Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

2. The Séances
Dee’s diaries covering the period of 1582-1587 were published in
1659 by Meric Casaubon under the tide A True and Faithful Relation
of What Passed for Many Years between Dr. John Dee and Some
Spirits in London (see illustration of title page) This work has lately
been digitized and is available on the World Wide Web. There is also a
considerable amount of other material about Dee (including the book
quoted above) and his work available on the internet (see
bibliography)
The system of Enochian magick – if indeed it can be called such - is
complex and uneven. The body of the work developed over time and
grows more complex as it the sessions go on. It also becomes more
“original” as the early work recorded by Dee is obviously influenced
by a derivative of the work of occult writers before, most notably
Agrippa and Trithemius.
Tyson describes the magick as an initiatory formula designed to open
the locked gates of the four great watchtowers that stand guard
against chaos at the extremities of our universe 44 Tyson quotes some
key exchanges between Dee and the angels to his thesis and they are
worth looking at in detail:
The 4 houses, are the 4 Angels of the Earth, which are the 4
Overseers, and Watchtowers, that the eternal God in his providence
hath placed, against the usurping blasphemy, misuse, and stealth of
the wicked and great enemy, the Devil. To the intent that being put out
to the Earth, his envious will might be bridled, the determinations of
God fulfilled, and his creatures kept and preserved, within the
compass and measure of order."
These Watchtowers… bar the chaotic legions of Coronzon from
sweeping across the face of the world. Coronzon, the angels reveal, is
the true heavenly name for Satan. He is also known by the Enochian
title of Death-Dragon or Him-That-Is-Fallen (Telocvovim) 45 .
44 Tyson, ibid.
45 Tyson, ibid.
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