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.Raamiel ”trembling before God” Am angel with dominion over thunder. Some occult sources cite Raamiel as a fallen angel.

Rabdos ”staff” A mighty luminary who is able to stop the stars in their courses. Now a demon that throttles people. Only the angel Brieus can subdue him.

Rachab [Rahab]

Ragnarok, Ragnarök, Ragnarøk Ragnarok ("Doom of the Gods"), also called Gotterdammerung, means the end of the cosmos in Norse mythology. Fimbulvetr will precede it, the winter of winters. Three such winters will follow each other with no summers in between. Conflicts and feuds will break out, even between families, and all morality will disappear. This is the beginning of the end. The wolf Skoll will finally devour the sun, and his brother Hati will eat the moon, plunging the earth [into] darkness. The stars will vanish from the sky. The cock Fjalar will crow to the giants and the golden cock Gullinkambi will crow to the gods. A third cock will raise the dead. The earth will shudder with earthquakes, and every bond and fetter will burst, freeing the terrible wolf Fenrir. The sea will rear up because Jormungand, the Midgard Serpent, is twisting and writhing in fury as he makes his way toward the land. With every breath, Jormungand will stain the soil and the sky with his poison. The waves caused by the serpent's emerging will set free the ship Naglfar, and with the giant Hymir as their commander, the giants will sail towards the battlefield. From the realm of the dead a second ship will set sail, and this ship carries the inhabitants of hell, with Loki as their helmsman. The fire giants, led by the giant Surt, will leave Muspell in the south to join against the gods. Surt, carrying a sword that blazes like the sun itself, will scorch the earth. Meanwhile, Heimdall will sound his horn, calling the sons of Odin and the heroes to the battlefield. From all the corners of the world, gods, giants, dwarves, demons and elves will ride towards the huge plain of Vigrid ("battle shaker") where the last battle will be fought. Odin will engage Fenrir in battle, and Thor will attack Jormungand. Thor will victorious, but the serpent's poison will gradually kill the god of thunder. Surt will seek out the sword less Freyr, who will quickly succumb to the giant. The one-handed Tyr will fight the monstrous hound Garm and they will kill each other. Loki and Heimdall, age-old enemies, will meet for a final time, and neither will survive their encounter. The fight between Odin and Fenrir will rage for a long time, but finally Fenrir will seize Odin and swallow him. Odin's son Vidar will at once leap towards the wolf and kill him with his bare hands, ripping the wolf's jaws apart. Then Surt will fling fire in every direction. The nine worlds will burn, and friends and foes alike will perish. The earth will sink into the sea. After the destruction, a new and idyllic world will arise from the sea and will be filled with abundant supplies. Some of the gods will survive; others will be reborn. Wickedness and misery will no longer exist and gods and men will live happily together. The descendants of Lif and Lifthrasir will inhabit this earth.

Raguel, Raguil, Ragiel, Rasuil, Rufael, Suryan, Akrasiel ”friend of God” One of the seven archangels listed in the Enochian writings. He is an angel of earth, a guard of the 2nd (or 4th) Heaven. He ”takes vengeance on the world of luminaries” which is interpreted to mean that, for cause, he brings other angels to account. Great as he is, he was reprobated at a church council in Rome in 745 C.E., along with other high-ranking angels, Uriel among them. According to Hugo, Raguhel (so spelt) is a demon who ”passed himself off as a saint” whom Pope Zachary in 745 C.E. ”unearthed and turned out of the saintly calendar, along with two other demons called Oribel and Tobiel.” [See Tubuas] As cited in The Revelation of John an extract from the termination of MS. E: ”Then shall He send the angel Raguel, saying: Go and sound the trumpet for the angels of cold and snow and ice, and bring together every kind of wrath upon them that stand on the left.” This would occur after the separation of the sheep from the goats. In gnosticism, he is equated with Thelesis, another great angel. According to Enoch II, Raguel (as Raguil or Rasuil or Samuil) is the angel who transported Enoch to Heaven while Enoch was still living—an incident alluded to in Genesis 5:24. This feat is also credited to Anafiel.

