Of the four major archangels, Uriel is the least known or written about; this    can be attributed to two causes. Little literature or commentary exists about  Uriel because Uriel is an archangel of non-canonical lore that in early Jewish texts was referred to as Phanuel. Uriel also has a vibration that few humans truly understand.

Uriel is Hebrew and means: God is my Light; God is Light; radiation of God;  God is the radiating principle of Light; fire of God. When one positions Uriel as guardian of the West (emotions, the heart) one can put in perspective Uriel's unique vibratory pattern and gift to all. Uriel's legendary acts, appellations and symbols become cohesive when viewed from the West.

          Legend tells us that Uriel stands at the gate of the Lost Eden with a fiery
          sword. The Lost Eden is a term describing forgetting to Love God. The fiery
          sword shows that negative matter (selfish and unpure desires) are destroyed
          when one truly focuses their love on God. In this legend Uriel reminds
          humanity to Love God by using the "fire of God" (by using the fiery sword).

          Uriel is sometimes described as the Archangel of Salvation. Uriel teaches the
          path of the heart, the fire of pure Love. Without this pure Love and devotion to
          Spirit, all spiritual study remains an intellectual pursuit, fairy gold. This
          understanding of true spiritual study is further supported by the tradition that
          Uriel brought to Earth: Alchemy, the heavenly arcana and was the giver of the
          Cabala to man.

          It is through Noah's devotion and Love of God that Uriel is able to warn him of
          the flood. Noah's pure love and devotion was the telephone number of Uriel. If
          Noah had been unable to express divine love and devotion to God, he would
          have been unable to hear Uriel's warning via the cosmic phone. This is how
          another attribute associated with Uriel has arisen, the attribute of Divine
          Vengeance and Judgement. Only if the heart is ignited in devotion to God can
          one hear Yahweh's call. If one does not hear Yahweh's call, one will perish
          (get caught in the flood). Without Yahweh's guides and messages, one cannot
          find the Eternal Light. Uriel is said to have been the interpreter of Ezra's
          visions which also explains why Uriel means "God is the radiating principle of
          Light."

          Uriel's symbol of an open hand holding a flame depicts a great gift to
          humanity. It is the flame of Love to ignite the heart in service to God. Uriel
          holds out the flame of Love towards all souls. The soul by filling with the
          flame of Love becomes devoted to serving Yahweh's plan. Uriel's flame of
          Love, the fire of God, the Light of God, purifies emotional and mental
          understanding transmuting the lower vibrations into frequencies that can
          assimilate Spiritual Understanding. The planet that Uriel is associated with is
          Venus, the planet symbolizing love.
 

                                           In Oneness
                                          Kythera Ann