It has been
supposed
that "the seven
which are the eyes of the Lord" (_Zech.
which are the eyes of the Lord" (_Zech.
Byron
]
[140] The archangels, said to be seven in number, and to occupy the
eighth rank in the celestial hierarchy.
[Compare _Tobit_ xii. 15, "I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels
which present the prayers of the saints. " _The Book of Enoch_ (ch. xx. )
names the other archangels, "Uriel, Rufael, Raguel, Michael, Saraqael,
and Gabriel, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the cherubin. " In
the _Celestial Hierarchy_ of Dionysius the Areopagite, a chapter is
devoted to archangels, but their names are not recorded, or their number
given. On the other hand, "The teaching of the oracles concerning the
angels affirms that they are thousand thousands and myriad
myriads. "--_Celestial Hierarchy, etc. _, translated by the Rev. J.
Parker, 1894, cap. xiv. p. 43.
It has been supposed that "the seven
which are the eyes of the Lord" (_Zech. _ iv. 10) are the seven
archangels. ]
[141] {289}["The adepts of Incantation . . . enter the realms of air, and
by their spells they scatter the clouds, they gather the clouds, they
still the storm. . . . We may adduce Ovid (_Amor. _, bk. ii. , El. , i. 23),
who says, 'Charmers draw down the horns of the blood-red moon,'.
[140] The archangels, said to be seven in number, and to occupy the
eighth rank in the celestial hierarchy.
[Compare _Tobit_ xii. 15, "I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels
which present the prayers of the saints. " _The Book of Enoch_ (ch. xx. )
names the other archangels, "Uriel, Rufael, Raguel, Michael, Saraqael,
and Gabriel, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the cherubin. " In
the _Celestial Hierarchy_ of Dionysius the Areopagite, a chapter is
devoted to archangels, but their names are not recorded, or their number
given. On the other hand, "The teaching of the oracles concerning the
angels affirms that they are thousand thousands and myriad
myriads. "--_Celestial Hierarchy, etc. _, translated by the Rev. J.
Parker, 1894, cap. xiv. p. 43.
It has been supposed that "the seven
which are the eyes of the Lord" (_Zech. _ iv. 10) are the seven
archangels. ]
[141] {289}["The adepts of Incantation . . . enter the realms of air, and
by their spells they scatter the clouds, they gather the clouds, they
still the storm. . . . We may adduce Ovid (_Amor. _, bk. ii. , El. , i. 23),
who says, 'Charmers draw down the horns of the blood-red moon,'.
