Skip to content
Keep the Dark Flame Alive. Support the independent archive.
Donate
Shop Account
The Book of Soyga book cover
PUBLIC DOMAIN TEXT

The Book of Soyga

Anonymous; associated with John Dee

Date
Sixteenth-century manuscript
Pages
Array
Language
Latin
Category
Mysticism & Esotericism

The cryptic Latin work that preoccupied John Dee, preserving angelic tables, magical cosmology and an unresolved system of letters.

Back to Library Download PDF

Digital facsimile

Read the original PDF

Readable edition

Full transcription

98 words

The Book of Soyga, also known by the phrase Aldaraia sive Soyga vocor, is a dense Latin magical manuscript associated with John Dee’s investigations. Its most famous feature is a sequence of large letter tables whose construction and meaning occupied Dee and later researchers. The surrounding text combines astrology, angelology, natural magic and questions concerning Adamic knowledge. This SatanWorld entry is a manuscript catalogue record. The underlying work is historical, but complete modern transcriptions, decipherments and translations can carry separate copyright. A downloadable facsimile should be attached only after the holding institution’s reproduction terms are confirmed.

Edition and rights note

The manuscripts are public-domain historical sources, but complete modern transcriptions and translations may be copyrighted. Add a scan only after repository terms are verified.