Practical Angel Magic of Dr John Dee's Enochian Tables: Tabularum Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes as Used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Reverend Ayto [Hardcover]

Stephen Skinner (Author), David Rankine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2005

Stephen Skinner has been interested in magic for as long as he can remember. He wrote, with Francis King, the classic "Techniques of High Magic" in 1976. He followed that with "Oracle of Geomancy and Terrestrial Astrology" which has become the standard work on Western divinatory geomancy. Books on Nostradamus and Millennium Prophecies followed in highly illustrated editions. Stephen is also the author of eight books on feng shui, including the first one written in English in the 20th century. In the 1970s he was responsible for stimulating interest in John Dee and Enochian magic by publishing the first reprint of Casaubon's "True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers between Dr John Dee and some Spirits", and Dr Donald Laycock's key reference book on the angelic language "The Complete Enochian Dictionary". With David Rankine, he discovered what happened to Dee's most important manuscript, his personal book of angelic invocations which he kept in Latin, and how it was preserved and developed in the 17th century into a full working Enochian system. Only ten percent of this material reached the unpublished archives of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and even this was then suppressed by the chiefs of the Order, so it did not appear in Israel Regardie's monumental work on the Order rituals and documents. They have also traced the routes down which were passed the classic techniques of invocation and evocation from late mediaeval grimoires, through Dee's magic, via Ashmole, and the aristocratic angel magicians of the 17th century, and Frederick Hockley to the senior magicians of the Golden Dawn.

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"This deserves to be our book of the month because anyone interested in magick should have this book on their shelves, for reference, interest and, of course, kudos but only practicing and experienced magickians will be able to use it. Highly recommended." -- Prediction, July 2005.

About the Author

David Rankine is an author who has been practising magick for 25 years, and is best known for his lively lectures and workshops. He has been involved with a wide variety of magickal groups and traditions, and draws on his extensive experience to convey the essence of magick in simple terms.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Golden Hoard Press (June 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0954763904
• ISBN-13: 978-0954763909
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #432,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mandatory material for serious Enochian practitioners, February 10, 2006

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This review is from: Practical Angel Magic of Dr John Dee's Enochian Tables: Tabularum Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes as Used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Reverend Ayto (Hardcover)

This volume does much to clarify aspects of Dee's magick that have long generated controversy, such as the correct directional assignments of the Tables and the specific invocational litanies appropriate to each type of Enochian Entity. Critics who claim there is nothing new here are mistaken in both their scholarship and the understanding of their practice. Skinner proves that enormous care was employed by whomever set out the Bonorum material, indicating that it might well reflect Dee's final and definitive organization. In addition, the G.D.'s secretive treatment of these texts testifies that they may well embody the master-key to Enochian work. No study of Enochian can be considered complete without this book!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, July 29, 2005

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This review is from: Practical Angel Magic of Dr John Dee's Enochian Tables: Tabularum Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes as Used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Reverend Ayto (Hardcover)

This book is a must have on the shelf of any magickian. It is beautifully produced and will certainly impress.

A must read for students of the work of John Dee, Golden Dawn or Enochian magick. This book contains previously unpublished manuscripts, reproduced in full which make it of value to those of us who would like to work with original manuscripts but who can't afford trips to the various UK libraries where they are kept and who don't have access to private collections.

This is volume I and I am impatient for Volume II. The sign of a good book.

24 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Enochian from Dee's 16th century successors, July 1, 2005

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Stephen Skinner "scholar-magician" (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Practical Angel Magic of Dr John Dee's Enochian Tables: Tabularum Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes as Used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Reverend Ayto (Hardcover)

From two previously unpublished 17th century manuscripts on Angel Magic, with instructions for their use as used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Rev. Ayton, F L Gardiner and other members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

The authors have discovered what happened to John Dee's most important manuscript, his book of personal angeilic invocations which he kept in Latin, and how it was preserved and developed by 17th century magicians into a full working magical system. How only a small part of this material reached the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the 1880's. Even this was then suppressed by the chiefs of the Order, and it did not appear in Israel Regardie's monumental work on the Order rituals.

They have also traced how the classical techniques of invocation and evocation drawn from late mediaeval grimoires, were passed through John Dee's magic, via Elias Ashmole, to the aristocratic angel magicians of the 17th century, including some of the most powerful and influential figures in England.

In the 20th century many fanciful constructions were added to GD Enochian by writers such as Aleister Crowley, who were however all unaware of the completely developed system that already existed, and which is here published in full for the first time.