I never believed in fairies or angels, or never thought more of them, but somehow I always thought that there must have been some guardian who watched over my life. Would I imagine him looking as a normal person or an angel, I can´t say, but going through certain things in my life made me realize there was and still is some higher presence watching over me. Back in 2002 I´ve read a book about angels, and there was a chapter by which you were supposed to relax and think of your guardian angel´s name. I knew honestly nothing about it and never knew any particular celestial names, so it was a big surprise when a name suddenly popped up in my head and offered itself as if being dictated by someone else. The name Seraphiel run through my mind for few seconds. I tried to remember the incoherent sound of it, the weird combination of letters that I never heard said out loud before. As weird as the name sounded, I didn´t doubt for a split of second that the name existed. I knew then and there, this name was my guardian angel´s name, I was sure nobody has such peculiar name, not a single person in a whole wide world. I was quite pleased with it too, it sounded so noble and exotic even. So there he was, my angel in his shining armour. I imagined him straight away, young and strong, and handsome! Well anyway....to get to the point. I started using this name quite frequently and also as my nickname. It never stroke me odd to doubt its place in the world, in my world. But few years later I browsed through several web sites and had the instant idea to look up Seraphiel on it. Not only did he exist, he was a well recognized angel from Kabala, the old scripts....
Seraphiel (Hebrew שׂרפיאל) is the name of an angel in the apocryphal book of Enoch. Protector of Metatron, Seraphiel holds the highest rank of the Seraphim with the following directly below him, Jehoel. In some texts, he is referred to as the Angel of Silence. Eponymously named as chief of the Seraphim, one of several for whom this office is claimed, Seraphiel is one of eight judge angels and a prince of the Merakabah. In Enoch, Seraphiel is described as an enormous, brilliant angel as tall as the seven heavens with a face like the face of angels and a body like the body of eagles. He is beautiful like lightning and the light of the morning star. As chief of the seraphim, he is committed to their care and teaches them songs to sing for the glorification of God. In magical lore, Seraphiel is one of the rulers of Tuesday and also the planet Mercury. He is invoked from the North.
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