Historical Sources
Apocryphal Sources
B Deuterocanonical / Apocryphal Ancient Text1 Enoch
1 Enoch 20
Raguel appears in the Enochic list of holy angels; the functions assigned in translations and recensions should be handled cautiously.
Tradition Notes
- Traditionally associated in Enochic reception with order, correction, and accountability within heavenly governance.
- Raguel is not a named figure in canonical scripture.
Traditional and Symbolic Functions
- Traditional functions
- Accountability, Order among powers, Correction, Witness
- Symbolic functions
- Right relation, Measured correction, Communal accountability
- Tree of Life associations
- No Tree of Life correspondence is assigned in the current archive.
- Light imagery
- Gold rule line, sapphire margin, clear measure.
- Interpretive layer
- The archive presents Raguel through Enochic reception and careful interpretive synthesis.
Right Action Reflection
Correct only what is within rightful responsibility; do so with evidence, restraint, and charity.
Source References
- 1 Enoch 20
- Jewish Encyclopedia, Angelology