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  JewishEncyclopedia.com - AZAZEL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Far from involving the recognition of Azazel as a deity, the sending of the goat was, as stated by Naḥmanides, a symbolic expression of the idea that the people's sins and their evil consequences were to be sent back to the spirit of desolation and ruin, the source of all impurity.
The story of Azazel as the seducer of men and women was familiar also to the rabbis, as may be learned from Tanna d.
The point of the whole ceremony seems to have been that as the scapegoat was set free in the desert, so Israel was to be set free from the offenses contracted in its desert life within the domain of the god of the desert.
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 Azazel
Two goats were chosen and after one was sacrificed, the other was let loose in the wilderness, symbolically carrying away the nation's sins.
The name of Azazel (as supernatural power) means "goat-god".
In Moslem demonology, Azazel is the counterpart of the devil in refusing to worship Adam or acknowledging the supremacy of God.
www.pantheon.org /articles/a/azazel.html   (149 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Azazel (Азазель) is the title of the first novel of the Erast Fandorin cycle, by Boris Akunin (Борис Акунин), and, the name of a conspiracy, considering the fallen angel as a culture hero comparable to (and surpassing) Prometheus.
Azazel is the demon faced by the demon chaser Amy Perry in the novel Shredder: Iron Angel by Karen Koehler.
Azazel is a chaos-demon in the DC Comics/Vertigo series The Sandman and Hellblazer, the former written by Neil Gaiman.
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 Conjuring of Azazel Limited Edition Dark Art Print featuring the demon Azazel and Hell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Azazel is one of the chiefs of the 200 fallen angels.
Azazel taught men how to "fashion swords and shields", and the women the "art of beautifying the eyelids." He is referred to as the "Lord of Hell, seducer of mankind".
Azazel was the angel who refused to bow down when Adam was presented to God to the assembled hierarchies in Heaven.
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 Azazel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Azazel is particularly noteworthy among the grigori because it was he who taught men how to make weapons of war as well as teaching women how to make and wear cosmetics.
Azazel was the main antagonist opposite Denzel Washington's character in the film, Fallen, where Azazel is a body-hopping demon spirit.
Azazel was also the name of an unrelated main character in the Isaac Asimov series of short stories by that name.
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 Invocation to Sorath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Azazel is the titanic fire-bearer and the goat headed flsmith of the Nephilimic Witchcraft, who in accordance with the luciferic impulse brought forbidden gnosis to the slumbering humanity, and woke to life the inner fl flames of the elect.
Because of this Azazel is equalled to the titanic Prometheus, who brought the gnosis of the secret fire to the chosen and made it possible for them to in accordance with their Luciferian Will, and the cold heat of the fl flame, forge the weapons of their own liberation.
Due to this, Azazel is also viewed as the horned master of the witches sabbat, who during certain nights gather his faithful children's astral or dream bodies on the Mountain of Darkness, and lets them celebrate the mysteries and receive the Gnosis that he brings through the luciferic fire that burns between his horns.
www.mlo-scandinavia.net /eng/div/rite_of_fire_bearer_azazel.htm   (2007 words)

