Mebahel

Mebahel is the 14th 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 Mebahel means God who guards and preserves. The angel’s office is the obtaining of justice for the innocent against the oppressor.

What the tradition records

Order in the Shem HaMephorash

#14 of 72

Name in transliteration

Mebahel

Meaning of the name

God who guards and preserves

Choir

Cherubim

Choir regent

Raziel

Element

Earth

Zodiac segment

5–10° Gemini

Days of dominion

May 26 – May 31

Psalm verse

Psalm 9:9

Countermands the Goetia spirit

Leraje

Stone correspondence

Lapis Lazuli

The office Mebahel holds

The tradition assigns to Mebahel the office of the obtaining of justice for the innocent against the oppressor. The reader who has seen the corresponding pattern in modern life — obtaining of justice for the innocent against the oppressor — calls on Mebahel 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 Mebahel when the pattern of obtaining of justice for the innocent against the oppressor 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 Mebahel is:

“The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.” Psalm 9:9

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 Mebahel’s office.

The Goetia pair

In the countermanding tradition, Mebahel stands against the Goetia spirit Leraje — the 14th spirit of the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Leraje’s recorded domain has touched a reader’s life, the answer the tradition prescribes is not engagement with the spirit. The answer is Mebahel.

See the full profile of Leraje →

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 Mebahel by name. Speak or write the call. Do not address the countermanded spirit directly.
3. Recite the psalm verse. Psalm 9:9 is the standing prayer assigned to Mebahel. Read aloud where possible, in the morning hour.
4. Carry the paired stone. Lapis Lazuli is the stone the tradition pairs with Mebahel’s choir, the Cherubim. 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 Mebahel?

Mebahel is the 14th angel of the seventy-two Shem HaMephorash, a cherub of the Cherubim choir under the regency of Raziel. The angel’s office is the obtaining of justice for the innocent against the oppressor.

What does Mebahel protect against?

Mebahel answers the pattern of obtaining of justice for the innocent against the oppressor. In the older grammar, Mebahel is the angel whose office is precisely the protective opposite of the Goetia spirit Leraje.

Which demon does Mebahel countermand?

Mebahel is paired with Leraje — the 14th spirit catalogued in the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Leraje’s domain has touched the reader’s life, the tradition prescribes the call to Mebahel.

Which stone is paired with Mebahel?

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