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Amriel
Amriel in the Ars Paulina’s third night hour, compared carefully with Schwab’s Imri El and Agrippa’s distinct Gemini name Ambriel.
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Ansiel in Trachtenberg’s account of a charm against forgetfulness, including the proposed constrainer interpretation and the uncertainty of magical names.
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Armisael in Trachtenberg’s account of historical childbirth charms: an appeal to the angel governing the womb, with the source and its limits explained.
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Asariel is listed as a lunar-mansion angel in Davidson’s dictionary. Compare Agrippa’s separate Azariel and Azeruel names without assuming identity.
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Adnachiel in Agrippa’s scale of twelve, and Advachiel in his zodiacal list: the angel associated with Sagittarius and the November correspondence.
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Adonael in Conybeare’s Testament of Solomon: the protective name heard by Metathiax and by the thirteenth decan, with the text’s different demon names.
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Akriel compared with Schwab’s Aqri El: the barrenness gloss, Tamouz association and service under Dalqiel in the sources indexed by his lexicon.
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Abasdarhon governs the fifth hour of the night in the Ars Paulina. Read the named hour Sanayfar, the retinue and the manuscript’s historical setting.
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Zaphkiel, printed Zaphchiel in Freake’s Agrippa, belongs to the correspondence of Binah, the Thrones and Saturn in Occult Philosophy III.10.
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Sachiel in the Heptameron’s Thursday section: Jupiter, the weekday angels and the distinction between its ruler and the spirits of the air.
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