This growing chasm between God and some of his “sons” is important in understanding the emergence of the Satan character as we know him today. The apocalyptic writers of Enoch brought Azazel into connection with the Biblical story of the fall of the angels. Here he would remain until the Day of Judgment when he would then be hurled into the fire to be consumed forever. Raphael was then assigned to punish Azazel by binding him hand and foot and throwing him into the darkness upon the rocky ground. Eventually the angels brought charges upon Azazel and presented him to the Lord for the crime of revealing these heavenly secrets to mankind. He also revealed to the people the secrets of witchcraft, thus leading them even further astray. From these practices Enoch says there came so much “godlessness” that men and women committed fornication. To the women he taught the art of making ornaments, rings and necklaces, and how to “beautify their eyelids” with kohl and the use of cosmetic tricks to attract and seduce the opposite sex. He taught ancient men metallurgy and how to mine from the earth and use the different metals to forge swords, knives, shields and body armour. In one account in the Book of Enoch, it was Azazel who educated humankind of heavenly secrets that lead them to sin. These texts further hint that Azazel was not the product of Lilith mating with any ordinary man, but rather he was the first-born son resulting from her illicit mating with Semjaza, the leader of a group of fallen angels called Watchers. In other ancient texts, including the Torah, and the Zohar, Azazel was refered to as the “Seed of Lilith”. But in the Book of Enoch it states that he was the leader of the fallen angels, and is often identified with Lucifer (the Lightbringer) or Lumiel (‘the light of God’). ”Īzazel (name said to derive from “azaz” and “el” meaning “Strong one of God”), is the chief of the Se’irim, or goat-demons, who inhabited the desert and to whom most primitive Semitic tribes offered sacrifices. “The whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin. By Thomas LeRoy, Founder of The Sect of the Horned God
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