While this doesn’t seem like the right time for me to pathwork Enochian (as I am in the midst of another journey), I was too curious not to get a small taste of the magick. I read through the preliminary chapters over a few days, and decided to perform the first ritual, Vision, with the Nalvage Sigil.
The first day was unexpectedly intense. I spent a few hours first re-creating the sigil, writing out each of the Enochian letters within the circles and the center grid. I went right into the ritual once I was finished. It began much like any other angelic summoning, with a feeling of joy arising as I shared the power with humanity. I began to sense Nalvage’s presence after speaking the words. I closed my eyes, and I felt my body of light being drawn up to the heavens.
The ritual itself was quite mild compared to the experience later in the evening. I was lying in bed, listening to music, when I felt Nalvage’s presence again. I went to remove my headphones, but before I could do so, a vision of heaven came upon me. I saw a broad landscape in the sky, with floating valleys and hills and mountains of strange and wondrous forms spread out before me, birds gently flying across the expanse. Its beauty is seared into my soul. I fell forward and wept, for such vistas are not meant for mortal eyes.
I remained like this for some time, even after the vision had passed. As I became calm, the implications of the experience began to dawn on me, and a terrible fear overcame me. These are alien beings, not of this world. Their power and purpose is beyond mortal understanding. And yet, it was because of my actions that they had come. I had called this power down from the far reaches of reality, from the very heavens themselves, and the angels had heard, and responded. This is an experience so far beyond the conventions of mundane society that there either must be something deep and profoundly unhuman about this occult technology, or I must be indisputably, irrevocably, and absolutely insane. It is often that I wish the line were more clear.
This is not all that I experienced, and I will share more, but I also want to say for anyone reading this who will go on to perform this magick, do not be discouraged if you do not have these sorts of experiences right away. It can take time for the mind to become open to receiving the insights that come with these experiences.