Ra:
Variations:
(1)
The
Re, Ra-Harakhti, Atum, Aten, Aton, Kheph-Ra.
Egyptian
pantheon.
Sun
God
and
Chief
god
of
the
Heliopolis
His name is so old that its original meaning is lost.
He is usually depicted as a man, sometimes with a hawk's head.
(2)
A deity mentioned in the cry of the aethyr Zax in Liber Aervm
Vel Saecvli.
(3)
A name which appears on the Pantacle of Frater
V.I.O. in Liber CLXV.
(4)
Order
Dawn:
of
the
Golden
In the magickal system of the Hermetic
(a)
A
deity
mentioned
initiation of the Theoricus and Adeptus Major grades.
in
(b)
the
A God
mentioned in the Rosicrucian Ritual of the Relation Between Chess
and
Tarot.
alphabet.
(5)
(6)
One
of
the
34
consonants
A deity mentioned in Liber VII:
of
the
Sanskrit
Liber Liberi vel
Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Ra Agiosel:
In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn:
water.
(a)
An Enochian great king of the west, related to
He had six seniors under him:
Lsrahpm, Slgaiol, Saiinor,
Soniznt, Laoaxrp and Ligdisa (Cf. Dee's Raagios). (b)
king invoked in the consecration of the ritual cup.
The great
(c)
A name
mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus grade.
Ra-En-Set:
An Egyptian term meaning "He who speaks as Set".
title used by Michael Aquino, the founder of the Temple of Set.
Ra Hoor Khuit:
Ra Nibbho:
See Ra-Hoor-Khu-it.
One of the Voodoo Loa.
A
Raagiol:
A variation of the name Raagios (q.v.).
A name of
Jehovah used to command spirits in the Book of Supplications and
Invocations.
Ra-a-gioslahladnaimawa-ist:
iξ.
Variations:
Ra-a-gioselahladnaimawa-
One of the Genii of the twenty two scales of the serpent in
Liber CCXXXI.
Raagios:
The
Variations:
elemental
king
Raagiosel, Raagiosl, Raagiol or Ra Agiosel.
of
the
seniors
Supplications and Invocations.
had six seniors under him:
Lgaial
or
Slgaich,
Ligdisa
of
Water
in
the
Book
of
He is associated with the Sun.
He
Srahpm or Lsrahpm, Saiinou, Laoxrp,
and
Soaixnt
(Cf.
Regardie's
Ra
Agiosel).
Raagiosel:
A variation of the name Raagios (q.v.).
A name the
king of the west, a spirit of water, used in the opening of the
temple of the third degree in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Raagiosl:
A variation on the name Raagios (q.v.).
The name of
the Great Elemental King of water found in the Four Great Watch
Towers listed in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Raahel:
In Runes' Wisdom of the Kabbalah:
ruling the 72 quinaries of the zodiac.
One of the angels
Raamiel:
lore:
A variation of the name Ramiel (q.v.).
In Qabalistic
An angel of thunder, sometimes listed amongst the fallen
angels.
Raaph:
See Raph.
Raas:
Variations:
Raasy, Raasyo or Ra-asa.
An Enochian word
meaning "the east".
Raas isalman paradizod...:
The beginning of the Enochian text of
the seventh key of John Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae.
reads as follows:
The full key
"Raas isalman paradizod oecrini aao ialpurgah
quiinenay butmon od inoas ni paradial casarmg vgear chirlan od
zonac Luciftian corsto vaulzirn tolhame Soba Londoh odmiam chistad
odes vmadea od pibliar Othilrit odmiam Cnoquol Rit ZACAR ZAMRAN
oecrimi Qadah od omicaolz aaiom Bagle papnor idlugam lonshi od
vmplif vgegi Bigliad."
This translates as:
"The East is a house
of virgins singing praises amongst the flames of the first glory,
wherein the Lord hath opened his mouth and they are become 28:
Living dwellings in whom the strength of man rejoiceth and they
are aparelled with ornaments of brightness such as work wonders on
all creatures Whose Kingdoms and continuance are as the Third and
Fourth strong towers and places of comfort.
The seats of Mercy
and continuance O you Servants of Mercy, Move, Appease, sing
praises unto the Creator:
And be mighty amongst us.
For to this
rememberance is given power and our strength waxeth strong in our
Comforter (sic)."
Compare with Crowley's "Ra-asa isalamanu para-
di-zoda...", below.
(2)
The beginning of the seventh part of The
Word of Set, Michael Aquino's version of John Dee's 48 Claves
Angelicae.
Ra-asa:
Ra-asa
See Raas.
isalamanu
para-di-zoda...:
Seventh Key in Liber Vel Chanokh.
as:
The
opening
words
of
the
It is Enochian and translates
"The East is a house of Virgins..."
Ra'asiel X:
In The Sword of Moses:
An angel invoked in magick
rituals.
Raasy:
Raasyo:
See Raas.
See Raas.
Rab un Naw:
In Arabic mythology:
An angel of light cognate with
the Persian deity Parvardigar (q.v.).
Rabacyel:
(1)
Shehaqim (q.v.).
In Hebrew mythology:
(2)
One of four angels ruling
In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses:
One of the three angelic princes ruling the 3rd heaven.
Rabbanain:
in
the
A Hebrew title meaning "master of the building" used
twelfth
Freemasonry.
dgree
of
the
Ancient
and
Accepted
Rite
of
Rabdos:
a Habrew name meaning "staff".
In The Testament of
Solomon:
A demon defeated by the angel Brieus.
Rabdos originally
seems to have been an angel that could stop the stars in their
courses who later degenerated into a demon that strangled people.
Rabia:
In Mandaean mythology:
One of the 10 uthri (q.v.) that
accompany the sun on its daily course.
Rabiam:
A word used to cause spirits to return a person home in
the Black Pullet.
Rabinnara:
Rabishu:
The name of the earth in autumn in The Magus.
A Sumerian word translated as "evil fiend", "ambusher"
or "lier in wait" in the Necronomicon.
Rabur:
(1)
A word used in the Grand and Supreme Appellation in
Apono's Magickal Elements.
(2)
In The Magus:
(a)
A name used
in an invocation of the four quarters in circle casting.
name used in an invocation of spirits.
(b)
A
Racah:
May be derived from the Syriac term "racah" ("worthless")
or the Chaldee "racah" ("despicable").
A name that appears on the
first line of a gnomonic square used to cause a familiar spirit to
appear in the form of a eagle in the Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage.
R
A
C
This square is reproduced below:
A
H
A
C
A
H
Racalire:
See Raclir.
Rachab:
Rahab.
Rachat:
A name used in a universal conjuration in the Grimoire of
Honorius.
Rachel:
A Hebrew name meaning "a ewe".
(1)
In Judaic folklore:
One of 4 matriarchs ruling the place in heaven reserved for the
duaghters, wives and sisters of the Hebrew Patriarchs.
Qabalistic lore:
of Jehovah.
(2)
In
A title of the Shekinah as the celestial bride
Rachiar:
A name possibly derived from a Greek term meaing "sea
breaking on rocks".
A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes
Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic
of Abramelin the Mage.
Rachiel:
(1)
sexuality.
In Qabalistic lore:
(2)
In Judaic mythology:
order of Ophanim (q.v.).
Magus.
(4)
An angelic luminary of human
(3)
One of the angels of the
An angel ruling Friday in The
In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel:
A spirit of the
planet Venus.
Rachmiah:
In Sepher Raziel:
One of the 70 guardian angels of
children.
Rachmiel:
Variations:
meaning "God's mercy".
mercy.
(2)
children.
Rahmiel, Rahamael, Rhamiel.
(1)
In Rabbinic tradition:
In Sepher Raziel:
(3)
A Hebrew name
The angel of
One of the 70 guardian angels of
In Hechaloth lore:
An angelic guard of the gates
of the east wind.
Rachsiel:
In Sepher Raziel:
One of the 70 guardian angels of
children.
Raclir:
Variations:
Racalire.
An
Enochian
word
meaning
"weeping".
Rad:
A cacodemon related to the north and to Mfzrn in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations.
Rada:
In Voodoo:
Dahomey.
the
One of the nanchons of Loas, originating in
These are the Loas of intelligence, associated with to
stars
and
the
upper
guardians or protectors.
air.
They
are
generally
viewed
as
Sub groups within this nanchon include
Dahomey Wedo, Dahomey Dwarf Boar, Nago, Guede or Ghede, Juba and
Martinique.
Rada drums:
In Voodoo:
The Rada battery of drums consists of
three drums:
the Manman (mother), the Second and the Boulah.
The
Houn'torguiers (drummers) are known as the Manmanier, Secondier
and Boulahier respectively.
