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Tetragrammaton: The Secret to Evoking Angelic Powers and the Key to the Apocalypse (Llewellyn's High Magick Series)

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Arguably controversial,Donald Tyson's treatment of the Holy Name and its magical implications and ramifications,with an extended reference to Enochiana cannot but act as a catalyst of ideas.Indeed,this is an unparalleled extensive treatment of the topic,while the author payed attention to the modern implications of the subject approached in his unique learned and critical manner.Whether one agrees with his assumption that the Enochian Keys are apocalyptic in nature-an interesting proposition in itself- has very little relevance;the merit of this book lies rather in its compelling ability of making the reader think and further explore the subject.

I have personally read many books on Kabbalah, each a regurgitation of the one before. This book, however was fascinating and new. I do not feel that history holds all the keys to our future. I can not believe that the sages of long past knew all the answers to the great mysteries of the Universe. All to often we spend so much time with our nose in a book, reading someone restating the same old thing they read somewhere else, that we fail to actually lean and grow. Donald Tyson appears to be different. In this book he brings to light many new and exciting ideas that I have never seen before. Whether or not he is accurate, I have yet to see for myself, but at least I will have tried something new and learned from it. So, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Devine Name, its meaning and uses. Especially to those who, like myself, crave understanding yet aren't afraid to step off the trodden path to find it.

-Jeremiah Wolfe

There is obviously no conclusion too high that Mr. Tyson cannot jump to it. I was intrigued when I found that Mr. Tyson had written another book with Enochian content as I had enjoyed his beginners guide to enochian very much. What I didn't realize was that there is a great gap between someone being able to summarize the work of others (as in the Beginner's Guide) and actually publishing an original thought. Mr. Tyson is obviously well read, but he fails to give any firm basis for wild theories that include the pivotal idea of the book which is that we should work magically for the destruction of our own universe and that that is the sole purpose of the Angelic calls or keys of Enochian Magick. It is no small wonder that Gerald Schueller gets Donald Tyson to write his introductions. They are two peas in a pod. While I truly believe Mr. Tyson writes more in earnest each of the two have been opportunistic in generating pulp about Enochian that will never further the science, only their bank accounts. This book is a stinker and proves once again what a skunk farm Llewellyn Publications is.

As I do agree with the former comments on the book as far as jumping from Neophyte to level of 7=4 grade, I must say that, however, he did do a nice job on analyzing the Enochian Keys, unlike any other, and the sigils of the Governours of the Aethyrs is greatly appreciated. He did, as was mentioned before, should have wrote an intermediate guide for those inexperienced, but for the expereinced, I see it as help as those who seek the Mysteries behind Keys 1-18. 93, 93/93

Tyson does it again with yet another opinionfest, just like his book "The New Magus" and "Enochian Magic for Beginners". Although "Enochian Magic for Beginners" was a useful book, it was more theory than fact. "Tetragrammaton", on the other hand, has barely any practical value at all. It's nothing but one experimental theory after another. Almost useless. Now, it got 2 stars because it IS an interesting read and it brought up a lot of thoughts in my mind. Perhaps it can do the same for you.

Whereas I have found some dissapointing discoveries in many of Tyson's early works, this rides the fence. It is interesting to give the Enochian Aethyrs a veiw from a total Christian veiwpoint, but there is more than just Christianity lined within the Enochiana. Tyson is very Christian, and he makes this clear in a subtle way, and bases many of his opinions of general Occultism this way. I would not recommend this book to the beginner in Enochian Magick, but perhaps for someone who wants to look at it in a different veiw. As far as the Enochiana being the Keys to the Apocolypse...perhaps so, but I would not aim to attempting to release ol' 333...he might just burn the back of your neck!