Baruch

Baruch - Chief guardian angel of the Tree of Life, according to the Apocalypse of Baruch. [Cf. Raphael, who is also credited with being the guardian angel of the Tree of Life.]  In the Baruch Apocalypse, Baruch journeys through 5 Heavens, in the 1st 3 of which he sees "evil-looking monsters."  In an early Ophitic (gnostic) system, Baruch was one of 3 angels sent forth by Elohim (God) "to succor the spirit in man."  In witchcraft lore Baruch is one of 7 devils who possessed the body of Sister Seraphica of Loudon. [Rf. Mead, Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, p. 196.] (a)

(a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967