{"id":5159,"date":"2026-04-26T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/archangel-raphael\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:45:16","slug":"archangel-raphael","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/archangel-raphael\/","title":{"rendered":"Archangel Raphael"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5159\" class=\"elementor elementor-5159 elementor-1802 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Archangel Raphael, being of light<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Healing <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> and patron saint of travelers in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>. Known from the Book of Tobit.<\/p><p>This page classifies Archangel Raphael as a being of light concept.<\/p><h2 id=\"dif-raphael\">Raphael&#8217;s Distinctive Role: Healer and Travel Companion<\/h2><p>Raphael&#8217;s principal scene is the <strong>Book of Tobit<\/strong> (Tob 3:17; 5:4-22; 12:15). There he accompanies the young Tobias on the journey to Ecbatana, helps with the catch of fish at the Tigris, gives the therapeutic <strong>gall remedy<\/strong> against the Sara <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effects are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> Asmodeus, and ultimately drives him out.<\/p><p>His name <em>r\u0101ph\u0101\u02be\u0113l<\/em> means &#8220;God heals.&#8221; In rabbinic literature he is counted among the four archangels of the throne, and in Christian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The fixed order of worship of a religious community.\" tabindex=\"0\">liturgy<\/span> as the <strong>patron saint of travelers, apothecaries, and healers<\/strong>.<\/p><p>His attributes are the <strong>staff and fish<\/strong>, his feast day the 29th of September. In Renaissance <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The study of pictorial content and its meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">iconography<\/span> (Botticelli, Verrocchio) he appears as a youthful wanderer with Tobias at his side. Therapeutic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocation<\/span> in cases of illness is his best known devotional function.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Beings of light: enlightened, protective, or teaching beings, archangels, ascended masters, luminous nature beings. Described as helpers and teachers in modern and older spiritual traditions.\">Being of light<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/judaism\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Jewish faith tradition from the Tanakh to the Kabbalah and modern mysticism.\">Judaism<\/a><span class=\"iwg-tradition-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Archangels, the highest class of angels in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition.\">Archangels<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f74855 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f74855\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30362 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1c30362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Es wurden keine \\u00dcberschriften auf dieser Seite gefunden.&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;,&quot;rendered_tag&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 512 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;},&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herorght0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herorght0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-heroimg00 iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"heroimg00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lichtwesen_erzengel-raphael-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5160\" alt=\"Archangel Raphael - light-flooded illustration of the being of light\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lichtwesen_erzengel-raphael-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lichtwesen_erzengel-raphael-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lichtwesen_erzengel-raphael-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lichtwesen_erzengel-raphael.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s1 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-h1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick Overview: Archangel Raphael<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s1-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s1-bw\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Archangel, healer, travel companion, and guide Tradition: Judaism (Book of Tobit), Christianity (angelology), Western <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Collective term for teachings that claim a hidden knowledge accessible only to initiates.\" tabindex=\"0\">esoteric<\/span> traditions Function: healing, recovery, protection on journeys and spiritual paths Main attributes\/symbols: green and jade-green flame, staff of Asclepius, pitcher, healing herbs Distribution: Jewish-Christian tradition, esoteric and shamanic healing practices<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s2 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Classification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s2-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s2-bw\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Tradition<\/h3><p>Raphael (<em>Rephael<\/em>, &#8220;God heals&#8221;) appears prominently in the apocryphal Book of Tobit, where he heals the blind Tobias and protects him on a dangerous journey. He is named only in later biblical and apocryphal texts, but is a recognized archangel in the Jewish-Christian tradition.<\/p><p>The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A current of Jewish mysticism with principal works such as the Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar.\" tabindex=\"0\">Kabbalah<\/span> assigns Raphael to the Sephira Tiferet (sun\/heart), the place of healing and wholeness. Western angelology venerated Raphael as a healer and guide, especially of the traveler and the seeker. In <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Esoteric teaching founded in 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky; a synthesis of Eastern wisdom, Spiritualism, and occultism.