Origins of my name... kinda..

RAZIEL (Power):

Raziel is believed to be an 'angel of the secret regions and Chief of the Supreme Mysteries'.

There is a legend that Raziel is the author of a great book, 'wherein all celestial and Earthly knowledge is set down.' When the angel gave his tome to Adam, some envious angels stole it away and threw it in the ocean. After it had been recovered by the primordial angel/demon of the deep, Rahab, the book passed first to Enoch, who apparently claimed it as his own, then to Noah, who learned how to make his ark from it. Solomon, too, was thought to have possessed the book, which allowed him his unusual knowledge of magic and control over the demons.

The Zohar, the major work of Jewish mysticism, claims that set in the middle of Raziel's book there is secret writing 'explaining the fifteen hundred keys (to the mystery of the world), which were not revealed even to the angels.'

Other Jewish mystics report that 'each day the angel Raziel, standing on the mount of Horeb, proclaims the secrets of men to all mankind'


Keep in mind, when I first started searching for Raziel back in the mid-late 90's, I was looking for a character from a video game(Legacy of Kane, PSX) and happened upon the Archangel stuff. Not being religious, I didn't care much at first. Pictures and descriptions of him, at that time, indicated that his wings were a light/sky blue color... this being my favorite color, it made me curious. Once again, I'm not religious, so I didn't think too deeply about it being a sign or anything.. but couldn't deny the coincidence.. especially with descriptions like the one above, I mean, that IS me! So I decided to stick with the name. The 36 at the end of my name was a random number that I felt was easily typeable(since the game I was playing at the time, Acrophobia, already had a member named Raziel, I had to choose a variation). Since then, I use this name for all of my email accounts and any site memberships that I have.