Hearing Uriel

"He doesn't care if I don't speak his name. He's gonna touch me all the same. But when I listen carefully, I hear from him all I can be. I'm hearing Uriel. Taking me home. Taking me back to that land of Yesod, that place of my passion. We play in the fire and dance with the flames and we make. We make." - Hearing Uriel (Song in progress), Jason Sechrest 4/20/06.
Lately, I've been tapping into the more magical elements of the Kabbalah, performing The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram on a daily basis as described in Israel Regardie's book, "The Middle Pillar: The Balance Between Mind and Magic." Magic in general denotes both change and creation, which, as an artist and performer, is something I'm always fascinated by. Rituals like these promote the idea of changing ourselves, cleaning out our system so to speak, so that we may be purified to receive the ultimate connection to the divine in our every day lives. As Regardie says, "It sets a pattern for self-growth which has a powerful influence on the subconscious mind."
The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, in conjunction with performing The Qabalistic Cross, is said to cast a circle of protection, invoking the four archangels most mentioned in Hebrew and Kabbalah -- Raphael, Gabriel, Michael and Uriel -- who then walk with you, elevating your consciousness. They also make the most kick ass watch dogs, I must say.
I think they work as a team, really. Raphael before you with his wand of knowledge, Gabriel behind you with his cup of love, Michael on your right hand with his sword of strength and Uriel on your left with his wheat of... with his wheat of... with his wheat of what? Nourishment?
I joked with my boyfriend the other day as I was explaining to him who each of these archangels were and what they stood for, "Uriel holds stems of ripened wheat and I'm not sure what he's all about yet. I mean, is that nourishment? Because wheat doesn't nourish me. Wheat bloats me and I try to stay away from it. So, I'm not sure what good Uri is going to do me over there, but I'm sure we'll find something together."
I feel these boys with me everywhere I go these days. Sometimes I see them. (Yes, I've literally gone out of my head and it feels fantastic to get out of it for a while!) I had yet to hear any of them though until the other night. Heck, I didn't even know I could hear them!
I was studying the Sefer Yetzirah on the name "The Living God," which is represented by the Yesod (Foundation). What struck me was that this name is associated with creative forces and in the human body parallels the sexual organ. So Uriel steps in and starts whispering that the term "creative forces" in relation to the sexual organs is not just to be applied to reproduction itself, but to artistry as well. Creative and Creation come from the same root word, thus they come from the same "place" spiritually speaking, the same idea, the same chakra. When we want to "create" another life force in this world, we use our sex organs and have a baby. Well what Uri is whispering is that when an artists wants to "create" a life force through their art and creativity, they must also come at it from their sex organs. Tori Amos gets this. She calls it her "center," her "place of passion" and she leads with it when in creative mode. So this sheds a whole new light on artists who use metaphors like "getting naked" for their audience. You're more than getting naked! Depending on the piece, you're either letting your audience invade you and letting them "inside" of you, or you're penetrating them and planting your seed.
I wasn't sure who it was telling me all of this at first. When racing into the bedroom to describe it to my boyfriend before turning in, I said, "The God of Creativity came to me," half-joking even. It stayed with me though and when I awakened, I did some research online. As it turns out, Uriel is the God of creativity! Which suddenly made total sense to me because the whisper came in my left ear and when I invoke the archangels, Uriel is always on my left. Why hadn't I thought of that before?
I had to sort of laugh at myself and them. I mean, of all four of them, the one who chooses to start speaking to me first is the one who I had no idea what in the hell to do with! I started thinking though, if this is the God of Creativity, heck I've been a creative force since as far back as I can remember. I haven't always been thinking or using my heart or my sword, but I have always been creative. I think Uriel has been with me all this time, guiding me, leading me. We have a lot in common he and I. We're both led by fire, for I'm a Sagitarrius and he is known as "The Fire of God" or "Divine Fire." So he's in me always.
More research found that the feast day of the archangel Uriel is celebrated July 28. Uriel's influence is believed to peak during the Summer months. (Remember my psychic outlook on my Spring and what it leads into for Summer?) I also found that Uriel is the least known or written about of the archangels and that his vibration is one that very few humans tap into. What is known is that he is the archangel who spoke to many of those who penned original Biblical texts and he is responsible, according to them, for bringing alchemy, the heavenly arcana and the Kabbalah itself to Earth. He is associated with the planet Venus, symbolizing love.
It's been very nice to meet him.
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