Grigori
Grigori : is the collective name for a group of angels who lost
grace, they are also known as watchers. Originally it is told that
the Grigori were sent to look after, guide and assist man during the
beginning of civilisation. Sadly these angels were not suited to
this job and instead of playing a positive role they began to teach man
sciences that God had deemed to be forbidden. These subjects
included astrology, divination, herb craft and magic. To compound
this, they also began to lust after some of the women they were supposed
to be guiding. In order to cohabitate with these women they even
assumed physical forms. Although the church might argue that angels
have no gender and therefore are unable to procreate anyway, the following
excerpt from Genesis 6:4, points out that "the sons of God went to
the daughters of men and had children by them". The resulting
half-breeds were named as the Nephilim.
This kind of bad angelic behaviour could not be tolerated and as a result
the grigori were taken from their posts and imprisoned in a layer of
heaven. Although they appealed to Enoch to speak on their behalf to
God, they remained bound for 70 generations. As for the Nephilim, it
has been suggested that one of the main reasons for the great flood, was
not only to punish man, but to cleanse the earth of the half-bred
creatures created from the union of fallen spirit and flesh.
See also: Angels
Angel
Magic, Angelolatry,
Angelology,
Angelophany,
Archangels,
Celestial,
Celestial
Bodies, Celestial
Hierarchy, Celestial
Light, Dionysius the Areopagite
& Fallen
Host.
Useful Links
The House of Rites Website
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