Archangel

Raphael

Raphael heals and guides in Tobit and stands among the holy angels of 1 Enoch. Agrippa later gives him to the Sun, and Hermetic Qabalah carries that solar angel into Tiphareth.

3 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located · Raphael in full

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The oldest attribution here is Planetary attribution Sun, first attested 1509 CE.

Planetary attribution

  • Sun

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1509 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    Raphael in Agrippa's first list. This is a Renaissance Hermetic attribution.

    Evidence

    1. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book III, chapter 24

      · English translation, J.F., London 1651

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Archangel of

  • Tiphareth

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1509 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    Raphael is anciently attested in Tobit and 1 Enoch, but not named as an angel in the Hebrew Bible's canonical books. Agrippa directly assigns Raphael to Tiphereth and the Sun.

    Evidence

    1. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book III, chapter 10

      · English translation, J.F., London 1651

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    2. Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table VI, col. VIII

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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Planetary angel of

  • Sun

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
    Earliest verified attestation
    None established
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated
    Evidence
    The source states it

    This is Agrippa's first list. He gives another list in the same chapter; neither list names the square intelligences.

    Evidence

    1. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book III, chapter XXIV, first list of angels over the planets

      Esoteric primary · English translation, J.F., London 1651

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