Archangel or angel
Ratziel
Archangel or angel1 tradition
Ratziel (Raziel) is the archangel of Chokmah, Wisdom: the keeper of divine secrets. Legend says he gave Adam a book of all knowledge, the Sefer Raziel, after the expulsion from Eden.
Uses
- Insight and revelation
- Study of the mysteries
- Sudden understanding
- Name means
- Secret of God
- Sephira (Golden Dawn)
- Chokmah (2)
Working with it
Before studying something deep, light a grey or pale blue candle and ask Ratziel to show you what you need to understand. Read slowly, and note the line that stops you.
Where the traditions place it
- Chokmah — Golden Dawn