A BRIEF ABSTRACT OF THE

SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION
OF THE

UNIVERSE
DERIVED BY DOCTOR JOHN DEE
THROUGH THE SKRYING OF

SIR EDWARD KELLY

 [PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR

We omit in this preliminary sketch any account of the Tables of Soyga, the Heptarchia
Mystica, the Book of Enoch, or Liber Logaeth. We hope to be able to deal with these
adequately in a subsequent article.]
 I

The Skryer obtained from certain Angels a series of seven talismans. These, grouped around the Holy
Twelvefold Table, similarly obtained, were part of the furniture of the Holy Table, as shown in Plate I.
Other appurtenances of this table will be described hereafter.

II

Other Pantacles were obtained in a similar manner. Here (Plate II.) is the principal one, which,
carved in wax, was placed upon the top of the table. On four others stood the feet of the table.
Note first the Holy Sevenfold Table containing seven Names of God which not even the Angels are
able to pronounce.

These names are seen written without the heptagram within the heptagon.
By reading these obliquely are obtained names of Angels called—

(1) Filiæ Bonitatis or Filiolæ Lucis.

E
Me
Ese
Iana
Akele
Azdobn
Stimcul

(2) Filiæ Lucis.

I
Ih
Ilr
Dmal
Heeoa
Beigia
Stimcul

[These are given attributions to the Metals of the Planets in this order: Sol, Luna, Venus, Jupiter,
Mars, Mercury, Saturn.]
(3) Filiæ Filiarum Lucis.
S
Ab
Ath
Ized
Ekiei
Madimi
Esemeli

(4) Filii Filiorum Lucis.

L (El)
Aw
Ave
Liba
Rocle
Hagone(l)
Ilemese

See all these names in the heptagram of the great seal.

 So also there are Seven Great Angels formed thus: take the corner letter S, then the diagonal next to
it AB, then the next diagonal ATH, then the fourth diagonal, where is I with 21/8 (which indicates EL),
and we have the name—

SABATHIEL

Continuing the process, we get

ZEDEKIEL
MADIMIEL
SEMELIEL
NOGAHEL
CORABIEL
LEVANAEL

These names will be found in the Pentagram and about it.

These angels are the angels of the Seven Circles of Heaven.

These are but a few of the mysteries of this great seal

SIGILLVM DEI ÆMETH

III

The Shew-stone, a crystal which Dee alleged to have been brought to him by angels, was then
placed upon this table, and the principal result of the ceremonial skrying of Sir Edward Kelly is the obtain-
ing of the following diagrams, Plates III.-VIII.
He symbolized the Four-Dimensional Universe in two dimensions as a square surrounded by 30 con-
centric circles (the 30 Æthyrs or Aires) whose radii increase in a geometrical proportion.
The sides of the square are the four great watch-towers (Plates IV.-VII.) which are attributed to the
elements. There is also a “black cross” (or “central tablet” according to the arrangement shewn—
compare the black cross bordering the tablets in Plate III. with Plate VIII.).
Plate III gives the general view.
[The reversed letters which form the word PARAOAN are written in Enochian for convenience, as our
A and O are not distinguishable reverse from forward.]
Plate IV. gives the complete attribution of the tablet of Air.
The 6th file is called Linea Patris.
The 7th file is called Linea Filii.
The 7th line is called Linea Spiritus Sancti.
This great cross divides the Tablet into four lesser (subelemental) Tablets, the left-hand top corner
being Air of Air, the right-hand top corner Water of Air, the left-hand bottom corner Earth of Air, the re-
maining corner Fire of Air.
Each of these lesser Tablets contains a Calvary Cross of ten squares, which governs it.
Plates V., VI., and VII. are similar for the other elements. This is the way in which the names are
drawn from the great Tablets. [Examples taken from Water Tablet.]
 1. Linea Spiritus Sancti gives the Three Holy Names of God of 3, 4 and 5 letters respectively.

MPH. ARSL. GAIOL

2. A whorl around the centre of the Tablet gives the name of the Great Elemental King, RAAGIOSL
[similarly for Air BATAIVAH, for Earth ICZHHCAL, for Fire EDLPRNAA].
3. The 3 lines of the central cross of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost give the names of 6 seniors. [Thus
the 4 tablets hold 24 “elders,” as stated in the Apocalypse.] They are drawn of seven letters, each from
the centre to the sides of the tablet.

