Rosier

For the surname, see Rosier (surname).

Rosier, according to A Dictionary Of Angels by Gustav Davidson, is "a former lesser-rank angel of the order of dominations, now officiating in Hell", the cited source being Sebastien Michaelis' Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman (1612). Rosier does not appear in the Bible (or Apocrypha), and is not mentioned in the Catholic Encyclopedia or Britannica, but Rosier is recognised in esoteric tradition as a fallen angel (specifically a Dominion of the Second Sphere), and is considered the patron demon of tainted love and seduction. Rosier is French for "rose tree" or "rose bush", and is a common surname in Francophone countries.

In popular culture

• One of the main characters of Kaori Yuki's manga Angel Sanctuary is called Rosiel (also spelled Rociel, ロシエル in the original), and is named after the fallen angel (as stated by the autor in a side note to volume 1). The different desinence is due to the uniformity of the [l] and [r] sounds in Japanese.

• Rosier is the name of a 1994 single by the Japanese band Luna Sea.

• Jean-Bernard Rosier features in the novel Mr Mee (2000) by Andrew Crumey, as creator of an esoteric work titled "Rosier's Encyclopaedia". Crumey's subsequent novel Mobius Dick (2004) features the Rosier Corporation, which is responsible for sinister experiments using quantum computers.

• Edward Rosier is a character in The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James.

• Rosier is depicted as an incubus and is lord of the incubi in the The Cassandra Palmer series by Karen Chance.

• Rosier is possibly the basis for the antagonist character Rosiel (also spelled Rociel) in Kaori Yuki's manga, Angel Sanctuary; the name difference due to Yuki ending the names of most angels with "el", meaning "the one who bears light". When an angel turns away from god, he/she normally abandons the "el" in favour of "er". ^{[See Volume 1]}

• "Rosier the Fallen" is the religious hero of the evil religion "Ashen Veil" in the Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword fantasy mod "Fall from Heaven 2". However he is a human religious fighter who abandoned the good counterreligion "The Order".

• Evan Rosier was a Death Eater in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

See also

• Michaelis' classification of demons
• Hierarchy of devils
• Hierarchy of angels

References

• A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels, by Gustav Davidson, Free Press, 1994.