Enochian language

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The Enochian language is an occult constructed language recorded in the 16th century and claimed to be an angelic tongue used in ceremonial magic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf angelic language (claimed)
constructed language
magical system component
occult language
ritual language
associatedWith Aleister Crowley NERFINISHED
Edward Kelley NERFINISHED
Enochian magic NERFINISHED
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn NERFINISHED
John Dee NERFINISHED
Renaissance occultism
Thelema NERFINISHED
claimedSource angel Uriel NERFINISHED
angelic visions
angels
countryOfOrigin England
developedBy Edward Kelley NERFINISHED
John Dee NERFINISHED
documentedIn Five Books of Mystery NERFINISHED
John Dee’s spirit diaries
Liber Loagaeth NERFINISHED
hasGrammar poorly attested
hasPart Enochian Calls NERFINISHED
Enochian Keys NERFINISHED
Enochian Tablets NERFINISHED
Great Table of the Earth NERFINISHED
Tablet of Union NERFINISHED
Watchtowers NERFINISHED
hasPhonology small consonant and vowel inventory (reported)
hasType constructed ritual language
esoteric language
hasWritingSystem Enochian script NERFINISHED
inception late 16th century
influenced contemporary occult literature
modern ceremonial magic
linguisticStatus considered an artificial cipher or glossolalia by scholars
not recognized as natural language
namedAfter Enoch NERFINISHED
primaryFunction angelic communication (claimed)
magical invocation
receivedBy crystal-gazing
scrying
studiedBy esoteric historians
occultists
usedIn Enochian magic NERFINISHED
Golden Dawn rituals
Hermetic occultism NERFINISHED
Thelemic rituals
ceremonial magic
writingDirection left-to-right

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John Dee associatedWith Enochian language