Earth Pentacle
A ritual tool in Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn's Earth implement: a two-sided wooden disc quartered in citrine, olive, russet, and black beneath a white hexagram and border.
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Glossary
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Ecliptic
The Sun's apparent annual path against the sky, used as the reference circle for zodiacal longitude.
Edward Kelley
Dee's principal scryer or medium in many recorded angelic sessions; the diaries distinguish what Kelley reported seeing from Dee's written questions.
Ein Sof
A term used in Jewish mystical writing for the infinite divine beyond ordinary description; how it relates to sefirot varies by author.
Electional astrology
Choosing a time for an action by consulting an astrological chart and its rules.
Elixir
A prepared substance credited in some alchemical writing with restorative or transformative powers; the claimed powers are part of the historical vocabulary.
Emanation
A way of describing how a lower reality proceeds from a higher one without ordinary physical creation; used in several late-antique philosophical and religious systems.
Emanationism
A view in which lower levels of reality proceed from a higher source; the sequence and metaphysical claims differ among schools.
Enochian
The later name for the angelic language and ritual material recorded in John Dee's and Edward Kelley's sessions. It is not a synonym for all Christian angel magic.
Enochian call
A formal utterance in Dee's angelic material, often called a 'key' in later practice; its words and translations require a named textual source.
Esotericism
A scholarly umbrella for traditions that claim hidden or specialized knowledge; it names a field of study rather than one shared doctrine.
Evocation
A rite intended to summon a spirit to appear or respond, often distinguished by practitioners from invocation.