Arakiel

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In the pseudepigraphical Book of Enoch, Arakiel (or Araqiel) was the second on a list of twenty leaders of a group of 200 fallen angels called Grigori or "Watchers." The name means "Earth of God," and in the Book of Enoch he taught the "signs of the Earth" (which suggests geomancy) during the days of Jared or Yered. Araqiel is also called Aretstikapha (meaning "world of distortion" [the combination of arets + kaphah]) in chapter 69.

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