\" tabindex=\"0\">Theosophy<\/span>, Raphael is connected with the solar plexus region and emotional healing.<\/p><h3>State of the Sources<\/h3><p>The principal source is the Book of Tobit (Old Testament, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Standing outside the recognized canon.\" tabindex=\"0\">apocryphal<\/span>), chapters 3-13. The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The principal work of rabbinic Judaism with interpretation of the religious tradition.\" tabindex=\"0\">Talmud<\/span> and medieval kabbalistic writings expand Raphael&#8217;s role. Christian artistic tradition often depicted Raphael with a staff or healing pitcher.<\/p><p>Modern esoteric literature emphasizes Raphael&#8217;s role in holistic healing and spiritual guidance. Shamanic and natural healing practices integrate Raphael as the patron of the healing arts.<\/p><div><h3>The Book of Tobit as Principal Source<\/h3><p>Archangel Raphael is the only archangel figure whose principal biblical source is an independent narrative work: the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit (probably 3rd to 2nd century BC).<\/p><p>Raphael accompanies the young Tobias on a journey from Nineveh to Ecbatana, protects him from the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effects are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> Asmodeus, and in the end heals the blind father Tobit. The name <em>Refa&#8217;el<\/em> means literally <em>God heals<\/em>.<\/p><p>In 1 Enoch (20:3) he is described as the <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> over the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirits<\/span> of humankind<\/em>; in later rabbinic and Christian tradition he becomes the archangel of healing and of travelers. Liturgical veneration knows his feast day on the 24th of October, since 1969 placed together with Michael and Gabriel on the 29th of September.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s3 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Appearance and Symbols<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s3-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s3-bw\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Raphael is depicted as a well-proportioned, youthful being of light in green or jade-green robes. His color is deep emerald green or delicate healing green, sometimes interwoven with gold. He carries the staff of Asclepius (the serpent around the staff), a healing pitcher, or restorative water.<\/p><p>Wings of gentle green light surround him. In Renaissance painting he is often shown as a youthful <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> with a traveling staff and a companion. Energetically, Raphael acts warm, calming, and regenerating, like the scent of healing herbs or warm green light on wounds. His presence creates trust and security.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s4 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Function and Meaning<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s4-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s4-bw\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Raphael heals on all levels: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. He is a physician and at the same time a guide; he protects the seeker on dangerous or unknown paths.<\/p><p>Raphael symbolizes the inner wisdom that knows how to heal and activates the inner physician. In psychological terms, Raphael embodies the healing self and the capacity for regeneration. His green energy opens the heart <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An energy node in the subtle body according to Indian tradition; classical tantra recognizes seven main chakras along the spine.\" tabindex=\"0\">chakra<\/span> and connects with the nature intelligence that guides all healing.<\/p><div><h3>Healing Function in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A collective term for teachings that claim a hidden knowledge accessible only to the initiated.\" tabindex=\"0\">Esotericism<\/span><\/h3><p>In Jewish angel <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through special actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magic<\/span>, Raphael is the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> of the eastern direction and of the sphere Tiphareth (in some kabbalistic schools) or Hod (in others). In the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Relating to formalized magical procedures, with a fixed apparatus of incantations, symbols and tools.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual-magical<\/span> tradition of the Golden Dawn he is the archangel of the East and of air.<\/p><p>In modern New Age angel teaching (Doreen Virtue, Diana Cooper) he is the central figure of invocation for health concerns, often associated with a green ray. This variability of assignment is characteristic in the history of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span>: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> assignments to the four cardinal directions vary according to tradition and source.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s5 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-h5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practice \/ Invocation \/ Meaning in the iWell Guard Context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s5-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s5-bw\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In iWell Guard, Raphael is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address to a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invoked<\/span> to heal physical and energetic wounds and to promote inner recovery. One practice is to light a green candle and ask Raphael to bring healing on all levels.<\/p><p>Raphael&#8217;s green energy is visualized in order to repair damaged energetic structures and to regenerate the field of protection. Raphael is especially important for people who experience trauma or energetic injuries. His power eases pain without suppressing it and brings about true recovery. He also protects on inner spiritual journeys and transitions.