Pronunciation: DAN-yel
His Place Among the Fallen Watchers
Seventh to Semihazah. Bound to the element of comets. His evil teaching: mystery.
What He Was Meant to Be
Daniel means “judge of God.” When first created, comets traveled in their given order, and their definition was “God knows the pathways of man, clear to the last man.” When one was seen, it would have heralded major prophesied events.
What He Chose Instead
Daniel saw this authority and decided to imitate it with evil, choosing the definition “the pathway of man cannot be known; it is a mystery.” He is determined to define the future for evil, based on the viewpoint and power of Semihazah. By this, prophecy became a part of magic, giving rise to false prophets who spoke Semihazah’s viewpoint. Within the limits of what evil can accomplish, Daniel can define the future — he taught Nostradamus, and Semihazah delights in his foretelling of evil’s power. Daniel is a true worshiper of Semihazah, and taught the view that there is no need to repent and prepare for the future, since true knowledge of it is not possible.
What He Teaches
Daniel teaches the hatred of revelation and personal nearness to God. He teaches experimentation and the accumulation of facts. He is master of historians, scientists, soothsayers, and mystics, and father of doubt — inventor of the concept that if any one fact is incorrect, the whole must be doubted. From this came the lie that prophets must be perfect and different from common men. Daniel is the enemy of revelation.
Where to Read
- II Achee, ch. 9 (p. 686)
- I Achee 10:19 (p. 331)
- Handbook — Daniel (p. 558)