Category: Religion, Doctrine & Theory
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Michael – The Archangel
Michael is considered the most powerful angel. Revelation 12:7-9 has Michael as a leader of angels fighting a war against a dragon who fights back with the dragon’s own angels. Michael is stronger and as a result the dragon and his angels are thrown out of heaven to the earth. The dragon is revealed to…
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Gabriel – The left hand of God
This angel’s name means the strength of God. Gabriel is one of only two angels mentioned directly in biblical canon scripture. Gabriel is most well known for appearing to Mary to inform her of her pregnancy. Gabriel is also mentioned appearing to Daniel to elucidate his dreams. Gabriel (or gabril) was the angel who first…
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Raphael – the Divine Physician
This name means the Healing of God. Often this angel is called the Divine Physician for that reason. So this could be considered a healing angel, but like all angels he would normally be represented in roman armour. Raphael does not actually appear in the bible, but does occasionally show up in the Book of…
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AGLA – Divine Name
This name is a “Notariqon” (an abbreviation). Each letter stands for a word and this name stands for Atah Gebor Le-Olam Adonai (You are strong for-ever my-Lord). The only other name of God to include “Gebor” is the name associated with Geburah so for some people this is relevant, but it does not fit neatly…
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Tiphereth – The Sixth Sphirah of the Tree of Life and the divine name YHVH (Jehovah / Yahweh)
No-one really knows how this name is pronounced for sure. It is said to be the name which was used by the priests of Israel to invoke their god into their temple. In myth once a year the High Priest would go into the temple and say this name only that one time. To waste…
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ADNI (Adonai) – Divine name
This name is pronounced Adonai and literally means “My Lord”. Where other names are not spoken to avoid blaspheming this name is substituted so for many people of the Jewish faith it is the most common word for God and because it so frequently used it represents the dedicant’s own experience of deity in their…
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ALHYM (Elohim) and AL (El)
Pronounced Elohim this is one of the more interesting names of god. Eloh means god and is treated as a male word but the ending of the word in H would indicate it is feminine. It is the same word as Allah, but in another language (Semitic based languages are unpointed and will often throw…
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AHYH – divine name
This name is the equivalent of saying “I be” in English. I appears in the Bible with the famous line “I am that I am”. This is symbolic of the ultimate transcendental state where one realizes what their ultimate connectivity to the universe is. In this state of being no thought occurs because it transcends…
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The 4 thoughts for Pagans
The 4 thoughts are 4 statements which are commonly used as a meditation in Tibetan Buddhism. They remind the practitioner, how important their path is and why they are doing it. This is relevant because I believe a lot of people, including myself at times, have come to Paganism or Occultism for the wrong reason.…
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The Holy Guardian Angel
I will expand upon this more when I have time, but for now this a stub. The name of this ‘entity’ comes from a catholic prayer which is often recited in the morning with the words “O Holy Guardian Angel, whom God has appointed to be my guardian. Watch over and guide me during this…