Cahetel

Cahetel is the 8th 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 Cahetel means the adorable God. The angel’s office is the blessing on the harvest, the prosperity of labour.

What the tradition records

Order in the Shem HaMephorash

#8 of 72

Name in transliteration

Cahetel

Meaning of the name

The adorable God

Choir

Seraphim

Choir regent

Metatron

Element

Fire

Zodiac segment

5–10° Taurus

Days of dominion

Apr 26 – Apr 30

Psalm verse

Psalm 95:6

Countermands the Goetia spirit

Barbatos

Stone correspondence

Clear Quartz

The office Cahetel holds

The tradition assigns to Cahetel the office of the blessing on the harvest, the prosperity of labour. The reader who has seen the corresponding pattern in modern life — blessing on the harvest, the prosperity of labour — calls on Cahetel 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 Cahetel when the pattern of blessing on the harvest, the prosperity of labour 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 Cahetel is:

“O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!” Psalm 95:6

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 Cahetel’s office.

The Goetia pair

In the countermanding tradition, Cahetel stands against the Goetia spirit Barbatos — the 8th spirit of the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Barbatos’s recorded domain has touched a reader’s life, the answer the tradition prescribes is not engagement with the spirit. The answer is Cahetel.

See the full profile of Barbatos →

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 Cahetel by name. Speak or write the call. Do not address the countermanded spirit directly.
3. Recite the psalm verse. Psalm 95:6 is the standing prayer assigned to Cahetel. Read aloud where possible, in the morning hour.
4. Carry the paired stone. Clear Quartz is the stone the tradition pairs with Cahetel’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 Cahetel?

Cahetel is the 8th angel of the seventy-two Shem HaMephorash, a seraph of the Seraphim choir under the regency of Metatron. The angel’s office is the blessing on the harvest, the prosperity of labour.

What does Cahetel protect against?

Cahetel answers the pattern of blessing on the harvest, the prosperity of labour. In the older grammar, Cahetel is the angel whose office is precisely the protective opposite of the Goetia spirit Barbatos.

Which demon does Cahetel countermand?

Cahetel is paired with Barbatos — the 8th spirit catalogued in the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Barbatos’s domain has touched the reader’s life, the tradition prescribes the call to Cahetel.

Which stone is paired with Cahetel?

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.