The central arcanum of Western religion, magic and alchemy is the Tetragrammaton (IHVH), the Hebrew name of God with four letters that is declared by to be unutterable. Throughout the history of Europe you will see it in innumerable esoteric texts, both Jewish and Christian, shining out from the supernal triangle to shed its rays on the Earth. It is the foundation upon which the traditional Kabbalah is constructed.

Far more than a mere title, Tetragrammaton is the basic formula of reality itself. This has always been recognized by mystics such as Robert Fludd, Jacob Boehme, and Joseph Gikatilla. Reverence has been paid to the Ineffable Name by all of the great practical magicians of the West, such as Cornelius Agrippa, Eliphas Levi, S. L. MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley, although it may be suspected that many of these magicians did not fully comprehend the magnificent possibilities inherent in the Name.

This book traces the Name from its ancient origins and traditional meanings through the methods used in modern occultism to invoke its power and use it in works of ritual magic. Perhaps for the first time, the actual meaning inherent in the structure of the Name is examined and compared with the structure of both the sixty-four Chinese I Ching hexagrams and the sixteen figures of geomancy. The Name is shown to be the formative principle for the binary language of modern computers and the basis for the DNA double helix.

The twenty-four Banners, or permutations, of Tetragrammaton (twelve overt and twelve occult) are examined in unparalleled detail, and an entirely new graphic model of the Banners is presented that allows the Banners to be projected and invoked in their correct order without the need for memorization. After employing Tetragrammaton to analyze the enigmatic hieroglyphic monad symbol of the Elizabethan occultist Dr. John Dee, it is applied to an obscure passage in Dee's writings to generate a hierarchy of twenty-four Banner angels by traditional Kabbalistic methods. A system of twenty-four Banner rings is described that will enable any competent magician to utilize the power of Tetragrammaton in daily works of magic.

The role played by the Name in three important symbols of the Old Testament, the stones of the twelve tribes of Israel, the breastplate of Aaron, and the seal ring of Solomon, is treated in detail. The formula of Tetragrammaton is used to reveal the secret meaning of the Enochian Keys and Enochian Watchtowers, which were dictated to John Dee through the medium of his crystal scryer, the alchemist Edward Kelley.

I advance the theory that the Enochian angels are apocalyptic in nature, and that the Keys are a ritual formula transmitted to mankind by the angels for the primary purpose of initiating the chaotic transition between the old aeon and the new aeon that is described in the biblical book Revelation. The practical and highly effective system of Enochian magic was of secondary importance to the angels, who presented it to Dee to insure that the apocalypse trigger inherent in the Keys would survive down through the centuries.

A new translation of the Enochian Keys is provided, and each Key is analyzed in great detail, with particular attention paid to its apocalyptic and Gnostic symbolism.

Never before has the magical formula of Tetragrammaton been examined at such length. Never before has this powerful key been used to unlock the mystical secrets hidden within the writings of John Dee and the Enochian angels. Alchemists, Kabbalists, Enochian magicians, Golden Dawn magicians, Thelemites and students of biblical symbolism will find this book an indispensable reference.

ISBN: 1-56718-744-7. Price: $19.95 US. Llewellyn, 1995.