Show Notes
This episode has been one of my favourites to research and was something I discovered last month whilst working on the Angels theme within my Patreon, The Hedge & Hollow.
In this episode I explore The Book of Raziel where language, timing, planets, angels and intention were understood as part of a single living system.
We look at the idea of words as vibration, sacred names and why the Hebrew letters were treated as energetic forces rather than symbols. I talk about how this tradition connects to the 72 Names of God, spell timing, planetary days and the correspondences modern witches still work with, often without realising how old these systems truly are (I know I had no idea!).
We also touch on the lineage that flows from Raziel through Adam, Enoch, Noah and Solomon and how this current eventually shaped medieval grimoires, Renaissance magic and later systems like the Golden Dawn.
There are so many future episodes to come off the back of this topic following the thread of King Solomon, The Rosicrucians, The Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley and Boleskine Lodge.
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