# "Enochian" Language **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enochian-language/231995 "2004-03-02T00:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enochian-language/231995/1 "2004-03-02T00:02:09Z")
i was reading TooL song meanings and the interpretation of the last track of “LateralUs” said that the title was enochian - an angelic language spoken by enoch - for “voice of God”. so, what the heck is Enochian, really? i was raised Christian and have never heard of any such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enochian-language/231995/2 "2004-03-02T01:04:00Z")
Enochian is a constructed language developed by the Elizabethan occultist John Dee. (Some may argue that it’s not a proper constructed language, since the grammar is basically equivalent to contemporary English.) It’s most practical use lifts the Enochian alphabet as a substitution code for actual English words, since most “Enochian” words are Proper Nouns for various numinous beings and non-physical planes of existence. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enochian-language/231995/3 "2004-03-02T01:07:44Z")
That extra apostrophe up there has an occult significance which will be plain to initiates. Do not make the mistake of taking it for a mundane typo, but rather a subtle reference to apostasy. But I’ve said too much. A\*\*.:\*\* A\*\*.:\*\*