Siaion Nalvage

EGAVLAN NOIAIS

Being an interpretation of the purpose and use of the Corpus Omnium

By

EHAIUL EAEVIOA

Corpus Omnium

Thesis

Energy Mechanics concealed within the Corpus Omnium can be ritualized and therefore utilized in generating the initiatory current, or Gnosis. By reducing the dramatic symbolism contained within the Source Documents to their fundamental and perennial ideas, we can gain a contemporary and imminently practical means of awakening fundamental aspects of our own awareness. The tablet consists of four continents, four groups of angels, and a 3 fold depth of structure. I will endeavor to demonstrate that the diagram itself can represent the flow and interpretive meaning structure of the Enochian Temple, and hence, the operators waking awareness. Nalvage says of his table “Father, Son, Holy Spirit: Principal, Essence, and First Beginning”. Nalvage and Edward Kelley then shortly disagree about the semantics with which Nalvage spoke these words, with Kelley confused about his use of the word First, instead of using the words 'All Things'. Nalvage explains that when it is both First, and All Things, it is better to say that it is First. Nalvage then declares that the First is the thing that is his charge. Based on this conversation, the first definition of the table is that it is the Principle, Essence, and First Beginning. He continues to define his table by calling it “the Body of the First”. To be a body of the first is a way of describing the Energetic Causal Body, and in specific the Anandamayakosha. The Anandamayakosha is a bliss body, independent of objects and experience. It is the very stuff of transcended and infinite existence. (Compare “Principle, Essence, and First Beginning) The Three-Fold Structure of this Body, while relating to the Christian Trinity, is exalted by its formlessness. The Corpus Omnium also reveals in subtle ways the play of 3 against 4. These concepts can be cross-culturally verified, and so in Qabalah we have Ain, Ain Soph, and Ain Soph Aur. In Thelema we have Nuit, Hadit, and Ra-

Hoor-Khuit. In Vedantic Philosophy is attained the 3-fold Gnosis of Being, Consciousness, and Bliss (or Sachchidananda). In Ancient Greece Plato's works come in the form of lectures on The Good, The True, and The Beautiful. In all cases, these attributes point to something quite outside the realms of time, space, energy, and matter. A world that is symbolized as being 'Beyond the 4 Watchtowers of the Universe'. However, as we may quickly notice, the Corpus Omnium also adheres to a strict 4-fold division into Continents. We are now in the badlands of the universe. The gateway between the Ideal and the Actual. It is important to recognize that things are not quite elemental yet, but merely suggestive of a 4-Fold container, or body, with which all worlds and elements shall arise. Moreover, the Elemental Magick of the 4 Watchtowers would soon be on the heels of this first realization. The Thelemic cosmology is here particularly appropriate if we see Nuit and Hadit creating a field ripe for manifestation through their infinite contact and erotic embrace. Again, we see this idea of a container, a field, or a body within which something will manifest by its structure and laws. The 4 continents in the Corpus Omnium are of a class closer to that of the Ace of the Elements in the Tarot. Ideal forms that are not quite manifest, but themselves the pure containers within which the Elements will develop their own ideas about themselves. Rarely do Magicians consider what their symbols actually mean in the manifest and mundane realm that we plod along half-asleep in everyday. The most practical consideration imaginable for Magicians who work by Spell(ing), Grammar (grimoire), and Verbal Command (conjuration) is the use of Pronouns in human language. When considering the Ace of an Element as a fundamental perspective that all consciousness/matter-energy holons arise within, we meet immediately with the most practical way of seeing all sides to every story. This will become clear when I discuss the Quadrants of Integral Theory.

The Seals of the Watchtowers soon after to be delivered to Dee and Kelley by Ave very much represent the 2's of each individual element respectively. In this case, we have not yet reached the elemental force as triplicate as we see it manifested in the Watchtower itself. The Seals of the Watchtower are the view of the ideal from the outside, and hence are sealed and delivered as a symbol. The only way to know the water is to get wet. Of the Seals, Ave tells us of their quality: “Not such that fly away with the wind, but such as are pure, and without end” – 1584. Timelessness and Purity are attributes of the Divine.

