Tradition · Jewish,KabbalisticArchangel
- Alternate Names
- ZaphkielTzaphqiel
- Meaning
- Beholder of god
- Rank
- Archangel of understanding
- Color
- Indigo
- Domain
- UnderstandingDiscernmentSilenceThe womb of creationKarma
- Keywords
- UnderstandingDiscernmentSilenceContemplation
- Symbols
- VeilChaliceMirror of binah
- Properties
- UnderstandingDiscernmentContemplationKarmic sightReceptivity
- Magical Uses
- ContemplationDiscernmentStudyKarma workSilence
- Office
- Archangel of Binah, beholder of God, who contemplates what has been made and returns it as understanding
- Appearance
- Veiled angel before a dark mirror, still and unhurried
- Invocation
Tzaphkiel, beholder of God, let me understand what I have lived rather than merely repeat it.
- Traditional Uses
Binah's archangel in the sephirotic system; the contemplative counterpart to the active archangels, called on for understanding and discernment.
- Modern Practice
Work with Tzaphkiel on Saturday, or in Binah's hour, for study, discernment and the slow work of understanding.
- Tradition Note
- Binah's archangel. Distinct from cassiel, who is Saturn's planetary angel.
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