The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 105 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter LXXXII (part 2)

In the beginning of the year Melkejâl rises first and rules, who is named †Tam’âinî† and sun, and all the days of his dominion whilst he bears rule are ninety-one days.

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And these are the signs of the days which are to be seen on earth in the days of p.

111 his dominion: sweat, and heat, and calms; and all the trees bear fruit, and leaves are produced on all the trees, and the harvest of wheat, and the rose-flowers, and all the flowers which come forth in the field, but the trees of the winter season become withered.

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And these are the names of the leaders which are under them: Berka’êl, Zêlebs’êl, and another who is added a head of a thousand, called Hîlûjâsĕph: and the days of the dominion of this (leader) are at an end.

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The next leader after him is Hêl’emmêlêk, whom one names the shining sun, and all the days of his light are ninety-one days.

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And these are the signs of (his) days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness, and the trees ripen their fruits and produce all their fruits ripe and ready, and the sheep pair and become pregnant, and all the fruits of the earth are gathered in, and everything that is in the fields, and the winepress: these things take place in the days of his dominion.

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These are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of those heads of thousands: Gîdâ’îjal, Kê’êl, and Hê’êl, and the name of the head of a thousand which is added to them, Asfâ’êl’: and the days of his dominion are at an end.

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Correspondencecosmology

The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

The passage explicitly links celestial dominion (angelic rulers) with specific earthly signs (heat, fruit, harvest), reflecting the 'as above, so below' structure.

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Cosmic Sympathycosmology

The Stoic and Plotinian doctrine that all parts of the cosmos are bound by hidden affinities, so that a movement in one part resonates through the whole; the metaphysical basis for astrology, magic, and divination.

The text describes how the dominion of heavenly leaders directly causes resonant changes in the material world (e.g., trees ripening, sheep pairing).

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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 orderly unfolding of seasons and agricultural cycles under angelic administration demonstrates the divine active ordering of the cosmos toward intelligible ends.

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Numerical Mysticismtheology

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

The cosmos is structured by precise numerical durations (ninety-one days) and hierarchical counts (head of a thousand), indicating numbers as the underlying order.

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Sacred Namestheology

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

Specific angelic names (Melkejâl, Hêl’emmêlêk, etc.) are invoked as the authoritative powers governing specific periods of time and natural phenomena.

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