Quadrants

Ken Wilber defines the four Quadrants as, “the four profound dimensions or perspectives that hold your universe together.” Their respective pronouns; namely “I”, “We”, “It”, and “Its” refer to these quadrants. The following diagram also represents them:

From here it is not difficult to see that the right side of the diagram deals with exteriors (It, and Its), matter/energy that can be measured and represented by numbers. The left side of the diagram represents the interiors;

that is, consciousness. Integral theory (AQAL) maintains that any and every event in any aspect of life arises in these four quadrants simultaneously. They represent irreducible perspectives available to anyone.

Right now in this moment, you have the capacity to be aware of your own subjective 'I' and aware of your physical 'It' body. In addition to this, you are just as much aware of your Inter-subjective Cultural We Experience as well as your Inter-objective Its experience (whether you acknowledge your shared communities and social systems or not). You always have access to at least these four fundamental perspectives at all times. I will now return your attention to the first description of Corpus Omnium as 'The Body of the Principle, Essence, and First Beginning', as well as Ave's description of the Seals as being “Not such that fly away with the wind, but such as are pure, and without end." By stripping away the dramatic and symbolic clothes of religious symbols, we have begun to see the fundamental ideas underlying the energy mechanics of the Corpus Omnium. It begins to unpack itself and reveal its secrets, and shows itself to be a Mandala of exact potency.

Levels and Lines Understanding development as it relates to Spiritual experience is important when studying source materials. The Modern Era lasted from (very) roughly 1500-1900. The reason for the existence of this era is the birth of rationality as a cultural force in Europe. Before this time, European culture existed in a Mythic level of cultural development. In Dee’s time, the world was still extremely religious as is well known.

To understand spiritual experience, a Wilber/Combs Lattice is applied:

To utilize this diagram, see that the ascending terms on the left are a measure of Culutral Sophistication, and has a definite hierarchy and direction. Understand also that these categories have correlations (correspondences) in the other 3 quadrants as well. For instance, in the “Its” quadrant, the Archaic period is analogous with Tribes and Foraging ways of life (The pervailing social and economic base). The "I" perspective during the Archaic period was the development of the mental capacity for working with symbols. The "It" perspective during the Archaic period was centered around the development of the Triune Brain and the growth of the Neo-Cortex. The Rational level is represented in the “I” sphere by the development of Piaget's 'Formal

Operational Awareness', which allows the mind for the first time to conduct operations on its own lower level cognitive functions. In the "Its" sphere for the Rational Period, we witness the eventual development of Nation States and Industry. These are not arbitrary stages of development. They reflect empirical data from various fields of inquiry including anthropology, developmental psychology, neuroscience, biology, meditation, cognitive studies, etc. What all this data means is that we need to place Dee and Kelley on the graph before we can begin to understand how to interpret their spiritual experiences. That is what this table does. John Dee was a Genius in the cognitive line of development, but nonetheless maintained the morals and modes of expression of his embedded culture. John Dee was operating at an extremely high stage of cognitive development, but Edward Kelley was only slightly above average for the times and was cognitively centered somewhere between mythic and rational cognitive development.

States Everyone has access to the horizontal states of awareness listed on the Wilber/Combs lattice (Gross, Subtle, Causal, and Non-Dual). We know this because even a baby wakes, dreams, and deep sleeps. The waking state is the Gross state (beta and alpha brain waves), the dreaming state is the Subtle state (theta waves), the deep sleep is the Causal (formless, Delta Waves) state, and Non-dual is the Zen (Zir) presence of all states. These states of consciousness are also analogous with the Four Worlds of Tetragrammaton in Qabalah. Going on this thesis, I believe the Tablet of Nalvage is a spirit vision received by Edward Kelley from the Integral Realizations of John Dee. Kelley then received these impressions from John Dee’s state as a Mythic Vision of Angels. The information received is of a highly organized type as would come from the High Cognitive Development of John Dee, and hence my position is that the information is 'embedded' or encoded in Mythic Level Symbol structures, while remaining capable of handling Integral Interpretations. Joseph Campbell would differentiate this as 'Local" or 'Tribal' ideas contrasted with 'Fundamental' ideas which are shared cross-culturally.

