UTA in the 1912 roster becomes UTI in Crowley’s 1911 heading; its fourteenth vision moves from daylight veils to a speaking angel flanked by silent hooded figures.
- Aethyr number
- 14 of 30
- Earthly-part positions
- 40–42
- Crowley’s 1911 chapter
- Printed pp. 71–76
Dee’s Liber Scientiae is the earlier manuscript setting. The Equinox I:8 (1912) supplies the spelling and number used here. Crowley’s Vision and the Voice (1911) supplies the much later vision described below.
UTA in the list, UTI in the vision
The Equinox I:8 prints UTA at number fourteen, between OXO and ZIM. Whitby describes three earthly parts for each of the first twenty-nine orders; that gives ordinal positions 40–42 here. As in the other guides, the positions do not identify modern territory or validate the angel’s speech.
The 1911 original scan prints UTI at the heading of the fourteenth vision. The 1912 list prints UTA. We use UTA for the route because the site’s thirty-name roster follows the later list, then state the variant where the chapter is discussed. Dee’s Liber Scientiae in Sloane MS 3191 is an earlier textual layer again.
Sources: The Equinox I:8 (1912), p. 125 ↗ · Whitby, John Dee’s Actions with Spirits, vol. 1, pp. 141–142 ↗ · British Library, Sloane MS 3191 catalogue ↗ · The Equinox I:5 supplement (1911), printed pp. 71–76 ↗
UTA governor names: ordinals 40–42
The Equinox I:7 (1912) groups three names under UTA (printed as VTA in I:7) on printed page 241. These are the spellings in that later table; the comparison labels below identify only forms that differ in a modern Great Table reconstruction.
- 40 TEDOOND2010 comparison form: TEDOAND
- 41 VIVIPOSSame spelling in the 2010 comparison appendix
- 42 OOANAMBSame spelling in the 2010 comparison appendix
A first encounter through many veils
A white goat, green dragon, and tawny bull pass rapidly across the stone. What remains is a darkness described as numerous extremely fine veils, removed one at a time. An answering exchange links a black bean, water, and fire to the planting, watering, and warming of a rose. The veil then breaks in an earthquake-like movement.
An angel appears with a star upon its forehead, surrounded by lamps and animal cries. The printed account says the seer withdraws and dates this first part to the afternoon of December 3, 1909, on a mountain near Bou Saâda. The chapter itself thus marks an interruption; treating it as a single uninterrupted speech would flatten its sequence.
Sources: The Equinox I:5 supplement (1911), printed pp. 71–76 ↗
The evening encounter and hooded figures
When the angel reappears, darkness is described through contrasts with earth, air, and soul. Figures first mistaken for rocks become hooded, motionless masters with pyramid-like robes. The angel calls the pyramid both temple and tomb. Much of the ensuing speech proceeds by negation, removing knowledge, bliss, power, and visual form from the scene.
The figure dwindles during the speech, and the narrator returns to the body. The final date line is Bou Saâda, late on December 3, 1909. These are images and claims within Crowley’s printed vision; they are not instructions supplied by the sixteenth-century part list. The differing UTA and UTI spellings are direct evidence that the witnesses should be read separately.
Sources: The Equinox I:5 supplement (1911), printed pp. 71–76 ↗ · The Equinox I:8 (1912), p. 125 ↗
Source editions and page locators
- The Equinox I:8 (1912), p. 125 ↗
- Whitby, John Dee’s Actions with Spirits, vol. 1, pp. 141–142 ↗
- British Library, Sloane MS 3191 catalogue ↗
- The Equinox I:5 supplement (1911), printed pp. 71–76 ↗
The 1911 link opens a scan of the original supplement at PDF page 73, corresponding to printed page 71. The 1912 issue link is a modern reconstruction. This page paraphrases the original printing and does not treat the visionary report as independently verified.
Continue reading the Aethyrs
- 13. ZIM A peaceful garden appears, but the account asks what unseen work sustains it and who can interpret the vision.
- 15. OXO A dancing figure becomes a rose-shaped amphitheatre, followed by layered tables and a vision that resists simple transcription.
- 12. LOE The intense light of a cup fills the scene until six children cover it and the Aethyr darkens.
- 16. LEA The earlier Aethyr name and three earthly-part positions beside a later vision of displaced kingship and a returning woman.
- 11. ICH An armed but motionless host guards nine towers; the later narrative ends before the Abyss.
- 17. TAN A reported encounter with Madimi introduces weighing and justice, while its specific symbols remain Crowley’s later account.