Angelic · Kabbalistic orders · c. 1533 CE
Camael
Also called Chamuel, Kamael, Samael (confused with) · also recorded as Chamael, Chemuel (per Wikidata)
Angel of the sefirah of severity, whose name is close enough to Samael's that the two are repeatedly confused in the sources.
Single lineage
A Renaissance table-filling name rather than a scriptural one: he is assigned to Geburah, the sefirah of severity, in the correspondence tables that pair each sphere with a planet, a metal and an angel. He is not in the Zohar. What keeps him in circulation is the resemblance to Samael, close enough that the two are repeatedly confused in later lists — and Samael is a figure with real textual history on the adversary's side. An angel of severity being merged with an angel of poison, by nothing more than a shared consonant, is the kind of accident this corpus exists to keep visible.
Identity
Where does the name come from?
Where it was actually worshipped
None. A name from the kabbalistic and ceremonial-magic lists rather than from any liturgy that built anything.
A figure with temples and a figure that only ever existed on a page are different kinds of thing, and the difference is easy to lose once both are entries in a list.
At a glance
Vitals
Vitals
Also known as
- Rank
- Archangel
- Order
- Kabbalistic orders
- Base of operations
- None. A name from the kabbalistic and ceremonial-magic lists rather than from any liturgy that built anything.
- Era
- c. 1533 CE
- Traditions
- Christian, Jewish
Traits
- Domain
- Severity, strength, divine justice
- Sefirah
- Gevurah — severity
Stats
Known connections
Identified with
3 attributed
What is it said to do?
Where these powers cluster
The 3 offices attributed to Camael, grouped by kind. Segment width is the share of powers falling in each category.
A bar dominated by one colour means a specialist; an even spread means a figure the sources credit with almost anything.
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1 texts
Which texts say so?
Assigned to the sefirah of severity in the Renaissance tables of correspondence. He is not named in the Zohar; the resemblance to Samael keeps the two confused in later lists.
Connections
What is it connected to?
Answered from the sources
Common questions
Which texts mention Camael?
Is Camael the same as Samael?
What rank is Camael?
How else is Camael spelled?
What is Camael said to do?
How old is Camael?
Nearest in the corpus
If Camael is what you came for, these are next
Chosen by proximity rather than by popularity: the same pantheon first, then the same rank, then the same kind of figure.
Gabriel
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
The messenger. The angel who explains Daniel's visions, announces two births in Luke, and in Islam delivers the entire Qur'an.
Michael
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
The warring archangel: prince of Israel in Daniel, captain of the host in Revelation, and the only angel the New Testament calls an archangel outright.
Raphael
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
The healer, whose name means 'God heals'. He spends the Book of Tobit disguised as a human travelling companion, which makes it the longest sustained portrait of an angel anywhere in the biblical corpus.
Uriel
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
'Fire of God' — the archangel of the fourth seat, never named in the canonical Bible, and formally struck from the approved list by a Roman synod in 745.
Raguel
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
The archangel who takes vengeance on the world of the lights — and one of those condemned by name at the Roman synod of 745.
Remiel
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
Set over those who rise — the archangel of the resurrection and of true visions.
The book behind Camael
Every claim on this profile is attributed to one of these. It is public domain, listed oldest first, and each links to a full text where one is freely available.
Renaissance & Early-Modern Occult Angelology
Agrippa, Barrett, and their compilers · 16th-19th c. · Latin and English
Read Renaissance & Early-Modern Occult Angelology in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Otto Rietmann · Wikimedia file page
Corpus last revised 29 August 2026. A reference site’s credibility rests on being maintained, so this is the date the sourced records last changed — not the date the page was rebuilt.