  
 GW Online : Warhammer : Hordes of Chaos : Hordes of Chaos Special Characters - Azazel, Prince of Damnation
All who know of him dread to face him in battle, for the cost of losing to Azazel is not only the death of the body, but the damnation of the soul as well.
Laughing, Azazel severed the head of the Bretonnian Knight, who stood unmoving, convinced in the justification of the act.
Azazel wields a mighty enchanted blade, a deadly living weapon against which mortal armour is no proof.
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 What Does "Azazel" Mean ?
Azazel is the chief of the Se'irim, or goat-demons, who haunted the desert and to whom most primitive Semitic (most likely non-Hebrew) tribes offered sacrifices.
The name 'Azazel' may be derived from 'azaz' and 'el' meaning 'strong one of God.' It is thought that Azazel may have been derived from the Canaanite god, 'Asiz, who caused the sun to burn strongly.
Because of this ritual, Azazel is known as the "scapegoat." The goat that is sent to Azazel is not as a sacrifice, but as a symbol that there is no longer any unexpiated guilt.
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 Azazel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
To regard the word as the name of the spirit supposed to have his abode in the wilderness, remote from human habitation, to whom the goat laden with the sins of the people was sent.
In Azazel may be the trace of illicit worship of demons or satyrs.
The name of the spirit (Lev.16:8,10,26) supposed to have its abode in the wilderness, to whom, on the day of Atonement, the goat laden with the sins of the people was sent (v 20-22).
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 Azazel dan Pendamaian [214]
Azazel adalah seorang anggota dari bani syurgawi derhaka itu yang dikenalpasti di dalam Kitab Henokh.
Oleh itu, pendamaian itu ada tiga rangkap semuanya: kepada Azazel, untuk Azazel, sebagai Azazel.
Semua makhluk dianugerahkan roh itu serta peluang untuk bertaubat, termasuk juga 'Azazel.
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 Azazel
Azazel stands for justice and does not in any way advocate submission or turning the other cheek.
Azazel is also the the God of divination and has been consulted by many soothsayers.
Azazel led me to a lot of detailed information which was extensive.
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 Kult Ov Azazel
The unholy birth cries of Kult ov Azazel were first heard in April of 1999, under the infernal name of Azazel.
Azazel soon embarked on the task of manifesting their hateful vision in a live setting, shocking audiences with their intense and almost ritualistic performances.
The almost immediate response of the fl metal underground, as well as a slew of praise-filled reviews, proved to the world beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was certainly not just one of a myriad of sound-alike, uninspired fl metal bands.
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 Azazel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Others conceive of Azazel, not as a proper name, but as an appellative noun and modified reduplicated form of a root `azal, "to remove, retire," signifying longe remotus or porro abiens.
But it may be that Azazel-- whatever its meaning may be-- was the name of an old heathen idol or of one belonging to Semitic mythology and thought of as the evil principle, which older Judaism made the head of the demons as later Judaism used the name of the Philistine Baal Zebub.
The name of Azazel, like Belial and Beelzebub, is transferred from the Old Testament language into the Book of Enoch as designation of a power of evil.
www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc01/htm/azariah.htm   (418 words)

  
 Azazel and Atonement (No. 214)
Azazel is an alteration in the status of the leader or a leader of the fallen Host.
The he-goat designated for Azazel had the sins of the nation placed on his head and he was put under an appointed priest or scribe or wise man (depending on inference) and taken out into a barren land, i.e.
Thus, the atonement was three-fold: to Azazel, for Azazel, as Azazel.
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 Azazel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This ritual was performed on the Day of Atonement, which is Biblically described (Leviticus 16:8); "Aaron shall cast lots on two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for Azazel." The one on which the lot of the Lord fell was sacrificed, and his blood served for expiration.
The exact meaning of Azazel is disputed; some rabbis identify it as a cliff or a place of rocks while others vision it as a supernatural power, perhaps composed of two fallen angels, Uza and Azael.
According to Milton, Azazel is the principal standard-bearer for the infernal armies.
www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/a/azazel.html   (250 words)

  
 The Goat for Azazel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Although Azazel is not initially listed among the rulers of the 200 angels who came down to earth to mate with human women, he appears soon after this event.
Azazel, a powerful, high-ranking evil angel, apparently sought to take advantage of the lawless environment in the period of angelic rebellion before the Flood to wreak havoc on humanity.
Evidently this is the same place of restraint where Azazel and his host of evil spirits were being kept, and the demons who had possessed this man definitely did not wish to join them there in their prison.
www.aristotle.net /~bhuie/azazel.htm   (5207 words)

  
 Azazel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Azazel sees into the very hearts and souls of men, and even their deepest desires and hidden passions are plain to him.
With his silvery voice Azazel whispers to his opponents, promising them all they have ever desired if they abandon the folly of opposing Slaanesh and embrace the mercy of the Prince of Chaos instead.
Azazel is a level 2 wizard and uses spells from the lore of Slannesh
www.keithdickinson.com /azazel.htm   (557 words)

  
 Azazel - BibleWiki
the single allusion to Azazel is as follows: On the tenth day of Tishri (see Atonement Day) the high priest, after first performing the prescribed sacrifices for himself and his family, presented the victims for the sins of the people.
The very fact that the two goats were presented before Yhwh before the one was sacrificed and the other sent into the wilderness, was proof that Azazel was not ranked with Yhwh, but regarded simply as the personification of wickedness in contrast with the righteous government of Yhwh.
Inasmuch as according to the narrative the sacrifice of Azazel, while symbolical, was yet held to be a genuine vicarious atonement, it is maintained by critics that Azazel was originally no mere abstraction, but a real being to the authors of the ritual—as real as Yhwh himself.
bible.tmtm.com /wiki/Azael   (1855 words)

