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Ratziel

רזיאל

Also written Raziel, Rasiel, and Akraziel.

Raziel is the angel of secrets, keeper and giver of hidden knowledge in later Jewish angelology and practical Kabbalah. The medieval Sefer Raziel gathers lore beneath his name; Hermetic Qabalah later places him in Chokmah, the sphere of Wisdom.

The sources do not establish an unbroken ancient biography. Raziel, Raguel and Rasuel are sometimes connected, but the identification is not secure.

3 sourced claims: 2 traditional , 1 disputed

Tree of Life associations

Hermetic Qabalah

2. Chokmah

Archangel unsourced

Ratziel

Agrippa explicitly names Raziel as Chokmah's intelligence in 1533. The status remains unsourced because the transmission from medieval Jewish materials into that specific table is not established by an originating source. WHERE IT IS FIRST SEEN, read off the page in October 2026: Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book III chapter 10, second sephirah, spelled Raziell against the divine name Iod. The spelling is recorded so the locator can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Sources (2)
  1. Three Books of Occult Philosophy , English translation, J.F., London 1651 — Book III, chapter 10 · systematising, not originating

    An early verified Hermetic tabulation, not proof of origin.

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  2. 777 , First edition, 1909 (anonymous) — Table VI, col. VIII (Archangel) · systematising, not originating

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Name and historical record 2 sourced claims

Name meanings, spellings and the earliest sources located in this research pass.

Classification and variants disputed

The proposed identification of Raziel with the older Raguel or Rasuel is uncertain.

The similar names are retained as a source problem, not collapsed into a fact.

Sources (1)
  1. The Jewish Encyclopedia , Raziel entry, 1906 — entry, opening paragraph

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Roles and titles 1 sourced claim

What particular texts actually say the figure does; later devotional generalisations are not substituted for them.

Role

Transmitter of a Book of Secrets; teacher of astrology, divination and amulet lore in the Sefer Raziel tradition.

This is medieval practical-Kabbalah reception, not a role stated in the Hebrew Bible.

Sources (1)
  1. The Jewish Encyclopedia , Raziel entry, 1906 — entry, paragraphs 2–3

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Traditional source

Role: Transmitter of a Book of Secrets; teacher of astrology, divination and amulet lore in the Sefer Raziel tradition.

  1. The Jewish Encyclopedia , Raziel entry, 1906 — entry, paragraphs 2–3

    Read at jewishencyclopedia.com ↗

Correspondences 1 sourced correspondence
Relation To First attested
Archangel of Chokmah 1509 CE

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