Rad'adael:
In Hechaloth lore:
An angel guarding the entrance to
the 6th heaven.
Raderaf:
A spirit subordinate to Belzebud in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Radisha:
A name used in the conjuration of Surgat in the Grimoire
of Honorius.
Raditus:
A name used to transport one anywhere in the world in
the Black Pullet.
Radou:
A name used to discover secrets and avoid notice in the
Black Pullet.
Radueriel:
Variations:
Radweriel H'.
In The Talmud:
who is one of the heavenly recorders or registrars.
An angel
He is the
Angel of poetry.
Radweriel H':
Rael:
(1)
See Radueriel.
In the Heptameron:
An angel of Wednesday residing in
the 3rd heaven and invoked in the north.
(2)
One of the angels
of the second heaven ruling in the north on Wednesday in The
Magus.
(3)
In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel:
One of the
intelligences of the planet Venus.
Raflifu:
One of the Genii of the Qlippoth (q.v.) in Liber CCXXXI.
Rafraichi-Tete:
Voodoo:
A Creole term meaning "Refreshing the head".
In
A ritual head washing ceremony for opening the pathways
of the initiate to the Maitre-tete Loas through the power of
water.
Raftma'il:
In Arabic mythology:
A guardian angel invoked in
exorcism rituals.
Rag Doll:
See Poppet.
Ragalim:
A name derived from the Hebrew word for "feet".
A
spirit subordinate to Astarot and Asmodee in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Ragaras:
A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage.
Ragat:
In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses:
An angel who is
a member of the Cherubim (q.v.) or Seraphim (q.v.), who is invoked
in Qabalistic conjurations.
Ragiel:
See Raguel.
Ragnarok:
A Norse name derived from the terms "regin" ("god") and
"rok" ("judgement").
In Norse mythology:
The destruction of the
world in the final battle between the Gods and the forces of evil.
Raguel:
Variations:
Raguil, Ragiel, Raguhel, Rasuil.
name meaning "friend of God".
listed in Enoch I.
(1)
A Hebrew
One of the seven archangels
He is a guard of the 2nd or 4th heaven who
"takes vengeance on the world of luminaries", which probably means
that he is expected to keep other angels in line.
apocryphal The Revelation of John:
(2)
In the
An angel ordered to punish the
angels of cold and snow.
(3)
the angel Thelesis.
One of the 7 angels reprobated at the
(4)
In Gnosticism:
church council in Rome in 745 C.E.
Another name for
Raguhel:
See Raguel.
Raguil:
A variation of the name Raguel (q.v.).
In enoch II:
The
angel who transports Enoch to heaven, an incident alluded to in
Genesis 5:24.
Rahab:
(1)
Variations:
Rachab.
In Talmudic literature:
mythology:
(a)
A Hebrew name meaning "violence".
An angel of the sea.
(2)
In Judaic
An angel of the sea destroyed by Jehovah for
refusing to separate the upper and lower waters at the time of the
Creation.
(b)
An angel destroyed by Jehovah for refusing to part
the waters of the Red Sea for Moses during his escape from the
armies of the Pharaoh.
Raziel (q.v.) to Adam.
(c)
(3)
An angel who restored the Sepher
In the Bible:
(a)
An angel of the
sea, full of insolence and pride, mentioned in Isaiah 51:9.
equated with Leviathan (q.v.) and Behemoth (q.v.).
(b)
of Jericho, grandmother of David, mentioned in Joshua 2.
He is
A harlot
(4)
An
angel mentioned in Dante's Paradiso.
Rahabiel:
A name used in a nostrum to heal a man from enchantment
or affliction by a spirit in Henri Gamache's Mystery of the Long
Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Rahael:
A Hebrew name meaning "Beholding all".
One of the 72
names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the Shem Ha-Mephoresch
(q.v.), found In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn.
Ra-Hamarkis:
An aspect of the God Ra (q.v.) mentioned in the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Rahamael:
See Rachmiel.
Ra-Harakhte:
Ra-Harakte:
See Ra-Harakte.
Variations:
Heru-khuti, Ra-Harakhte, Ra-Hoor-Khu-It,
Ra-Hoor-Khut, Ra Hoor Khuit or Ra-Hoor-Khu.
An Egyptian title for
the God Heru-ur or Horus the Elder (See Heru-ur) meaning "Ra-Horus
of the two horizons".
This is a title combining an aspect of the
Egyptian Sun God Ra (q.v.), with the God Heru-ur, used by the
priesthood of Ra at Heliopolis.
Aleister Crowley incorrectly used
a variation of this title, "Ra-Hoor-Khu-It", as a name for Horus
the Younger.
Ra-Hoor-Khu-It actually translates as "Ra-Harakte,
Master of the Gods" (See Ra-Hoor-Khu-It).
Rahatiel:
See Rathiel.
Rahaviel:
In Hechaloth lore:
An angel guarding the entrance to
the 2nd heaven.
Rahdar:
In Transcendental Magic:
One of two Genii of the sign of
Cancer, the other being Phakiel.
Rahmiel:
A
variation
of
the
name
Rachmiel
(q.v.).
In
Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition:
An angel of mercy
and love, invoked to ward off the evil eye.
Ra-Hoor-Khu:
See Ra-Hoor-Khu-it.
Ra-Hoor-Khu-It:
An Egyptian title associated with the title Ra-
Harakhte (q.v.) used by Aleister Crowley in his works.
Aleister
Crowley obtained this term from the Stele of Revealing:
Egyptian
funerary
stele
Boulak Museum in Cario.
of
the
priest
Ankh-n-f-Khonsu
in
An
the
Crowley named the three chapters of this
book after three characters that he thought were depicted on this
stele:
Nuit, Hadit and Ra-Hoor-Khuit or Ra-Hoor-Khu-It.
Crowley
thought that Ra-Hoor-Khu-It was an aspect of Horus the Younger and
envisioned Ra-Hoor-Khu-It as a regulatory intelligence between
Nuit and Hadit.
In fact the figure he identifies as Ra-Hoor-Khuit
is Ra-Harakhti, an aspect of Horus the Elder (See Ra-Harakhti).
Ra-Hoor-Khuit actually translates as "Ra-Harakte, Master of the
Gods".
The figure that he interpretted as "Hadit" is actually
Behut-t, another aspect of Horus the Elder.
Ra-Hoor-Khut:
Rahtiel:
See Ra-Hoor-Khu-It.
Variations:
meaning "to run".
Rahzeil:
Rahatiel.
In 3 Enoch:
Derived from a Hebrew term
The angel of constellations.
An obscure angel in Mandaean lore.
Raiah:
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "a female
companion".
A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic
square used to win some especial love in the Book of the Sacred
Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
R
A
I
A
H
G
O
G
I
A
I
A
H
This square is reproduced below:
A
I
A
H
Raiban:
A name used to make a person confess in the Black Pullet.
Raide:
A Creole term meaning "strong".
A term often used in
Voodoo in reference to the Pethro nanchon of Loas.
Rainbow:
(1)
In Voodoo:
The rainbow is the "Point-Couleuvre
Aida We-do", a symbol of the serpent Loa Aida We-do (q.v.).
It is
beleived to be the path that the Loa Legba Ati-n Bon (q.v.) uses
to travel to the Earth.
Erzulie (q.v.), the Virgin Goddess of the
moon and the second most important Loa of the Voodoo religion,
controls the rainbow.
serpent
Aida
We-do,
Both Erzulie, in the form of the lunar
and
the
rainbow
which
she
controls
are
represented on the center post of the Peristyle (q.v.) or Voodoo
temple.
(2)
The rainbow is refered to in the book The Rainbow
Bridge by the Two Disciples as "antahkarana".
Antakarana is
actually the name of an ethnic group in Madagascar whose name
means "People of the Rocks".
the soul boats in Indonesia.
(3)
(4)
Goddess Iris in Greek mythology.
The rainbow is the bridge of
The Rainbow is the path of the
(5)
rainbow is the bow of the gods.
(6)
For several Arab tribes the
The rainbow is the bow of
the gods for the Bantu tribe in Central Africa.
(7)
Amongst the
Nandi, Masai and Yuki Indian tribes the rainbow is the robe of a
god.
(8)
In
the
mythologies
of
tropical
African,
Asian,
Australian and South American tribes it is the rainbow serpent who
swallows the rain.
(9)
There was a rainbow bridge called Bifrost
in Norse mythology which led to the home of the Gods in Asgard.
(10)
In ancient Christian mythology the rainbow is often spoken
of as the throne of Christ.
(11)
In Qabalah the Qesheth is the
Rainbow of Promise, a veil separating the lower four Sephiroth
from Tipareth (q.v.).
