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The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 38 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter XX

XX. Name and Functions of the Seven Archangels . CHAPTER XX. 1. And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. 2. Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is over the world and over Tartarus. 3. Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is over the spirits of men. 4. Raguel, one of the holy angels who †takes vengeance on† the world of the luminaries. 5. Michael, one of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind ⌈⌈ and ⌉⌉ over chaos. 6. Saraqâêl, one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit. 7. Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim. 8. Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise.
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Themes
Divine Lighttheology

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

Raguel is set over the world of the luminaries, and Uriel's name implies fire/light, associating angels with illumination.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The passage describes God actively setting angels over specific domains to watch and order the cosmos.

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Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

Angels are assigned functions involving Tartarus, vengeance, and oversight of sinners, indicating a system of divine judgment.

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Numerical Mysticismtheology

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

The text structures the angelic host around the number seven, reflecting a numerological ordering of cosmic functions.

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Psychopomp Journeycosmology

Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

Raphael is set over the spirits of men and Remiel over those who rise, implying guidance of souls in the afterlife.

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Sacred Namestheology

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The passage explicitly lists the names of the seven holy angels, which in Enochic tradition carry ontological and functional power.

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Spiritual Ascentpraxis

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

Remiel is set over those who rise, suggesting a movement or resurrection upward from the dead.

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