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way and perceive such a forewarning in the original source material? This seems a
simple question that has been overlooked, unless I’m missing something equally as
obvious. Could Crowley’s linkage of Choronzon to this Æthyr be a not necessarily
helpful preconception for someone approaching the 10 th anew today?
JOEL
Hi Joel—I must say that I disagree with your statement, “Choronzon is mentioned in
the 11 th , but not necessarily in such a way as to suggest the 10 th was therefore all about
Choronzon.” In the 11 th we read:
And I said unto the Angel:
Is there not one appointed as a warden?
And he said:
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani.
That the 11 th is the last bastion set against the malice of Mr C seems obvious to me,
given its description and the message of its Angel, and the answer to Crowley’s question,
above, strongly implies that the 10 th is Choronzon, and little if anything else. Each
Æthyr had a guardian, or warden, as he worked his way up. When the Angel answers
with the words of Jesus, as he hung upon the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?” [Mark 15:34] it seems to suggest a definite “No” to Crowley’s inquiry,
though it isn’t stated quite so explicitly.
Jones never questioned the nature of the 10 th , nor did I, and I agree that looking at
the Dee material it is not obvious to the casual observer that anything might be amiss
there, compared with the other Æthyrs. But on closer examination, I think, we are
forced to admit that something is different about it.
Look at an illustration of Dee’s “Great Table” [Turner, Robert, Elizabethan Magic,
p 59. See also James, Geoffrey, The Enochian Evocation of Dr John Dee, p 117; British
Museum, Sloane ms. 3191, fols. 56 v –57 r ; and others] and compare it with that of “The
91 Symmetrical Characters” [Turner, p 61. See also James, p 116; Sloane ms. 3191, fols.
49 v –50 r ; and others]. Both were received on the same day, in the same action of 25 June,
1584 [Casaubon, Meric (ed.), A True and Faithful Relation of what passed for many Yeers
Between Dr John Dee … and some Spirits, pp 172–178], and curiously enough, the latter
was shown Kelly, and recorded by him, before the former. The symmetrical characters
are sigils of what are often called the Governors of the 30 Æthyrs (though this is
something of a misnomer). The name of each of these 91 Governors may be found
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