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Seraphim means "flaming serpents." In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Seraphim are the order of angels who surround the Throne of the Presence. They appear by name in the bible only once, in the vision of Isaiah:
"... I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. Above him stood the Seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew."
The Seraphs are also referred in the apocryphal Book of Enoch, and are associated with the "fiery serpents" who assaulted the Israelites in the Book of Numbers.
A seraph is often depicted as a head surrounded by six flaming wings.
In magick, they are associated with the Sphere of Geburah on the Tree of Life.
They are possibly descended mythologically from the Egyptian flaming uraeus serpents who guarded the Pharoahs.
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Hittite Seraph, 1000 BCE
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medieval Christian Seraph
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Egyptian fiery serpent, or Uraeus
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