The Book of Enoch – Book 1

The Book of Enoch

R.H. Charles, 1906.
English E-text edition
Joshua Williams

Book 1: Watchers

Chapter 1

1 The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be
2 living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his parable and said – Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come.
3 Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them:

The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4 And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai,
[And appear from His camp]
And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.

A Kabbalah Dictionary

Kabbalah Dictionary

Kabbalah (Hebrew: קַבָּלָה‎) is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought. The verb Lekabel means to receive [receive from the cabal, but also Bull receiving Calf], but it is first necessary to become a Keli (vessel, or recipient) to be able to receive and contain this knowledge. The set of esoteric teachings is used to explain the relationship between an unchanging and eternal Ain Sof (no limit) and the mortal and finite universe (his creation). Kabbalah is not a religious denomination in itself. Inside Judaism, it forms the foundations of mystical religious interpretation. It seeks to define the nature of the universe and mankind, the nature and purpose of existence, and various other ontological questions. It also presents methods to aid understanding of these concepts and to thereby attain spiritual realisation.

Practical Kabbalah
The study of magic, referring to the making of talismans and so on. Before working with Practical Kabbalah, one must be purified for a lengthy period of personal transformation. Much of what is uncovered in this kind of literature is of little use. The magician inevitably creates his own magical system of Practical Kabbalah when he legitimately goes through his own training. Other peoples systems are of secondary value.

Church of Epiphany

The Season of Epiphany
Dennis Bratcher (2010) [Edited]

In Catholic church, January 6 is celebrated as Epiphany. It goes by other names in various traditions.  In Spanish Catholic tradition, it is known as Three Kings’ Day: el Dia de los Tres Reyes, la Fiesta de Reyes, or el Dia de los Reyes Magos. In Dutch: Driekoningen.

Because of differences in church calendars, mainly between the eastern Russian Coptic and the western Catholic and Protestant traditions, both Christmas and Epiphany have been observed at different times in the past. Today, most of the Orthodox traditions follow the western church calendar. The Russian Orthodox church still follows the older calendar and celebrate Epiphany as the Theophany on January 19th.