Enochian can also be very effective when used in combination with other systems, when it is well organized and incorporated logically. As with any system of magick, one must learn the basics before they move onto the advanced work. From what I have found Enochian can be used as a complete system in itself, as long as one follows the basic rules of magick and uses the system responsibly. Also, several magickal traditions only use bits and pieces of the Enochian system, which leads to the appearance of incompleteness. A majority of the misunderstanding of Enochian stems from part of the original material missing to begin with.
This organization helps people to figure out the basics of the system easily. Also many people have been working magick with the Kabala for years, and many authors have taken the time to break it down into an easily understandable form. The modern ceremonial magick Kabbalistic magick appears easier and less complicated than Enochian this is mostly due to the vast amount of work that the GD has put into it's use and organization. Enochian is far less complex than the modern Kabbalistic system for example. The names and energies are different, but the basis of magick is still the same.Įnochian magick is not nearly as complicated as it looks, or as people tend to make it out to be.
In other words the methods used to work modern Kabbalistic magick for example, also work quite well with Enochian magick. Magickal training is quite universal, it is the names and powers that make up the ‘system’. Due to this, I have borrowed ideas from Franz Bardon, my own workings and Aleister Crowley to help the student along the Enochian path. It was basically just a listing of the tools, names and prayers used. There weren't’t any instructions given for spiritual or magickal training for the student in the original Enochian source work. In my opinion Enochian has all of the necessary components to be labeled a ‘system’ I have worked with Enochian for many years and have found that it works well in of itself, as well as combined with another system. I believe Enochian to be as complete of a magickal system as that of other modern occult practices.
Unfortunately the written aspects of Enochian that are the easiest to access, are also different then the original writings. I believe the reason for these beliefs is that many have only seen a small part of the original source works, the part that has been used by modern ceremonial magick orders. Nor do they believe that it is safely practiced without another system to buffer the effects. Many magickal practitioners do not see Enochian as a complete system. In many circles, this phrasing is nearly blasphemous. Throughout this book I use the phrase “the Enochian system”. The present work has been written to bring the Enochian system together into something workable by the modern magickian. The Enochian system is basically a large amount of diary notes written down by John Dee and Edward Kelly during skrying sessions. The main reason for this is the lack of organization of the original source work, as well as the limited availability of this source work. Enochian is one of those magickal systems which is widely known about, but unfortunately not fully understood by many.