Origin

The name is

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ic in origin, having the Hebrew suffix -iel,

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aleph Aleph (or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first Letter (alphabet), letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician ''ʾālep'' 𐤀, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew ''ʾālef'' , Aramaic alphabet, Aramaic ''ʾālap'' � ...

lamedh Lamedh or lamed is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew ''lāmeḏ'' , Aramaic ''lāmaḏ'' 𐡋, Syriac ''lāmaḏ'' ܠ, Arabic ''lām'' , and Phoenician ''lāmd'' 𐤋. Its sound value is . It is also related to the A ...

, and has several meanings.

Etymology

The name, Ithiel, has as its root a variation of the word ''ʼoṯ'' () "letter, sign" and can be rendered as "the words of God," "he who understood the signs," or "he who understood the alphabet of God."

Description

The Irish abbot and missionary

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mentions Ithiel, along with

Uriel Uriel , Auriel ( ''ʾŪrīʾēl'', " El/God is my Flame"; ''Oúriḗl''; ''Ouriēl''; ; Geʽez and Amharic: or ) or Oriel ( ''ʾÓrīʾēl'', "El/God is my Light") is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in Rabbinic tradition ...

, as one of seven angels charged with taking care of a monastery in his

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"Farewell". Arthur Cleveland Coxe, in his book ''Advent: a Mystery'', treats Ithiel as an angel in conversation with the counterpart Adiel and writes their dialogue in the form of a play. Charles Morgridge has described the angel Ithiel as "prince of the seventh or lowest order of the hierarchy of heaven" and of being the weight of judgment for the men of God.

In Gematria

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, or Jewish

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, Ithiel equals 452, which has an exact correspondence to the Greek words ''meizonos'' () and ''krithēte'' (), which, when placed together mean “great judge.” The Magic Square of Ithiel

Occultist Arimanius Théletos, who created the

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of Ithiel, agister Memet. 2013. The Song of Ithiel. [onlineAvailable at: http://meimihiegomemet.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/the-song-of-ithiel/ [Accessed: 7 Oct 2013].] has used it to derive an evocation of Ithiel that can be used in theurgy, magic ritual. The words of the evocation are Hebrew renderings of phrases drawn from the Magic Square of Ithiel. It begins with the

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“le-Ithiel” (), meaning "to Ithiel", which can be read along each side of the magic square. Other phrases such as

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"father" and ''yomar'' "he will say" are also encoded within the cryptic message of the cipher. Each other palindrome inside the magic square form

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s, corrupted names of deities particularly used in magical evocations. According to

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, barbarous names are used "to command all spirits of the firmament, ether, and the elements."Guiley, R. ''The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy''. New York: Infobase Publishing, (2006). p.47. Due to the nature of the magic square, each phrase can be read in four different directions.

References

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