Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

Chapter 7 : Angels of the Apocalypse Revisited
4. Apocalypse
At last, we can now return to the Enochian Apocalypse and consider,
in the light of what we have found concerning Dee, Crowley and the
forces they encountered in the course of their various magical
experiments, what, if anything, Donald Tyson has discovered. To
summarize, the central thesis of Enochian Apocalypse is that John
Dee, the Elizabethan Renaissance man, was given in the course of his
communications with beings that identified themselves as the
Archangels (including Michael 75 and Uriel) that would play central
roles in the events described in the Book of Revelation, the “keys”, in
the form of magical incantations, or Calls, which would open the gates
of the Watchtowers that keep the forces of the Demon Choronzon, etc.,
out of the Universe, triggering the End of the World. The reason this
little essay by Tyson is important is because it is my contention that
this may have been exactly what Jack Parsons tried to accomplish in
the Babalon Working, whether by his own volition or through deceit
on the part of the spiritual beings he was in contact with.
So obviously, the first question we must address is whether or not such
a thing is possible. That Parsons seems to have failed is not the same
as saying it could not be done, and as we are moving toward the time
when manifestation of the new Aeon will be complete. As I will
discuss later, this has been discovered to be a universally anticipated
event, at least among secret societies and initiates and it may be that
Parsons was simply jumping the gun, so to speak. But first things first.
Tyson begins the next section, Enter the Great Beast, by briefly
discussing Crowley’s background, particularly his claim to the title of
the Great Beast of the Revelation. As we have already covered
Crowley’s life and work as it pertains to the Enochian Apocalypse (in
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Michael, incidentally, is one of the few named Angels in the Bible and is named explicitly
in Revelations.
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