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The Enochian Calls and Keys: All Nineteen, with Sources

Nineteen numbered Calls retain distinct motifs; edition labels separate Dee’s autograph book from later ritual assignments.

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John Dee’s manuscript calls the corpus the forty-eight Angelical Keys. The familiar list of nineteen counts eighteen fixed verbal forms and one form applied to thirty named Aethyrs. This index lets you find each Call while keeping the 1584 manuscript, 1912 printed English, and later elemental assignments distinct.

1584Dee’s autograph Keys
19Distinct verbal patterns
48Count with 30 Aethyr applications

All nineteen Calls

The subject column summarizes the English text printed in The Equinox I:8 (1912), while the assignments record that edition’s later ceremonial layout. Select a row to read its individual or group guide.

  1. 01Call 1Justice, sun, moon, and divine ruleTablet of Union as a whole
  2. 02Call 2Winds, flames, and a celestial buildingFour spirit roots in the Tablet of Union
  3. 03Call 3A circle holding twelve kingdomsAir tablet and Air of Air
  4. 04Call 4Southern thunder and the second angleWater tablet and Water of Water
  5. 05Call 5Olive Mount and lamps of comfortEarth tablet and Earth of Earth
  6. 06Call 6Nine spirits in the fourth angleFire tablet and Fire of Fire
  7. 07Call 7Eastern dwellings and mercyWater of Air
  8. 08Call 8Midday and hyacinth pillarsEarth of Air
  9. 09Call 9Western guard and two-edged swordsFire of Air
  10. 10Call 10Northern oak and thundersAir of Water
  11. 11Call 11The eagle and the house of deathEarth of Water
  12. 12Call 12Southern lanterns of sorrowFire of Water
  13. 13Call 13Swords of the southAir of Earth
  14. 14Call 14Seats of fury and ageWater of Earth
  15. 15Call 15The first flame and drynessFire of Earth
  16. 16Call 16The second flame and justiceAir of Fire
  17. 17Call 17The third flame and living lampsWater of Fire
  18. 18Call 18A flame of comfort and truthEarth of Fire
  19. 19Aethyr CallThe heavens of a named AethyrOne verbal pattern applied to thirty Aethyrs

Why a manuscript of forty-eight Keys becomes a list of nineteen Calls

The British Library places the 48 Claves Angelicae at Sloane MS 3191, folios 1r–13r, and dates their reception from 13 April to 13 July 1584. Christopher Whitby describes eighteen fixed invocations and another formula applied to each of thirty Aethyrs. The verbal-pattern count is eighteen plus one; the application count is eighteen plus thirty. A list headed “nineteen” and Dee’s heading “forty-eight” can therefore both be accurate when their counting rules are stated.

The Aethyrs and their ninety-one earthly parts have a related but separate manuscript context in the Liber Scientiae. The thirty Aethyr names and source guide traces that context. The 48 versus 19 article explains the manuscript count in more detail.

Dee’s Keys and the 1912 edition

The ordinal sequence begins with Dee’s autograph book. The concise motifs and tablet labels here come from the 1912 article on the forty-eight Calls in The Equinox. That publication interleaves the Calls with ritual directions and a scheme of elemental tablets. It is a witness to influential later reception, not a substitute for every folio of Dee’s book. Exact spellings and phonetics vary with the edition and its editorial method.

The Equinox editor acknowledged unresolved variant readings. IAPSOP describes its online issue as a modern reconstruction and does not independently certify every transcription detail. The versions and pronunciation guide explains how to compare the layers.

Read by sequence and source

CALLS 1–2The First and Second Enochian Calls: Text and Later AttributionsRead the guide →CALLS 3–6Enochian Calls Three to Six and the Four Main TabletsRead the guide →CALLS 7–18Enochian Calls Seven to Eighteen: The Twelve SubanglesRead the guide →THE AETHYR CALLThe Nineteenth Enochian Call and the Thirty AethyrsRead the guide →TEXTUAL LAYERSEnochian Call Texts, English Renderings, and PronunciationRead the guide →CALL 1The First Enochian Call: Justice, Sun, and the Tablet of UnionRead the guide →CALL 2The Second Enochian Call: Winds, Flames, and Four Spirit RootsRead the guide →CALL 3The Third Enochian Call: Twelve Kingdoms and Air of AirRead the guide →CALL 4The Fourth Enochian Call: Southern Thunder and the Water TabletRead the guide →CALL 5The Fifth Enochian Call: Olive Mount, Gladness, and EarthRead the guide →CALL 6The Sixth Enochian Call: Nine Spirits and the Fire TabletRead the guide →CALL 7The Seventh Enochian Call: Eastern Dwellings and MercyRead the guide →CALL 8The Eighth Enochian Call: Midday and Hyacinth PillarsRead the guide →CALL 9The Ninth Enochian Call: The Western Guard and Fire of AirRead the guide →CALL 10The Tenth Enochian Call: Northern Oak and Air of WaterRead the guide →CALL 11The Eleventh Enochian Call: Eagle, Death House, and Earth of WaterRead the guide →CALL 12The Twelfth Enochian Call: Southern Lanterns and Fire of WaterRead the guide →CALL 13The Thirteenth Enochian Call: Southern Swords and Air of EarthRead the guide →CALL 14The Fourteenth Enochian Call: Fury, Age, and Water of EarthRead the guide →CALL 15The Fifteenth Enochian Call: First Flame and Fire of EarthRead the guide →CALL 16The Sixteenth Enochian Call: Second Flame and Air of FireRead the guide →CALL 17The Seventeenth Enochian Call: Thorned Wings and Water of FireRead the guide →CALL 18The Eighteenth Enochian Call: Comfort, Truth, and Earth of FireRead the guide →CALL 19The Nineteenth Enochian Call: One Key for Thirty AethyrsRead the guide →

Source trail

  1. British Library, Sloane MS 3191 catalogue ↗Autograph volume, forty-eight Keys at folios 1r–13r, dated 13 April–13 July 1584.
  2. Christopher L. Whitby, John Dee’s Actions with Spirits, vol. 1 ↗Scholarly analysis of the manuscript books, Calls, thirty Aethyrs, and ninety-one earthly parts.
  3. The Equinox, volume I, number 8 (1912), The Forty-Eight Calls or Keys ↗Original-issue article on printed pages 99–127; the Calls begin on page 103 and the Aethyr Call ends on page 127. Its English renderings and later elemental assignments supply the summary table.
  4. IAPSOP, The Equinox publication record ↗Issue identification and an explicit notice about the modern reconstruction of the scans.