Rainha do mar:
In Santuario:
An alternate name for the Orixa
Yemaya (q.v.) meaning "queen of the seas".
Rains, It:
"It rains" is an old Masonic colloquialism signifying
that there were uninitiated persons present.
Raising Sheet:
of Freemasonry.
A tool used in the initiation of the third degree
Rajas:
(1)
Variations:
Rajo-Guna.
A Hindu term meaning "passion".
One of the three forms of Being (Gunas) in Hindu metaphysics,
the others being Sattvas and Tamas.
activity and bring misery.
(2)
Rajas is beleived to initiate
A term which Crowley equates with
Conduction, one of the three forms of what Crowley calls the
"wheel of force" in magick.
Rajo-Guna:
A variation of the name Rajas (q.v.).
activity used in Liber LXXI:
Rakhaniel:
A term for
The Voice of the Silence.
The name of an angel inscribed on the fifth pentacle
of Saturn in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Ram:
(1)
A sound associated with the Tattwa Tejas (q.v.).
In Mandaean mythology:
(2)
One of 10 Uthri (q.v.) that accompany the
sun on its daily course.
Ram Izad:
In Persian mythology:
An angel to whom services were
paid.
Ram Khastra:
In Parsi mythology:
A spirit cognate with the
Mandaean uthri (q.v.) Ayar Ziwa (q.v.).
Ramael:
See Ramiel.
Ramal:
In Sepher Raziel:
children.
One of the 70 guardian angels of
Ramamel:
In Hechaloth lore:
One of the angelic guards of the
gates of the east wind.
Ramaratz:
ground".
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "raised
A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage.
Ramasiel:
In the Lemegeton, a lesser officer under the angel
Farris.
Ramasser:
A Creole term meaning "to gather together".
In Voodoo:
A term used to describe adopting a Loa abandoned by other members
of the family.
Ramath:
A name used in the conjuration of Amaymon in the Grimoire
of Honorius.
Ramiel:
Variations:
"trembling before God".
Ramael, Raamiel.
(1)
A Hebrew name meaning
In the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch:
An angel of thunder who interprets visions for Baruch.
Enoch I:
(2)
In
One of 7 archangels standing before Jehovah's throne.
Later he falls from heaven and becomes a leader of the Apostates.
(3)
In Paradise Lost:
the angel Abdiel.
An angel defeated and cast from heaven by
Ramisiel:
In the Lemegeton, a lesser officer under the angel
Sazquiel.
Ramison:
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "creeping".
A
spirit subordinate to Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage.
Ramman:
See Rimmon.
Rammon:
See Rimmon.
Rampel:
In The Sword of Moses:
An angel ruling the mountains and
deep waters.
Rana:
(1)
Name for the eighteenth hour of the day, found in the
Greater Key of Solomon.
(2)
The name of the sixth hour of the
night in The Magus.
Raner:
A spirit subordinate to Astarot and Asmodee in The Book of
the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Ranglam:
A governor of the aethyr or aire Vti listed in Liber
Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh
and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn.
Ranie:
Ranglam has 6236 servants.
One of the angels of the third heaven ruling in the north
on Friday in The Magus.
Rampel:
A name used in a nostrum to make a woman follow you in
Henri Gamache's Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books
of Moses.
Rantam:
In the Grimoire of Honorius:
conjuration of Monday.
(b)
(a)
A name used in a
A name used in a conjuration of
Lucifer.
Raph:
Variations:
Raaph.
An angel who is a senior of the south
under Ephra in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Raph is
invoked to move things to other places.
Raphael:
Variations:
RPAL, Raphiel, Rofael, Rufael or Raphail.
A Hebrew name ("RPAL") meaning "the medicine of God" or "God has
healed".
(1)
A Judaic and Christian Angel, first mentioned in
the Book of Tobit (q.v.), in which Raphael, one of the 7 holy
angels, is the travelling companion of Tobias.
Raphael is one of
two rulers of Raqia (q.v.), the second heaven.
(a)
A "watcher".
(b)
(2)
A guide in sheol (hell).
In Enoch I:
(c)
One of 4
presences set over the diseases and wounds of mankind.
(3)
In
The Zohar:
(4)
In
(5)
In
An angel charged with healing the earth.
Qabalistic lore:
One of 3 angels that visited Abraham.
Judaic folklore:
(a)
who healed Jacob.
(c)
An angel who healed Abraham.
(b)
An angel
An angel who landed Noah's ark after the
flood and gave Noah the Sepher Raziel (q.v.).
(6)
In the Greater
Key of Solomon:
(a)
An angel who rules several hours of each day
of the week, according to the following table:
HOURS RULED BY RAPHAEL ACCORDING TO THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON
DAY
HOURS
Sunday
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd
Monday
5th, 12th, 19th
Tuesday
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
Wednesday
6th, 13th, 20th
Thursday
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
Friday
7th, 14th, 21st
Saturday
4th, 11th, 18th
(b)
An archangel associated with:
(ii)
The Sun.
Sunday.
(vi)
(vii)
(ix)
(iii) Gold.
(i)
(iv)
The planet Mercury.
The archangel Michael.
The colour yellow.
(vii)
The metal mercury.
The colour purple or mixed colours.
Wednesday.
(c)
(v)
(viii)
The North.
The name Raphael or Damiel is engraved on
the pommel of the sword of the magician's third disciple.
angel invoked in the preparation of a magic carpet.
(7)
(d)
An
In the
Theosophia Pneumatica, Raphael is an angel related to the spirits
Raquie and Ophiel.
(8)
In the Lemegeton, Raphael is said to rule
over the astrological triplicity of air.
Transcendental Magic:
(a)
(9)
In Eliphas Levi's
One of the seven great archangels, who
calls him the prince of sciences.
(b)
An angel of progress
associated with the planet Mercury.
(c)
mixing of water, salt and ash.
In The Magus:
(10)
A name invoked in the
(a)
Raphael
is one of the four angels ruling the four corners of the world and
the ruler of the Virtues and the Malachim.
(b)
One of the seven
angels which stand in the presence of Jehovah the others being
Zaphiel, Camael, Zadkiel, Haniel, Michael and Gabriel.
ruler of the Malachim.
sacred pentacle.
(e)
(d)
The
A name inscribed on the back of a
The ruler of the Sun or the Moon.
angel ruling the west wind.
(c)
(g)
(f)
An angel ruling Wednesday.
An
(h)
One of the angels of the third heaven ruling in the north on
Friday.
(11)
According to Trithemius:
(a)
An angel ruling over
Mercury and invoked in the making of a crystal for receiving
visions.
(b)
An angel ruling several hours of each day of the
week according to the following table:
HOURS RULED BY RAPHAEL ACCORDING TO TRIMETHIUS
DAY
HOURS
Sunday
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
Monday
7th, 14th, 21st
Tuesday
4th, 11th, 18th
Wednesday
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd
Thursday
5th, 12th, 19th
Friday
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
Saturday
6th, 13th, 20th
(12)
In Liber O:
archangel.
(b)
(a)
An
The name of an
Figure 1 Sigl of RAphael from the
Armadel
angel used in the Lesser Ritual
of the Pentagram.
(13)
The
title of one of the officers in
a
Rose
Croix
Freemasonry.
chapter
(14)
of
One of the
seven angels which stand in the
presence of Jehovah, listed in
the Scale of the Number Seven
in
The
Royal
Cyclopedia.
first
Masonic
(15)
One of seven angels whose names appear on the
Archangelic
Square
dictated
Edward Kelley by the angel Uriel.
to
(16)
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
the element of air.
angel of Mercury.
the Pentagram.
Rose Cross.
(b)
(d)
(e)
(f)
John
Dee
through
In the magickal system of
(a)
The archangel ruling
The archangel of Tiphareth.
An angel invoked in the consecration of the
(g)
An angel invoked in the Ritual of the
(h)
An angel invoked in the
Solemn Ceremony of Opening the Temple in the Light.
the
Appearance.
Diabolicon.
Armadel:
Evocation
(17)
(18)
(a)
The
An angel invoked in the Lesser Ritual of
Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
in
(c)
An angel invoked in the initiation of the
Theoricus grade.
invoked
medium
One
of
of
the
the
Angel
faithful
Chassan
(i)
to
archangels
An angel
Visible
in
the
One of the Spirits listed in the Grimoire of
Raphael is described as a spirit of science who
taught wisdom to Solomon.
He is to be invoked on Sunday before
sunrise.
His sigil, depicted in figure 1, is said to teach the
manner of joining actives and passives and to teach knowledge of
the southern regions of the earth.
