Archangel Raphael
This week I’m continuing the Archangel discussion with Archangel Raphael.
Archangel Raphael
Archangel Raphael rules the East and the element of air. When you do the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (a powerful form of psychic protection), you start your sacred circle in the east by first summoning Archangel Raphael. Moving clockwise, next is Michael in the south, Gabriel in the west, and Uriel in the north.
I told this story in a video a few years ago, but it’s so spine-tinglingly good I want to recap it for you. I was traveling home to LA from Denver and the plane hit a TON of really strong turbulence. I starting calling Archangel Raphael, because he rules the air. I chanted his name very loudly inside my head and asked him to help. And a miracle happened right away – I realized we were not going to die right then and there! 😂
When the turbulence subsided, I reached into the seat pocket in front of me to read the in-flight magazine and pulled out a piece of paper. It turned out to be the boarding pass of the person from the previous flight. I gasped when I saw that her name was ANGEL, and she had flown from La Guardia, which means “to guard” in Italian. Talk about angel signs and synchronicity. I was floored!
That’s how powerful angels are, and how amazing it is when you call on them. They are undeniably real and their power is incredibly strong. If you ask for them to help you sincerely, they will come through.
How to Call on Angels
There are different ways you can bring angels into your life. You can call on them, as I did on the plane. You can also invoke them in a more magical ritual. Because I haven’t done a lot of magical ritual work to intentionally summon angels, I’m not going to teach it, obviously. But I have a great book I love called The Kabbalah & Magic of Angels by Migene Gonzalez-Whippler. Click on the link and it will take you right to the Amazon page where you can buy it. Migene discusses angels at great length in the book, and what I decided to do in this archangel series is to read to you the angelic associations she covers.
Migene Gonzalez-Whippler’s Notes on Archangel Raphael
Page 181, The Kabbalah and Magic of Angels
“Rules the Second Heaven, Raquie; the Eighth sphere of the Tree of Life, Hod; and Mercury. Raphael’s name means “God has healed.” His kabbalistic number is eight. His planetary color is orange. As ruler of the air element, Raphael’s colors are yellow and violet, but these colors are not used when he is invoked. Raphael is known as the angel who stands in the sun. His ascribed day is Wednesday at 1am, 8am, 3pm, and 10pm. He rules the zodiac signs of Gemini and Virgo. Raphael rules the intellect, studies, teachers, papers, contracts, books, communications, correspondence, medicine, doctors, and nurses.
The caduceus is one of his symbols, as he is known as the divine physician. The illnesses he rules are epilepsy, meningitis, all nervous or mental ailments, and illnesses affecting the respiratory system, the nervous system, the arms, the mouth, the tongue, the pancreas, the gall bladder, the intestines, and the thyroid.
His flowers and plants are the magnolia, lily of the valley, forget me not, lavender, parsley, elm tree, marjoram, mandrake, and all ferns. Among his fruits are oranges and almonds. His incenses are sandalwood, storax, gum arabic, and clove. His stones are carnelians, all the agates (especially lace agates), fire opals, celestites, aquamarines, and amazonites. The animals he rules are foxes, jackals, mules, giraffes, monkeys, parrots, and all flying insects, especially butterflies. His metals are quicksilver, silver, and aluminum.”
I love all those associations! If you read the book, she talks about ways you can use them to call on the angels. A simple thing you can do is light sandalwood incense, place an orange candle next to a lavender flower and a fire opal on an altar, and say a prayer to Archangel Raphael to help you. On a Wednesday!
All you need to do is start calling the angels, and they will come.
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