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Enochian Magic 81
Book of Enoch is sometimes referred to as 1
Enoch to distinguish it from another book, the
Book of the Secrets of Enoch, which is often called
2 Enoch. 1 Enoch and 2 Enoch are also sometimes
called, respectively, the Ethiopic Enoch and the
Slavonic Enoch after the earliest languages in
which complete copies of these books were found.
The most important angel narrative in the
Book of Enoch is the tale of how a group of 200
angels lusted after mortal females. They then fell
from grace and became devils after leaving their
heavenly abode under the leadership of the angel
Semyaza and contracting unions with human
women. These angels also encouraged other sinful
activities by teaching humans about such things as
cosmetics (for women)—encouraging vanity—
and weapons (for men)—to use in engaging in
battle with each other. The core of the narrative is
contained in Chapters 7 and 8:
It happened after the sons of men had
multiplied in those days, that daughters were
born to them elegant and beautiful. And
when the angels, the sons of heaven, beheld
them, they became enamored of them, saying
to each other: Come, let us select for ourselves
wives from the progeny of men, and let us
beget children. (7:1–2)
Then they took wives, each choosing for
himself; whom they began to approach, and
with whom they cohabited; teaching them
sorcery, incantation, and the dividing of roots
and trees. And they conceiving brought forth
giants; whose stature was each three hundred
cubits. These devoured all which the labor of
men produced; until it became impossible to
feed them; when they turned themselves
against men, in order to devour them.
(7:10–13)
When earth was in complete anarchy, God sent
the archangel Michael down from heaven to
confine the corrupt angels in the valleys of earth
until doomsday. The giants that these angels had
fathered (the Nephilim) went on wreaking havoc
until (according to such sources as the Book of
Jubilees) they were wiped out in the Flood.
Scripture, however, records later, post-Flood tribes
of giants who were descendants of the Nephilim
(e.g., Num. 13:33; Deut. 2:11; Josh. 12:4; etc.).
This story, which at one time was widely
known, eventually disappeared from popular folklore
because it clashed with the official church
position, which was that angels were beings of
pure spirit and thus could not engage in sexual
intercourse. A brief allusion to the Enoch tale can
be found in Genesis 6:2–4, where it says that the
“sons of God” (which, when seen through the lens
of the Book of Enoch, are angels) took mortal
women as wives.
The early church Fathers clearly regarded the
Book of Enoch as scripture, as is evident in many
places in the New Testament canon. The Epistle of
Jude, for example, refers directly to 1 Enoch when
he states that “Enoch also, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied of these, saying, Behold the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to
execute judgment upon all.” (Jude 1:14–15).
See also Book of Jubilees; Judaism
For Further Reading:
The Book of Enoch. Transl. Richard Laurence.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Artisan Sales, [1882] 1980.
Giovetti, Paola. Angels. The Role of Celestial
Guardians and Beings of Light. Transl. Toby
McCormick. 1989. York Beach, ME: Samuel
Wiser, 1993.
Margolies, Morris B. A Gathering of Angels: Angels
in Jewish Life and Literature. New York:
Ballantine, 1994.
Enochian Magic
Enochian Magic is a system of magic teaching
communication with angels and spirits, and with
travel through different planes of consciousness.
Its origins can be traced back to the sixteenth
century, when English astrologer John Dee
joined Edward Kelly in an attempt to communicate
with the spirits through the practice known
as scrying.
Communication with the spirits was possible
thanks to the use of the Enochian language, a
complex tongue of unknown origin. Its melodic
sound is similar to Sanskrit, Greek, or Arabic. Each
Enochian letter features a numerical value, and is
associated with elemental, planetary, and tarot
properties.