SAIINOV
SOAIZNT } Linea Patris
LAOAZRP
LIGDISA } Linea Filii
SLGAIOL
LSRAHP } Linea S.S.
These three sets of names rule the whole tablet, and must be invoked before specializing in the
lesser angles of the subelements.
4. The Calvary Crosses.
The name upon the cross read vertically is the name which calls forth the powers of the lesser angle.
NELAPR (water of water)
OLGOTA (air of water)
MALADI (earth of water)
IAAASD (fire of water)
The name read horizontally on the cross is that which compels the evoked force to obedience.
OMEBB (water of water)
AALCO (air of water)
OCAAD (earth of water)
ATAPA (fire of water)
 5. Above the bar of the Calvary Cross remain in each case four squares. These are allotted to the
Kerubim, who must next be invoked.
They are TDIM
DIMT
IMTD
MTDI, being metatheses of these four letters. The initial determines the file governed; e.g.
TDIM governs the file which reads T(o)ILVR. These angels are most mighty and benevolent. They are
ruled by names of God formed by prefixing the appropriate letter from the “blackcross” to their own
names.
6. Beneath the bar of the Calvary Cross remain 16 squares not yet accounted for. Here, beneath the
presidency of the Kerubim, rule four mighty and benevolent angels—

INGM
LAOC
VSSN
RVOI

7. Trilateral names of demons or elementals are to be formed from these 16 squares, using the two
letters on either side of the upright of the cross with a letter chosen from the Central Tablet or black
cross in accordance with rules which will be given in their due place. Thus GM
IN
OC
LA

et cetera, form bases for these trilateral names.

The following rules explain how the sides of the pyramids of which the squares are formed are attrib-
uted to the Sephiroth, Planets, Elements and Zodiacal signs.
1. Great Central Cross. This has 36 squares, for the decantes of the Zodiac.
On the left side of the Pyramid, Linea Patris has the Cardinal signs, the sign of the Element itself at
the top, in the order of Tetragrammaton (Fire, Water, Air, Earth) going upwards.
Linea Filii has the Common signs in the same order.
Linea S.S. has the Cherubic signs, that of the element on the left, in the same order, right to left.
But the order of the decans in each sign is reverse, and thus the planets which fill the right-hand side
of the Pyramids go in the first two cases downwards, and in the third from left to right.
The upper sides of the Pyramids are all attributed to the Element of Spirit, the lower sides to the
Element of the Tablet.
Each square is also referred to the small card of the Tarot which corresponds to the Decan (see 777).
2. Calvary Crosses.
Each has 10 squares.
The upper sides of the Pyramids are uniformly given to Spirit, the lower sides to the Sephiroth, in the
order shewn. The left-hand sides are attributed to the element of the Tablet, the right-hand sides to the
sub-element of the lesser angle.
3. Kerubic Squares.
The upper sides pertain to the element of the Tablet, the lower sides to the sub-element. Right- and
left-hand sides in this case correspond, according to a somewhat complex rule which it is unnecessary to
give here. The attributions to the Court Cards of the Tarot naturally follow.
4. Lesser Squares.
The upper side of each pyramid is governed by the Kerub standing on the file above it. The lower
side is governed by the Kerub also, but in order descending as they are from right to left above. [See
angle of Air of Water; the Kerubs go Earth, Fire, Water, Air (from the square marked D, the fifth from the
left in the top rank of the Tablet), and downward the lower sides of the squares marked O, D, E, Z go
Earth, Fire, Water, Air.]
 The left-hand side refers to the element of the Tablet, the right-hand side to the sub-element of the
lesser angle.
5. The Black Cross or Central Tablet.
The upper and lower sides are equally attributed to Spirit.
The left-hand sides to the element of the file, in this order from left to right: Spirit, Air, Water, Earth,
Fire.
The right-hand sides to the element of the rank in this order: Air, Water, Earth, Fire.

IV

Follows Plate IX., the Alphabet in which all this is written. It is the Alphabet of the Angelic Language.
The invocations which we possess in that tongue follow in their due place.
It is called also Enochian, as these angels claimed to be those which conversed with the “patriarch
Enoch” of Jewish fable.
 V

The Thirty Æthyrs or Aires and their divisions and angels are as follows [We omit for the present
consideration of the parts of the earth to which they are stated to correspond, and the question of the
attributions to the cardinal points and the Tribes of Israel. These are duly tabulated in Dee’s “Liber Scien-
tiæ, Auxilii, et Victoriæ Terrestris.”] :—

