Azrael
Not to be confused with Jewish people, Jacob, Israelites, or Palestine.
This article is about the angel of death. For other uses, see Azriel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Sir Azreal, a Knight of the Round Table. Azrael is often identified with the Archangel of Death in some traditions and folklore but not in any religious texts. The name is sometimes attributed to the angel of retribution in Islamic theology and Sikhism but the name Azrael is not actually used in the Qur’an nor considered as a religious personification. The name Azrael is an English form of
the Arabic name ʿIzrāʾīl (عزرائيل (or Azra’eil (عزرایل ,(the name traditionally attributed to the angel of death in some sects of Islam and Sikhism, as well as some Hebrew lore.[1][2] The Qur’an never uses this name, rather referring to Malak al-Maut (which translates directly as angel of death). Also spelled Izrail, Azrin, Izrael, Azriel, Azrail, Ezraeil, Azraille, Azryel, Ozryel, or Azraa-eel, the Chambers English dictionary uses the spelling Azrael. The name literally means One Whom God Helps, in an adaptive form of Hebrew.
Background
Depending on the outlook and precepts of various religions in which he is a figure, Azrael may be portrayed as residing in the Third Heaven.
[3] In one of his forms, he has four faces and four thousand wings, and his whole body
consists of eyes and tongues, the number of which corresponds to the number of people inhabiting the Earth. He will be the last to die, recording and erasing constantly in a large book the names of men at birth and death, respectively.[4] He will receive the souls in the graves In Judaism
In Jewish mysticism, he is commonly referred to as “Azriel,” not “Azrael.” The Zohar (a holy book of the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah), presents a positive depiction of Azriel. The Zohar says that Azriel receives the prayers of faithful people when they reach heaven, and also commands legions of heavenly angels. Accordingly, Azriel is associated with the South and is considered to be a high-ranking commander of God’s angels. (Zohar 2:202b)
In Christianity
There is no reference to Azrael in the Catholic Bible, and he is not considered a canonical character
11 - Daath (Forbiden Knowledge)
- Destruction
- Planet: Pluto
- Sign: Scorpio
- Choir of Angels: None
- Guardian Angel: Azrael
- Lesser: Weaken / Curse
- Greater: Kill / Destroy
- Candle: Black
Chant: Dark Angel of Pluto, spare me from the grave below.
Daath
Pluto is home to the Angel of Death. His name is Azrael and means “whom
God helps.” Azrael is one of the greatest of all the angels, and is able to
travel between both heaven and hell. Azrael does not govern a choir of
Angels. Daath offers the dark gift of “Destruction”. With it you could
weaken or curse things, and even kill someone.
3 - Binah (Understanding)
- Predicting
- Planet: Saturn
- Sign: Capricorn
- Choir of Angels: Aralim (Thrones)
- Guardian Angel: Raziel
- Lesser: Wisdom / Observation
- Greater: Seeing the future
- Candle: Orange
Chant: Angels of Saturn, reveal the great pattern.
Binah, the third Sefirot is called “Understanding”. Meditate on this sphere
when you need Wisdom. The planet Saturn rules Binah, and is home to
Archangel Raziel. Angel of the secret regions, and chief of the Supreme
Mysteries, who is charged with guarding the secrets of the universe. The
name “Raziel” means “secret of God” or “angel of mysteries.” Raziel is
important in Kabbalistic and rabbinic lore, and in apocryphal writings,
especially the book of Enoch. Raziel is best known as the keeper of the
Sefer. In the Kabbalah, Raziel is an archangel assigned to guard the Tree of
Life. The blessing of Binah is known as Predicting. Binah imparts Wisdom
& Observation, and can allow you to see the future.
I never understood why people slapped the outer planets into rest of free sephiroth. It doesn’t make any sense.
Zodiac should go to Chokmah, Primum Mobile should go to Kether. Da’at shouldn’t even get a planet at all.
Agree. Simply from a source as someone wanted alternate names and info for Azrael and Raziel.
If anyone wants specific regions or names, let me know. Im going to try evoking a-z from certain angles. Might take a while.
There is also Enochian.
Thank you for your time and erudition, it was enlightening…which post(s) list the attributes of Azazel?
Anything on Azoth?
Or Sol, as in SOL INVICTVS?
Thx again…
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Azoth and Sol I will look up. There is a lot of detail on Azazel.
Unfortunately I cannot find any info on Sol Invictus or Azoth, @LVX111fer … and Azazel is pretty freely found info here, but can include him here if others would like. Im actually trying to find ones that are rare or hard to find.
A-Z
Alpha-Omega
Alef-Tov
Azoth … universal life force, libido, graphically represented in Baphomet, qi, ki, prana, chi, etc.
3 alphabets 1 word Rosetta stone
LVX
Fiat Lvx
Kundalini
diamond thunderbolt, vajra
Listening to The Forgotten Gods of Atlantis on youtube by Manly Hall. Will look into the names for the gods in the Atlantis races.
