Enochian or English?
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Donald Tyson in "*Enochian Magic for Beginners *" (pg 55-56) says it is not clear to him whether Crowley used the Enochian or the English version of the 19th Key for sounding the AEthyrs. Tyson mentions that Crowley speaks in his *Confessions *of "changing two names" in the Key for each AEthyr, so seems to think this means he could have used English rather than Enochian. He writes:
"In the English version, two words much be changed for each AEthyr, but in the Enochian version, only one word. So perhaps Crowley invoked the AEthyrs using the English version of the nineteenth Key."
The most puzzling asepct of Tyson's statement is, "In the English version, two words must be changed for each Aethyr, but in the Enochian version, only one word." What does he mean, "two words?" For that matter, what did Crowley mean when he said much the same thing?
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@h3fall3n777 said
"Donald Tyson in "*Enochian Magic for Beginners *" (pg 55-56) says it is not clear to him whether Crowley used the Enochian or the English version of the 19th Key for sounding the AEthyrs."
Based on his training and other notes at other times, it is likely you used both - one after the other.
"Tyson mentions that Crowley speaks in his *Confessions *of "changing two names" in the Key for each AEthyr, so seems to think this means he could have used English rather than Enochian."
No, he's missing something very basic. The name of the Aethyr (an Enochian name) changes in the first line of the 19th Call. That's standard procedure. And this would be done in both the English and Enochian versions, so it doesn't mean anything.
We know he did at least the English, because one of the highest Aethyrs (2nd or 3rd) has him getting a new level of understanding of its words. But this doesn't mean he didn't also use the Enochian verison and (as mentioned above) by his training and prior use he likely used both.
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93,
I agree, The changing of the name in the English version is the name of the actual Aethyr that you are going to work with.
The Enochian is the same, (Or should be) whether phonetically, or otherwise stated.
In my experiences, both English and Enochian are used.
93 93/93.'.
James