Tag: Book of the Secrets of Enoch

Chapter 4 Of the angels ruling the stars 1 They brought before my face the elders and rulers of the stellar orders, and showed me two hundred angels, who rule the stars and their services to the heavens, and fly with their wings and come round all those who sail....

Chapter 44 Enoch instructs his sons, that they revile not the face of man, small or great 1 The Lord with his hands having created man, in the likeness of his own face, the Lord made him small and great. 2 Whoever reviles the ruler’s face, and abhors the Lord’s face, has despised the Lord's face, an...

Chapter 58 Enoch’s instructions to his sons 1 Listen to me, my children, to-day. 2 In those days when the Lord came down on to earth for Adam’s sake, and visited all his creatures, which he created himself, after all these he created Adam, and the Lord called all the beasts of the earth, all the rep...

Chapter 20 Hence they took Enoch into the seventh heaven 1 And those two men lifted me up thence on to the seventh heaven, and I saw there a very great light, and fiery troops of great archangels (2), incorporeal forces, and dominions, orders and governments, cherubim and seraphim, thrones and many-...

Chapter 7 Of how Enoch was taken on to the second heaven 1 And those men took me and led me up on to the second heaven, and showed me darkness, greater than earthly darkness, and there I saw prisoners hanging, watched, awaiting the great and boundless judgment, and these angels were dark-looking, mo...

Chapter 66 Enoch instructs his sons and all the elders of the people, how they are to walk with terror and trembling before the Lord, and serve him alone and not bow down to idols, but to God, who created heaven and earth and every creature, and to his image 1 And now, my children, keep your souls f...

Chapter 26 God summons from the very deepest a second time that Archas, heavy and very red should come forth 1 And I summoned the very lowest a second time, and said: Let Archas (8) come forth hard, and he came forth hard from the invisible. (8) Archas. Or, "Spirit of creation." 2 And Archas came fo...

Chapter 48 Of the sun’s passage along the seven circles 1 That the sun go along the seven heavenly circles, which are the appointment of one hundred and eighty-two thrones, that it go down on a short day, and again one hundred and eighty-two, that it go down on a big day, and he has two thrones on w...

Chapter 18 Of the taking of Enoch on to the fifth heaven 1 The men took me on to the fifth heaven and placed me, and there I saw many and countless soldiers, called Grigori, of human appearance, and their size was greater than that of great giants and their faces withered, and the silence of their m...

Chapter 64 Of how the Lord calls up Enoch, and people took counsel to go and kiss him at the place called Achuzan 1 When Enoch had spoken these words to his sons, all people far and near heard how the Lord was calling Enoch. They took counsel together: 2 Let us go and kiss Enoch, and two thousand me...

Chapter 28 The week in which God showed Enoch all his wisdom and power, throughout all the seven days, how he created all the heavenly and earthly forces and all moving things even down to man 1 And then I made firm the heavenly circle, and made that the lower water which is under heaven collect its...

Chapter 24 Of the great secrets of God, which God revealed and told Enoch, and spoke with him face to face 1 And the Lord summoned me, and said to me: Enoch, sit down on my left with Gabriel. 2 And I bowed down to the Lord, and the Lord spoke to me: Enoch, beloved, all that you see, all things that ...