Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

from its relevance to Dee’s request is the fact that, despite the view
many magicians seem to have regarding the Enochian system, Ave
seems to be saying that the words in and of themselves are not the
main “power” behind the magic. After all, the angels certainly had no
difficulty transmitting the Calls but, as Ave says, the good will of man,
and the heat and fervency of the spirit are, as prayer, the important
factor, not formulae. Dee presses the Angel who basically tells Dee
that he cannot give any more information because he is not himself
human.
Tyson sums up: Spiritual beings must be evoked into our reality by
human beings. We must open the gates and admit the servants of
Coronzon ourselves. Evocation and invocation are not a part of the
business of angels, but of humans. That is why the angels needed to go
through the elaborate ruse of conveying the system of Enochian magic,
with the Keys and the Great Table of the Watchtowers, to Dee. If the
apocalypse is to take place, and if it is necessary for human beings to
open the gates of the Watchtowers before it can take place, the angels
first had to instruct a man in the correct method for opening the gates.
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This is certainly a bold statement, and one that is not without its issues.
First of all we may note, that according to the angels, Choronzon
Himself is behind the fall of Adam, as quoted by Colin Low:
Choronzon is mentioned only once in John Dee’s diaries, during a
communication from the angels concerning the expulsion of Adam
from the garden of Eden:
"But Coronzon (for so is the name of that mighty devil), envying man’s
felicity, and perceiving that the substance of man’s lesser part was
frail and unperfect in respect to his purer essence, began to assail man
and so prevailed. By offending so, man became accursed in the sight of
God, and so lost both the garden of Felicity and the judgement of his
understanding, but not utterly the favour of God. But he was driven
forth (as your scriptures record) unto the earth which was covered
with brambles. ... But in the same instant when Adam was expelled, the
54 Tyson, ibid.
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