Chaos (the Formless Matter that Birthed the Universe; Brother of Ydor; Lover of Fegkia & Zenobi & Eda; Father of the Atlantean Gods)
Ydor (God of the Oceans & Water; Brother of Chaos)
Fegkia (Splendor; Lover of Chaos; Mother of Archon, Misos, Thnita, Epythemia & Asteros)
Zenobi (the Atlantean North Wind; Lover of Chaos; Mother of Apollymi, Grandmother of Apostolos.)
Atlantia ()
Eda (the Earth; Lover of Chaos; Mother of Fysia.)
Thnita (Goddess of Motality; Spouse of Misos; Mother of Zena, Stratiotis & Paidi.)
Misos (God of War & Death; Spouse of Thnita; Father of Zena, Stratiotis, Paidi & Basi by Epithemia.)
Epithymia (Goddess of Desire; Lover of Misos & Asteros; Mother of Basi, Nyktos & Ilios.)
Asteros (God of Heavenly Light, Stars, Comets & Fire; Lover of Epithemia; Father of Nyktos & Ilios.)
Archon (Ruler of the Atlantean Pantheon; God of Order & Creation; Spouse of Apollymi; Father of The Fates, Agapa, Chara, Isorro & Apostolos.)
Apollymi (Goddess of Life, Death and Wisdom; Spouse of Archon; Mother of Apostolos; Destroyer of the Atlantean Pantheon.)
Ilios (God of the sun.)
Basi (Goddess of lust Excess.)
Issoro (God of Moderation and Temperance.)
Nyktos (God of the Moon.)
FAMILY OF THE ATLANTEAN KINGS
PARENTS OF EUENOR FIRST KING OF ATLANTIS
Sprung self-formed from GAIA the Earth (Plato Critias 113d)
PARENTS OF KLEITO FIRST PRINCESS OF ATLANTIS
EUENOR & LEUKIPPE (Plato Critias 113d)
PARENTS OF THE TEN KINGS OF ATLANTIS
POSEIDON & KLEITO (Plato Critias 113d)
NAMES OF THE TEN KINGS OF ATLANTIS
ATLAS, GADEIROS, AMPHERES, EUAIMON, MNESEOS, AUTOKHTHON, ELASIPPOS, MESTOR, AZAES, DIAPREPRES (Plato Critias 114b)
Look into the Legendary Realm indexes for more names and possibly races.
Thinking of creating a roll call, but how much to include on each name?
What’s the roll call for?
Different names for the same name, perhaps brief description. Sigils for the names if available.
Would also be beneficial to include planetary and astronomical info. As each demon is tpyically a nebula or cluster, it would seem appropriate with approximate direction for invocation/evocation.
Not a bad to list the different names a spirit has. If I’m evoking a spirit for the first time I run through thier different names until I find the one that resonates most strongly. Example I call Duke Aim , Harborym. It seems to bring him to be present faster. So yes @Nightside a roll call might be a good project.
This too could be merged with New Names, @Lady_Eva … is this possible?
Cool Fuego!
Thank you @Lady_Eva !
Hecate-Selene, Selene, or Hecate.
“Come to me, O beloved mistress, three-faced Selene (2786f.)
and asks her to listen to these incantations:
kindly hear my sacred chants (2787)
— incidentally confirming that (at least here) the magician felt no difference between
(prayer) and (incantation). There follows a plethora of epithets
and circumscriptions of her power, then her identification with Dike, Moira, Persephone,
Megaira, Allecto, Hecate, and Artemis; she is addressed as the mistress of
190 MagikaHiera
the whole cosmos. This part ends with an allusion to an otherwise unknown myth
that Cronos had handed over his scepter to her;18 there follows an address and again
the request to listen:
Hail, goddess, and attend your epithets (2850)
Then follows a reference to the actual sacrifice:
I burn for you this spice (2851)
— only to be followed by another list”
“Chaos, too, you rule, ARACHARAEPHTHKKERE”
“As to the content, the sinister aspect of Selene-Hecate is stressed in the second list of epithets, where we find gruesome names like
(O you) who drink blood, who breed death and destruction, who feast on hearts (2864)
flesh eater, who strike the graves,23 who devour those dead untimely (2867)
—which seem to correspond to more popular ideas of magic. But this tendency is Prayer in Magic and Religious Ritual 191
balanced by the identification of Selene with divinities like Dike or Physis and by statements like
Beginning and end are you, and you alone rule all,
for all things are from you, and in you do all things come to their end. (2836-37)
The dark aspects are but one side of her all-embracing nature.24
As Greek prayer nearly always does, the magical prayer accompanies a sacrifice25— in the case of our hymn a burnt offering (9vfj,ia/jia). Again, there is no essential difference between magic and religion. The ingredients are given in detail:
if the spell should do good, different sorts of spice (storax, myrrh, sage, frankincense) and a fruit pit are prescribed. If, however, it is intended to do harm, the “magical material of a dog and a dappled goat, as well as of a virgin untimely dead”
is called for.26 At least the last-mentioned items again seem to conform to popular ideas of black magic and are unheard of in other rituals beside magic. Therefore they need some explanation.
So far, then, magical prayer in general structure, content, and context is not different from religious prayer, two peculiarities excepted: the voces magicae in the prayer, the materia magica in the harmful, black version of the ritual. What are the
functions of these peculiarities?”