<\/p><div><h3>iWell Guard Position<\/h3><p>In the iWell Guard field of protection, Raphael is not explicitly named in any single <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred syllable or formula repeatedly spoken in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span> clause, but is implicitly present as one of the four archangels. The light-cross geometry and the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocation<\/span> of the positive beings (point 8 of the mantra) include Raphael as the healer archangel.<\/p><p>Whoever wishes to work actively with Raphael in the protection practice can integrate him as an eastern protective power into an expanded light-cross visualization (Michael south, Gabriel north, Raphael east, Uriel west). This four-archangel constellation has been a standard of Western <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> magic since the Golden Dawn tradition.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s6 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-h6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Parallels<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s6-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s6-bw\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p>You will find Raphael as a healer archetype in: <em>Asclepius<\/em> of Greek <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted tales of the gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> (god of the healing art), <em>Imhotep<\/em> in the Egyptian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> (healer and architect), <em>Dhanvantari<\/em> in Hinduism (god of the healing art and medicine), and <em>White Buffalo Calf Woman<\/em> in Indigenous North American spirituality (healer and teacher).<\/p><p>All embody the power of regeneration and of the safe path.<\/p><\/footer>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpa12c7f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpa12c7f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp707736a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp707736a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Book of Tobit: Raphael as the Hidden Companion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0267557 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp0267557\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp745d9b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp745d9b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Raphael is connected in biblical <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and tales across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> almost exclusively with a single book, the Book of Tobit. This book belongs in the Catholic and Orthodox tradition to the biblical <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The collection of the sacred scriptures of a religion recognized as authoritative.\" tabindex=\"0\">canon<\/span>, while in the Jewish and Protestant <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and tales across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> it counts among the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religious writings outside the biblical canon, situated between canonical and non-canonical in the Jewish and Christian tradition (e.g. Tobit, Books of Enoch).\" tabindex=\"0\">apocrypha<\/span>, or the deuterocanonical writings.<\/p><p>It probably originated in the third or second century before our era and tells an artfully constructed family story.<\/p><p>At the center stand the pious, blinded Tobit and his kinswoman Sara, who is afflicted by a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effects are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> named Asmodeus, who causes each of her husbands to perish on the wedding night. Tobit&#8217;s son Tobias sets out on a journey to collect money and takes on a companion who passes himself off as a relative.<\/p><p>In truth this companion is the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> Raphael, who long conceals his true nature. He guides Tobias, helps him to catch a fish whose entrails become remedies, makes possible the marriage with Sara, and drives away the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effects are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span>. In the end, the remedy from the fish also heals Tobit&#8217;s eyes.<\/p><p>Only toward the close does Raphael make himself known. He explains that he is one of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angels<\/span> who stand before God and was sent to bring the prayers of the pious before God.<\/p><p>Thus Raphael is the only <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> whose name appears as an acting figure across several chapters in a continuous narrative text of biblical <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and tales across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>. The Book of Tobit is therefore of decisive importance for understanding this figure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpdd14eaa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpdd14eaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp680be57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp680be57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Name as a Program: Raphael, the Healer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp662286e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp662286e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp1690ec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp1690ec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name Raphael is of Hebrew origin and contains the root for to heal as well as the divine element el. It can be rendered as God heals or God has healed.<\/p><p>In the Book of Tobit this meaning of the name is no coincidence, but is fulfilled through the course of the action: Raphael is the one through whose working both Sara&#8217;s affliction by the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effects are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> and Tobit&#8217;s blindness are ended.<\/p><p>Later Jewish and Christian tradition firmly developed this connection of name and function. In Jewish texts of the post-biblical period, for example in the Enoch writings, Raphael appears among the leading angels, and responsibility for healing is repeatedly attributed to him.