Pronunciation: AR-tuh-gof
His Place Among the Fallen Watchers
Second to Semihazah. Bound to the element of copper. His evil teaching: alienation.
What He Was Meant to Be
When God created him, Artagoph held the definition that “the Watchers of Holiness can preside, for righteousness is adequate.” Had he kept this definition, he would have been the elder watcher of righteousness — and people could have used copper to magnify the power of being intimately connected to the life and light of truth in all things, that which governs all things.
What He Chose Instead
Artagoph chose the definition that “righteousness is imaginary, and only things separate from the natural are valid and of worth.” As a fallen watcher, he governs machinery and unrighteous things, having the appearance of his real definition just as his master Semihazah does. His name in Hebrew now means “filthiness.”
What He Teaches
Artagoph teaches the signs of the earth, and originated superstition and the concept of “luck.” He is master of gamblers, master of greed and the accumulation of wealth and unrighteousness, master of subtle conquerors, of lying and oppression by beguilement, of wasted life, and of missed purpose — the enemy of righteousness. The Babylonian god Nebo is counted a follower of his.
Tempting Messiah
Semihazah, standing among the remnants of copper near Mount Carmel, pointed to Artagoph and challenged Messiah to turn the stones into bread. Messiah answered that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God — for Artagoph, being fallen, cannot speak the words of God.
Where to Read
- II Achee, ch. 9 (p. 683)
- I Achee 9:54 (p. 312)
- Handbook — Artagoph (p. 554)