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==Occult traditions== | ==Occult traditions== | ||
[[File:Uriel Sigil.png|350px|thumb|Summoning sigil of Archangel Uriel]] | [[File:Uriel Sigil.png|350px|thumb|Summoning sigil of Archangel Uriel]] | ||
In apocryphal, [[Kabbalah|kabbalistic]], and occult works, Uriel's name is commonly spelled "Auriel." He is regarded as the archangel of the North, and of the element of [[ | In apocryphal, [[Kabbalah|kabbalistic]], and occult works, Uriel's name is commonly spelled "Auriel." He is regarded as the archangel of the North, and of the element of [[earth (element)|earth]]. Where a fourth [[archangel]] is added to the named three, to represent the four cardinal points, Uriel is generally the fourth. Uriel is listed as the fourth angel in Christian Gnostics (under the name ''Phanuel''). However, it is debated whether the [[Book of Enoch]] refers to the same angel by two different names. Uriel means "God is my flame," whereas Phanuel means "God has turned." | ||
Uriel is the third angel listed in the ''[[Testament of Solomon]]''. Uniquely to this text, he is claimed to be the father of the [[demon]] [[Ornias]]. | Uriel is the third angel listed in the ''[[Testament of Solomon]]''. Uniquely to this text, he is claimed to be the father of the [[demon]] [[Ornias]]. | ||
According to the teaching of the modern [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], Uriel is the archangel of North and of Earth, and is thus associated with the vegetation of the Earth. In iconography he is depicted holding stems of ripened wheat and wearing robes of citrine, russet, olive, and black. His element is fire. | According to the teaching of the modern [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], Uriel is the archangel of North and of Earth, and is thus associated with the vegetation of the [[Earth]]. In iconography he is depicted holding stems of ripened wheat and wearing robes of citrine, russet, olive, and black. His element is fire. | ||
In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's ''Golden Legend'', Uriel is one of the [[angel]]s of the seven planets. Uriel is the angel of [[Mars]]. He is also listed as such in Benjamin Camfield's ''A Theological Discourse of Angels'' (1678). Other sources have him ruling over the fixed stars and the [[Moon]]. | In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's ''Golden Legend'', Uriel is one of the [[angel]]s of the seven planets. Uriel is the angel of [[Mars]]. He is also listed as such in Benjamin Camfield's ''A Theological Discourse of Angels'' (1678). Other sources have him ruling over the fixed stars and the [[Moon]]. | ||
In Thomas Heywood's ''Hierarchy of Blessed Angels'' (1635), Uriel is described as an angel of the [[earth]]. Heywood's list is actually of the angels of the four winds: Uriel (south), Michael (east), Raphael (west) (serving also a governor of the south, with Uriel), and Gabriel (north). He is also listed as an angel of the four winds in the medieval [[grimoire]] [[Sefer Raziel HaMalakh]] which lists him as ''Usiel'' (Uzziel); according to it, this book was inscribed on a sapphire stone and handed down from Seraph to [[Metatron]] and then to Adam. | In Thomas Heywood's ''Hierarchy of Blessed Angels'' (1635), Uriel is described as an angel of the [[earth (element)|earth]]. Heywood's list is actually of the angels of the four winds: Uriel (south), Michael (east), Raphael (west) (serving also a governor of the south, with Uriel), and Gabriel (north). He is also listed as an angel of the four winds in the medieval [[grimoire]] [[Sefer Raziel HaMalakh]] which lists him as ''Usiel'' (Uzziel); according to it, this book was inscribed on a sapphire stone and handed down from Seraph to [[Metatron]] and then to Adam. | ||
==Book of Enoch== | ==Book of Enoch== | ||