ANGELS1.TXT From: Robert Reinhardt Lightworkers, Here is a copy of a brief study I have done. I feel that I should share this with you at this time, even though it is not complete (maybe it is). Obviously some formatting was lost bringing it from Windows to Unix, such as italics and it appears all my paragraphs are 1 line of text according to Unix...which will make it very difficult to reply to if you try to include the text. Anyway, I hope someone will enjoy this. Regards, Bob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----"Exploring the Relationship Between The Angelic Hierarchies, the Dimensions, and the Transformation of Earth Humans into Full Consciousness" - Draft 2 - September 30, 1994 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1."quoted" comments are from the book Ask Your Angels, by Alma Daniel, Timothy Wyllie, and Andrew Ramer, 1992). Recommended reading, available from: Ballantine Books. 2.^quoted^ comments are from the book Do You Have A Guardian Angel? by John Ronner, 1985. Recommended reading, available from: Mamre Press. 3.[bracketed] comments are from the book You Are Becoming A Galactic Human, by Virginia Essene and Sheldon Nidle, 1994). Recommended reading, available from: Spiritual Education Endeavors (408) 245- 5457. 4.*quoted* comments are from various other sources which will be identified with each occurence. DESCRIPTION OF THE "ANGELIC HIERARCHY" "All three major religions of the Western world, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, as well as virtually all of the world's other systems of religious belief, include celestials in their cosmologies. Their scriptures all contain references to angelic interventions." "Angels, like people, belong to families or clans. Many names have been given to them, but in the opinion of a number of angel historians, the most familiar can be arranged in three categories, or spheres, starting at the top with those closest to God, and moving down to those who are connected to the physical world." ... "The word 'angel' itself is used both as a generic term to refer to all heavenly beings, and as a specific term to refer to the members of the third sphere, those closest to the physical. So, too, the word 'archangel' is often used as a generic term to refer to all the high orders of heavenly beings, although they are in fact but one of the higher orders." "According to Abigrael, there are four orders within the heavenly hosts that particularly concern us now: angels, archangels, principalities, and thrones." ... "While it looks like there is a higher and lower echelon, it's more accurate to visualize all these orders in a great circle, with the "highest" and the "lowest" holding hands. For example, seraphim, who appear to be closest to the Creator, also serve the God in us." In the New Testament celestial beings are grouped into seven ranks: angels, archangels, principalities, powers, virtues, dominions, and thrones. Plus, the Old Testament adds cherubim and seraphim, which with the other seven ranks, comprise the nine choirs of angels in later Christian theology; although the number has generally been fixed at seven. The angels receiving the most attention and veneration were the four angels mentioned in the O.T. and the Apocrypha. The Spiritual Hierarchy - The 9 orders of angelic beings (1 being the highest order) The First Sphere -- angels who serve as heavenly counselors 1 - SERAPHIM 2 - CHERUBIM 3 - THRONES The Second Sphere -- angels who work as heavenly governors 4 - DOMINIONS 5 - VIRTUES 6 - POWERS The Third Sphere -- angels who function as heavenly messengers 7 - PRINCIPALITIES 8 - ARCHANGELS 9 - ANGELS SERAPHIM "The highest order of the highest hierarchy are the seraphim, the celestial beings said to surround the throne of God, singing the music of the spheres, and regulating the movement of the heavens as it emanates from God." CHERUBIM "Beyond the thrones are the cherubim. They are the guardians of light, and of the stars. Remote from your plane of reality, still their light touches your lives, the divine light that they filter down from Heaven." -- Lucifer (Satan/Devil) is known as the 'angel of light, whom God's light shown through' -- before his 'sin against God'. THRONES "The first order in the third sphere is the thrones. They are the companion angels of the planets. At this time in your history it is important for you to be aware of the particular throne, the Earth Angel, who is guardian of your world." -- [ Lady Gaia ] DOMINIONS "The dominions are the heavenly beings who govern the activities of all the angelic groups lower than they are. Divine bureaucrats, they also serve to integrate the spiritual and the material worlds. Although they take their orders from God, and rarely contact individuals, their work is connected to your reality." VIRTUES "Beyond the powers are another group of beings, the virtues. They are of particular importance to you now because they are able to beam out massive levels of divine energy. As more groups of you learn to work with the virtues, their will be a greater infusion of spiritual energy available on your planet." POWERS "The first order of the second sphere are those beings who have been known as powers. They are the bearers of the conscience of all of humanity, the keepers of your collective history. The angels of birth and death are in this category. They are able to draw down and hold the energy of the divine plan the same way trees draw down the energy of the Sun. In this way, the powers can send all of you a vision of a world spiritual network. Just as you have a heart, liver, kidneys, and other organs in your body, all of the worlds religions are different organs in the emerging spiritual body of this planet." -- For example, The Bahai Faith. PRINCIPALITIES "Beyond the group of