The Book of Enoch 36

How to read these pages: the text itself comes first, verse by verse, in the volume's own translation. Beneath each verse stands its Meaning — a rendering of what the passage's terms name in the inner life, drawn from the correspondences the text itself uses. The text is never altered; the meaning is offered, not imposed.

Charles translation (1917)

1And from thence I went to the south to the ends of the earth, and saw there three open portals of the heaven: and thence there come dew, rain, †and wind†.

And from there I went to the south to the ends of the outer life, and saw there three open portals of the heaven: and thence there come dew, the gentle settling of truth, rain, and wind, the moving influence of the Spirit.

2And from thence I went to the east to the ends of the heaven, and saw here the three eastern portals of heaven open and small portals above them.

And from there I went to the east to the ends of the heaven, and saw here the three eastern portals of heaven open and small portals above them.

3Through each of these small portals pass the stars of heaven and run their course to the west on the path which is shown to them.

Through each of these small portals pass the stars of heaven — the knowledges of truth — and run their course to the west on the path which is shown to them, each keeping its appointed order.

4And as often as I saw I blessed always the Lord of Glory, and I continued to bless the Lord of Glory who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of His work to the angels and to spirits and to men, that they might praise His work and all His creation: that they might see the work of His might and praise the great work of His hands and bless Him for ever.

And as often as I saw I blessed always the Lord of Glory — the Source in the manifested weight of His Presence — and I continued to bless the Lord of Glory who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of His work to the angels, the divine ideas, and to spirits and to men, that they might praise His work and all His creation: that they might see the work of His might and praise the great work of His hands and bless Him for ever. ---

Companion volume to The Why Bible — 1 Enoch in R. H. Charles's translation (1917), rendered in its spiritual meanings. First final edition, October 2026.