“... 8:4; Wisd 13: 10).58 Moreover, the later Enochic Similitudes clearly in- terprets AsaePs metallurgical teaching in BW&s occasioning the practice of idolatry. Here, Enoch tells Noah: A command has gone forth from the presence of the Lord of spirits concerning those who dwell on earth, because they have learned all the secrets of the angels, and all the wrong-doings of the satans, and all their secret powers, and all the powers of those who practice sorcery, and the power of spells, and the power of those who make molten images of every created thing, and further how silver comes forth out of the dust of the earth and how soft metal originates in the earth (1 Enoch 65:6- 7).59 The assertion that Uzzah, Azzah, and Azael taught cosmologically-or- iented sorceries to humanity also evokes the other topics of illicit teach- ing attributed to the fallen angels in B W. In 1 Enoch 7: 1, the Watchers are said to teach their wives "sorcery and spells and ... the cutting of roots and herbs." Similarly, 1 Enoch 8:3 depicts Semihazah and Her- moni teaching "spell-binding, the cutting of roots ... the loosing of spells, magic, sorcery, and sophistry" (also 9 : 7), while angels with celes- tial and meteorological names teach auguries of lightening, stars, fire- balls, earth, sun, and moon (8 : 3).60 ...”