
Flying Roll XXXI
Correspondence Between the Enochian
& Ethiopic Alphabets
By V.N.R. and V.H. Ad.Maj.
In the Book of the Concourse of the Forces it is stated that the letters
of the Enochian Alphabet are of the nature of sigils and can therefore
be better employed for magical purposes than our ordinary Roman characters,
and we find proof of their force and correctness as to correspondence
in the skrying of the squares of the Enochian Tablets. One or more of
these letters being placed on the particular square employed in a vision,
instead of the Roman letter will aid the skyring power by compelling the
force of concentration on to the one square in question and on no other.
For however great may be the power of Clairvoyance, the student will
find himself obtaining erroneous results should he not carry his correspondences
to the last detail. Therefore it is wise to use the particular sigil of
the square, as well as the general one of the Tablet, and naturally as
well the ruling Names (Deity, Angelic and otherwise) with the correct
pronunciation and vibration thereof, the colours &c &c.
The descent of the Book of the ‘Concourse of the Forces' from the
Egyptian Wisdom is undoubted, for we find that the very key note of the
scheme of these tablets is the esoteric meaning of the Great Egyptian
Symbols of the Pyramid and the Sphinx. The probability is then that this
Tablet language has its origin in the Egyptian and its close resemblance
to the Ethiopic (which is generally supposed to be derived from Egyptian)
is very marked as the Table on page 000 will show.
Certainly, certain of these letters have a resemblance only when inverted
or transposed, but this is not surprising when we consider the nature
of hiero-glyphics, which can be read from right to left or vice versa
and downward or in groups, and that a letter may also be turned in several
directions.
The Ethiopic is composed (according to Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar of 26
letters all consonantal (as are most Semitic languages) the vowels being
expressed by little curves or dashes seven in number, for instance (here
the curve or dash is at the right side and further it is half way up.
In the second case the curve is at the top.)
In the Tablets, when written in the Roman character the vowels are sometimes
omitted. It is for this reason that we have been told to pronouce certain
vowels after certain consonants. e.g. If B in an Angel name precedes another
consonant, as in SOBHA thou mayest pronounce it SOBAYHAH (Book of the
Angelic Calls).
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