Angel of Fire is a term that has been used to describe many distinct
angels. They include:
Agni is the Vedic god of fire and mediator between gods and men.
Ardarel is the angel of fire in occult lore.
Arel is an angel invoked in ritual magic using a sun symbol. The
name Arel is inscribed on the seventh pentacle of the sun.
Atar is the Zoroastrian angel of fire and chief of the rank of angels
known as yazatas.
Atuniel, whose name means “furnace,” is an angel of fire in rabbinic
angelology.Gabriel, according to the Zohar, attacked Moses for neglecting to
observe the covenantal rite of circumcision with regard to his son
Gershom. Gabriel came down in a flame of fire, in the form of a burning
serpent with the purpose of destroying Moses for this sin.
Jehoel or Jehuel is the principal angel over fire according to Berith
Menucha, a seventeenth-century cabalistic text.
Madiel is the chief character of Sergei Prokofiev’s opera L’Ange de
Feu. He is the angel of fire and appears before a sixteenth-century
visionary in the form of a German knight.
Nathaniel (Nathanel), who, according to Jewish lore, is lord over
the element of fire. According to The Biblical Antiquities of Philo, King
Jair of Israel, a worshipper of the false god Baal, ordered seven men
faithful to God to be burned. The angel Nathaniel extinguished the
flames and allowed the seven men to escape. Then Nathaniel burned
King Jair and one thousand of his servants.
Seraph, whose name means “fiery serpent,” is one of the angels
who has dominion over the element of fire. He is the angel who
touched Isaiah’s lips with a live coal so that Isaiah might be clean and
fit to speak to God:
Then one of the seraphim flew to me carrying in his hand a
glowing coal which he had taken from the altar with a pair of
tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, “See, this has
touched your lips; your iniquity is removed, and your sin is
wiped away.” (Isa. 6:6–7)
Uriel, whose name means “Fire of God,” is an angel of noncanonical
lore who was known as the regent of the sun and flame of God. In
Catholic tradition Uriel is thought to be the angel who stood at the
gate of the lost Eden with a fiery sword.
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