<\/p><p>In Christian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and tales across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>, Raphael became the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> of healing, of travelers, and of the encounter of illness and recovery. This assignment rests entirely on the Book of Tobit, in which all three themes, healing, journey, and protection on the way, are closely interwoven.<\/p><p>It is notable that the Book of Tobit does not present healing as a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through special actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magical<\/span> act, but places it within a framework of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The linguistic turning of the human being toward a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">prayer<\/span>, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The lived religious attitude and practice of a person.\" tabindex=\"0\">piety<\/span>, and divine mission. Raphael acts on commission and brings, as he himself says, the prayers before God.<\/p><p>The remedies from the fish are means in his hand, not independent magical agents. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The science that studies religions comparatively and without commitment to belief.\" tabindex=\"0\">Religious studies<\/span> sees in this an example of how popular notions of healing and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic study of God and the doctrines of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theological<\/span> reflection are brought together in one text.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp5269aa8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp5269aa8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp9e66ac7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp9e66ac7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Raphael in Art, Patronage, and Popular Piety<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpaae636f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpaae636f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp3a706bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp3a706bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the narrative of the Book of Tobit a distinct pictorial theme developed, which appears above all frequently in the painting of the Renaissance and the Baroque.<\/p><p>Usually depicted is Raphael leading the young Tobias by the hand, often with a fish and a dog that the text mentions. These depictions, known in Italian art as Tobias and the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span>, were especially popular and were in part commissioned as protective images for young people traveling.<\/p><p>In the Catholic tradition, Raphael is regarded as the patron saint of travelers, of the sick, and of physicians, and besides these also of apothecaries and in some regions of emigrants.<\/p><p>These patronages follow logically from his role in the Book of Tobit. A distinct memorial day united him liturgically with the other archangels known by name, Michael and Gabriel.<\/p><p>In <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The religiosity lived in everyday life, often alongside the official teaching.\" tabindex=\"0\">popular piety<\/span>, Raphael long remained less prominent than Michael, who possessed a strong pictorial tradition as dragon-slayer and weigher of souls, or Gabriel, who was firmly anchored in art through the Annunciation to Mary.<\/p><p>Nonetheless, Raphael has retained a fixed place through the connection with healing, protection on journeys, and the familiar narrative of Tobias.<\/p><p>In modern reception he appears occasionally in literature and the visual arts, yet the emphasis still lies on the biblical narrative, which shaped the entire later image of this figure. Within angel teaching, Raphael stands alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/archangel-michael\/\">Michael<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/archangel-gabriel\/\">Archangel Gabriel<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc1748d e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc1748d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255812c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"255812c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Frequently Asked Questions about Archangel Raphael<\/h2><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Who is Archangel Raphael?<\/h3><p>Raphael (Hebrew Rafa-el, God heals) is the healer archangel of the Jewish-Christian tradition. In the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit he accompanies the young Tobias on the journey and heals his blind father.<\/p><p>Raphael is regarded as the patron of travelers, apothecaries, physicians, nurses, and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A person who undertakes a religiously motivated journey to a holy place.\" tabindex=\"0\">pilgrims<\/span>. In the Christian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angelic<\/span> hierarchy he is one of the three archangels named by name.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>What are Raphael&#8217;s symbols and correspondences?<\/h3><p>Classic Raphael symbols are the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A person who undertakes a religiously motivated journey to a sacred place.\" tabindex=\"0\">pilgrim<\/span>&#8216;s staff, the fish (from the Tobit story), the apothecary&#8217;s jar with healing herbs, and the traveling cloak. In modern esoteric <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> teaching, Raphael is associated with the color green, the element air, the East, and the healing ray. Healing invocations of Raphael are found in many Christian-mystical prayer books.<\/p><\/div><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Who is Archangel Raphael?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Raphael (Hebrew Rafa-el, God heals) is the healer archangel of the Jewish-Christian tradition. In the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit he accompanies the young Tobias on the journey and heals his blind father. 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