Red wineActs of necessary destructionSerpent imageryAccepting poison as medicineIronAcknowledgment of death as teacher
Invocation Approach
Tone
Cautious respect for deadly force
Address
SamaelPoison AngelRed Serpent
Relationship
Ally in necessary destruction and death work
Warning
Poison can cure or kill
Resonance
Those working with death poison transformation
Symbols
Red serpentSwordPoisonWings
Mythology Summary
Kabbalistic angel of death and poison, often identified with the serpent in Eden. Husband/consort of Lilith in some traditions. Represents severity, left hand of God, necessary destruction. The venom that can cure or kill. Associated with Mars and severity side of Tree of Life. Sometimes conflated with Lucifer or Satan. Teaches that death is teacher, that poison can heal, that destruction serves transformation.
Modern Practice
Patron of death workers, those working with poison/medicine, destruction magicians. Invoked for death work, baneful magic, necessary endings, serpent wisdom. Teaches that venom heals, that death teaches, that severity has place, that left hand serves divine will differently than right.