(b)
Raphael is named as the
angelic guide of Tobias (q.v.) in the chapter entitled "The Vision
of Anointing".
(19)
An archangel listed in Paradise Lost.
In The Testament of Solomon:
(20)
An angel who gave Solomon a ring
engraved with the pentalpha (q.v.), which had the power to subdue
demons.
Raphail:
A variation on the name Raphael (q.v.).
An archangel
named in a seal to recover hidden treasure in Henri Gamache's
Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Raphiel:
A variation of the name Raphael (q.v.).
system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
In the magickal
An angel invoked
in the consecration of the ritual dagger.
Rapid, The:
An order of angels listed in Voltaire's Of Angels,
Genii and Devils.
Rapolxo:
See Oxlopar.
Rapt Motion:
Zodiac
and
In Astrology:
planets
from
The apparent diurnal motion of the
east
to
west
caused
by
the
Earth's
rotation.
Rapt Parallel:
In Astrology:
When two planets are equally
distant from the Meridian (q.v.), at the point of the Medium Coeli
(q.v.).
Raqia:
In Hebrew mythology:
The second of the seven heavens,
ruled by the angels Raphael and Zachariel.
Raquie:
related
A variation of the name Raqia (q.v.).
to
Ophiel
Pneumatica.
(2)
and
the
angel
In The Magus:
order of Virtues (q.v.).
(b)
Raphael
(a)
in
(1)
the
A spirit
Theosophia
The ruler of the angelic
Name of the 2nd heaven, related to
Wednesday and the angel Raphael.
(3)
In the magickal system of
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
Seven Heavens of Assiah (q.v.).
(b)
(a)
The sixth of the
A name mentioned in the
initiation of the Practicus grade.
Raquiel:
In Hechaloth lore:
An angelic guard of the gates of the
west wind.
Rara:
In Voodoo:
A Spring dance festival.
Rashith ha-Gilgaleem:
Rasamasa:
(1)
See Rashith ha-Gilgalim.
In Transcendental Magic:
One of two spirits of
the sign of Pisces, the other being Vocabiel.
of Darkness:
(2)
In The Prince
One of two genii ruling the sign of Pisces, the
other being Vacabiel.
Rasesiyah:
Rash:
In 3 Enoch:
Variations:
One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Rashin Rast.
In Mithraic lore:
An angel of
justice.
Rashiel:
In Judaic lore:
Rashin Rast:
Rashith
An angel of whirlwinds and earthquakes.
See Rash.
Ha-Gilgalim:
Variations:
RAShITh
Hajalalim or Rashith ha-Gilgaleem.
(1)
HGLGLIM,
Reschith
In Qabalistic lore:
(a)
A ministering spirit who guides the Primum Mobile (q.v.).
(b)
The first of the ten houses or heavens of the Qabalistic world of
Assiah (q.v.), representing the Primum Mobile (q.v.).
(2)
The
name of the first appearance of evil in the cry of the aethyr Tan
in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
(3)
In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
(a)
The equivalent of the
Sephira Kether in the material world, called the "commencement of
the whirling motions" or the Primum Mobile (q.v.).
(b)
The name
of the Palace of Assiah (q.v.) associated to the Sephira Kether.
RAShITh HGLGLIM:
See Rashith ha-Gilgalim.
Rasonastos:
A name used to locate treasure in the Black Pullet.
Rasphuia:
One
of
the
Genii
of
the
first
hour,
called
a
"necromancer", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana in
Levi's Transcendental Magic.
Rasuil:
See Raguel.
Rathanael:
In The Testament of Solomon:
An angel residing in the
3rd heaven who can defeat the demon Enepsigos.
Rathiel:
Ratok:
Variations:
Rahatiel.
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "a confining
chain".
A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic
square used to acquire the ability to open padlocks without a key
in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This
square is reproduced below:
R
A
A
K
T
O
K
Q
U
T
O
K
R
Ratsitsiel:
In Hechaloth lore:
An angel guarding the entrance to
the 1st heaven.
Ratziel:
A variation of the name Raziel (q.v.).
An archangel
associated with the Sephira Chokmah In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Ratzuziel:
In Hechaloth lore:
An angel guarding the entrance to
the 3rd heaven.
Figure
Raum
Raum:
Variations:
Raym.
(1)
2
Sigil
of
The fourtieth spirit of the
Lemegeton, described as an earl, who appears as a crow.
Raum has
the power to destroy cities, cause love between friends or foes
and to remove treasure from the houses of kings, and to divine the
past and future.
He was formerly a member of the angelic Order of
Thrones (q.v.) and commands 30 legions of spirits.
depicted in figure 2.
with three heads:
Ravadlediel:
(2)
In the Dictionaire Infernal:
A demon
man, cat and viper.
In Hechaloth lore:
An angel guarding the entrance
to the 5th heaven.
Ravens of Death:
His sigil is
See Gharab Tzerek.
Rax:
A name derived from a Greek word meaning "grape seed".
A
spirit subordinate to Astarot in The Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage.
Rayado:
In Palo Mayombe:
The Palero has initiatory designs
called Rayado cut with a razor on his skin.
Rayel:
One of the angels of the fifth heaven ruling in the north
on Tuesday in The Magus.
Raym:
See Raum.
Raysiel:
A
spirit
related
to
the
direction
north
in
the
Lemegeton.
Rayziel:
In the Lemegeton, a lesser officer under the angel
Jefischa.
Razanil:
One of the Genii of the tenth hour, called a "genius of
the onyx", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana in
Levi's Transcendental Magic.
Raziel:
Variations:
Ratziel.
of God" or "secret of God".
A Hebrew name meaning "the vision
(1)
In Qabalistic lore:
An angel
associated with the Sephira Chokmah (q.v.) and one of 9 archangels
of the Briatic world (q.v.).
(2)
The supposed angelic author of
Sepher Raziel (q.v.).
Orphanim.
(4)
(3)
In The Magus:
An angel ruling the
An angel invoked in the use of a "magic carpet"
for interrogating spirits in the Greater Key of Solomon.
(5)
An
angel listed as the author of the Sepher Raziel in the Dictionaire
Infernal.
(6)
An archangel associated with the Sephira Chokmah
in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
(7)
In The Sword of Moses:
an angel of the secret regions and of
the Supreme Mysteries.
Razvan:
In Arabic mythology:
An angel who is the treasurer of
Paradise.
Razziel:
In the Lemegeton:
An angel of the 7th hour of the night
who is a lesser officer under the angel Mendrion.
Rbnh:
Variations:
Rbznh.
An angel who is a senior of the east
under Llacza in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Rbnh
is invoked to acquire the knowledge of metals.
Rbznh:
See Rbnh.
Rcanb:
See Rcnb.
Rcnb:
Variations:
Rcanb.
An angel who is a senior of the east
under Hcnbr in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
invoked to acquire knowledge of mechanics.
Rcnb is
Rda:
A cacodemon related to the north and to Volxdo in the Book
of Supplications and Invocations.
Readings:
Sessions in which a person performs some form of
divination for another.
Reapers:
A title given to angels in Matthew 13:29:
"...and the
reapers are the angels."
Rebakam:
(1)
A Pranayama exercise in Yoga.
(2)
A Pranayama
exercise described by Aleister Crowley in Liber RV.
Recabustira:
An angel invoked in the consecration of a "magic
carpet" in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Reception:
In Astrology:
A planet is received by the Dispositor
(q.v.) of the sign it is in (See Mutual Reception).
Receta:
In Espiritismo:
A series of steps prescribed for a
person to use to alleviate a problem or banish evil influences.
Rechem:
A name derived
seizing".
from a Hebrew term meaning "closely
A name that appears on the first line of a double
acrostic square used to heal pestilential diseases in the Book of
the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This square is reproduced
below:
R
E
C
H
E
M
E
R
H
A
S
E
C
H
A
I
A
H
H
A
I
A
H
C
E
S
A
H
R
E
M
E
H
C
E
R
Rectacon:
An name used in the process consecrating the lustral
bath with salt in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Rectification:
person's
In
birth
Astrology:
time
by
The
reference
process
to
of
correcting
a
known
events
or
characteristics of the person.
Rectores Mundorum:
In Chaldean mythology:
The divine regents or
powers that order the world.
Recusant:
Derived from the Latin "recusare" ("to reject").
In
Masonic law, a person who defies and disobeys an edict of the
Grand Lodge (q.v.).
Red Dragon, The:
Also known as Le Dragon Rouge ou l'Art de
Commander les Esprits celestes, aeriens et infernaux.
The oldest
copy is dated 1521 CE.
Red Magic:
An obscure grimoire from France.
Red Sects:
See Cabrit Thomazos.
