Wednesday 20 July 2011

Healing with the Angels

We all have what is called free will.The angels cannot help us unless they are asked.  According to the bible angels can only help one person at a time as they are not considered omnipresent (Dan 10:13). However, this view has now changed as it is believed that angels can help multitudes of people at the same time as they are not restricted by time and space in the same way as us mortals.

If you ask your angels for help you are not taking them away from important missions, no matter how trivial you request may be.  A good example is the "Car Parking" angel.  The next time you are going somwhere, ask your angels for a car parking space for when you get to your destination.  When I remembered, I used to ask for a car parking space for when I took my invalid mother-in-law out on Saturday afternoons in town, when car parking space would invariably by few and far between.  The majority of times a car parking space would be there on the busiest of days.

We can ask the angels for anything that is for the good of ourselves.  We cannot, however, ask the angels to interfere with other people's free will.  Nor will it work if you ask them for Saturday nights lottery numbers; it just doesn't work like that!  We can however ask for things that make our lives happy and peaceful, for things that are for the good of ourselves and others.Angels cannot be summoned to do anything that is not at one with good or God's light.  They are at the end of the day God's messengers.  Nor must we worship them; they are purely God's messengers and helpers.

Angels can be used to enhance healing work as they are there to help assist for the highest good of all.  Archangel Raphael is the angel to ask for help with healing.  His name means "God heals".  Raphael can be asked to assist in the healing of the self and others.  Again, you cannot facilitate the healing of others unless permission has been asked as this goes against free will.  If you are involved in healing work of any kind you can ask the Archangel Raphael to enhance your healing.  You can also ask Archangel Raphael for guidance before or after the healing session.

Raphael's assistance can also be asked for in helping find the right course for healers and can help in finding the right customers for healing practises. You will know if Archangel Raphael is around if you see sparkles of Emerald green light.  He can also help you open you third eye chakra (the spiritual energy centre).  Archangel Raphael also works well with Archangel Michael.

Bringing Peace to all

Angels are not there to be idolised or worshipped in any way. Instead we give all glory to God or the Divine Source, whatever you want to call it. Angels act on God's behalf by bringing peace to the world, and this may be one person at a time. It is their divine mission to bring peace to the world to help bring about a more peaceful world. If we live our live in a more peaceful way we are more in tune with our authentic self.

Tuesday 19 July 2011

Third Sphere


Principalities

They work alongside the Powers. They are shown wearing a crown and carrying a sceptre. Their task is to oversee groups of people, perhaps large organisations of people such as companies, hospitals, councils, etc. They are said to inspire living things to many ideas such as art or science.

Archangels

Archangels are the most frequently referred to angels in the bible. They may be of this or other hierarchies as Archangel Michael, who is considered a Seraph. They have a unique role as God's messenger throughout history. The Eastern Rite (Roman Catholic) and many others consider him above all the angels, as Prince of the Seraphim. The angel Gabriel first appeared in the Old Testament in the prophesies of Daniel (Dn 9:21-27). He appeared to Zechariah to announce the birth of St. John the Baptist (Lk 1:11) and he proclaimed the Annunciation of Mary to be the mother of Jesus (Lk 1:26). The angel Raphael first appeared in the book of Tobit (Tobias)Tb 3:25, 5:5-28, 6-12). He proclaimed "I am the Angel Raphael, one of the seven who stand before the throne of God" (Tb 12:15).

Angels

These are closest to human beings and the material world and include guardian angels. They have the ability to access all the others angels. They deliver our prayers to God and respond with God's answers back.

Second Sphere

Dominions

The Dominions are considered the angels of leadership, regulating the duties of angels and making known the commands of God. It is said that they are the angels that preside over nations. They are believed to look like beautiful humans with wings but are differentiated from other angels by having an orb of light attached to their sceptres or on the pommel of their swords.

Virtues

Their primary duty is to oversee the heavenly bodies and ensure the cosmos is in order. In the Summa Theologica, they are presented as the celestial Choir "Virtues". According to the Catholic tradition they govern all nature, having control over seasons, stars, moon and even the sun. They provide courage, grace, and valour and are also in charge of miracles.

Powers

The powers may work with the principalities or Rulers (3rd choir). They are said to be warrior angels, defending the cosmos and humans against evil. They are known as potentates. They fight against evil spirits who attempt to wreak chaos through human beings. They are the bearers of conscience and the keepers of history (Akashic Records). Their duty is to oversee the distribution of power among humnakind.

First Sphere


Seraphim

These are the highest order or choir of angels. They are mentioned in the bible in Isaiah 6:1-7 and Rev. 4 6-8. Seraphim comes possibly from the Hebrew verb saraph "to burn" or the Hebrew noun saraph "a fiery, flying serpent". They are described in Isaiah as having six pairs of wings, one pair for flying, one pair for covering their eyes (even they cannot look at God) and one pair for covering their feet (believed to be a euphemism for genitalia). They are described as having eyes all around.

Cherubim

These are the second highest in the order or choirs of angels.According to Ezechiel's vision they were in the form of a man, with a man's face at the front, an eagle's face to the rear, and ox's face to the left and a lion's face to the right. He described them as having four arms, each with a wing attached, with a pair of wings outstretched and the other pair covering the body. Along with this there were four wheels between each aspect of the four creatures, each facing outwards with the wheels doubled up facing sideways and forwards and backwards so that they could roll in any direction. Both the angels and the wheels were studded with eyes and the wheels were like beryl (Ez. 10 1-20). They are considered guardians of God's glory and symbolise God's power and mobility.

Thrones or Ophanim

The word "Ophan" means wheel in Hebrew. They have hence been associated as being the double wheels covered in eyes in Ezekiels' description that move alongside the Cherubim (see above). They may be however the Thrones described by Paul of Tarsus in Colossians 1:16, celestial beings that are symbols of God's justice and authority. According to the Catholic tradition the Thrones are the Angels of pure Humility, Peace and Submission, residing in the area of the cosmos where material form begins to take shape. It is suggested that the lower Choir of Angels need the Thrones to access God.

Monday 18 July 2011

Angel Hierarchy


The angels are grouped in a hierarchy or Choirs althought there is much speculation as to how these hierarchies or choirs are grouped. According to the Catholic tradition there are nine choirs of angels which are:
Seraphim
Cherubin
Thrones
Dominions (Authorities)
Virtues (Lordships)
Powers
Archangels
Principalities
Angels

This Christian angelic hierarchy was put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 4th or 5th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia (The Celestial Hierarchy). Pseudo-Dionysius and Thomas Aquinas, in his work called Summa Theologica, drew on passages from the New Testament, specifically Ephesians 1:21 and Colossians 1:16, in an attempt to reveal a schema of three Hierarchies, Spheres or Triads of angels, with each Hierarchy containing three Orders or Choirs.
The nine choirs of angels are divided into three spheres as follows:

St. Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theologica (1225–1274):
1. Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones;
2. Dominations, Virtues, and Powers;
3. Principalities, Archangels, and Angels.