Satanael

**Satanael**, also known as **Satanail**, **First Angel** and **The True Archangel** is the dark demonic archangel of Gnosticism symbolizing darkness, death, rebellion, creation, destruction, free will, and the night.

He, alongside Metatron and Sandalphon, is among the true archangels, being the eldest and strongest.

## Overview

Satanael beside Metatron and Sandalphon predates all angels, who assisted God in creating the heavens and the universe. These deity-like beings are so powerful that even Lucifer and Michael are inferior to them.

Satanael stood beside God, but then he started thinking that God is insane. So, he rebelled against him and ran away from heaven into the void.

## History

After Satanael left heaven, he roamed the endless void for billions of years. Overwhelmed by loneliness, he descended into insanity. Seeking solace, he settled in a corner of the void and slept for centuries. Upon awakening, he witnessed the realms of Earth, heavens, and hell. When he ventured into hell, Satan confronted him, but Satanael punched him, sending him through nine circles of hell, then out of hell and onto the sun.

A low-rank demon saw what happened and tried to get help from Lucifer and other powerful demons. But Satanael stopped him and asked about the place. At first, the demon thought it was a joke, but when Satanael asked about heaven and earth, the demon realized he was serious. The demon suggested that Satanael should ask Lucifer for help.

Satanael met Lucifer and shared with him everything, revealing that he was the first angel created by God.

Satanael, discovering the existence of humans, desired revenge on God. He descended to Earth, posing as God, and the harsh deeds attributed to YHVH in the Old Testament were actually carried out by Satanael.

## Powers

**Nigh Omnipotence:**

   Satanael possesses nearly unlimited power, allowing them to exert control over a vast array of forces and phenomena.

**Nigh Omniscience**:

   Satanael has extensive knowledge and awareness, approaching a state of almost all-knowing, granting them profound insight.

**True Archangel Physiology:**

   Satanael embodies the  essence and characteristics of a true archangel, likely possessing divine attributes and capabilities.

   **Death Manipulation:**

      Satanael can control and manipulate the force of death, potentially having the ability to cause or prevent death.

   **Destruction Manipulation:**

     Satanael wields the power to manipulate and control destructive forces, allowing them to bring about destruction as desired.

   **Darkness Manipulation**:

     Satanael has mastery over darkness, enabling them to control shadows and obscure light.

   **Pain Manipulation**:

      Satanael can manipulate and control the sensation of pain, potentially causing or alleviating pain in others.

   **Nothingness Manipulation:**

     Satanael has the ability to manipulate nothingness, suggesting control over voids or non-existence.

   **Evil Manipulation:**

      Satanael can influence and manipulate the concept of evil, possibly harnessing malevolent forces.

   **Reality Manipulation**:

     Satanael can alter and manipulate reality, potentially shaping the fabric of existence.

   **Time Manipulation:**

     Satanael possesses the ability to manipulate and control the flow of time.

   **Space Manipulation:**

     Satanael can manipulate and control space, potentially altering distances or creating spatial anomalies.

   **Matter Manipulation:**

     Satanael has the power to manipulate and control matter at a fundamental level.

   **Weather Manipulation:**

     Satanael can influence and manipulate weather patterns, controlling atmospheric conditions.

   **Element Manipulation:**

     Satanael has mastery over the basic elements, allowing control over fire, water, earth, and air.

   **Fire Manipulation:**

      Satanael can manipulate and control the element of fire at will.

   **Hell Manipulation:**

     Satanael has the ability to manipulate and control aspects associated with hell or the infernal.

   **The Abyss Manipulation:**

     Satanael can manipulate and control forces related to the abyss, potentially tapping into profound depths.

   **Night Manipulation:**

     Satanael has control over the night, likely influencing darkness and nocturnal elements.

   **Absolute Law Manipulation:**

     Satanael can control and manipulate universal laws, potentially bending or altering them as desired.

   **Apocalyptic Force Manipulation**:

     Satanael possesses mastery over forces associated with apocalyptic events.

   **Chaos Embodiment and Manipulation**:

     Satanael personifies and can control chaos, potentially harnessing disorder and unpredictability.

   **Avatar Creation**:

     Satanael has the ability to create manifestations or representations of themselves.

   **Dimensional Border Manipulation**:

     Satanael can control and manipulate the boundaries between dimensions, potentially traversing or altering them at will.

## Lore

In Bogomilism, a Gnostic dualistic sect that flourished in Europe in the 10th through 15th centuries, Satanael is the older of two sons of God; the other is Christ. Satanael existed before Christ and was created good along with all the other Angels. He was held in the highest esteem and sat at the right hand of God as his steward. Soon, however, he grew dissatisfied with his station and rebelled. He persuaded other angels to join him, promising them freedom from boring liturgical duties. God reacted by casting them all out of heaven. Satanael wandered in the void and then decided to make a new world for himself—a second heaven over which he could become like a second God. The universe became this second heaven.

Satanael created the physical world, with all of its misery and suffering. He inspired the Old Testament. He created Adam out of earth and water. But Adam was defective, and he had life trickling out of his right foot and forefinger in the shape of a Serpent. Satanael breathed spirit into Adam, but it trickled out and became the serpent. Satanael appealed to God for help, promising that God would be able to help govern humankind. God agreed because he wanted to replenish the ranks of angels depleted by the Fall.

Another version of the story says that Satanael could not animate Adam, and Adam lay lifeless for 300 years. Satanael wandered about the world, eating unclean animals. He returned to Adam’s body and vomited his food into his mouth. Thus, the soul is imprisoned in a defiled and corrupt physical house.

After Adam was created, Satanael created Eve with God’s help. He assumed the form of a serpent and had sexual intercourse with Eve with his tail, begetting the twins Cain and his sister Calomena (Abel was conceived by Adam and Eve). God punished Satanael for defiling Eve by making him dark and ugly and taking away his power to create and his divine form. God left Satanael to have dominion over the world for seven ages. Satanael gave the law to Moses in order to retain his control. He keeps humankind oppressed and strives to make people worship him instead of the true God. Humanity was unable to rise to the ranks of angels as God intended.

After 5,500 years, God sent Christ to Earth to tell people about their true condition and to help them unite with him. Christ/Michael defeated Satanael and took his place at the right hand of God, sending him out of heaven for a second time. He lost the -el suffix on his name, becoming Satan.

The Bogomils said the world of matter must be rejected and despised. They rejected the sacraments of the church and the cross, for they maintained that Christ never died on the cross. Miracles and the acts of saints are deceits by the Devil. The only salvation is gained through asceticism.

The Bogomils believed that Satan will be loose in the world at the end of time but will be defeated by Christ/Michael.

In 2 Enoch, Satanail is an archangel and the leader of the Watchers. He is cast from heaven on the second day, the day in which God creates all angels from a great fire he cuts off from the rock (foundation) of the heavens:

But one under the order of the archangels deviated, together with the division that was under his authority. He thought up the impossible idea that he might place his throne higher in the clouds which are above the earth and that he might become equal to my power. And I hurled him from out of the height, together with his angels. And he was flying around in the air, ceaselessly, above the Bottomless. (29:4–5) Satanail is imprisoned in the fifth heaven along with the Watchers and Nephilim.