: Elaborate genealogies of angels and hierarchies of spirits. The 36 "Unsolvable" Tables

Several PhD candidates are working on it, but as of 2025, a full, authoritative English translation only exists in expensive academic presses (like Oxford University Press or Brill ). If you see a PDF claiming to be "The Book of Soyga English Translation," it is likely a fake or a machine-translation that garbles the magical tables.

The original scribes used heavy shorthand. A guide to medieval paleography can help you decipher tricky passages.

: Dee acquired a copy in the early 1580s. He was so obsessed with its secrets that he claimed to consult the Archangel Uriel through the medium Edward Kelley to understand its final pages.

Decoding The Book of Soyga: History, Mystery, and PDF Resources