free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com 135 Abramelin the Mage, 115; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 247 Ezekeel Variations: AZKEEL, Ezekiel (God will strengthen”), Ezeqeel, Ezequiel, Ezequeel (“strength of God”), NEQAEL Ezekeel (“strength of God”) is, according to Enochian lore, one of the CHIEF OF TENS (see GRIGORI) who swore allegiance to SAMIAZA, rebelled against God, took a human woman as his wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM This FALLEN ANGEL went on to teach mankind how to foretell the future by the patterns of the clouds, but this may possibly be an attempt to explain early meteorology Sources: Barton, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vols 30–31, 164; Conway, Guides, Guardians and Angels, 129; Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, 206; Lumpkin, Fallen Angels, the Watchers, and the Origins of Evil, 31 Fagani The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage names Fagani (“devourers”) as one of the thirty-two SERVITORS OF ASTAROT (see ASTAROT) Source Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 106; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 258 Fallen Angels Variations: GRIGORI, WATCHERS A fallen angel is an angel who has fallen out of the grace of God for having committed a sin or transgression; in some instances, the condition of being a fallen angel is temporary There are three spheres, or levels, of fallen angels Each sphere has three categories under it The first sphere consists of the original fallen angels, those angels who were made by God in the beginning, before he constructed the Heavens and Earth The three subcategories under this heading are the Seraphim, the Cherubim, and the Thrones These angels acted as heavenly councilors The second sphere contains the Dominions, the Virtues, and the Powers These angels acted as heavenly governors The third and final sphere contains the Principalities, the Archangels, and the Angels Angels in this sphere acted as heavenly messengers In the first heavenly rebellion, it is said that LUCIFER was the first and most powerful of the angels ever created His intelligence and beauty were unmatched among his peers Eventually, he succumbed to the sin of pride as he grew ambitious and self-centered and ultimately declared himself God’s equal Gathering like-minded angels to his cause, nearly one third of the heavenly Fallen Angels host, a rebellion followed that ended in God’s victory over LUCIFER and those who followed him They were all expelled from Heaven and sent to live in the lower worlds A second rebellion occurred not from a powerplay but rather out of a lust-driven pack mentality The GRIGORI, or the WATCHER angels as they were also called, were supposed to assist the Archangels in the construction and maintenance of Eden However, it was these angels who were the first to fall These WATCHER angels came to find that they desired to live among the humans, even lusting after the women Afraid to act on their impulses, it was decided that if they acted as a group that God would certainly not punish them all Making a pact among themselves, they descended from Heaven to reside on Earth and live among the humans, marrying human women and having children with them They even taught mankind certain skills that God forbade humans to know, such as astrology, cosmotology, gemology, sorcery, and weaponsmithing Regardless of their reasons for doing so, the actions of this group of angels were in direct opposition of God’s desire The worst sin they committed was having children and diluting their most pure and holy bloodline As punishment for their actions, God cursed the rebel angels, exiled them from Heaven, and in some cases, physically punished them They were made mortal and demonic In a final act to clean the world of their sin, God sent a great flood to cleanse the land of their half-breed children, the NEPHILIM, who were by their very nature destructive and murderous The Hebrew word for giants is NEPHILIM, whose root word is “to fall.” Some sources say that the fallen angels (fallen because they fell from their state of grace) are bound to wander the Earth until Judgment Day and thereafter they will be banished to Hell However, very early church teachings claim that by the practice of virtue the fallen angels, as well as demons, can return to a state of grace and become an angel again through God’s eternal love and mercy There is no true or complete list of all the fallen angels, as names have been pulled from various sources through the millennium What follows is a list of two hundred sixty-three angelic beings collected from various religions and mythologies that are in a fallen state of grace: AATXE, ABADDON, ABAROS, ABBADON, ABEZETHIBOU, ABIGOR, ACAOS, ACHAS, ADIRAEL, ADRAMELECH, AGARES, AGNIEL, AHRIMANES, AKIBEEL, AKIKEL, ALASTOR , ALDE -