{"title":"John Dee","description":"Donald Laycock (d. 1988) was a doctor of linguistics at the University of Canberra, Australia.Stephen Skinner began his career as a geography lecturer and magazine publisher, but his long-term interest has always been Western magic. Stephen has written more than thirty-five books.Lon Milo DuQuette lectures worldwide on such topics as magic, tarot, and the Western Mystery Tradition. He is the author of numerous books on ceremonial magic and related topics.","products":[{"product_id":"the-complete-enochian-dictionary-a-dictionary-of-the-angelic-language-as-revealed-to-dr-john-dee-and-edward-kelley-paperback","title":"The Complete Enochian Dictionary: A Dictionary of the Angelic Language as Revealed to Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe complete reference for understanding the Enochian language (\"the language of the angels\"), the proper pronunciation of the letters of the Enochian alphabet, and the use of evocations to call forth celestial beings and perform Enochian magic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1581, Dr. John Dee, an advisor in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, began a series of scrying experiments intended to explore the ability to contact the spirit world. With Edward Kelley acting as the medium in these experiments, Dee was able to record these communications as they were transmitted in Enochian, the language of the angels. Dr. Dee's efforts furthered the development of the system of Enochian magic \u003cb\u003eand his methods of invocation have been taken up and expounded upon by Aleister Crowley and many other magicians.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald C. Laycock has thoroughly analyzed the work of Dee and Kelley. In this volume, he recounts the history of their experiments. He \u003cb\u003eprovides a pronunciation guide for the twenty-one letters\u003c\/b\u003e, significant to untangling both the meaning and the derivation of the messages handed down from Dee and Kelley, and \u003cb\u003ean essential Enochian\/English and English\/Enochian dictionary\u003c\/b\u003e. The result is a fascinating linguistic and magical mystery story \u003cb\u003eintegral to any study of the Enochian tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of Laycock's work\u003cb\u003e includes a new preface by Stephen Skinner\u003c\/b\u003e that sets the tone and historical context for today's readers. Lon Milo DuQuette's foreword gives a delightful and edifying description of how he and his students put \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Enochian Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e to the test with astonishing results. \u003cb\u003eThis book is a must-have for any serious magician's library.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51317754331359,"sku":"9781578637966","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1ULy05aY8b9781578637966.webp?v=1788348439"},{"product_id":"the-hieroglyphic-monad-paperback","title":"The Hieroglyphic Monad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten in thirteen days in 1564 by the renowned Elizabethan magus, Dr. John Dee, \u003ci\u003eThe Hieroglyphic Monad\u003c\/i\u003e explains his discovery of the monas, or unity, underlying the universe as expressed in a hieroglyph, or symbol. Dee called \u003ci\u003eThe Hieroglyphic Monad\u003c\/i\u003e a \"magical parable\" based on the \u003ci\u003eDoctrine of Correspondences\u003c\/i\u003e which lies at the heart of all magical practice and is the key to the hermetic quest. Through careful meditation and study of the glyph, its secrets may be slowly revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51317765243103,"sku":"9781578632039","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qPtVIQYPBy9781578632039.webp?v=1788348462"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/john-dee.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}