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THE GREAT TABLE OF THE WATCHTOWERS
The forty-eight gates of the astral cities, that may be open by the forty-eight Keys, are represented by a large letter square divided into four parts by a central cross called the "Black Cross". This large letter square is know as the "Great Table". Each of the four quadrants on this table is called a "Watchtower". Through each Watchtower are accessed twelve of the cities of wisdom. The gates of the Watchtowers must be opened to allow the passage of the angels from their cities into the universe of men.
There seems to be a similarity between the structure of the Great Table and the structure of the New Jerusalem (as described in Revelation 21-22). New Jerusalem is laid out in a square. Each wall has three gates and at the gates twelve angels and names written thereon which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. The walls of the city have twelve foundation stones upon which is written the name of one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. In the center of New Jerusalem, Christ is seated upon a throne from which flows the river of the water of life, having four streams in the four cardinal directions.
Considering the Great Table as a ground plan for a fortress, each of the long columns and rows would then represent a street. At the end of these streets are gates. The city has three primary avenues and four lesser avenues. Each side of the Great Table has seven gates for a total of twenty- eight. The Great Black Cross could represents the four streams of the river of life. There are forty-two of these avenues, and since each avenue has two gates, eighty-four gates in all (twenty-one gates for each Watchtower). The Great Table may be considered as a whole entity which is divided into four quarters by the Black Cross. Each quarter, or Watchtower, is a smaller version of the Great Table. Each Watchtower has one main gate in each side and two lesser gate for a total of twelve gates. Each Watchtower has a cross running through his center that divides it into four quarters and each quarter is divided into four parts by a cross running through it. Quarters of the Watchtower have only one external gate. The central row of each Watchtower, called "line of God", contains three divine names of power composed of three, four and five letters. Each line of God contains a total of twelve letters, and all four contain forty-eight letters, the number of the gates to the angelic cities. The orientation of the quarters of the Great Table to the four directions is:
The four Watchtowers, which are themselves angels, stand guard at the four extremities of our universe and were established at the same moment Adam and Eve were expelled from Eden. Because of this sin, God laid a curse over the earth. This curse is what we know as Karma, or cause and effect. Karma exists in time. The Lord gave unto the world her time, and placed over her Angelic Keepers, Watchmen and Princes. These princes are the princes of the air. In addition to controlling the tutelary spirits of the nation of Earth, the Watchtowers offer the promise of all human knowledge. They give command of the elemental spirits, movement from place to place, the transformation of the forms of things, the discovery of hidden things. No human secret is unknown to them. The gates of the Watchtowers are the gates of both heaven and hell.
THE VISION OF THE WATCHTOWERS
The four Watchtowers were not delivered to Dee and Kelley in the form of abstract letter squares, but were presented as a vision in the crystal. This Great Vision represents the different classes of angels whose names appear on the tables of the Watchtowers and their hierarchical relationship. Dee thought this vision so important that he had a medallion made of solid gold upon which the vision was depicted.
In the vision, Kelley saw four castles in the four quarters of the world. On Dee's golden talisman, these castles are depicted as medieval stones towers, with one small windows of four panes and a large, open, semicircular gate. The angel Ave states that the Watchtowers were placed at the extremities of the world by God "against the usurping blasphemy, misuse and stealth of the wicked and great enemy, the Devil". They don't entirely exclude the influence of Satan, but check and bridle his malice to a degree that allows the orderly fulfillment of the determination of God. From each tower, Kelley hears the sounding of a trumpet. From each open gate of the tower, a Trumpeter walks along the carpet toward the center court. The color of the carpet of the east is red, that of the south is white, that of the west is green, that of the north is black. The beings who proceed out of each Watchtower after the Trumpeter are the angels ruling in that quarter of the Earth. The three Ensign Bearers carry upon their flags the divine names that are written on the middle rows of the Watchtowers of the Great Table. The first flag bears a name of three letters, the second of four letters, the last of five letters, for a total of twelve. These names have a direct correspondence with the twelve overt permutations of the Hebrew name of God, IHVH, which is known as the Tetragrammaton because it contains four letters. Then, come twenty-four Seniors. They are the lords of the hours of the day; they establish and regulate linear time. Behind each rank of six Seniors walks a King. Five Princes who serve him carry the hem of his long train. The name of each King appears in its corresponding Watchtower on the Great Table, written in the form of a spiral about the intersection of the Great Cross of the Watchtower. After the Princes, a large cross with four lesser crosses in its quarters emerges from each tower. On the smaller crosses, Kelley reports ten male faces. Following, sixteen white creatures issue from the gate of each Watchtower. The names of these angels occur in the lesser quarters of each Watchtower. Finally, an infinite number of lesser angels issue forth and arrange themselves in a large circle, close to the towers. Ave points out to Kelley the importance of the numbers of each rank in this procession (1+3+6+1+5=16). This is the number of the Dispositors, those who arrange and set in right order the thing of the manifest world, who ensure that everything happens in its proper season and due sequence.
