ATDTDA (5.3) - Word Power

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          Tore Rye Andersen:
          This refusal to name the wilderness Creature is not 
          so much motivated by "ritual reluctance" (Lot 49, 71), 
          as by sheer blind terror at what the name would evoke. 
          Unlike Tristero, that Creature, as the unnamed glacier, 
          come from an ancient time *before* language, and the 
          characters are afraid of summoning their terrible wrath 
          upon themselves, should they dare to name them. 

"There are some words "they" don't allow to be spoken":

          It has long been my belief that Enochia extends into 
          high and powerful realms and it is a totally different 
          system from the more commonly known magical 
          systems of occult philosophy used. I cannot stress 
          sufficiently that the system should be treated with 
          respect, and always to exercise the need to avoid 
          the danger of misunderstanding or misusing words. 
          Words, whether mundane or esoteric should be handled 
          with great care and not regarded as a plaything. I am 
          sure most seekers do not do this and I think through 
          these responsible people the light is passed on and 
          the desired continuity is accomplished with the finding 
          of new workers in the vineyard.

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          Tore Rye Andersen:
          The ironic thing is, of course, that if they actually went 
          ahead and named that wilderness Creature/glacier/
          odalisque of the snows, they would have taken the first 
          step towards taming them, detracting from their 
          sublimity (Edmund Burke's notion of the Sublime, 
          which speaks of the awe and horror caused by dark 
          and uncertain forces beyond language, seems 
          particularly apt here).

Me, I'm not so sure. I know that magical systems are supposed to
invoke all sorts of spirits, some potentially world-wrecking Deities,
and "Ritual Reluctance" has everything to do with that. "Be careful
what you invoke, it's supposed to turn up." And high ceremonial
magick (loads of examples in AtD) is supposed to invoke these 
sorts of powers. The powers might be part of some divine interlocking,
universally encompassing overall plan, but invoking some of these 
powers can wreck havock on the conjuror, not to mention the planet 
at large..

          THE CABALA;

          OR, THE SECRET MYSTERIES OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC

          ILLUSTRATED. SHEWINGTHE ART OF CALCULATING 

          BY DIVINE NAMES;

          The Rule, Order, and Government of

          ANGELS, INTELLIGENCES, AND BLESSED SPIRITS;

          Holy Seals, Pentacles, Tales of the Cabala, Divine 
          Numbers, Characters and Letters Of Miracles, Prophecy, 
          Dreams, &c. &c. &c.

          Embellished and beautified with a vast Number of

          RARE FIGURES, PENTACLES, CHARACTERS, &,c. &c. &c.

          Used in the

          CABALISTIC ART.

          By FRANCIS BARRETT

          STUDENT OF CHEMISTRY, NATURAL AND OCCULT 
          PHILOSOPHY, THE CABALA, &c.

          Little is known of Barrett's early life, but he appears 
          to have been born in London between 1770 and 
          1780. He made several ill-fated attempts at balloon 
          ascents in the Summer and Fall of 1802, but is best 
          known as the author, or more accurately, the compiler, 
          of the Magus. 

http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/barrett.html

          WE now proceed to speak of the holy and sacred 
          Pentacles and Seals. For these pentacles are certain 
          holy signs and characters, preserving us from evil 
          chances and events, helping and assisting us to bind, 
          exterminate, and drive away evil spirits, alluring the 
          good spirits, and reconciling them to us. 

http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/magus/ma234.htm

          It was lawful apparently for the Magus to conjure and 
          compel the devils, to rack the hierarchy of Infernus by 
          the agony of Divine Names, but he must leave the 
          dead to their rest

http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/bcm/bcm79.htm

          The purpose of this web page is to serve as a public 
          receptacle of analytical work that has been done on 
          the existing samples of Angelic -- specifically, work 
          that has explored closely the grammatical, syntactic, 
          morphemic, phonetic, and phonemic properties of the 
          Angelic language.

http://members.aol.com/AJRoberti/enochlng.htm

LEMEGETON CLAVICULA SALOMONIS: REX:

          The little Key of Salomon the King which containeth 
          all the names, orders and offices of all the spirits that 
          ever he hadd any converse with, with the seales or 
          Characters belongeing to Each spirit, and the manner 
          of calling them forth to [visible] appearance, in 5 Parts, 
          called Books viz - - - - -:

http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/lemegeton.htm