#LOOK AT HE!! CASSIEL <33

[angelstar-light]

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[nyxshadowhawk]

Hi do you know anything about how angels/angelology or even just planetary intelligences relate to hermeticism, alchemy, etc?

if so, do you know who Cassiel is? Archangel of Saturn, tumblr boy(gn), Dirt Emo Extraordinaire, the most 2020s-coded Guy(gn) ever, doorkeeper of the 7th Heaven. celestial being with rulership of time, but also radiates Sad Wet Cat energy. if an angel can be AUTDHD, he is.

-local archeology major who is so normal about Saturn, I promise

I went through a whole angelology phase back when I was writing Those Who Fly, so I know a thing or two. But angelology is not relevant to my own practice, so, all the more recent research I've done on angelology is only for Those Who Fly worldbuilding, which isn't my first priority right now. The only exception is when I did research into the Ars Notoria a few months ago. (The Ars Notoria is worth looking up! I have an earlier post with pictures of it.)

Planetary intelligences are a much more general concept that appears throughout Western occult literature. Cornelius Agrippa is generally taken as the authority on it, but it predates him. I was actually just looking at a manuscript that had some stuff on planetary correspondences in it! (This is Takamiya MS 33 at the Beinecke Library):

Above is a correspondence table, which tells you which hours of the day and night are ruled by which planets, so you can time your workings appropriately. These are pretty common in occult manuscripts.