Integral View of the Tablet of Nalvage

Continent 1 – Joy, Presence, Praising - I

Mythic View – The substance is Attributed to God the Father – The

Highest Life – "I am (presence) the Joy of God"

Integral View – I AM (Zir) is a reference to the function of Magickal trance, Sartori, or Samadhi. The method of realization in the 'I' quadrant is Identity with God. Yoga of Knowledge (Jnana)

Continent 2 – Power, Motion, Ministering - We

Mythic View – The First Circular Mover, the circumference, God the

Son, the Finger of the Father, and mover of all things – Life. Or Second Life. "Gods Power (ability; possibility) in motion (movement)"

Integral View – The Father and The Son implies relation: the relationship of the son to god is as a finger moving all things. The moving power of God also implies relation as devotion and its power to move the heart. The Realization of the 'We' quadrant is this Devotional Ecstasy characteristic of works such as the work of Teresa of Ávila. Gods Power in motion adequately describes the states here Yoga of Devotion (Bhakti)

Continent 3 – Action, Events, Establishing - It

Mythic View – The order and knitting together of the parts in their due and perfect proportion, God the Holy Ghost. Lo the beginning and end of all things – Life not now Dignified, which will be Dignified – "God's Action as Fact (deed)" Integral View – 3rd person objective realization. Names of God. Nature Mysticism, the Holy Ghost defined as all manifest things and events being substance of God. 'The Result' implies empirical observation, and Gods Action implies the Objective Truth Claim of this perspectives reality. The Yoga of Works (Karma)

Continent 4 – Lamentation, Discord, Confusing - Its

Mythic View – Life which is also Death – God's Lamentation (mourning) and Discord. Integral View – 'A-Perspectival' realization. Compare Hadit in the Book of the Law – therefore is the Knowledge of me is also the knowledge of death. Discord being a reference to the creative chaos of Tao. The realization of the 'Its' quadrant is this Creative Tao in its manifest and integrated action, beyond egoism or preference. Order out of Chaos; Discordia. Yoga of Integral Self-Perfection (Purna)

Ascender Paradigms When breaking down source material into its fundamental meanings it becomes increasingly important to understand John Dee’s religious paradigm, and in specific, the shared views among its practitioners that God's Kingdom was in Heaven and not of this earth. (Or, alternatively, the philosophy that Gnosis could only be achieved through prostration, supplication, and the fear of God) This “Ascender” paradigm can be traced through the Muslim and Judeo-Christian faiths, and can most readily be seen here in the way the two continents describing the Exterior perspectives (It and Its, Objective and Inter-Objective) are described as being “non-dignified”, even though one “Shall be dignified”. (Compare the Christian doctrine of the coming of the kingdom of heaven on earth). Even amongst other religions such as Buddhism, we find the idea that the real spiritual ride begins once we leave our present incarnation, or views of the body and life in that physical body as some kind of original sin. I believe this is the reason behind the description of Continent 4 as the continent of Discord and Lamentation, seemingly unpleasant attributes to the novice. Remember that the tools of communication used (Dee and Kelley) were embedded in a Religious mode of expression. To understand how this embedded-ness affected the great meta-physical systems and maps of the time, I will quote extensively from Ken Wilber’s Essay Excerpt G – Toward a Comprehensive Theory on Subtle Energies available at http://wilber.shambhala.com/html/books/kosmos/excerptG/part1.cfm/ .

“If you look at any of the figures representing traditional metaphysics , notice that all of the levels higher than matter are indeed meta-physical, which means beyond physics or beyond matter. The material level includes, for example, the human brain as a complex material entity. This means, according to the metaphysical systems, that the feelings of a worm (which are level 2) are on a higher level of reality than the human brain (which is level 1).” “In the manifest world, what we call "matter" is not the lowest rung in the great spectrum of existence, but the exterior form of every rung in the great spectrum. Matter is not lower with consciousness higher, but matter and consciousness are the exterior and interior of every occasion.”

