Enochian

Dean: And the Enochian exorcism? Castiel: Fake. It actually means "You breed with the mouth of a goat'"...It's funnier in Enochian. – , 5.17 99 Problems

Enochian is an angelic language with which angels communicate with one another in Heaven. The language is often used for spells that affect angels. There is an Enochian chant that can forcibly expel an angel from a vessel and send it back to Heaven. The Whore Of Babylon uses what appears to be an Enochian spell to harm Castiel. Lucifer's Cage can be reopened with the rings of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and an Enochian phrase.

Enochian sigils are powerful glyphs. They can be used to bind demons, protect an area from angelic interference, and conceal humans from "every angel in creation".

See also: Angel Banishing Sigil

Appearances

The funeral home covered in sigils.

• The script for Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning by Walter Dixon is noted by Sam to contain Enochian summoning rituals.

• 4.15 Death Takes A Holiday - Alastair is trying to break one of the The 66 Seals by killing two reapers under a solstice moon. He holds the reapers in a funeral home covered in "angel-proofing", symbols that bar angels from entering.

• 4.16 On The Head Of A Pin - Castiel and Uriel have bound Alastair to a devil's trap which is described as being old Enochian. Later, Alastair tries to use an Enochian incantation to exocise Castiel, but is stopped by Sam.

• 5.01 Sympathy For The Devil - Castiel burns Enochian sigils into Sam and Dean's ribs. He tells them they will hide the boys from all angels - including Castiel and Lucifer.

X-ray of Dean's ribs inscribed with sigils from 5.02 Good God Y'All

• 5.02 Good God Y'All - while visiting Bobby in the hospital, Dean has an x-ray which reveals the sigils on his ribs. Their succes in protection is also demonstrated when Castiel has to call them to get their location so he can find them.
  • Partial translation of the sigils by bloggingchick.
  • Partial translation of the sigils by lonely-street-of-dreams

• 5.03 Free To Be You And Me - Castiel summons Raphael using the Enochian Water Cup Ritual.

Crowley's house covered in sigils.

• 5.10 Abandon All Hope - Crowley's house is protected from angels by Enochian symbols.

• 5.13 The Song Remains The Same - The Winchesters still have the Enochian symbols burned into their ribs, which prevent Anna from locating them, so she must approach Dean in a dream. Castiel performs a ritual to locate Anna which involves a chant that is likely Enochian.

• 5.14 My Bloody Valentine - Sigils on the hearts of victims indicate that Cupid has touched the people.

• 5.16 Dark Side Of The Moon - In Heaven Ash has rigged a PC to monitor angels as they speak Enochian by using string theory. Ash also says he understands Enochian.

• 5.17 99 Problems - As a ruse to fool the townspeople, the Whore Of Babylon, disguised as Leah, enlists demons to make controlled attacks on Blue Earth, Minnesota. The Whore teaches the townspeople an Enochian 'exorcism', but Castiel reveals that it actually means "you breed with the mouth of a goat". The Whore attacks Castiel with an Enochian chant.

• 5.18 Point Of No Return - Castiel burns Enochian runes into Adam Milligan's ribs to hide him from the angels who resurrected him. Zachariah uses an Enochian incantation, "Zodireda noco abramg nazpsad", to summon Michael to Earth.

• 5.20 The Devil You Know - Crowley squats in a run down house that has what appear to be "angel-proofing" sigils on its windows.

• 5.22 Swan Song - Dean uses an Enochian incantation revealed to him by Death to open Lucifer's Cage. Dean says "Bvtmon Tabges Babalon" (which roughly translates "Open the mouth of the cave of the evil/wicked one") and the cage opens, but Lucifer shuts it by chanting a counter spell. Later in the episode, Sam uses the same incantation.

• 6.03 The Third Man - Cas finds Dean and Sam despite the Enochian symbols burned into their ribs. This may or may not be because they called him. He uses an Enochian ritual with myrrh, holy water and human (Dean's) blood to locate Balthazar.

• 6.10 Caged Heat - Cas conducts a ritual involving herbs and candles in an attempt to locate Crowley, but is unable to find him.

• 6.15 The French Mistake - Balthazar draws an angelic rune that once activated, sends Dean and Sam into an alternate Earth.
  

  Balthazar's sigil

Protective sigils at Bobby's place

• 6.18 Frontierland - Injured, Castiel retreats to Bobby's place and draws a sigil in blood, warding off other angels.

• 6.20 The Man Who Would Be King - After discovering that Cas is in league with Crowley, Sam, Dean, and Bobby put "angel-proofing" sigils on the windows of Bobby's place to keep him out. There are errors in their work though, as Castiel is able to enter.

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Angel-proofing sigils on the walls of Bobby's panic room

• 6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much - After Castiel removes the barrier in Sam's mind that keeps him from remembering his time in Hell, Sam is unconscious. Dean and Bobby lay him on a cot in Bobby's panic room to make sure he's safe while they go to confront Crowley and Castiel. In light of Castiel's actions, "angel-proofing" sigils are added to the walls of the panic room, and Balthazar confirms that the symbols are accurate and keep him from entering.

• 7.21 Reading Is Fundamental - After traveling to Rufus's Cabin, Castiel puts sigils on the walls that make them invisible to angels, but doesn't put up ones that block angels out completly as he wouldn't be able to enter either. Their effectivness is destroyed when Meg leaves to kill two demons and thus gives away their position. These symbols are seen in later episodes.
• See also Angel Banishing Sigil

In Lore

Enochian Enochian is a name often applied to an occult or angelic language recorded in the private journals of Dr John Dee and his seer Edward Kelley in the late 16th century. The men claimed that it was revealed to them by angels, while some contemporary scholars of magic consider it a constructed language. – Pad of Definitions (2.18 Hollywood Babylon), Official Website

The term is derived from the Biblical Patriarch, Enoch or Henoch. Enoch was, according to Hebrew folklore, the most righteous man of his time. Two angels appeared to him one day, claiming to have fathered children with mortal women. They asked Enoch to speak to God on their behalf. In order to speak to God, the angels took Enoch up into Heaven, where he took down secrets of the universe and how angels used their magic and transcendent powers. God, unconvinced of the renegade angels' sincerity and remorse, sent a flood to destroy the angel halfbreeds and banished the angels from Heaven. Enoch was returned to earth with his new found knowledge of magic and the summoning of angels and spirits. At the age of 365, Enoch was visited by God and transfigured into God's most powerful and fiery angel, the High Seraph Metatron, and taken into Heaven to serve as God's chief angel.

Links and translation resources

• Free Enochian translation software
• English/Enochian dictionary
• Enochian alphabet and rituals
• Enochian Language Database
• Enochian Linguistics : Links and essays
• English Enochian dictionary