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Lesser officers: Pammon, Dracon, Gemtzod, Enariel, Rudosor, Salmon . The Seventh Hour. Supreme Ruler--MENDRION. The chief officers include Ammiel, Choriel, Genaritzod, Pendroz, Memsiel, Ventariel . Lesser officers: Zacharel, Razziel, Tarmitzod, Anapion, Framoch, Machmay . The Eighth Hour. Supreme Ruler--NARCORIEL. The chief officers: Cambill, Nedarijin, Astrocon, Marifiel, Dramozin, Amelzom . Lesser officers: Hanoziz, Gastrion, Thomax, Hebrazym, Zimeloz, Gamsiel . The Ninth Hour. Supreme Ruler--NACORIEL. The chief officers, not subdivided: Adrapen, Chermes, Fenadros, Vemasiel, [paragraph continues] Comary, Demanor, Nameal, Maliel, Hanozoz, Brandiel, Evandiel, Iamariel . The Tenth Hour: JUSGUARIN. The chief officers ten, including Lapheriel, Emerziel, Mameroijud , Lesser officers one hundred, including Chameray, Hazamil, Vraniel . The Eleventh Hour: DARDARIEL. The great officers include Cardiel, Permon, Armiel, Hastoriel, Casmiros, Dumariel, Tumoriel . Lesser officers: Hermas, Druchas, Charman, Elamiz, Ialcoajul, Lamersij, Hamarytzod . The Twelfth Hour: SARINDIEL. The chief officers include Adoniel, Darmosiel, Ambriel, and the lesser officers Nefrias, Irmanotzod, Melanos . There are others cited, but the list is confused in my example and these will serve all purposes of enumeration. The Angels of the Twelve Signs--classing the latter according to the elementary triplicities--are: Fiery Triplicity : Aries--Angel = Aiel ; Leo--Angel = Ol ; Sagittarius--Angel = Sizajasel . Airy Triplicity : Gemini--Angel = Giel ; Libra--Angel = Jael ; Aquarius--Angel = Ausiul . Watery Triplicity : Cancer--Angel = Cael ; Scorpio--Angel = Sosol ; Pisces--Angel = Pasiel . Earthy Triplicity : Taurus--Angel = Tual ; Virgo--Angel = Voil ; Capricornus-Angel = Casujoiah . But the supreme zodiacal presidency is allocated to the archangels as follows: for the Fiery Triplicity, Michael; for the Airy Triplicity, Raphael; for the Watery Triplicity, Gabriel; for the Earthy Triplicity, Uriel. This follows all the traditional precedents. It is impossible to cite here the so-called angels or genii of men who govern the zodiacal degrees to the number of 360. They are exemplified by the ruling archangels, whose invocation does not seem to be possible, and by the spirits attendant on these, as, for example: Asajel, Sochiel and Cassiel , of the Earthy Triplicity; Samael , [paragraph continues] Madiel and Mael , of the Watery Triplicity; and so forth.
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Animismcosmology

The doctrine and worldview that natural phenomena, places, and objects possess inherent spirit, soul, or personality — and that the cosmos is populated by countless local, plural, embodied divine agents: kami in mountain and tree, sidhe in cairn and well, landwights in field and stone, nymphs in spring and grove, haltija in forest and lake, lares and penates in household and threshold, Iamblichean daemons in element and place. Distinct from monotheism (single transcendent God), pantheism (one underlying substance), and emanation_hierarchy (cascading single source); animism's signature is the plurality, locality, and embodied-in-landscape character of the divine.

The text describes a cosmos populated by countless specific divine agents (angels, genii) assigned to hours and degrees, reflecting a worldview where the universe is inhabited by plural spiritual entities.

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Correspondencecosmology

The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

The text explicitly maps celestial structures (Hours, Zodiacal Triplicities) to specific spiritual entities (Angels, Archangels), reflecting the Hermetic principle of cosmic correspondence.

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Numerical Mysticismtheology

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

The passage organizes spirits according to numerical structures such as the Twelve Hours, the Twelve Signs, and the 360 degrees of the zodiac.

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Sacred Namestheology

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

The passage is primarily a catalog of specific angelic and archangelic names (e.g., Mendrion, Michael, Raphael) associated with hours and zodiacal signs, implying their use in invocation or magical correspondence.

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