Archangel

Sandalphon

Sandalphon appears in early Merkavah tradition as an immense angel who binds crowns for the Creator, and later as the bearer of human prayer. Modern Hermetic Qabalah places him in Malkuth, the Kingdom, though the first source for that placement has not been identified.

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The oldest attribution here is Archangel of Malkuth, first attested 1907 CE.

Archangel of

  • Malkuth

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    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1907 CE
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    Not yet investigated

    Sandalphon (Greek σύν-ἀδελφός, 'co-brother') appears in the Talmud as one of the great angels, paired with Metatron. The sephirothic pairing with Malkuth is standard in modern Hermetic Qabalah; primary source for the specific assignment is not clearly documented. CHECKED AGAINST AGRIPPA IN OCTOBER 2026, AND HE DOES NOT GIVE IT. This matters because Agrippa 1533 is where the other two unsourced archangels here are first seen, so the obvious assumption is that he supplies this one too. He does not: at Book III chapter 10 his tenth reads that for Malchuth 'the soul of Messiah is president amongst them, or (as others say) the intelligence Metattron... which is called the first Creature, or the soul of the world, and was the ruler of Moses'. So Agrippa puts METATRON AT BOTH ENDS of the Tree and Sandalphon at neither. The earliest place this study can point to for Sandalphon on Malkuth remains 777 (1909), and the claim stays unsourced for that reason rather than for want of looking. The likely route is visible in the pairing itself: Metatron and Sandalphon are described as twin brothers, so a tradition that already doubled Metatron into the tenth sephirah had an obvious name to put there instead. That is a reading of how it happened and is NOT seeded as a fact about who first wrote it down.

    Evidence

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

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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