The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 47 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles
Chapter XXVIII
XXVIII-XXXIII. Further Journey to the East . CHAPTER XXVIII 1. And thence I went ⌈⌈ towards the east ⌉⌉ , into the midst ⌈⌈ of the mountain range of the desert ⌉⌉ , p. 53 and I saw a wilderness and it was solitary, full of trees and plant s. 2. ⌈⌈ And ⌉⌉ water gushed forth from above. 3. Rushing like a copious watercourse [ which flowed ] towards the north-west it caused clouds and dew to ascend on every side.
Themes
◆Divine Providencetheology
Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.
The description of water gushing from above to create clouds and dew illustrates the divine ordering and sustenance of the natural world.
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A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.
The passage details Enoch's visionary journey through specific cosmological realms as part of his ascent to divine knowledge.
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