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A "prime emeraude" among the Gorlaeus gems is engraved with a design showing two souls brought before God by the two guardian angels. Somewhat the same belief in the guiding or conducting of souls after death is found in Plato's "Phaedon," where it is said that the daimon which had guided a person during life led his spirit to the place in Hades where judgment was to be rendered.
The following list from Lodge's "Wit's Miserie," printed in 1596, gives the seven good angels and sets over against them the seven bad angels, each of whom represents one of the seven deadly sins:
Good Angels Bad Angels Michael Leviathan, pride Gabriel Mammon, avarice Raphael Asmodeus, lechery Uriel Beelzebub, envy Euchudiel Baalberith, ire Barchiel Belphagor, gluttony Salathiel Ashtaroth, sloth |
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