Israel Regardie - The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.pdf

VOLUME TEN
"OL SONUF VAORSAGI GOHO IADA BALTA. LEXARPH,
COMANAN, TABITOM. ZODAKARA EKA ZODAKARE OD
ZODAMARAN. ODO KIKLE QAA, PIAPE PIAMOEL OD VAOAN."
This means, "I will reign over you, saith the God of Justice. Lexarph,
Comanan, Tabitom. Move therefore. Show yourselves forth and appear. Declare
unto us the mysteries of your creation, the balance of righteousness and truth."
The pronunciation of these few lines of Enochian language is nowhere near
as formidable as may appear at first sight. The following is the pronunciation I use.
I might add in passing that this is an Invocation I have used frequently over the last
forty-odd years, primarily in relationship to the practice of the Middle Pillar
technique (which I have improved and enhanced, to be published by Falcon Press
under the title The Sceptre of Power) and the Ritual of the "Watch Tower
Ceremony" in this volume.
" Oh-el Soh-noof Vay-oh-air-sah-jee, Goho Ee-ah-dah Baltah.
El-ex-arpayhay. Cohmah-nah-noo. Tah-bee-toh-em. Zoad-a-kah-rah
ay-kah zoad-akah-ray oh-dah Zoad-a-mer-ah-noo. Oh-dah kee-klay
kah-ah. Pee-ah-pay pee-ah-moh-el oh-dah vay-oh-ah-noo. "
Using these as an example, the enterprising student should experience very
little difficulty in handling any words or phrases to be found in the various Calls
or in this dictionary. The major obstacle at first encountered is simply the
strangeness of the appearance of the words and the lack of experience in pursuing
the rules laid down. The sounds may seem very much like pure gibberish at the
outset. If he persists, however, the student will soon learn to disentangle the
sounds from apparent chaos and find himself confronted by a meaningful language
and a meaningful set of invocations. In any event, do remember there is no absolute
or final rendition of the way to pronounce these Calls. If he can approximate the
instructions laid down here, his own version will be as authoritative as any.
In 1976, an Enochian Dictionary was published by Leo Vinci entitled
GMICALZOMA through the Regency Press in England. I have no comments to
make about it, other than that it is a workable and usable dictionary. It post-dates
my Dictionary by many years, mine having begun to circulate in the U.S. and the
United Kingdom a score of years earlier.
Not too long after that, Askin Publishers in England became interested in my
dictionary and a correspondence ensued relative to having them publish mine. A
friend, a philologist, promised to write an Introduction to it with a view to
elucidating the origins of the Enochian language. Again, a series of mishaps
occurred which prevented the Introduction from being written. It resulted in Askin
Publishers taking the lead, and offering to get Dr. Laycock (an Australian philologist
who had been in touch with me sometime before this) to do an Introduction for it.
When the Introduction arrived, I was most disappointed in it, feeling that it
exuded contempt and ridicule.
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