Enochian Language

Enochian is the language that originated from angels. Aside from its use for communication, Enochian is used for various spells and rituals. An unknown angel of the lesser choirs revealed it to John Dee and his colleague Edward Kelley in late 16th-century England, who in turn recorded it in his private journal. The language is integral to the practice of Enochian magic, and therefore taught to higher-ranking mages in the Foundation

## Description

The Enochian script is written from right to left and may include diacritical marks. Different documents have slightly different forms of the script. Some of the letter names are pronounced as they would be in English, but many are pronounced differently. The Enochian letters have English letter equivalents. A number of different fonts for the Enochian alphabet are available, which use the English letter equivalents to access the Enochian glyphs.

Dee's journals did not describe the language as "Enochian", instead preferring descriptors like "Angelical", the "Celestial Speech", the "Language of Angels", the "First Language of God-Christ", the "Holy Language" or "Adamical" because, according to Dee's Angels, it was used by Adam in Paradise to name all things.

## Overview

Dee mentioned in his personal journals that God had sent "good angels to communicate directly with prophets". Dee later teamed up with the seer Edward Kelley, although Dee had used several other seers previously. With Kelley's help as a scryer, Dee set out to establish lasting contact with the angels. Their work resulted, among other things, in the reception of the Enochian or Angelical language. It is unknown who this angel was, if an angel at all.

According to Dee's journals, Enochian was supposed to have been the language God used to create the world, and which was later used by Adam to speak with God and the angels, and to name all things in existence. After his fall from Paradise, Adam lost the language and constructed a form of proto-Hebrew based upon his vague memory of Enochian. This proto-Hebrew, then, was the universal human language until the time of the Confusion of Tongues at the Tower of Babel. (This is all unfalsifiable claims from a single source.)

After this, all the various human languages were developed, including an even more modified Hebrew (which we know as "Biblical Hebrew"). From the time of Adam to the time of Dee and Kelley, Enochian was hidden from humans with the single exception of the patriarch Enoch, named for the said language by his father Cain. Enoch, according to the angels, recorded the "Book of Loagaeth" (Speech from God) for humanity. The book was then lost again in the Deluge of Noah. (This is all unfalsifiable claims from a single source.)

## Characteristics and usage

Enochian is allegedly used by all angels. It is teachable, and almost anyone can learn it, with proper training.

### Spoken Form

The language's spoken form is unintelligible to many beings, when a human speaks it, it becomes an unintelligible whisper or mutter. It could be translated to human language using certain entities. However, when angels use it without relying on their vessel's vocal ability, the language is akin to a high-frequency noise that is capable of rupturing ear drums, destroying human auditory senses, or, in extreme cases and prolonged exposure, killing humans.

### Written Form

The language's written form consists mostly of symbols that resemble runes, from simple ones to elaborate ones inscribed with circles and squares. These runes have power imbibed with their meaning, and could be used defensively against entities. Removing the sigils or writing over the sigils could remove the effects of the sigils. Enochian symbols could be written to appear invisible to the unaided eye.