Rosier, according to the occultist

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in ''A Dictionary Of Angels'' (1967) is "a former lesser-rank angel of the order of dominations.", the cited source being Sebastien Michaelis' ''Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman'' (1613). ''Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman'' is in public domain. Rosier exists on page 325 and is described as "the second in order of Dominations, and by his sweet and sugared words, he tempteth men to fall in love. His adversary in heaven is Basil, who would not listen to amorous and inchanting language.".Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman, Michaelis Sébastien, 1613, full book.
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'', and is not mentioned in the ''

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'' or '' Britannica'', but following Davidson's work of 1967. Rosier has been picked up in other occult books and in some popular culture.

In popular culture

* Rosier features in the novel ''Mr Mee'' (2000) by

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, as creator of an esoteric work titled ''Rosier's Encyclopaedia''. Crumey's subsequent novels '' Mobius Dick'' (2004) and '' The Secret Knowledge'' (2013) feature the Rosier Corporation, which is responsible for sinister experiments using quantum computers. ''The Secret Knowledge'' includes other characters with surnames from the

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, e.g. Verrier, Carreau, Verrine and Oeillet. * One of the main characters of

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's manga ''

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'' is called Rosiel (also spelled Rociel, ロシエル in the original), and is named after the fallen angel (as stated by the author in a side note to volume 1). The different

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is due to the uniformity of the and sounds in Japanese. However, there are other ideas as to why the name is spelled with an "l" rather than an "r". Rosiel, in

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''; the name difference due to Yuki ending the names of most angels with "el", meaning "god". When an angel turns away from god, he/she normally abandons the "el" in favour of "er".^{ee Volume 1/sup>
* Rene Rosier is depicted as an incubus and is lord of the incubi in the '' Cassandra Palmer series'' by Karen Chance

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*"Rene Rosier the Fallen" is the religious hero of the evil religion "Ashen Veil" in the '' Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword'' fantasy mod "Fall from Heaven 2". However, he is a human religious fighter who abandoned the good counterreligion "The Order".
*Evan Rosier was a Death Eater

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in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter

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'' series. Druella Rosier was the mother of Bellatrix Lestrange, Andromeda Tonks and Narcissa Malfoy.
*Rene Rosier is a character in ''The Eternal Ones'' by Kirsten Miller.
*Rene Rosier is the name of a demon of obsession in Big Finish's audio drama ''Dark Shadows

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: Tainted Love''. He is able to possess people through their obsessions in order to try to break into our reality.
*Rosier is the main character in the story Santanic Rituals of the Greater Butler County Area on The No Sleep Podcast episode 16 season 13.
*Rosier is mentioned in the maudlin of the Well

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song, "The Curve that to an Angle Turn'd".
*Rosier is a character in Rafael Nicolás’ novel “Angels Before Man”.

See also

*Michaelis' classification of demons

There have been various attempts at the classification of demons within the contexts of classical mythology, demonology, occultism, and Renaissance magic. These classifications may be for purposes of traditional medicine, exorcisms, ceremonial ma ...

*Hierarchy of devils

There have been various attempts at the classification of demons within the contexts of classical mythology, demonology, occultism, and Renaissance magic. These classifications may be for purposes of traditional medicine, exorcisms, ceremonial ma ...

*Hierarchy of angels

In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The higher ranking angels have greater power and authority than lower ones, and different ranks have differences in appearance, such as varying num ...

References

Sources

*Gavidson, Gustav,
A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels
', Free Press, 1994, {{ISBN, 9780029070529

Fallen angels

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