Pahaliah

Pahaliah is the 20th 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 Pahaliah means God the redeemer. The angel’s office is the conversion of the wandering; the granting of a vocation.

What the tradition records

Order in the Shem HaMephorash

#20 of 72

Name in transliteration

Pahaliah

Meaning of the name

God the redeemer

Choir

Thrones

Choir regent

Zaphkiel

Element

Water

Zodiac segment

5–10° Cancer

Days of dominion

Jun 27 – Jul 1

Psalm verse

Psalm 116:4

Countermands the Goetia spirit

Purson

Stone correspondence

Sapphire

The office Pahaliah holds

The tradition assigns to Pahaliah the office of the conversion of the wandering; the granting of a vocation. The reader who has seen the corresponding pattern in modern life — conversion of the wandering; the granting of a vocation — calls on Pahaliah 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 Pahaliah when the pattern of conversion of the wandering; the granting of a vocation 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 Pahaliah is:

“Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, save my life!” Psalm 116:4

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 Pahaliah’s office.

The Goetia pair

In the countermanding tradition, Pahaliah stands against the Goetia spirit Purson — the 20th spirit of the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Purson’s recorded domain has touched a reader’s life, the answer the tradition prescribes is not engagement with the spirit. The answer is Pahaliah.

See the full profile of Purson →

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 Pahaliah by name. Speak or write the call. Do not address the countermanded spirit directly.
3. Recite the psalm verse. Psalm 116:4 is the standing prayer assigned to Pahaliah. Read aloud where possible, in the morning hour.
4. Carry the paired stone. Sapphire is the stone the tradition pairs with Pahaliah’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 Pahaliah?

Pahaliah is the 20th angel of the seventy-two Shem HaMephorash, a throne of the Thrones choir under the regency of Zaphkiel. The angel’s office is the conversion of the wandering; the granting of a vocation.

What does Pahaliah protect against?

Pahaliah answers the pattern of conversion of the wandering; the granting of a vocation. In the older grammar, Pahaliah is the angel whose office is precisely the protective opposite of the Goetia spirit Purson.

Which demon does Pahaliah countermand?

Pahaliah is paired with Purson — the 20th spirit catalogued in the Lesser Key of Solomon. Where Purson’s domain has touched the reader’s life, the tradition prescribes the call to Pahaliah.

Which stone is paired with Pahaliah?

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.