Caliel

Caliel is the 18th 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 Caliel means God prompt to grant. The angel’s office is justice in the matter at law; the prompt arrival of help when nothing else has come.

What the tradition records

Order in the Shem HaMephorash

#18 of 72

Name in transliteration

Caliel

Meaning of the name

God prompt to grant

Choir

Thrones

Choir regent

Zaphkiel

Element

Water

Zodiac segment

25–30° Gemini

Days of dominion

Jun 16 – Jun 21

Psalm verse

Psalm 7:8

Countermands the Goetia spirit

Bathin

Stone correspondence

Sapphire

The office Caliel holds

The tradition assigns to Caliel the office of justice in the matter at law; the prompt arrival of help when nothing else has come. The reader who has seen the corresponding pattern in modern life — justice in the matter at law; the prompt arrival of help when nothing else has come — calls on Caliel 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 Caliel when the pattern of justice in the matter at law; the prompt arrival of help when nothing else has come 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 Caliel is:

“The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness.” Psalm 7:8

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 Caliel’s office.

The Goetia pair

In the countermanding tradition, Caliel stands against the Goetia spirit Bathin — the 18th spirit of the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Bathin’s recorded domain has touched a reader’s life, the answer the tradition prescribes is not engagement with the spirit. The answer is Caliel.

See the full profile of Bathin →

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 Caliel by name. Speak or write the call. Do not address the countermanded spirit directly.
3. Recite the psalm verse. Psalm 7:8 is the standing prayer assigned to Caliel. Read aloud where possible, in the morning hour.
4. Carry the paired stone. Sapphire is the stone the tradition pairs with Caliel’s choir, the Thrones. 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 Caliel?

Caliel is the 18th angel of the seventy-two Shem HaMephorash, a throne of the Thrones choir under the regency of Zaphkiel. The angel’s office is justice in the matter at law; the prompt arrival of help when nothing else has come.

What does Caliel protect against?

Caliel answers the pattern of justice in the matter at law; the prompt arrival of help when nothing else has come. In the older grammar, Caliel is the angel whose office is precisely the protective opposite of the Goetia spirit Bathin.

Which demon does Caliel countermand?

Caliel is paired with Bathin — the 18th spirit catalogued in the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Bathin’s domain has touched the reader’s life, the tradition prescribes the call to Caliel.

Which stone is paired with Caliel?

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