“In other words, matter is not on the bottom rung of that evolutionary spiral, but is rather the exterior form of an evolution whose interiors contain correlative levels of feelings, awareness, consciousness, and so forth. AQAL metatheory handles this by saying that every mind has a body (compare the tablet of nalvage as The Body of The First - ed.), or every state of consciousness has a corresponding signature state of matter-energy, or every interior prehension has an exterior form—in short, every occasion in the Upper-Left quadrant (I) has a correlate in the Upper-Right quadrant (We), and vice versa. It is not merely that higher levels (of life and mind and soul) imprint matter or leave footprints in matter (which itself remains on the lowest level), but that what we call matter is the exterior form of each of those interior levels” “Thus, what the premodern sages took to be META-physical realities are in many cases INTRA-physical realities: they are not above matter, nor beyond nature, nor meta-physical, nor super-natural: they are not above nature but within nature, not beyond matter but interior to it.” “There is simply no way a premodern saint, in deep meditation on the nature of the soul, would or could know that his or her brain-wave patterns were settling into theta-alpha states; no way to know that serotonin was increasing, neural lactic acid was decreasing, cellular oxygen requirements were significantly diminishing, and hemispheric lateralization was occurring. All of the interior revelations of the soul therefore seemed and felt as if they were not physical, not material, not connected to nature at all, not a part of the fabric of material manifestation: they were meta-physical in every way.” “There are some aspects of the higher dimensions that might indeed be truly meta-physical; but the first thing we should note is that a great deal of what premodernity took to be meta-physical is in fact intra-physical, not above nature but within nature. This is the first step in moving from metaphysics to integral post-metaphysics.” It is from the conclusions drawn from such lines of inquiry that I interpret the works of Dee and Kelley. Understanding the fact that by Dee using Kelley as a channel, the transmission itself was thereby reduced to the terms of pre-modernity (mythic), due to the structure of Edward Kelley’s cognitive and cultural awareness.

The Temple of Nalvage

Quadrants in the Temple

The Angelic Choirs surrounding the continents are attributed a Watchtower, and hence a Zodiacal Triplicity. The Continents themselves represent the four zones of the temple (the literal square room, with boundlessness void [the Aethyrs] extending in all dimensions and directions). The continents seen from the outside are the 4 seals and the different perspectives, 'I', 'We', 'It', and 'Its'. The infinity gram opens the four Seals (Perspectives) by invocation of the Angelic Choirs. The seals are placed in the corners of the temple (oriented East, North, West, and South, as per the numbering of the continents in the Corpus Omnium, The Tabula Recensa, and Quatra Tria Nomina Dei Diagram in MS Sloane 3191) according to their association with the 4 perspectives. To visualize this, simply imagine that the Corpus Omnium is a bird's eye view of the temple. The four watchtowers and their angelic hierarchies represent the common energetic structures inherent in each perspective and manifested elementally. Placing the Seals, Continents, Watchtowers, and Choirs of Angels governing the perspectives (presences) in a magickal space is the result. The immediate effect this has is to expand the scope of the magickal environment, by providing Interpretive Meaning Spheres to the continents of Nalvage, or the temple proper.

Opening the Temple of Nalvage

(The Integral Enochian Temple)