Rahab ”violence” In Hebrew sar shel yam, ”prince of the primordial sea.” In Job 26:12; Psalm 37:4, Rahab designated Egypt as an earthly power of evil; also as ”an angel of insolence and pride” (Isaiah 51:9). In the Baba Batra, he is called the ”angel of the sea.” (In occult lore the demon of the sea is Kupospaston.) According to legend, he was destroyed by God for refusing to separate the upper and lower waters at the time of Creation; and again for trying to hinder the Hebrews from escaping Pharaoh at the time of the crossing of the Red (Reed) Sea. Another legend relates that he restored the book Sefer Raziel to Adam after it had been cast into the sea by envious angels. The Babylonian Talmud regards Rahab, Leviathan, Behemoth, and the Angel of Death as identical or interchangeable. Blake, in various writings, views Rahab emerging as the Great Whore, triple goddess of Heaven, earth, and Hell. He also comments on Rahab as ”representative of Urzien’s mysteries unclothed, sits among the judges at the trial of Jesus.” This Rahab is not to be confused with the Rahab of Joshua 2, the harlot of Jericho, grandmother of David.

Raktavija The Hindu general of the demon army.

Ravana The ten-headed demon king of Ceylon in Hindu myth. With his forces of Rakshas he kidnaps Sita but she is rescued but Rama, who kills Ravana.

Rahu In Hindu myth, Rahu is demon that causes eclipses. He rides a chariot pulled by eight black horses, with his mouth wide open, and ready to devour the sun or moon. If he succeeds, a solar or lunar eclipse will follow. He is usually portrayed as a dragon's head, without a body. In Tibet he is the Buddhistic lord of the nine planets, and one of the Krodhadevatas (terror-inspiring gods). There he is portrayed with nine heads and the body of a snake.

Raiden, Kaminari Sama The Japanese god of thunder (rai) and lightning (den). He prevented the Mongols from invading Japan in 1274. Sitting on a cloud he sent forth a shower of lighting arrows upon the invading fleet. Only three men escaped. Raiden is portrayed as a red demon with sharp claws, carrying a large drum. He is fond of eating human navels. The only protection against him is to hide under a mosquito net.

Raksasa, reksoso (java) In Indonesia, a demon or demoness of the wilderness. It is usually a man-eating giant.

Ramiel, Ramiel, Phanuel, Uriel, Yerahmeel, Jeremiel, etc. In the Syriac Apocalypse of Bauch (3rd section) he is the angel who, as presider over true visions, provides Baruch with an interpretation of the vision Baruch saw and speaks of. In this vision, Ramiel appears as the angel who destroys Sennacherib’s hosts—a feat credited also to Uriel, Michael, Gabriel, and other redoubtable hierarchs. Ramiel is chief of thunder (as is Uriel); has charge of the souls that come up for judgment on the last day (as has Zehanpuryu). In Enochian writings, Ramiel or Remiel is both a holy angel and a fallen one. In verse 6, he is leader of the apostates; in verse 20, he is one of the seven archangels standing before God’s throne. Raum, Ryam before he fell, he was of the order of thrones. In Hell, he is a great earl and manifests in the form of a crow. His mission or office is to destroy cities and subvert the dignities of men. He commands thirty legions of demons. He also answers to the name Haborym and is pictured with three heads—man, cat, viper.

Rimmon ”roarer” "exalted” A fallen archangel, noe an ”inferior demon.” He was originally an Aramaean deity worshipped at Damascus; also an idol of Syria. In occultism he is the devil’s ambassador to Russia. In The Bible Designed to Be Read as Living Literature “Elisha allowed Naaman the Syrian to bow down with his master in the house of Rimmon>” This implies ”to conform to a reprehensible custom to save one’s life.” To the Semites, he was the god of storms, the Akkadian name being Im. His emblem is the pomegranate. The Assyrians called him Barku (lightning) and the Kassites named him Tessub. In Babylonian myth, he was the thunder god and pictured with a trident.

Roeled A demon who causes stomach trouble.

Rofocale Usually called Lucifuge Rofocale, prime minister in the infernal regions according to the Grand Grimoire. He has control over all the wealth and treasures of the world. His subordinate is Ball (a king ruling in the east). Two other subordinates are Agares (one of the dukes in Hell and formerly of the angelic order of virtues) and Marbas.

Rosier A former lesser-rank angel of the order of dominations, now officiating in Hell.

Rumael One of the fallen angels in the Enochian listings.

Ruman In Islamic lore, a special angel of the lower regions who requires of all the deceased that come before him to write down the evil deeds they performed on earth for which they were consigned to Hell. Ruman then delivers the deceased to the angels Munkar and Nakir for punishment.

Rumjal, Rumael? An evil, fallen archangel, one of the original 200 that were seduced by Satan into rebellion, according to Enoch I.

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