Name Names of Numbers of

Of Aire Governors Servitors In All

1. LIL. 1. OCCODON 7209

2. PASCOMB
3. VALGARS
2360
5362
} 14,931

2. ARN. 4. DOAGNIS 3636

5. PACASNA
6. DIALIVA
2362
8962
} 15,960

3. ZOM. 7. SAMAPHA 4440

8. VIROOLI
9. ANDISPI
3660
9236
} 17,296

4. PAZ. 10. THOTANP 2360

11. AXZIARG
12. POTHNIR
3000
6300
} 11,660

5. LIT. 13. LAZDIXI 8630

14. NOCAMAL
15. TAIRPAX
2306
5802
} 16,738

6. MAZ. 16. SAXTOMP 3620

17. VAVAAMP
18. ZIRZIRD
9200
7220
} 20,040

7. DEO. 19. OPMACAS 6363

20. GENADOL
21. ASPIAON
7706
6320
} 20,389

8. ZID. 22. ZAMFRES 4362

23. TODNAON
24. PRISTAC
7236
2302
} 13,900

9. ZIP. 25. ODDIORG 9996

26. CRALPIR
27. DOANZIN
3620
4230
} 17,846

10. ZAX. 28. LEXARPH 8880

29. COMANAN
30. TABITOM
1230
1617
} 11,727
 [Note that these 3 names come from the black cross, with the addition of an L. This L is one of the 8
reversed letters in the four watchtowers, the other seven forming the word PARAOAN, q.v. infra.]
Name Names of Numbers of
Of Aire Governors Servitors In All

11. ICH. 31. MOLPAND 3636

32. VSNARDA
33. PONODOL
2362
8962
} 15,960

12. LOE 34. TAPAMAL 3472

35. GEDOONS
36. AMBRIOL
7236
5234
} 15,942

13. ZIM. 37. GECAOND 8111

38. LAPARIN
39. DOCEPAX
3360
4213
} 15,684

14. VTA. 40. TEDOOND 2673

41. VIVIPOS
42. OOANAMB
9236
8230
} 20,139

15. OXO. 43. TAHAMDO 1367

44. NOCIABI
45. TASTOXO
1367
1886
} 4,620

16. LEA. 46. CUCARPT 9920

47. LAVACON
48. SOCHIAL
9230
9240
} 28,390

17. TAN. 49. SIGMORF 7623

50. AYDROPT
51. TOCARZI
7132
2634
} 17,389

18. ZEN. 52. NABAOMI 2346

53. ZAFASAI
54. YALPAMB
7689
2634
} 17,389

19. POP. 55. TORZOXI 9996

56. ABAIOND
57. OMAGRAP
3620
4230
} 17,846

20. CHR. 58. ZILDRON 8880

59. PARZIBA
60. TOTOCAN
1230
1617
} 11,727

21. ASP. 61. CHIRZPA 5536

62. TOANTOM
63. VIXPALG
5635
5658
} 16,829

22. LIN. 64. OZIDAIA 2232

65. PARAOAN
66. CALZIRG
2326
2237
} 6,795

23. TOR. 67. RONOOMB 7320

68. ONIZIMP
69. ZAXANIN
7262
7333
} 21,915

24. NIA. 70. ORCANIR 8200

71. CHIALPS
72. SOAGEEL
8360
8236
} 24,796
 Name Names of Numbers of
Of Aire Governors Servitors In All

25. VTI. 73. MIRZIND 5632

74. OBUAORS
75. RANGLAM
6333
6236
} 18,201

26. DES. 76. POPHAND 9232

77. NIGRANA
78. BAZCHIM
3620
5637
} 18,489

27. ZAA. 79. SAZIAMI 7220

80. MATHVLA
81. ORPANIB
7560
7263
} 22,043

28. BAG. 82. LABNIXP 2630

83. POCISNI
84. OXLOPAR
7236
8200
} 18,066

29. RII. 85. VASTRIM 9632

86. ODRAXTI
87. GOMZIAM
4236
7635
} 21,503

30. TEX. 88. TAIAGLA 4632

89.
90.
91.
GEMNIMB
ADVORPT
DOZINAL
9636
7632
5632
} 27,532
 Plate X shows us the names of these governors in the four Watch-Towers. Compare with Plate III.
Note that the sigil of each Governor is unique; the four sigils at the corners of Plate X. without the
great square are those of the four great Elemental Kings:—

Air Tahaoeloj.
Water Thahebyobeaatan.
Earth Thahaaotahe.
Fire Ohooohaatan.