Rede: Derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "raedan", meaning "to
interpret".
A rule governing interpretation.
Wicca for a religious law or maxim.
A term used in
The most important guiding
principle for Wiccans is the "Wiccan Rede", which is: "Do whatever
you will, so long as it does not harm another".
Redemptor:
One
of
Grimoire of Honorius.
the
seventy
two
names
of
Jehovah
in
the
Reem:
A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square
used to cause visions of dragons to appear in the Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This square is reproduced
below:
R
E
E
M
E
E
Z
M
Refranation:
In
Astrology:
When
one
Retrograde before an aspect is complete.
of
two
planets
turns
The Retrograde planet is
said to Refrain, which is taken to mean that the influence of the
aspect involved will not materialize.
Regardie, Israel:
1985.
A Ceremonial Magician who lived from 1907 to
He was one of the original members of the Hermetic Order of
the Golden Dawn and author of several books on magic, including
the encylopedic The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Regent:
Derived from the Latin "regere" ("to rule").
Paradise Lost:
One of the fallen angels.
of the lesser mysteries of the Illuminati.
(2)
(1)
In
The fourth degree
Regents:
An order of angels listed in Paradise Regained.
Reginon:
ones".
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "vigorous
A spirit subordinate to Ariton in The Book of the Sacred
Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Region:
A name to be engraved on the blade of the ritual sword of
a magician's first disciple in the Grimorium Verum and the Greater
Key of Solomon.
Registro:
In Santeria:
A consultation with a Santero (q.v.),
Babalawo (q.v.) or Italero (q.v.).
Regler:
A Creole term meaning "to regulate" or "to control".
Voodoo:
A term for power over the Loas.
Rehaaiel:
A variation of the name Rehael (q.v.).
In
One of the 72
names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the Shem Ha-Mephoresch
(q.v.), found in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn.
Rehael:
Variations:
"Swift to condone".
Rehaaiel, Rehauel.
A Hebrew name meaning
One of the seventy two angels forming part of
the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in
The Magus
and in La
Kabbale Pratique.
Rehauel:
A variation of the name Rehael (q.v.).
In Runes' The
Wisdom of the Kabbalah:
One of the angels ruling the 72 quinaries
of the zodiac.
Rehel:
In La Kabbale Pratique:
One of two angels who fight the
enemies of the Church, the other being Phupe.
Rehum:
A Hebrew name meaning "merciful".
in the Bible.
It appears in Ezra 4:8
A name which is used in the higher degrees of
Freemasonry.
Reiiel:
One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of
Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus.
He belongs to the order of
Dominations (q.v.).
Reine Congo Franc:
"Queen French Congo".
One of the Congo Loas
of Voodoo.
Reine Silence:
A term meaning "Queen of Silence".
In Voodoo:
The Houn'gan in charge of preserving order during ritual services
and for insuring silence while the Houn'gan (q.v.) or Mam'bo
(q.v.) works.
Reivtip:
Moses:
Variations:
Rirvtip.
In The Sixth and Seventh Books of
An angel who serves the angelic prince Alimon (q.v.).
Rekhodiah:
An
angel
whose
name
is
inscribed
pentacle of the Sun in the Greater Key of Solomon.
on
the
second
Relail:
In Arabic folklore:
Reler:
A Creole term meaning "to call" or "to cry out".
Voodoo:
A term for chanting or invoking.
Relocation Chart:
The governor of the 5th heaven.
In Astrology:
In
A Horoscope cast when a person
moves to a new residence, putting the natal positions of the
planets into houses calculated for the new location.
Remiel:
A variation of the name Eremiel (q.v.).
In Enoch I:
An
archangel who was the guardian of the souls in Sheol.
Remoron:
A name derived from a Latin term meaning "hindering" or
"staying".
A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage.
Rempha:
In Hermetics:
Rending of the Veil:
The genius of the planet Saturn.
(1)
The fifth of the Signs
of the Grades listed by Aleister Crowley in Liber
O,
representing
figure 3).
(2)
the
closing
of the veil (See
One of the six Portal signs
demonstrated in the Opening of the Neophyte Grade
0-0 by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Figure
3
Rending of the
Veil
Renenet:
In
Egyptian
mythology,
personification of fortune.
a
spirit
who
is
the
Renenet is one of three spirits who
surround the scales that weigh the heart of the deceased in
Egyptian legend, the other two being Shai and Meskhenet.
Reno:
In La Kabbale Pratique:
An angel associated to Vehuel
(q.v.).
Renvoyer:
A Creole term meaning "to send away".
In Voodoo:
A
term for dismissing the Loas.
Rephaim:
A Hebrew name meaning "weakeners".
(1)
In Enoch I:
An
order of fallen angels, others listed including the Nephilim,
Emim, Zamzummim.
(2)
In the Dictionaire Infernal:
An order of
fallen angels.
Reposoirs:
Variations:
Arbres-reposoirs.
In Voodoo:
A tree
with its base surrounded by a cement basin or heaps of stones,
located in the yard of the Oum'phor (q.v.).
These trees are
sanctuaries of the Loas, in which the Loas reside permanently.
Heaps of stones may also serve as Reposoirs.
Requel:
In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses:
An angel ruling
the order of Principalities (q.v.).
Requiel:
An angel ruling over the twenty third of the twenty
eight mansions of the Moon in The Magus.
Resat-el:
See Restel.
Reschith Hahalalim:
Resguardo:
See Rashith Ha-Gilgalim.
In Santeria:
A good luck talisman, meant to protect
the wearer against evil.
Resh:
(1)
The twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (_),
equivalent to the letter "R" in the English alphabet.
Hebrew word meaning "head".
It is a
It is assigned the numerical value of
"200" in the Qabalah.
(2)
A name used in conjuration in the
Greater Key of Solomon.
(3)
A word used in the Lesser Ritual of
the Hexagram in Liber O.
(4)
In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
A name which appears on the
Seven Branched Candlestick (q.v.).
(5)
An angel mentioned in
Historia Religionis Veterum Persarum.
Residuum:
Variations:
In Alchemy:
Dead Head, Caput Mortuum or Caput Mortum.
A term refering to the precipitate or residue left
after the distillation or sublimation process.
Rest:
An Enochian word meaning "praise".
Restau:
(1)
An Egyptian term for the passages which led from the
tomb to the realm of the dead.
(2)
A term for the passages to
the underworld, used in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order
of the Golden Dawn.
Restel:
Variations:
Resat-el.
An Enochian word meaning "that
you may praise Him".
Resultant:
See Geomancy.
Resurrectio:
One of the seventy two names of Jehovah in the
Grimoire of Honorius.
Reterrem:
A name used to bestow knowledge and healing in the
Black Pullet.
Retirer D'en Bas de L'eau:
In Voodoo:
A ceremony for reclaiming
the souls of the deceased from the waters of the abyss.
Retragrammaton:
A name used in the grand conjuration of the Grand
Grimoire.
Retrograde:
In Astrology:
Retrograde motion occurs when a planet
between the Earth and the Sun overtakes the Earth in its orbit or
when the Earth overtakes a planet beyond the Earth's orbit.
The
result is that the planet's apparent motion in the sky reverses.
In other words it appears to go backwards.
This is known as
Retrograde Motion and is given a particular significance.
When
the planet's apparent Retrograde Motion ceases and it begins to
orbit in the normal direction again the planet is said to have
gone "Direct".
In an Ephemeris, an "R" is usually placed beside
the chart entry where a planet begins to go Retrograde.
Retsutsiel:
Reuben:
son".
See Rezoziel.
Variations:
(1)
Ruben.
A Hebrew name meaning "behold the
One of the twelve traditional tribes of Israel,
mentioned in Genesis 29:32 in the Old Testament of the Bible.
(2)
A tribe of the fourth of the four triplicities of the tribes of
Israel listed in The Magus, the other two in this triplicity being
Gad and Simeon.
Appears elsewhere in The Magus as Ruben.
(3)
the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
In
(a)
A tribe of Israel invoked in the consecration of the Lotus Wand.
(b)
A tribe of Israel associated with Aquarius.
Reubeus:
See Rubeus.
Reubus:
A variation of the name Rubeus (q.v.).
A Geomantic
character listed in The Magus.
Revengers
of
Wickedness:
Listed
Avengers of Wickedness (q.v.).
the ten orders of
Tempters
or
(1)
elsewhere
in
In The Magus:
The
Magus
(a)
as
One of
the damned, the others being Airy Powers,
Ensnarers,
Lying
Spirits,
Jugglers,
False
Gods,
Furies, Sifters or Triers, Vessels of Iniquity and Wicked Souls
Bearing Rule.
