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ENOCHIAN TEMPLES: ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST ENOCHIAN KEY

BY BENJAMIN ROWE

Copyright 1988, 1992 by Benjamin Rowe

(The following section fits into the "ymbols an! is#ali$ations" section of %nochian Temples atpoint &' t was !elete! from the p#blishe! )ersion to sa)e space'*

The first %nochian +ey or Call is a recapit#lation of the steps by which the creator of the system bro#ghtit into being' The +ey follows the same macrocosmictomicrocosmic progression #se! in the e-ampleconsecration rit#al, b#t then s#pplements this with a response from the microcosm !irecte! at themacrocosm' .ote that the !escription of the !ownwar! c#rrent contains se)en significant phrases,s#ggesting the planets an! s#n, the macrocosm, while the !escription of the response contains fi)e

significant phrases, s#ggesting the fo#r elements an! elemental spirit, the microcosm'

The /ownwar! C#rrent

1' /efinition of conte-t'

" reign o)er yo#, saith the 0o! of #stice, in power e-alte! abo)e the firmaments of wrath'" The"firmaments of wrath" are the regions of acti)ity within which creation taes place' The go! !eclares hisf#ll control o)er the act of creation, an! that as the creator he is o#tsi!e the realm in which the act ofcreation occ#rs'

2' /efinition of the limits an! 3#alities of the creation'

"n 4hose han!s the #n is as a swor!, an! the 5oon as a thro#ghthr#sting fire'" 6n elegant e3#ation,!efining the parameters of the creation' The go! !eclares !ominion o)er planetary forces (#n5oon*an! elemental forces (fireair*' 7e also !eclares control o)er the two types of !#alities those in whichone pole is projecti)e an! the other responsi)e (#n5oon* an! o)er those in which two forces of similarpolarity are balance! (fireair*' 4ithin the area of creation, the positi)e pole is attrib#te! to the elementof swor!s, 6ir, an! the antipositi)e pole is attrib#te! to the element of ire' This is reflecte! in theprece!ence followe! by the elements thro#gho#t the Tablets an! Calls 6ir first, then 4ater, %arth, an!ire'

&' 0athering of the energies to be #se!'

"4hich meas#reth yo#r garments in the mi!st of my )est#res'''" The wor! translate! here as "garments"is #se! #niformly to mean "creation" or "being" elsewhere in the +eys' 6nother wor! is #se! for"garments" in the ne-t sentence of this same +ey' 6nother wor! is also #se! for "mi!st" f#rther on in this+ey' o the translation here is 3#estionable' 6 magical image gi)en to !efine this phrase shows thescene thro#gh the go!:s eyes as he p#lls en!less threa!s of li)ing light o#t of a lamen on his chest'


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;' reparation of the material basis to which the energies are attache!'

"4hose seats garnishe! with the fire of gathering, which bea#tifie! yo#r garments with a!miration'"7a)ing generate! the positi)e or spirit#al pole of the creation, the go! now loos to the antipositi)e ormaterial pole' The "seats" are the s3#ares of the tablets in their two!imensional form' The go! embo!iesa part of his will in the Tablets, !efining the or!er an! place to which the spirit#al energies will beattracte! an! attache!' 4hen the energies are attache! to the Tablets, the pattern of will embo!ie! in theTablets e-ten!s bac along their path to the positi)e pole, con!itioning all the perceptible e-pressions

(the "garments"* of the energies'

?' /efinition of the mo!es of acti)ity of the creation'

"To whom ma!e a law to go)ern the holy ones," The wor! translate! as "holy ones" appears to !eri)efrom the same root as the enochian wor!s for "fire", s#ggesting that the holy ones are those who possessthe spirit#al will' The go! specifies the manner in which his creation will respon! to the mages an!a!epts'

@' /efinition of the p#rpose of the the acti)ity'

"an! !eli)ere! yo# a ro! with the ar of nowle!ge'" The spirits of the Tablets are gi)en a#thority o)er

the !ispensation of the go!:s nowle!ge, incl#!ing the power to initiate'

Ret#rning C#rrent

8' The energies respon! to the creati)e will'

"5oreo)er, yo# lifte! #p yo#r )oices an! sware obe!ience an! faith'''" The connection between the twopoles ha)ing been ma!e, an! the con!itions of their interaction being set, the angels of the creation )oicetheir response to the go!, swearing to contin#e to follow the go!:s will'

9' 6n! affirm the s#ccess of the act of creation'

"'''to him that li)eth an! tri#mpheth," The spirits of the Tablets affirm the e-istence of their creator bysaying that he li)es, an! affirm the s#ccess of the act of creation by saying that he tri#mphs'

1A' They affirm that the creator himself e-ists o#tsi!e the realm of creation'''


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"whose beginning is not, nor en! can not be," The spirits affirm that the go! e-ists entirely o#tsi!e thecreation:s sphere of acti)ity' This phrase echoes the line beginning "n whose han!s the #n is'''" from a)iewpoint insi!e the go!:s creation'

11' '''that his will is the so#rce of their e-istence,

"4hich shineth as a flame in the mi!st of yo#r palace'''" lame echoes the "fire of gathering", an! thepalace is the 0reat Tablet' The spirits affirm that they contin#e to reflect the go!:s creati)e will'

12' an! that he contin#es to reg#late all of their acti)ities'

"an! reigneth among yo# as the balance of righteo#sness an! tr#th'" The go! is the "go! of j#stice",correspon!ing to ibra, the balances' Righteo#sness an! Tr#th are at#rn an! #piter, who in t#rn arecontraction an! e-pansion, stability an! change, a#thority an! responsibility, an! n#mero#s othercomplementary pairs' The go! reconciles all opposites' The terms also echo the ro! (acti)e* an! the ar

of nowle!ge (recepti)e* of an earlier phrase' t is also to be note! that in 6cha!:s Tree, #piter an!at#rn are attrib#te! to the paths lea!ing respecti)ely to Chomah an! Binah from +ether' Their balanceis the path of hin, connecting +ether with Tiphereth' hin, ire, is the "flame in the mi!st of yo#rpalace", an! the beam of light in the center of the Temple'

The echoing of the go!:s statements by the spirits of the tablets also s#ggests that the con!itions the go!lai! on the creation as a whole are reflecte! in miniat#re within the creation' t shall be shown that this isthe case with the Tablets as we procee!' 1

Concl#!ing phrases

"5o)e, therefor, show yo#rsel)es"

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