Occult Knowledge
Azazel: The Demon of Forbidden Knowledge
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Azazel appears first as an unexplained term in the Yom Kippur ritual of Leviticus 16. One goat is assigned “for the Lord.” Another is assigned “for Azazel,” receives the confessed wrongs of Israel, and is sent into the wilderness. The text gives no clear definition. Is Azazel a being, a place, the goat itself, or a ritual term for removal?
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