THE GREAT TABLE
Some of the letters in the Watchtowers are capitals because they begin the names of the ninety-one spirits of the regions of the Earth. A few of the letters are mirror inverted left to right These indicate that the names of the geographical genii that contain them may be written forward or backward.... When written backward, they are the names of evil spirits, but when written forward, of good spirits!! The double vertical pillar that forms the center of each Watchtower and crosses the middle row of the Holy Ghost at a right angle signifies God the Father when double, but Father and Son when the two columns are separated by a vertical line. The left column is the column of mercy, which suggest that it belongs to the Son; the right column is the column of judgment, suggesting that it belongs to the Father.
THE TABLET OF UNION
Angel Ave also delivered what is commonly known as the Tablet of Union, because its letters appear on the central Black Cross of the Great Table. This tablet is formed by combining the letters in the names of the three geographical spirits of the tenth Aether ZAX: Lexarp, Comanan, Tabitom, written continuously left to right into the rows of a square with four rows and five columns (the initial L in the first name is omitted...)
THE REFORMED GREAT TABLE OF RAPHAEL
The Reformed Great Table of Raphael, delivered by Raphael himself on April 20, 1587, is the arrangement of the Watchtowers most often used in modern magic. Raphael places the first Watchtower (ORO, IBAH, AOZPI) on the east quarter of the Table He puts the fourth Watchtower (MPH, ARSL, GAIOL) on the south quarter. The third Watchtower (OIP, TEAA, PDOCE) is placed on the west quarter and the second Waychtower (MOR, DIAL, HCTGA) on the north quarter of the Table.
THE ANGELS OF THE WATCHTOWERS
Each Watchtower has distinct classes of spirits that are arranged in a hierarchy of descending authority. The structure of the hierarchy and the functions are the same for all four Watchtowers. However, the angels on the Watchtower of the East only act in the east, the angels on the Watchtower of the West only act in the west, and so on. There's some ambiguity over just where the four parts of the Earth are to be reckoned. It is probably that the four directions of the world be related to the place where the Enochian magic is being worked, when the effect is to take place away from the place of working. For example: if the magician works a ritual in London that is to take place in Paris, he/she should use the spirits of the eastern Watchtower. If the magician works a ritual in London that is to take place in the same part of London, the angels of the western Watchtower would be employed.
The King and the Watchtower are synonymous. The function of the King is to summon the six Seniors for judgments. The name of each King is written in a clockwise spiral around the double intersection of the Great Cross on each Watchtower, beginning with the fifth letter in the line of the Holy Ghost or Spirit. The last letter in the name of the King of the east is either the "A" or "h" in the two squares that form the center of the Cross. The name of the King of the Watchtower of the East is either Bataiva when he evokes the Seniors for an act of mercy, or Bataivh when he evokes the Seniors for an act of severe judgment.
