Melahel

The angel whose name means “God who delivers from evil” — whose office is safety in travel; the healing journey.

Melahel is the 23rd 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 Melahel means God who delivers from evil. The angel’s office is safety in travel; the healing journey.

A note on this material

The seventy-two Shem HaMephorash angels are the angelic counterpart to the seventy-two demons catalogued in the Lesser Key of Solomon. Each Shem angel countermands a specific Goetia spirit. The site presents these as a defensive catalogue: the reader who recognises the pattern of the demon’s office is given the name of the angel who answers it.

What the tradition records

Order in the Shem HaMephorash: #23 of 72
Name in transliteration: Melahel
Meaning of the name: God who delivers from evil
Choir: Thrones
Choir regent: Zaphkiel
Element: Water
Zodiac segment: 20–25° Cancer
Days of dominion: Jul 12 – Jul 16
Psalm verse: Psalm 121:8
Countermands the Goetia spirit: Aim
Stone correspondence: Sapphire

The office Melahel holds

The tradition assigns to Melahel the office of safety in travel; the healing journey. The reader who has seen the corresponding pattern in modern life — safety in travel; the healing journey — calls on Melahel 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 Melahel when the pattern of safety in travel; the healing journey 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 Melahel is:

“The Lord will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for evermore.” Psalm 121:8

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 Melahel’s office.

The Goetia pair

In the countermanding tradition, Melahel stands against the Goetia spirit Aim — the 23rd spirit of the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Aim’s recorded domain has touched a reader’s life, the answer the tradition prescribes is not engagement with the spirit. The answer is Melahel.

See the full profile of Aim →

How the tradition prescribes the call

Name the pattern. Write down, clearly, the specific way you suspect the influence is operating. Vague suspicion gives the influence cover.
Call on Melahel by name. Speak or write the call. Do not address the countermanded spirit directly.
Recite the psalm verse. Psalm 121:8 is the standing prayer assigned to Melahel. Read aloud where possible, in the morning hour.
Carry the paired stone. Sapphire is the stone the tradition pairs with Melahel’s choir, the Thrones. Worn near the throat or carried in the pocket for the duration.
Repeat for forty days. The tradition is consistent on this duration — long enough to break a settled pattern.

Common questions

Who is Melahel?

Melahel is the 23rd angel of the seventy-two Shem HaMephorash, a throne of the Thrones choir under the regency of Zaphkiel. The angel’s office is safety in travel; the healing journey.

What does Melahel protect against?

Melahel answers the pattern of safety in travel; the healing journey. In the older grammar, Melahel is the angel whose office is precisely the protective opposite of the Goetia spirit Aim.

Which demon does Melahel countermand?

Melahel is paired with Aim — the 23rd spirit catalogued in the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Aim’s domain has touched the reader’s life, the tradition prescribes the call to Melahel.

Which stone is paired with Melahel?

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.