The Enochian Magick of Dr. John Dee: The Most Powerful System of Magick in its Original, Unexpurgated Form [Paperback]

Geoffrey James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 8, 2002

Dr. John Dee's system of Enochian Magick has been enormously influential in the practices of the Order of the Golden Dawn. Though long out-of-print, this book has become an occult classic because it holds all the secrets of Dee's private magical workbooks, just as Dee recorded them in the late 16th century.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin

About the Author

Geoffrey James is a full-time author and consultant on computer industry issues. He is and adjunct faculty member at Boston University and teaches management courses at the UC Santa Cruz and the University of Washington. Mr. James resides on the East Coast.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; 1st Llewellyn ed edition (September 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567183670
• ISBN-13: 978-1567183672
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,039,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Useful Book, August 13, 2000

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This review is from: The Enochian Magick of Dr. John Dee: The Most Powerful System of Magick in its Original, Unexpurgated Form (Paperback)

James' book is basically a copy of Dee's own "grimoire" of Enochian and Heptarchic magick, excerpted by Dee from the raw material of his diaries. James' translations of Latin passages have been severely criticized by other Enochian scholars (e.g., Robert Turner) but the passages in question do not bear much relevance to the actual practice of the magick. James has also "corrected" the Enochian Calls so that -- in his estimation -- the Angelic versions fit better with their English translations; these small differences do not seem to greatly affect the potency of the Calls. His editorial intervention is otherwise minimal.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unimpressed, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Enochian Magick of Dr. John Dee: The Most Powerful System of Magick in its Original, Unexpurgated Form (Paperback)

There are better books than this on Enochian. When I bought this volume I had very few books on the subject and it probably ended up confusing me more. While presented in an antiquarian fashion it lacks references to where the author had taken the information from. For those who are serious on Enochian, I would recommend Cassabon (if you can track it down), Turner's Elizabethan Magic, and the books published in McLean's Magnum Opus Heremetic Sourcework series.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent as a reference, poor as an introduction., January 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Enochian Magick of Dr. John Dee: The Most Powerful System of Magick in its Original, Unexpurgated Form (Paperback)

James has distilled the magically useful material from Dee's often-obscure diaries and presented it in organized form, creating an "Enochian grimoire." However, some of the material was not delivered in the order in which James presents it, and there is little historical or background information. I recommend Donald Tyson's _Enochian Magic for Beginners_ to people who lack experience with Enochian magic, and this book as a handy reference for those who already have the background knowledge that James does not provide.