Renderings of Energy Flow in the Temple

I. Go to the Interior Consciousness in the Northeast. Relax your arms at your side, close your eyes and draw a deep breath from the top o f your head dow n your anterior center channel (Conception Meridian, circulates the bodies yin energy, Nuit, “Find the One, Embrace the Many”) letting your abdo men and pelvis relax, breathing life and energy all the way down into your belly and first chakra. The feeling as you do this is an erotic “Yeeeesssssss”, an embrace (feminine) of life. As you exhale, make the sign of the enterer as you vibrate BITOM with your entire body using your voice to vibrate as much of your parts as you can. As you do this, feel the stored energy from your abdomen and pelvis moving up your posterior center channel (Governor Meridian, circulates the bodies yang energy, Hadit, “Embrace the Infinite Depth of your freedom, in order to find the one”) and releasing out the top of your head. The feeling as you do t his is an erotic “oooohhhhh”, a release (masculine) into the freedom of death. Make the sign of silence. Grasping t he wand, (or hands in prayer): Chant the Third Enochian Call Draw the Infinity of I as you sing Luah (Praising Angels) {1st person realization, I am God} II. Go to the Relational Imminence in the Northwest, As in step 1, b ut vibrate EXARP Chant the Fourth Enochian Call Draw the Infinity of We as you sing Lang (Ministering Angels) {2nd person realization, “My Beloved”} III. Go to the Exterior Matter in the Southwest. As before, but vibrate NANTA Chant the Fifth Enochian Call Draw the Infinity of It as you sing Sach (Confirming Angels) {3rd person realization, “Web of Life”}

IV. Go to the Singular Presence in the Southeast. As before, but vibrate HCOMA Chant the Sixth Enochian Call Draw the Infinity of Its as you sing Urch (Confounding Angels) {A-Perspectival Realization, “Supermind”} V. Chant: Iaidon, tofglo ge, ag, ripir; (Yai-don, tof-glo je, ag, ri-pir) All Powerful, all things not, no one, no p lace; Torzu, odo ca a s; (Tor-zu, o-do ca ah es) Arise, ope n as the four. Ge cors fafen zildar g nalvage,; (Je kors fa-fen zil-dar ji nal-vaj) Not such that fly in avoidance of earthly things; Oq ta ananael Ioiad, (ok ta a-na-na-el I-yo-yad) But as wisdom of Him that lives forever. The last three lines are a variation of a quote from Ave speaking about the Great Table of the Watchtowers before revealing the individual seals of the watchtower. “he it is that openeth the + (four – ed.), not such as fly away with the wind, but such as are pure, and without end."

General Form of Watchtower Work when using the Temple of Nalvage

Opening the Temple this way has only designated zones of interpretive meaning. For Instance if I approach the watchtower residing in the 'I' quadrant (Highest Life), then the work I am doing will be affecting that quadrant of my life: My subjective experience and intent, etc. It is in this quadrant that the eight classes of angels (The functions of the Dispositors and Servients) alter internal perceptions, of internal alchemical transformations, and explorations of true intent. In the 'We' quadrant (Life, or Second Life) we shift the effects to the sphere of relation, mutual understanding, culture, etc. We will be working the watchtower that resides in that zone, but the mathematical pattern of extraction remains the same. The results in the 'I' and 'We' sphere are subjective truths. In the 'It' (Result of Gods Action), we work with the Hierarchy of Angels to acquire power and to affect our personal and measurable growth; to change our actual behavior, and alter habits. Money is a scoreboard. Weight Loss is a scoreboard. Dividends are a scoreboard. The results of work in this sphere are measurable to verify effectiveness. This quadrant is also useful for seeing demonstrable change occurring. In the 'Its' quadrant, Magick is performed to effect the outcome of Chaotic Systems, and produce measurable results, such as in the stock market. This interpretation works in conjunction with most if not all current methods for using the watchtowers, it simply gives them a more complex interpretive meaning, expanding the range and classification of the spheres in which we may effect with our practice. By placing the instruments of the Heptarchic system in the middle of the temple, the procedures for evoking the Angels of the Tabula Bonorum remain the same. One can place an alter appropriate for Sacred Sex rites in the center, and the procedure remains the same. We may sit in the center of our temple and astrally create complex forms from Enochian Squares. We are simply adding a layer of interpretive meaning that the system is more than capable of handling due to the high cognitive development of John Dee.

Expanding the interpretation of the Enochian Universe in this way paves the road for a smooth integration into the emerging information culture, as well as secures the place of the Enochian tradition in its ability to evolve and acquire new levels of interpretive meaning along with the culture that is interpreting it. It is only natural that a system of Magick as elegant and eloquent as Enochian would have made its own room to flourish with humanity, in an embrace of tradition.

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