Metatron
Metatron · Scribe of Heaven — Voice of God and Recorder of Divine Acts
One of the highest angels in Jewish Kabbalah and apocryphal tradition. Called 'the One Who Stands Closest to God' and the 'Lesser YHWH,' he is the celestial scribe who records every event in the Book of Eternity. One tradition holds that the patriarch Enoch was transfigured after his ascent and became Metatron. He is depicted as a colossal being of light with thirty-six to seventy-two pairs of wings.
Origin
Central figure in the Talmud and Jewish mysticism (3 Enoch, the Zohar). Genesis tells of Enoch who 'walked with God and was no more'; tradition then transfigures him in heaven into Metatron, who sits beside the divine throne. In the Kabbalistic Tree of Life he is the angel of Keter, the bridge between God and humankind.
Features
- Thirty-six to seventy-two pairs of vast wings of light
- Records every event in the Book of Eternity (the Akashic record)
- Bears God's name inscribed on his brow
- Symbol: Metatron's Cube (sacred geometry)
Usage
Invoked in mystical meditation and Kabbalistic initiation. Prayed to when seeking divine messages or insight into one's spiritual destiny. Guardian of Keter in Tree of Life meditation.