Achaiah

Achaiah is the 7th of the seventy-two angels of the Shem HaMephorash — the divided Name of God, drawn from the three verses of seventy-two letters each in Exodus 14:19–21. The name Achaiah means the patient God. The angel’s office is patience in adversity, and the discovery of the secrets of nature.

What the tradition records

Order in the Shem HaMephorash

#7 of 72

Name in transliteration

Achaiah

Meaning of the name

The patient God

Choir

Seraphim

Choir regent

Metatron

Element

Fire

Zodiac segment

0–5° Taurus

Days of dominion

Apr 21 – Apr 25

Psalm verse

Psalm 103:8

Countermands the Goetia spirit

Amon

Stone correspondence

Clear Quartz

The office Achaiah holds

The tradition assigns to Achaiah the office of patience in adversity, and the discovery of the secrets of nature. The reader who has seen the corresponding pattern in modern life — patience in adversity, and the discovery of the secrets of nature — calls on Achaiah by name. The call is not a request for spectacular intervention. The call is the older grammar’s way of placing the matter in the keeping of the angel whose office it is.

Call on Achaiah when the pattern of patience in adversity, and the discovery of the secrets of nature has touched your life and the natural remedies have not been sufficient.

The psalm verse

Each of the seventy-two Shem angels is paired with a psalm verse the tradition assigns as the angel’s standing prayer. The verse for Achaiah is:

“The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.” Psalm 103:8

The verse is the standing call. Speak it, or write it, or hold it silently — it is the form the tradition gives for placing the matter under Achaiah’s office.

The Goetia pair

In the countermanding tradition, Achaiah stands against the Goetia spirit Amon — the 7th spirit of the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Amon’s recorded domain has touched a reader’s life, the answer the tradition prescribes is not engagement with the spirit. The answer is Achaiah.

See the full profile of Amon →

How the tradition prescribes the call

1. Name the pattern. Write down, clearly, the specific way you suspect the influence is operating. Vague suspicion gives the influence cover.
2. Call on Achaiah by name. Speak or write the call. Do not address the countermanded spirit directly.
3. Recite the psalm verse. Psalm 103:8 is the standing prayer assigned to Achaiah. Read aloud where possible, in the morning hour.
4. Carry the paired stone. Clear Quartz is the stone the tradition pairs with Achaiah’s choir, the Seraphim. Worn near the throat or carried in the pocket for the duration.
5. Repeat for forty days. The tradition is consistent on this duration — long enough to break a settled pattern.

Common questions

Who is Achaiah?

Achaiah is the 7th angel of the seventy-two Shem HaMephorash, a seraph of the Seraphim choir under the regency of Metatron. The angel’s office is patience in adversity, and the discovery of the secrets of nature.

What does Achaiah protect against?

Achaiah answers the pattern of patience in adversity, and the discovery of the secrets of nature. In the older grammar, Achaiah is the angel whose office is precisely the protective opposite of the Goetia spirit Amon.

Which demon does Achaiah countermand?

Achaiah is paired with Amon — the 7th spirit catalogued in the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Amon’s domain has touched the reader’s life, the tradition prescribes the call to Achaiah.

Which stone is paired with Achaiah?

Clear Quartz is the stone the tradition pairs with the Seraphim choir. Carried or worn for the forty-day window after the call, the stone holds the bond between wearer and angel.