here, have a totally random post

[rusty_halo]

Did you know that Enochian, the language used for angel-related magic in Supernatural, is not actually a real ancient language but was made up by John Dee and his seer Edward Kelley in the late 16th century?

(Lymond fans will remember John Dee because of his freaky mirror-lined room and his horoscopes and prophecies in The Ringed Castle.)

Oddly enough, I learned this by looking up information about the band Coil.

Wikipedia, man.

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Comments

[fajrdrako]

Yes, I knew that - but only because I read a lot about John Dee after reading The Ringed Castle. Love those Elizabethan occultists.

[rusty_halo]

At least half of what I know about European history, I learned after being inspired by the works of Dorothy Dunnett. ;)

[fajrdrako]

Oh, absolutely! Those poets, those writers, Hakluyt and Roxelana and "Here nis but wildernesse". She enriched my life so much.