"The fifth firmament is exceedingly exalted. It is magnificent in appearance, for within it are clouds of splendor. It is filled with angels of majesty, and within it (their knees) knock with fear. They are stationed in troop after troop, glorifying (the One) who carved them into flame. The sound of their running is like the crashing of the sea, and their walk is like wheels of thunder. Therein, moreover, are twelve princes of glory seated upon magnificent thrones, the appearance of their thrones is like that of fire. They quarter the heavens at the middle by facing the four directions of the world, three by three toward each direction. And (the) angels run when they send them, and their roaring shakes the world. Lightnings issue from their breath and they have wings of fire and are wreathed with crowns of fire, and the (fifth) firmament shines from the lustre of their faces. They are in charge of the twelve months of the year and understand what will be in each and every month, and without them nothing can happen, for they were created for this. Each is stationed over his month since they make known month by month that which will be in each and every year."
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Sefer HaRazim
Sefer HaRazim (Hebrew: ספר הרזים; "Book of Secrets") is a Jewish magical text that dates to around the turn of the 4th century AD (early 300s). The text was rediscovered in the 20th century by Mordecai Margalioth, a Jewish scholar visiting Oxford in 1963, using fragments found in the Cairo Geniza.
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