The Guardian Angel represents a watchful presence. Julio connects this pantacle with sleep, worries, and the request for protection during the night.
Read the symbolism
The inscription refers to falling asleep and then rising under the Lord’s protection. In his spiritual reading, Julio contrasts tempting spirits with the protective presences whose help is requested. The central figure expresses this watchfulness.
The attributed effects
The description attributes to the sign help against insomnia, nightmares, worry, and anxiety. The idea of requested protection is essential: for Julio, the relationship with the angel passes through prayer.
Use according to Julio
The sign accompanies a request for help addressed to the Guardian Angel and protective presences within Julio’s religious framework. The practical advice explains the preparation of blessed and consecrated supports; the description imposes no particular hour of the night.
Personal reading
For personal reading at bedtime, look at the figure and choose a sentence of trust. You can pray for a peaceful night or entrust a worry before closing the collection.
The source and variants
The engraving is mentioned in Liturgical Prayers, p. 591. The Angel of Prayer and the Cipher of Mary are signs with similar intentions in some respects, but their descriptions and figures remain distinct.
Abbé Julio, The Secret Book of Great Exorcisms and Blessings, Vincennes, published by the author, 1908. Explanation and application no. 47, pp. 439–440. Practical advice on blessed and consecrated supports: pp. 462–463.
Classical directory numbering: 20 of 44. This numbering differs from the inventory of engravings in the old volumes.
Read the description in the 1908 edition
Image: historical reproduction distributed by Oracles.ch. The reproduction does not make it possible to identify its edition precisely; it is preserved at its native resolution, without redrawing the characters or artificial enlargement. The text of the entry is based on the 1908 description.
