The original angels were split into ranks by the
Mother of Heaven:
- Chayot, those closest to her
- Ophan, the charioeteers
- Er'el, the valiant ones
- Hashmal, flashing fire and storm
- Seraph, the burning ones
- Malak, the mid-ranking angels
- Eloh, those closest to other Divines
- Bene Eloh, those who serve the elohim
- Cherub, who protected the Manifests
- Ishu, those closest to the affairs of mortals
Later,
messiahs formed their own structures:
First Sphere:
- Seraph, caretakers of the thrones of the Divines
- Cherub, who guard the World Tree
- Sedes, the Thrones, the elders, through whom judgment is discharged
Second Sphere:
- Dominatio, who regulate the duties of lower angels
- Lucens, the Virtues, who carry miracles and protect nature
- Potestas, the Authorities, who restrain evil forces
Third Sphere:
- Principatus, who guide and protect nations, groups, and faiths
- Archangel, of which there are only seven, who protect special nations and countries
- Rasul, those most directly interacting with individual mortals, often just called "angels"
And
guardian angels were their own special class, who protect the souls of all mortals.
And Radiant Angels are divided into seven "heavens" or bands of the rainbow, the first through seventh
malkuks.
All of the angels in the
Heavenly Host have their own, more militaristic hierarchy:
- Taxiarch, the single marshal of the Heavenly Host
- Yazata, the generals
- Na'wa, the weapon makers
- Darda'il, the choir
- Hafaza, the archers
- Mu'aqqib, the foot soldiers
And finally, every Supernal Divine has a
metatron, an angelic herald.
Complete list of ranks (unranked):
- Archangel, Aeonian angels, second rank of the third sphere who serve Messiahs
- Bene Eloh, eighth rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven
- Chayot, first rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven
- Cherub, ninth rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven and second rank of the first sphere who serve Messiahs
- Darda'il, the choir of the Heavenly Host, fourth in rank of the Host
- Dominatio, first rank of the second sphere of those who serve Messiahs
- Eloh, seventh rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven
- Er'el, third rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven
- Guardian Angel, special rank, of any grouping, who protect individual mortals
- Hafaza, the archers of the Heavenly Host, fifth rank of the Host
- Hashmal, fourth rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven
- Ishu, the tenth rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven
- Lucens, second rank of the second sphere of those who serve Messiahs
- Malak, sixth rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven, from which the nations of malakh and mal'ach derive their name
- Malkuk, the seven "heavens" of Radaint Angels
- Metatron, rank of angel for every Divine that serves as a herald
- Mu'aqqib, the foot soldiers of the Heavenly Host, sixth rank of the Host
- Na'wa, the weapon-makers of the Heavenly Host, third rank of the Host
- Ophan, second rank of those whos erve the Mother of Heaven
- Potestas, third rank of the second sphere of those who serve Messiahs
- Rasul, third rank of the third sphere of those who serve Messiahs
- Sedes, third rank of the first sphere of those who serve Messiahs
- Seraph, fifth rank of those who serve the Mother of Heaven and first rank of the first sphere of those who serve Messiahs
- Taxiarch, Aeonian Angel, the marshal of the Heavenly Host, first rank of the Host
- Yazata, the generals of the Heavenly Host, second rank of the Host