(b)
One of the twelve degrees of the damned and of
devils, the others being Apostates, Jugglers, Vessels of Iniquity,
Infidels,
Furies,
False
Gods,
Sifters
or
Triers,
Tempters
or
Ensnarers, Witches, Airy Powers and Lying Spirits.
Revocacion:
In Santeria:
Revocacion de cabeza:
A term for a "counter spell".
In Santeria:
Ritual cleansing of the
Yaguo's head prior to the Asiento (q.v.).
Rex:
(1)
A Latin term meaning "king".
(2)
A name used in the
conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Rex Judaeorum:
A Latin phrase meaning "King of the Jews".
In the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
A
phrase used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor as written by
Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Reyayel:
A Hebrew name meaning "Expectation".
names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the
One of the 72
Shem Ha-Mephoresch
(q.v.), found in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn.
Rezoziel:
Variations:
Retsutsiel.
In Hechaloth lore:
an angel
guarding the entrance to the 3rd heaven.
Rgan:
Variations:
Rgoan.
An angel who is a senior of the north
under Volxdo in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
is invoked to cause transformations.
Rgan
Rgoan:
See Rgan.
Rhabdomancy:
"rhabdos"
Otherwise
("rod")
and
known
"manteia"
as
dowsing.
From
("divination").
the
The
Greek
art
of
locating things concealed in the earth by use of a rod held in the
hands.
Rhadamanthus:
Variations:
Rhadamatus.
Rhadamanthus was the son of Zeus by Europa.
In
Greek
mythology:
After he died he was
rewarded for the exemplary justice that he had shown in his life
time by being made one of the three judges of the dead in Hades,
along with Aeacus and Minos.
Rhadamantus:
A variant of the name Rhadamanthus (q.v.).
the three Judges of the Infernal World in The Magus.
One of
The other
two named in The Magus are Acacus and Minos.
Rhamiel:
A variation of the name Rachmiel (q.v.).
literature:
In apocalyptic
The angelic name of St. Francis of Assisi as the
angel of mercy.
Rhaumel:
One of the angels of the fifth heaven ruling in the
north on Tuesday in The Magus.
RhEIBET:
A name used in the invocation of Air in Liber Samekh.
Rho:
Ri:
The seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet (ρ).
One of the 16 vowels of the Sanskrit alphabet.
Ribbotaim:
Richol:
In 3 Enoch:
An alternative title for the Cherubim.
In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses:
An angel of the
order of Powers (q.v.) invoked in conjuration.
Ricona:
A name used to give one power over animals in the Black
Pullet.
Ridas:
Riddia:
A name used to command the elements in the Black Pullet.
Variations:
irrigator".
(1)
Ridya, Ridjah.
In the Talmud:
between two abysses.
(2)
A Hebrew name meaning "the
An angel of rain who resides
In Judaic folklore:
An angel who
appears as a heifer with cleft lips.
Ridjah:
Ridya:
Ridwan:
See Riddia.
See Riddia.
In Islamic mythology:
An angel guarding the entrance to
the earthly Paradise.
Riegos:
In Santeria:
Special liquids sprinkled throughout the
house to dispel evil influences.
Riehol:
In Transcendental Magic:
An angel ruling the sign of
Scorpio.
Riffasoris:
A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the
Grimoire of Honorius.
Rifion:
In Hechaloth lore:
An angel guarding the entrance to the
5th heaven.
Rigal:
In Sepher Raziel:
One of the 70 guardian angels of
children.
Right Hand Path:
A term originating within Tantrism (See Tantra).
In Tantrism the female was positioned to the right of the male
for Mantra (q.v.) and Mudra ceremonies.
For erotic ceremonies she
was positioned to the left of the male.
The founder of Theosophy,
H. P. Blavatsky (1831-1891 CE), felt sex magic to be perverse, so
she used the term "left hand path" to describe magickal systems
that she disapproved of and "right hand path" to describe those
that she sanctioned.
Through popular usage the term right hand
path later came to be a term for good or "white" magic.
Right Witness:
Rigios:
See Geomancy.
A name derived from a Greek word meaing "horrible" or
"terrible".
A spirit subordinate to Astarot in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Rigolen:
A spirit subordinate to Amaimon and Ariton in The Book
of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Rigziel:
In Qabalistic lore:
An alternative name for the 8th
Sephira (See Sephiroth).
Rii:
(1)
The twenty ninth of the thirty Aires of Dee's 48 Claves
Angelicae.
(2)
The twenty ninth aethyr or aire listed in Liber
Vel Chanokh and in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
(3)
system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
In the magickal
The twenty ninth
aethyr of the Fourty Eight Angelical Keys or Calls.
(4)
The
twenty ninth Aethyr of the nineteenth part of The Word of Set.
Rikbiel YHWH:
(1)
divine chariot.
In Merkabah lore:
(2)
An angel in charge of the
In Enochian lore:
An angel outranking
Metatron (q.v.).
Rimezin:
In the Lemegeton:
An angel of the 4th hour of the night
who is a chief officer under the angel Jefischa.
Rimmon:
Variations:
"pomegranate".
"exhalted".
Goddess Shala.
(2)
The
(1)
Ramman, Rammon.
same
word
in
An Assyrian name meaning
Hebrew
A Babylonian storm God.
means
"roarer"
or
His wife was the
The pomegranate was sacred to him, hence the name.
Rimmon is a city or village mentioned in Joshua 15:32, 1
Chronicles 4:32, and Zecharaiah 14:10.
Judges 20:45-47 and Judges
21:13 refer to the "rock of Rimmon".
2 Samuel 4:2-9 refers to
Rimmon
the
Rimmon".
Be-erothite.
(3)
In
2
Kings
5:18
Pseudo-Monarchia,
Beelzebuth's ambassador to Russia.
(4)
refers
to
a
"house
of
Wierus
lists
Rimmon
as
One of the Infernal names
listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Rimog:
A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Ring
of
Gyges:
A
ring
which
gives
it
owner
the
power
of
invisibility, mentioned in the writings of Eliphas Levi, Porphyry,
Iamblichus and Peter of Apono.
A spell to create one is listed in
the Little Albert.
Ring
of
Solomon:
Solomon.
Variations:
In the Lemegeton:
Disc
of
A ring worn by
Figure 4 Ring
Disc of Solomon
or
the magician and held in front of his face
to
protect
himself
from
the
sulphurous
breath of any evil spirits he evokes (see
figure 4).
Rinmps:
A name derived by reversing the
name of the angel Spmnir (q.v.).
A cacodemon commanding the
cacodemons of Fire of Earth in the Book of Supplications and
Invocations.
Rior:
Variations:
Riore:
See Rior.
Ripiar:
Riore.
An Enochian word meaning "widow".
The crushing of fresh herbs in the preparation of omiero
in Santeria.
Ripir:
Variations:
Ripire:
See Ripir.
Ripson:
An Enochian word meaning "heaven".
Rirvtip:
Ripire.
An Enochian word meaning "no place".
See Reivtip.
Risha Havurah:
A Hebrew term ("RIShA HVVRH") meaning "the White
Head", given by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to Kether
(q.v.).
RIShA HVVNH:
See Risha Havurah.
Rising Planet:
See Ascending Planet.
Risir:
A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic
square used to cause a familiar spirit to appear in the form of a
soldier in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This square is reproduced below:
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Risnuch:
One of the Genii of the ninth hour, called a "genius of
agriculture", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
Riswan:
Rit:
See Rusvon.
Variations:
Ritas:
Rita.
An Enochian word meaning "mercy".
A name used to confer profound knowledge in the Black
Pullet.
Rites of Eleusis, The:
Ritournel:
A play written by Aleister Crowley.
A name inscribed on a talisman to discover secrets in
The Black Pullet.
Riuros:
"Cold time", the third month of the Coligny Caledar
(q.v.), occuring in December/January.
Riyiel:
In Runes' The Wisdom of the Kabbalah:
One of the angels
ruling the 72 quinaries of the zodiac.
Rlemu:
See Rmlu.
Rlmu:
Variations:
Rlemu.
An angel who is a senior of the south
under Analeem in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Rlmu
is invoked to acquire the knowledge of metals.
Rlodnr:
An Enochian word.
Translated in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic as meaning "Mercury".
Translated in
Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary as meaning "furnace" or
"crucible".
Rlu:
One of the names of Jehovah in the cry of the aethyr Oxo in
Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
R'lyeh:
A place name borrowed from the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
It is found in the Call to Cthulhu in Anton LaVey's The Satanic
Rituals.
Rmlaon:
A name derived by reversing the name of the angel Noalmr
(q.v.).
