Galizur aka Raziel is known as the angel of mysteries. He reveals holy secrets when God gives him permission to do so. Those who practice Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), believe that Raziel reveals the divine wisdom that the Torah contains. People sometimes ask for Raziel's help to: hear God's guidance more clearly, gain deeper spiritual insights, understand esoteric information, and pursue clairvoyance, alchemy, and divine magic.

According to legend, Raziel gave Adam and Eve the Sefer Raziel HaMalach after they were expelled from the Garden of Eden from eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. But other angels were upset that Raziel had given them the book, so they cast it into the ocean. Eventually, the book washed ashore, and the prophet Enoch found it and added some of his own knowledge before he transformed into the archangel Metatron.