Month: July 2015
Angelology & Demonology
(Source) As we have seen in the anterior article, Ezekiel describes in his vision the Holy Chariot, or Merkabah, the vehicle of the Divine Presence, to which are harnessed …
Angelology & Demonology
(Source) As we well know, there are big differences in assigning the diverse categories of angels in certain hierarchies. Every tradition in the monotheistic religions has its own, but …
Angelology & Demonology
Written by Asterion Translated by Gabriel A. (Because I have not found an image to clearly represent Nuriel instead of Uriel, I have selected a suggestive image representing …
Angelology & Demonology
Written by Asterion Translated by Gabriel A. (Image source) Uriel is one of the „elderly“ angels of the religious and mystical tradition, often listed together with Michael, Gabriel …
Angelology & Demonology
Written by Asterion Translated by Gabriel A. (The prophet Elijah and Sandalphon – one and the same – Source) His name comes from the Greek word which means „brother“, …
Angelology & Demonology
Written by Asterion Translated by Gabriel A. (Byzantine icon, ca. 1387 -1395 – Source) Gabriel is the Archangel of the Lunar Sphere, according to the angelic …
Angelology & Demonology
(Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon, engraving cca. 1480-1500 – Source) Archangel Michael, or as Romanians call him, Mihail, is by far the most popular and well known archangel in …
Angelology & Demonology
(Lamen of Haniel – Source) Haniel is the next of the Seven Archangels of Presence, right after Raphael. He governs the planetary sphere associated with Venus, and his hebrew …
Angelology & Demonology
(Tobias meets the archangel Raphael, Andrea Vaccaro, cca. 1640 – Source) Rafael is, according to a certain system of analogies, the archangel that governs the following sphere of …
Angelology & Demonology
(Samael was sometimes identified with haSatan, the adversary in Judaism. Illustration by Gustave Dore) On the account of several authors, who took for granted the rambling of some even …