  
 The In Nomine Collection: Azazel, Superior Spirit of Death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Azazel (whose name means either "goat-god" or simply "removal") is a very old demon, one of the first Lilim created by Lilith, and far older than the late Saminga.
Azazel was not sure her seduction of Saminga would really win the Word of Death for her, but she was willing to gamble, since at least she would rid the universe of Saminga, whom Azazel hated for all the usual reasons people hated Saminga.
Azazel and Azrael intend, as their long-range plan, that Abaddon shall sink ever deeper, away from the rest of Hell, until it becomes a third celestial domain, a neutral fl hole, a realm of pure removal.
www.sjgames.com /in-nomine/articles/new/Gallery/dps/azazel.ssdeath.html   (2924 words)

  
 [Annales Sanguinari] Azazel: seeker of knowledge.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Character sketch of Azazel, one of the most entertaining characters of this new series.
Azazel's name comes from the book of Enoch, in which an angel named Azazel brings knowledge of every sort to humans, lies with the daughters of men, and generally invokes the wrath of god.
This Azazel plays much the same role; it is his love of knowledge that brought forth the curse of his people.
web.syr.edu /~denadal/html/Miscell/CS_Azazel.htm   (90 words)

  
 KULT OV AZAZEL
In Enoch I, Azazel is one of the chiefs of the 200 fallen angels (Revelation speaks of one third of the heavenly host being involved in the fall).
Azazel "taught men to fashion swords and shields" while women learned from him "finery and the art of beautifying the eyelids." In The Zohar (Vayeze 153a) the rider on the serpent is symbolized by "the evil Azael." Here he is said to be chief of the order of bene elim (otherwise ischim, lower angels, "men-spirits").
Irenaeus calls Azazel "that fallen and yet mighty angel." In The Apocalypse of Abraham he is "lord of hell, seducer of mankind," and here his aspect, when revealed in its true form, shows him to be a demon with 7 serpent heads, 14 faces, and 12 wings.
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 Behold Azazel-The Extraterrestrial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It described Azazel as a fallen angel that had scattered over the earth the secrets of heaven and was one who had rebelled against the Mighty One.
Azazel was also a 'watcher' a heavenly being that has kept an eye on humanity.
In my novel The Great Harpazo Deception, Azazel is first discovered by a remote viewer, who after leaving the CIA's disbanded spying project, joined the Lazant Institute and turned his talents to scanning the heavens for extraterrestrial life.
www.ufodigest.com /news/0107/azazel.html   (1813 words)

  
 Azazel - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Azazel es particularmente significativo entre los grigori porque fue él quien enseñó a los hombres cómo forjar las armas de guerra así como enseño a las mujeres cómo hacer y utilizar los cosméticos.
Azazel es mencionado en el poema Paraíso Perdido del inglés John Milton, y se refiere a él como un lugarteniente de Satán.
Azazel también es el nombre de un personaje en la serie de historias cortas del mismo nombre escritas por Isaac Asimov.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Azazel   (410 words)

  
 United News > September 2000 > The Azazel Goat and Atonement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The other was for Azazel (the completely separate one, the evil spirit regarded as dwelling in the desert), to be sent away alive into the wilderness" (F. Watson, The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, 1893, p.
In these writings, Azazel is one of the two leaders of the rebellion.
And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways." The book of Enoch describes Azazel as one of the angels that corrupted man at some time in the past.
www.ucg.org /un/un0009/azazel.htm   (919 words)

  
 Azazel in Alphabetics; Personal Resonance
Response to booklet by Patrick and James Luke tying Israelite scapegoat, Azazel, to One Mighty and Strong.
Azazel as a word itself is very interesting.
Azazel is word 5799 in the OT lexicon.
www.greaterthings.com /Davidic_Servant/Azazel/alphabetics.htm   (877 words)

  
 Azazel - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
From the darkest depths of hell arises the spirit of Azazel to wreak havoc upon the disintegrating ruins of a corrupt society.
Forming at the close of an old era and embracing the shadows of a new Satanic eon, Azazel unleashes a deadly plague of unholy fl metal upon the four corners of the earth.
Azazel hailing from South Florida was formed in April of 1999 when Xul (ex-Devoured by Darkness) and Xaphan (Church of Satan/ex-Coprophagia) decided to call it quits to their side projects.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,1177125,00.html   (625 words)

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