, and it was very interesting. It gives a good introduction to the structure of enochian as well as the various attributions and how they came about, as well as how they function in practice which is especially useful to read. I think it would be very usful to people trying to understand the system as beginners also, if they don't want to purchase books like those already discussed. 