The eight names of the Kings on the Original Great Table are: EAST: Bataiva (mercy) SOUTH: Iczhhca (mercy) Bataivh (severity) Iczhhcl (severity) NORTH: Eldprna (mercy) WEST: Raagios (mercy) Edlprna (severity) Raagiol (severity)
The three names of God on the line of the Holy Ghost are those that are written on the three banners carried out the gate of each Watchtower in Kelley's vision. There are twelve letters in the three names, and twelve names in all. This probably links the names with the twelve permutations of Tetragrammaton. The three names of God are extracted by reading across the line of Spirit from left to right. EAST: Oro, Ibah, Aozpi SOUTH: Mor, Dial, Hctga NORTH: Oip, Teaa, Pdoce WEST: Mph, Arsl, Gaiol
The Seniors are the only group of angels in the Great Vision that perform two actions. They walk out of each gate in a single rank, six abreast. But when they reach the center of the four Watchtowers, they go to the middle and form a ring (the location of the throne of Christ, which is in the center of everything). The Seniors represent the twenty-four hours of the day, and thus time. They sit in judgment over the actions of the human race, which occur in time. Their names trace out the Great Cross on each Watchtower with each name beginning from one of the two letters at the intersection of the Cross and proceeding outward. The name of the two Seniors located on the line of the Holy Ghost may be written with either six or seven letters. The addiction of the extra letter intensifies the power of the Senior, which is the power of judgment. EAST: (H)abioro SOUTH: (L)aidrom Aaoxaif Aczinor Htmorda Lzinopo (A)haozpi (A)lhctga Hipotga Lhiansa Avtotar Acmbicu NORTH: (A)aetpio WEST: (L)srahpm Adoeoet Saiinou Alndood Laoaxrp Arinnap Ligdisa Anodoin Soaiznt
The sixteen Dispositors in each Watchtower are located above the arms of the four lesser crosses. They carry out the will of the Kings. There are four Dispositors above every lesser cross, each represented by a single letter. The set of four Dispositors above the arm of each lesser cross is ruled by a specific name of God, which is created by adding the letter in the Black Cross of the Great Table that stands in the same row as the four Dispositors to the head of the four letters of the Dispositors. Each of these four groups has its own functions in Enochian magic. The opposite power also applies...
There are four good angels and four evil angels below the arm of each lesser cross. The names of the good angels are derived by reading across each row from left to right. To increase the effective- ness of their function, they may be made into names of five letters by including the letters in the column of the lesser cross. Each group of four good angels ahs its own particular function. The angels of each subquarter are invoked to visible appearance by the name of God of six letter that lies on the column of the lesser cross in the same subquarter, reading from top to bottom. This same group of angels is commanded by the name of God of five letters written on the arm of the lesser cross, reading left to right. The four classes of good angels are the same on each of the four Watchtower, but those on the Watchtower of the East act in the eastern part of the world, and so on.
If only the first two letters in the name of each good angel are taken, and to the front of them is prefixed the letter in the Black Cross that occupies the same row, the name of an evil angel is created. These evil angels always have names of three letters. The evil angels are evoked to visible appearance by the name of God in the pillar of the lesser cross read backward from bottom to top. They are commanded by the name of God in the arm of the cross read backward, from right to left. The offices of the evil angels are substantially the same as those of their good brethren, but their areas of influence are perverted to evil purposes.
The four ranks of five Princes in Kelley's Vision are equivalent to the four letters in the Tablet of Union. Each letter in the Tablet stands for a Prince The single letter that stands for the name of each Prince may be extended into a five-letter name that is derived from the row of letters to which it belongs.
Regarding the other mystery, the meaning of the single Trumpeter, I choose to rely on the speculations of Donald Tyson. "My guess is that this refers to the letters at the intersections of the five crosses in each Watchtower. Every lesser cross has a single letter at its intersection, but the Great Cross is double and has two letters at intersection. These six letters, gathered together, would make a single name. One reasonable way to gather them is to take them in a clockwise circle around the Watchtower beginning with the lesser cross of the eastern subquarter, and ending at the center with the two letters of the Great Cross:" 1 Watchtower of the East: D l o i a h 2 Watchtower of the South: N n p b a l 3 Watchtower of the North: O o z o a a 4 Watchtower of the West: L e a a s l
The letters in the column of the Black Cross seem to embody the divine energy that vitalizes the lesser angels and demons, when added to their names. The rays of the Black Cross symbolize the four rivers that flow out of the throne of God in Paradise. The letters of the arm are to be added to the front of angel names extracted by reading the letters in the subquarters of the Great Table in columns. The names extracted from the pillars of the lesser crosses would probably be divine names by which the others are invoked, reading down the pillars in the case of good angels and up the pillars in the case of evil angels. The divine names would have seven letters, the names of good angels six letters, and the names of evil angels five letters.
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