A cacodemon commanding the cacodemons of Fire of Earth in
the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Rnail:
See Rnil.
Rnil:
Variations:
Rnail.
An angel who is a senior of the west
under Iaaasd, related to the element of fire in the Book of
Supplications
and
Invocations.
Rnil
is
invoked
to
acquire
knowledge of living creatures.
Rnoizr:
A name derived by reversing the name of the angel Rzionr
(q.v.).
A cacodemon commanding the cacodemons of Fire of Fire in
the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Roa:
A
name
invoked
in
a
rite
of
necromancy
in
the
Verus
Jesuitarum Libellus.
Roan:
Variations:
Rocan.
An angel who is a senior of the south
under Hroan in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Roan is
invoked to acquire knowledge of mechanics.
Robe Sublime:
Rocan:
Rochel:
See Shangna Robe.
See Roan.
One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of
Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus.
lost objects.
Rochael is able to find
Rocle:
Variations:
Iocle.
(1)
One of the Filii Filiorum Lucis
(q.v.) of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth (q.v.), associated to the angel
Madimiel.
This
angelic
name
was
derived
Archangelic Square of John Dee.
(2)
In the magickal system of
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
from
the
second
One of the Filii Filiorum
Lucis of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth.
Roelhaiphar:
The name of an angel inscribed on the fifth pentacle
of Saturn in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Rofael:
See Raphael.
Roffles:
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "the lion
trembling".
A spirit subordinate to Paimon in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Rogacion De Cabeza:
performed.
In Santeria:
A ritual "head purification"
Rogamos:
A name probably derived from the Latin term "rogamus"
("we pray").
A name that appears on the first line of a double
acrostic square used to heal colic and vomitting in the Book of
the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This square is reproduced
below:
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Roggiol:
A spirit subordinate to Astarot and Asmodee in The Book
of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Rogziel:
In Judaic folklore:
Roi Louanges:
One of the 7 angels of punishment.
A Loa of the Rada, the Congo and the Loango
traditions of Voodoo.
Roi Ou-Angole:
One of the Congo Loas of Voodoo.
Rokea:
A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic
square used to heal "inveterate paralysis" in the Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This square is reproduced
below:
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Rokes:
A name used to obtain a winning lottery number in the
Black Pullet.
Roler:
A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Rolor:
A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic
square used to fly anywhere in the form of a vulture in the Book
of
the
Sacred
Magic
of
Abramelin
the
Mage.
This
square
is
reproduced below:
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Rom Meola:
A Hebrew title ("RVM MOLH") meaning "the Inscrutable
Height", given by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to Kether
(q.v.).
Romages:
A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage.
Rombomare:
In
La
Kabbale
Pratique:
An
angel
associted
to
Lauviah.
Romerac:
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "violent
thunder".
A spirit subordinate to Amaimon in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Romiel:
In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition:
One of
the angels ruling the months of the year.
Rompezaraguey:
In Santeria:
A plant, Eupatorium Odoratum, sacred
to the Orisha Chango (q.v.), used in Despojos (q.v.) and Riegos
(q.v.).
Roneve:
See Ronobe.
Ronoamb:
A governor of the aethyr or aire Tor listed in Liber
Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh
and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn.
Ronoamb has 7320 servants.
Ronobe:
Variations:
Roneve
or
Ronove.
The twenty seventh spirit of the Lemegeton,
desribed
as
a
monstrous form.
marquis
who
appears
Figure
Ronobe
5
Sigil
of
in
Ronobe imparts knowledge
and the favour of friends.
legions of spirits.
He commands 19
His sigil is depicted
in figure 5.
Ronove:
Rood:
See Ronobe.
(1)
A term derived from the Middle English "rode", derived
in turn from the Anglo Saxon "rod" ("a cross" or "a measure").
ancient term for a crucifix.
(2)
An
A term used by Aleister Crowley
to describe a crucifix.
Roodmas:
Roqen:
See Beltaine.
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "persons in
power".
A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic
square used to cause emnity of kings and the great in the Book of
the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This square is reproduced
below:
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Ror:
Variations:
Roray, Rore.
An Enochian word meaning "sun".
Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic assigns this
word the additional meaning of "kings".
Roray:
See Ror.
Rore:
See Ror.
Rorex:
In The Testament of Solomon:
An angel invoked to defeat
the demon Alath.
Rosa de Jerico:
See Jerico Rose.
Rosa Mundi est Lilium Coeli:
Words written on the breast of the
Priestess of the Silver Star in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli
Rosabis:
One of the Genii of the eleventh hour, called a "genius
of metals", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
Rosaran:
A spirit subordinate to Ariton in The Book of the Sacred
Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Figure 6 Rose
Cross used by
the Golden Dawn
Rose Cross:
Variations:
Crucis.
A crucifix with a rose depicted at the intersection
(1)
of the cross bars.
Rose Croix, Roseae Rubeae et Aureae
This cross was used by several magickal
orders, including the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Crowley's
Astrum Argentium and the Rosicrucians.
(2)
A symbol used in the
admission ceremony of the Neophyte Adeptus Minor by the Hermetic
Order
of
the
Golden
Dawn
(see
figure
6).
The
Golden
Dawn
specified that it should be made by the person using it and not
handled by any other person.
They further specified that it
should be worn suspended from a yellow ribbon.
The Golden Dawn
version was multi-coloured, inscribed with various symbols and the
word INRI.
One method of making sigils involves starting with the
first letter on the rose petals in the symbol and tracing from
that to the following letters in turn.
Rose Croix:
See Rose Cross.
Rose
of
Croix
Sor
Peladan:
An
occult
order
ridiculed
in
Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Rose of Sharon:
A name used in the opening of the temple in the
fourth degree in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Roseae et Aureae Crucis:
Cross".
A Latin phrase meaning "Rose and Gold
In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn:
A phrase used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor
as written by Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Roseae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis:
and Gold Cross".
A Latin phrase meaning "Red rose
A reference to the Rose Cross (q.v.).
In the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
An
expression used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor Grade.
Rosenkreutz, Christian:
A person named as the founder of the
Rosicrucians, born in 1378 in Germany and reputed to have lived to
the age of 106.
His name means "Christian of the Rosy Cross".
The earliest mention of Rosenkreutz and the Rosicrucians is in the
Fama Fraternitatis ("Account of the Brotherhood"), a text by an
anonymous author which appeared in 1614 C.E.
the journeys of Rosenkreuz.
It was an account of
He is supposed to have gathered
secret occult wisdom in trips to Damascus, Egypt, the Arabian city
of Damcar, and the Morocan city of Fes.
The names Rosenkreuz and Rosicrucian both derive from the
symbol of this organization, which is a combination of a cross and
a rose.
They are also known as the Brothers of the Rosy Cross,
Rosy Cross Knights or Rosy Cross Philosophers.
There is no evidence that at the the time of the appearance
of the Fama Fraternitatis there was any Rosicrucian order at all.
Many now beleive that Christian Rosenkreuz was never more than a
mythical figure and that the Swiss alchemist Paracelsus was the
actual
founder
of
the
Rosicrucians.
Several
modern
occult
organizations such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn have
claimed
Rosicrucian
origins.
The
most
well
known
modern
Rosicrucian organization is the Ancient and Mystic Order Rosae
Crucis (A.M.O.R.C.).
Rosicrucians:
Also known as the Brothers of the Rosy Cross, Rosy
Cross Knights or Rosy Cross Philosophers.
The earliest mention of
the Rosicrucians is in the Fama Fraternitatis ("Account of the
Brotherhood") which appeared in Germany in 1614 C.E.
account
of
the
journeys
of
Christian
Rosenkreuz
It was an
(q.v.),
the
alleged founder of Rosicrucianism.
Many later mystical lodges claimed to have been descended
from
the
Rosicrucians
symbolism.
and
borrowed
Rosicrucian
ideas
and
The most well known modern Rosicrucian organization is
the Ancient and Mystic Order Rosae Crucis (A.M.O.R.C.), based in
San Jose, California.
Rosier:
A prince of the demonic order of Dominions listed by
Michaelis
in
his
Admirable
History
of
the
Possession
and
Conversion of a Penitent Woman.
Rosus:
A name used in the conjuration of Baymon in the Grimoire
of Honorius.
Rosy Cross:
See Rose Cross.
Rosy Cross Knights:
See Rosicrucians.
Rosy Cross Philosophers:
See Rosicrucians.
Rota:
A Latin term, meaning "wheel".
(1)
In the Roman Catholic
Church, a high tribunal consisting of ten prelates which serves as
an appeal court.
Its full name is Sacra Romana Rota ("Sacred
Roman Rota).
(2)
Saecvli.
