Despite the wide popularity and veneration of the “Solar” and “Lunar” Archangels - Michael and Gabriel, respectively, the “essential” features of the hierarchy of the Guardians of the Tree are expressed in the less striking, but no less significant figure of the Lord of Glory - Raphael. Just as Gabriel “props up” the Middle Pillar of the Tree, Raphael and Uriel support the Paths of Severity and Holiness, respectively, and it is Raphael, as the Guardian of the foundations of the Left Column, who acts as the “first outpost” on the path of destructive forces

The sphere of Mercury, which is controlled by Raphael, is the sphere of free creative thinking, describing the world, noticing and formulating its laws and features. The air spheres, also related to the symbolic field of the Archangel, acquire lightness, mobility and speed from his influence

All those demonic, destructive forces that Raphael opposes penetrate into consciousness precisely through defects of the mind, and the name of the demonic sphere “Samael” - “poison of God”, that is, “Lie”, indicates that it is often a conscious or unconscious substitution concepts, distortion of ideas and concepts, underlies the destruction of consciousness

The name of the Archangel goes back to the root "rapha" - to heal and can be translated as "Healer of God", which also indicates Raphael's advanced position in the confrontation of forces. The number of the name of the Archangel - 311 - and its root - 5 - connect the Angel with free will and the pentagram as a sign of the Microcosm, which indicates the “borderline” position of Raphael, strengthening the microcosm in the manifested state. Thus, the Divine Healer - Raphael - is the power of “transparency”, “health of flows”, manifested both at the Macro and psychocosmic levels by the system’s desire for self-control, self-defense, self-organization and self-differentiation