Enochian (was Re: What is needed in an conlang classificatory system?)

Dan Jones <feuchard@...> writes:

> Jörg Rhiemeiero skaradayan:
>
> > There are of course borderline cases.  Is Enochian A2, B3, B4, C1 or
>
> What's Enochian?
No-one knows for sure what Enochian actually is.  Enochian is the
creation of John Dee, a 16th-century English alchemist/occultist who
claimed that it was the "language of Angels" (these Angels, however,
judging by what Dee wrote about them, rather seem to resemble demons).
It is not yet known for sure, ISTR, whether it is an actaual conlang
with a grammar and a vocabulary, a sort of relexified Latin or other
natlang, a cipher, or anything else.  Dee apparently gave translations
to the invocations written in Enochian, and some words appear in
different forms in different contexts, which by some is taken as a sign
of inflection, but nothing seems to be certain.  Most of the vocabulary
seems to consist of the names of angels and miscellaneous alchemist
terminology, judging by the word-lists I have seen on the Net.  The
language gave rise to an occult tradition of "Enochian magick", and it
is perhaps the reason why some Christian fundamentalists look upon
conlanging with such vile disgust.  Personally, I find the Enochian
language interesting (*as a conlang*, that is, I have no business with
any kind of magick and occultism!!!) and worth exploring; reconstructing
its grammar, if there is one, would be a challenge!

Jörg.