In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
(3)
Golden Dawn:
An angelic key mentioned in Liber Aervm Vel
A text mentioned in the initiation of the Adeptus
Minor Grade.
Rotas:
(1)
Probably derived form the Latin word "rota" ("wheel").
A name used in a spell for favour and love in the Greater Key
of Solomon.
(2)
A name inscribed in the double acrostic (q.v.)
on the second pentacle of Saturn in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Rother:
A name that appears on the first line of a double
acrostic square used to know the signs of tempests in the Book of
the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
follows:
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This square appears as
Round Tablet of Nalvage:
Enochian magic system.
A device created by John Dee for his
The tablet is reproduced below.
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Roupa'il:
Rowgh:
An obscure angel in Mandaean lore.
An Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for
which there is no known translation.
Roxas:
A name used to punish enemies in the Black Pullet.
Roxtan:
An Enochian word meaning "wine".
Royal Arch Mason:
(1)
rite of Freemasonry.
Masonry.
The seventh degree of the York or American
(2)
The seventh degree of Royal Arch
Royal Arch Masonry:
Royal Axe:
One of the denominations of Freemasonry.
See Prince of Libanus.
Royal Master:
(1)
of Freemasonry.
The eighth degree of the York or American Rite
(2)
A degree confered by the Council of Royal
and Select Masters in Freemasonry.
Rpa:
A cacodemon related to the west and to Maladi in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations.
RPAL:
The original Hebrew version of the name Raphael (q.v.).
A
name used when making the invoking pentagram of air in the opening
of the temple in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Rpalen:
A name derived by reversing the name of the angel Nelapr
(q.v.).
A cacodemon commanding the cacodemons of Fire of Fire in
the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Rrb:
A cacodemon related to the east and to Malap in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations.
Rrl:
A cacodemon related to the south and to Ndnos in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations.
Rrs:
A cacodemon related to the south and to Xannv in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations.
Rsam:
An Enochian word meaning "admiration".
Rsassiel:
In Sepher Raziel:
One of the 70 guardian angels of
children.
Rsi:
A cacodemon related to the east and to Azdra in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations.
Rsni:
Variations:
Rsoni.
An angel who is a senior of the south
under Angpoi in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Rsni
is invoked to bring healing.
Rsoni:
See Rsni.
RU-ABRA-IAF:
Ruach:
A name used the invocation of Water in Liber Samekh.
A Hebrew term, "RVCh", meaning "spirit".
(1)
The middle
part of the three Qabalistic parts of the soul, representing the
mind and reasoning powers.
(q.v.)and Nephesch (q.v.).
The other two parts are Neschamah
(2)
In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
(a) The connecting link
between the Sephiroth in the Tree of Life.
(b)
The ego.
(c)
A
part of the soul associated with the cluster of Sephiroth around
Tiphareth, described as the mind or lower Manas.
the soul associated to Yetzirah.
Air.
(f)
(e)
(d)
A part of
A name for the element of
A word depicted on the Pyramid of the Four Elements.
(g)
A symbol of the initiate in the Theoricus grade.
(h)
A term
mentioned in the initiation of the Philosophus grade.
(i)
A name
used in the Evocation of the Angel Chassan to Visible Appearance.
(3)
A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon,
Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage.
(4)
The spirit "Ruach Hochmael" is invoked in a
"Kabalistic Invocation of Solomon" to evoke "spirits belonging to
religions issued from Judaism" in Levi's Transcendental Magic.
(5)
A place where demons are said to come from in Liber Yod.
A term for the human mind in Liber LXXI.
(7)
(6)
An angel whose
name is inscribed on the third pentacle of Venus in the Greater
Key of Solomon.
class
E"
in
(8)
Liber
A term used in "Comment on Liber VII in
VII:
Liber
Liberi
vel
Lapidis
Lazuli,
Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Ruach Elohim:
Elohim".
(1)
A Hebrew name, "RVCH ALHIM", meaning "the spirit of
A name used in the opening of the temple in the
third degree in Liber Vel Chanokh.
(2)
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
In the magickal system of
(a)
A name mentioned in
the initiation of the Practicus and Philosophus Grades.
(b)
A
name used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Ruachiah:
A name of Jehovah used in a conjuration in the Greater
Key of Solomon.
Ruah Piskonit:
In 3 Enoch:
One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Ruba'il:
Ruben:
In Islamic mythology:
An angel of the 7th heaven.
See Reuben.
Rubeus:
Variations:
meaning "red".
Reubeus, Reubus.
A Latin name
A Geomantic figure associated with the
Figure
Rubeus
7
planet Mars and the Zodiacal sign Scorpio (See figure
7).
It represents trouble and conflict.
Rubiel:
In the Dictionaire Infernal:
an angel invoked in games
of chance.
Rubiphaton:
A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the
Grimoire of Honorius.
Ruchiel:
Rud:
In 3 Enoch:
In
Mandaean
An angel ruling the winds.
mythology:
One
of
10
Uthri
(q.v.)
that
accompany the sun on its daily course.
Rudiel:
In Hechaloth lore:
An angel guarding the entrance to the
3rd heaven.
Rudna:
An Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for
which there is no known translation.
Rudosor:
In the Lemegeton:
An angel of the 6th hour of the night
who is a lesser officer under the angel Zaazonash.
Rufael:
A variation of the name Raphael (q.v.).
In Enoch I:
An
angel who spoke with Michael regarding the fallen angels.
Rugziel:
In Rabbinic lore:
An angel of punishment who operates
in the 7th compartment of hell.
Ruhiel:
(2)
(1)
In Judaic mythology:
The angel governing the wind.
A name used to control spirits and people in Henri Gamache's
Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Ruis:
(1)
thirteenth
An Irish Gaelic word for the elder tree.
letter
of
the
Celtic
Ogham
alphabet.
(2)
(3)
The
The
thirteenth month of the Tree Calendar (q.v.), November 25/December
22.
Rukum:
A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "diversified".
A spirit subordinate to Paimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage.
Rulers:
An alternative name for the angelic order of Dominations
(q.v.) used in the Septaguint.
Ruling Planet:
Rumael:
See Significator.
See Eremiel.
Ruman:
In Islamic mythology:
An angel of the lower regions who
compels the deceased to reveal their sins.
Rumba Llesa:
One of the Toques (rhythyms) played on the Bataa
(drums) for the Orisha Oshun (q.v.) at the Tambor (q.v.).
Rumiel:
(1)
In Hechaloth lore:
to the 6th heaven.
(2)
An angel guarding the entrance
In Sepher Raziel:
One of the 70 guardian
angels of children.
Rumjal:
Ruoi:
In Enoch I:
Variations:
One of the fallen angels.
Ruroi.
An angel who is a senior of the west
under Nelapr in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Ruoi
is invoked to acquire the knowledge of metals.
Rupa:
(1)
In Buddhist cosmology the world of form is known as
Rupa-loka or Rupa.
The other two realms are the realm of pleasure
(Kama-loka) and the highest realm in which beings are subject to
continual rebirth, Arupa-loka.
(2)
A skandha (q.v.) mentioned in
"Comment on Liber VII in class E" in Liber VII:
Liber Liberi vel
Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Ruroi:
See Ruoi.
Rururet:
An Egyptian deity mentioned in the magickal system of
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Rusvon:
Variations:
Riswan.
In the Dictionaire Infernal:
The
angel who holds the keys to the Muslim paradise.
Ruth:
Also known as the "widow's degree".
The second degree of
the Order of the Eastern Star.
Ruwano:
In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses:
A ministering
angel invoked in conjuration.
Ruya'il:
In
Arabic
folklore:
A
guardian
angel
invoked
in
exorcism rituals.
RVCH:
See Ruach.
RVCH ALHIM:
RVN MOLH:
See Ruach Elohim.
See Rom Meolah.
Rvoi:
An angel listed in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Rxao:
Variations:
Rxpao.
An angel who is a senior of the south
under Cbalpt in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
is invoked to cause transformations.
Rxinl:
See Rxnl.
Rxao
Rxnl:
Variations:
Rxinl.
An angel who is a senior of the west
under Pnlrx in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Rxnl is
invoked to acquire secrets.
Rxp:
A cacodemon related to the west and to Apata in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations.
Rxpao:
Rzionr:
in
the
See Rxao.
(1)
Book
A Holy name ruling the sub element of Fire of Fire
of
Supplications
and
Invocations.
(2)
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
In
the
A name
used in the sixth key of The Forty-Eight Angelic Keys or Calls.
Rzla:
Variations:
Rzila.
An angel who is a senior of the east
under Erzla in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
invoked to acquire knowledge of mixture of natures.
Rzla is