Abdiel
The solitary seraph who refuses the rebellion and returns through hostile scorn.
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SourceBoston’s Angel in America
A guardian figure rejects obedience, tears away his robe and sceptre, and draws the other thirteen Angels into a collective refusal.
William Blake’s illuminated mythology in America: A Prophecy
SourceGabriel in Paradise Lost
The guardian who organises the night watch around Eden.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
SourceGuardian Angels
Protective presences in Leadbeater’s system, explained through loving thought, help from people, or occasional intervention by devas.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceIthuriel
The searching angel whose spear reveals Satan’s true shape beside the sleeping Eve.
John Milton, Paradise LostSourceMichael in Paradise Lost
The prince of the celestial armies whose sword first wounds Satan.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
Raphael in Paradise Lost
The sociable angel who instructs the human pair through a visit and shared meal.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
The Heavenly Messenger at Dis
The unnamed emissary who opens the infernal gate without resistance.
Dante, Inferno
SourceThe Self-Serving Angels
Angels in the poem who were neither rebellious nor faithful, but acted for themselves.
Dante, InfernoSourceUriel in Paradise Lost
The regent of the sun whose uprightness initially allows Satan’s disguise to pass.
John Milton, Paradise LostSourceZephon
The angel who answers Satan’s scorn and brings the intruder before Gabriel.
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