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Babalon
Babalon is a powerful figure in the occult, with many attributes associated with her. In Thelema, Babalon is seen as an independent and liberated woman…
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Modern AI-generated editorial illustration of Gabriel, holding a scroll. Gabriel is an angelic messenger and interpreter named in Daniel and Luke and associated with revelation…
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In Christianity, one of the 7 archangels, Uriel plays a role in the rescue of Jesus’ cousin John the Baptist from the massacre of the…
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The early Christians regarded some of the martyrs, such as Saint George and Saint Theodore, as military patrons; but to St Michael they gave the…
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Metatron is one of the most prominent angels in Christianity, and is often mentioned in the book of Enoch. According to the book, Metatron is…
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Christian writers applied the words of Isaiah 14:12 to Satan. Sigve K Tonstad argues that the New Testament War in Heaven theme of Revelation 12:7-9,…
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Danel, called Daniel in this site’s older catalogue, is a Watcher in 1 Enoch. Distinguish this figure from the biblical prophet Daniel.
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Cassiel’s associations with Saturday and Saturn, the Heptameron source, and the distinction between later angelology and biblical references.
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Barachiel in Orthodox tradition, his association with blessings, and the distinctions needed when comparing similarly named angels in Enoch.
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Azrael and the angel of death: what Quran 32:11 says, how later tradition supplies the name, and why Azrael should not be confused with Ezra.
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