Note 85 — Chapter I · PRIMITIVE SYMBOLISM OF HISTORY
Arthur Edward Waite translation
The commentary of the Zohar on Genesis, vi. 2—“the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair”—affirms that the angels were cast out of heaven as soon as they had conceived the desire therein suggested. Aza and Azael were the chiefs of these fallen spirits. Subsequently they taught Magic to men.