Unsolved:Jophiel
Jophiel | |
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 Sanctus Jophiel, stained-glass window at St Michael's Church, Brighton, England. | |
| Archangel | |
| Venerated in | Judaism, Anglicanism |
| Feast | 29 September |
| Attributes | Flaming sword |
| Patronage | Art, artists |
The angel Jophiel (Heb. יוֹפִיאֵל Yōp̄īʾēl, "Beauty of God"),[1][2] also called Iophiel, Iofiel, Jofiel, Yofiel, Youfiel, Zophiel (צֹפִיאֵל Ṣōp̄īʾēl, "God is my watchman")[3] and Zuriel (צוּרִיאֵל Ṣūrīʾēl, "God is my rock"),[4] is an archangel in Christian and Jewish angelology. She is associated with beauty, art, and wisdom.
Beliefs in religions and ceremonial magic
According to the pseudepigraphal Revelation of Moses, another name for Jophiel is Dina (Hebrew: דִּינָה Dīnā, "Judgement").[7] In the text, Jophiel/Dina is described as an angel of the seventh heaven, a Cabalistic guardian of the Torah (and wisdom itself), who taught 70 languages to souls at the dawn of creation.[8] The Zohar lists Jophiel as a Great Angel Chief in charge of 53 legions who superintend Torah-readings on the Sabbath.[9] She is said to be a companion to the angel Metatron.[6]
C.E. Clement, in her book Angels in Art, names Jophiel as the teacher of Ham, Japheth, and Shem.[6] Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa[10] and Thomas Rudd likewise name her as the teacher of Shem.[11]
In the Anglican tradition, Jophiel is recognized as an archangel. She is often depicted in iconography holding a flaming sword,[note 1] such as the stained glasses at St Michael's Church in Brighton, St Peter and St John's Church in Kirkley,[12] Holy Trinity Church in Coventry,[13] and a mural at St. John's Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee.[14]
Jophiel is an Archangel of the Kabbalah (although some systems put Raziel in her place) and in several listings, including that of the early medieval theologian Pseudo-Dionysus.[15] The Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum lists Jophiel as the angel of the Sephira Bina,[16] as do the Key of Solomon variant "The Veritable Clavicles of Solomon,"[17] and the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses,[18] both latter works derived from the Calendarium.[19] Agrippa attributes Jophiel to Saturn, while Paracelsus assigns her to Jupiter.[6] Rudd attributes the Zodiac to Jophiel[20] along with the Sephira Binah instead of Zaphkiel.[21] Athanasius Kircher names Jophiel as Angelus pulchritudinis, "angel of beauty".[22] According to Robert Ambelain, she is in charge of the Cherubim, particularly the Shemhamphorasch angels Haziel, Aladiah, Lauviah, Hahaiah, Iezalel, Mehahel, Hariel, and Hakamiah.[23]
In John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, the Archangel Jophiel is depicted as the “cherubim with the swiftest wings.”
See also
- List of angels in theology
- Yufin-Yufafin in Mandaeism
Notes
- ↑ The flaming sword is also generally an attribute of the archangel Uriel, but he is more often depicted in Anglican iconography holding a book (scroll) or a solar disc.
2. Angels and ‘angelic entities’ are traditionally neither specifically male or female (note: when Jophiel/Zophiel is historically referenced, the gender is universally most often male, not female). A female depiction is a recent, specific, and subjective attribute incorrectly assumed and likely applied due to the association with beauty and art, as well as an affiliation with ‘Dina’, and the assumption of gender there.
References
- ↑ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 3308. yophi". https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3308.htm.
- ↑ "Inflection of יוֹפִי". https://www.pealim.com/dict/5856-yofi/.
- ↑ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 6822. ṣō·w·p̄eh". https://biblehub.com/hebrew/tzopeh_6822.htm.
- ↑ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 6697. ṣū·rî". https://biblehub.com/hebrew/tzuri_6697.htm.
- ↑ Lawrence, Robert M. (1898), The Magic of the Horse-Shoe, With Other Folk-Lore Notes, Chapter III: The Number Seven at sacred-texts.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, Entry: Iofiel, Free Press, p. 150, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757, ISBN:9780029070505
- ↑ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 1783. Dinah". https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1783.htm.
- ↑ Gaster, Moses (1893), "Hebrew Visions of Hell and Paradise," in the Journal of The Royal Asiatic Society, p. 579, at www.sacred-texts.com
- ↑ Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, Entry: Iofiel, Free Press, p. 320, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757, ISBN:9780029070505
- ↑ Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book III, Part 1, ed. Joseph Peterson, hosted at Twilit Grotto Esoteric Archives.
- ↑ A Treatise on Angel Magic, by Thomas Rudd, ed. Adam McLean, p.25 & 204, (two editions):
- Phanes Press, 1990
- Red Wheel/Weiser, 2006
- ↑ K, Simon (17 September 2009). "Kempe: Jophiel". https://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/3929364763/.
- ↑ Glass Angel (2011). "Coventry - Holy Trinity Church". http://www.flickriver.com/photos/47859152@N05/sets/72157623859286555/.
- ↑ "Christ Triumphant (High Altar)". http://www.stjohnsmemphis.org/about/murals/christ-triumphant/.
- ↑ Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, Appendix, Free Press, p. 338, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757, ISBN:9780029070505
- ↑ The Magical Calendar, by Johann Baptist Grossschedel (two editions):
- ed. Adam McLean, Phanes Press, 1994, p. 91;
- ed. Joseph Peterson, hosted at Twilit Grotto Esoteric Archives
- ↑ The Veritable Clavicles of Solomon, anonymous, ed. Joseph Peterson, hosted at Twilit Grotto Esoteric Archives
- ↑ The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses (part 2), anonymous, ed. Joseph Peterson, hosted at Twilit Grotto Esoteric Archives
- ↑ The Magical Calendar, Peterson edition introduction
- ↑ Rudd, McLean, pp.100 (2006 ed), p.101 (1990 ed)
- ↑ Rudd, McLean, p.204 (1990, 2006)
- ↑ "Cabala Hebraeorum" in Oedipus Aegyptiacus, by Athanasius Kircher, ed. Joseph Peterson, hosted at Twilit Grotto Esoteric Archives
- ↑ The Complete Magician's Tables, by Stephen Skinner, Golden Hoard Press, 2006, p.41
Further reading
- Fischer, Lynn (1996), Angels of Love and Light [with original paintings of the Seven Beloved Archangels and Their Archeiai by Marius Michael-George], Transformational Media Publications, South Yarmouth, MA
- "Jophiel," Pearls of Wisdom, Volume 7 Number 43, 1994, The Summit Lighthouse, Copyright © 1997 Church Universal and Triumphant
- "Seven Beloved Archangels Speak," 1954, The Bridge to Freedom
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