The Angel Metatron

Metatron - sometimes spelt as Metraton - is part of the Jewish angelic tradition and doesn't appear in the Christian New Testament. He is one of the most important of all angels and is sometimes classed as an archangel.

It seems that Metatron sits somewhere between God and the other angels, passing on His instructions and overseeing some of His responsibilities. He could be seen as a sort of "PA to God".

He goes by numerous names including The Angel of the Face and The Prince of the Countenance. These two titles refer to the legend that Metatron is one of the few beings even in Heaven to be allowed to look directly upon the face of the creator.

Metatron is said to act on Earth in an intercessionary manner to facilitate the will of God. Some say that it was actually Metatron, acting on behalf of God, who gave to Moses the Ten Commandments. He is said to appear is a huge figure bathed in white light.

Metatron has around 75 different names so it is perhaps not surprising that his story is confused; there are numerous variations. According to one version, Metatron was created by God at the same time as He created the universe and immediately began to act as God's repesentative.

Another popular version identifies the origin of Metatron with the prophet Enoch. According to this tradition, Enoch was taken up into heaven to become a fiery angel.

According to some Kabbalists, the two forms of Metatron are distinguished by slightly different versions of the Hebrew spelling of his name.

Metatron's Cube

A geometric figure that is found in early Judaic and Christian texts is known as "Metatron's Cube". This interesting figure was believed to have been created by Metatron and has been used as a ward or protective seal. Many still use the grid as a mandala for decoration or meditation. Note that Metatron's Cube is not the same as the Seal of Metatron from the Silent Hill games.

The "cube" is interesting from a geometric perspective because it is essentially a representation of the five platonic solids flattened into two dimensional space. This sort of "Flatland" approach brings to mind ideas of different planes of reality with angels as creatures of a higher dimension than us.

It's also interesting that the number of lines in the full "Cube" is 78 - the same as the number of cards in the Tarot deck.

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