archangels are the principalities. They are the guardian angels of all large groups, from cities and nations to recent human creations such as multi-national corporations. These might more accurately now be called integrating angels. There are many of these beings involved with your planet.... one particular integrating angel who carries the pattern of a unified global order in its heart." ARCHANGELS "Beyond the angels are the beings you are used to calling the archangels. But we suggest that you call them overlighting angels, since they tend the larger arenas of human endeavor. These beings are from a different family from the angels. There are many different kinds of overlighting angels in this larger family. The four you are most familiar with are Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, and Uriel." ANGELS They are the ones who are closest to humanity, the ones most concerned with human affairs. Within the category of angels, there are many different kinds, with different functions.. ..The ones that you know best....are the guardian angels. Because of shifts in their functions and your consciousness, it is useful to think of these celestial beings as companion angels. As you enter a time of increased light and love on the planet, they will not need to guard you, but rather will be your guides to greater and greater consciousness." -- This can be related directly to the transformation of the Earth into the Galactic Federation, with the Earth entering the photon belt, transmuting us into the Fourth Dimension. According to the Galactic Federation, we will be assisted during this time both by our own angelic hierarchy (above) and by mass landings of Humans from the Sirius star cluster. DESCRIPTION OF THE "CELESTIAL TOP TEN" ANGELS BEST KNOWN TO US MICHAEL (Archangel): Who is like God? "Whose name is a question -- 'Who is like God?' -- is surely the best known of the overlighting archangels. Michael is acknowledged by all three Western sacred traditions. He is believed to appeared to Moses as the fire in the burning bush, and to have rescued Daniel and his friends from the lions' den. To Christians, he's the angel who informed Mary of her approaching death. Islamic lore tells us that his wings are the color of 'green emerald and are covered with saffron hairs, each of them containing a million faces and mouths and as many tongues which, in a million dialects, implore the pardon of Allah.' The Koran also paints the touching image of the cherubim being formed from the tears of Michael." "In the Dead Sea Scrolls Michael emerges as the 'Prince of Light' fighting a war against the Sons of Darkness in which he leads the angelic battle against the legion of the fallen angel, Belial. Most recently, in 1950, Pope Pius XII declared Michael to be the patron of all policemen." Michael is the protector of the Christian Church, guardian angel of Israel, and commander-in-chief of God's angel armies. He led them during a war in heaven in which Satan and his fallen angels were driven out of the clouds. In Moslem lure, Michael is described as having hairs of saffron, wings of green topaz and a million faces, each face with a million eyes, each eye shedding 70,000 tears. Even though he lives in the seventh heaven. Christian art and iconography shows Michael with a sword or with a scale weighing the souls of the dead. His feast day is September 29. [ Washta:...The most important for all of you is Archangel Michael, who sits with Metatron and many others on the councils that control your planet and its many dimensions. Archangel Michael guides the life energies down through the eight great dimensions to Earth, so that planet Earth can have a living biosphere...the Spiritual Hierarchy has appointed archangels Michael and Gabriel as the two official overseers to coordinate with the Sirians under the auspices of the Galactic Federation... Archangel Michael and Gabriel are more of an interdimensional angelic form and not attached to the physical energy of a specific solar system and planet, so they cooperate with the Time Lords who control physical reality (matter). ] [ On the question of Archangel Michael's "lost war in heaven;" Washta:...This relates historically to the original creation. In this physical creation, you see, there was established one basic concept. It was the idea that a great darkness would exist, from which would eventually come a great celestial light. That is why in the creation stories from many sources, including the Christian Bible, there is darkness indicated in the very beginning. -- For the purpose of this creation was to prove that darkness is not as great as light. Archangel Michael was given the divine task of acting as the chief intermediary between the Time Lords, who were given instructions by the Supreme Creative Force on how to create this present physical creation, and the dark force that was created to be the supreme test for this creation. Archangel Michael therefore set out to aid in putting the eight dimensions together and to make sure that all the various dimensional angelic and archangelic forces were put in the proper pla- ces. In order to create this pattern for the divine plan, it was necessary to create a being within that darkness. Hence, the Archangel Michael established the energies that would create a being of darkness, as called for under the divine plan. That is what the so-called "war in heaven" refers to. This being of darkness was created by God's plan so that eventually the dark energy patterns could be transformed back to light after many physical lifetimes lived on planet Earth. This transformation would eventually lead to a great series of immortals living in light. This is what Michael's energy patterns, and all the stories about him, are about. ] [ On the question of 'identity of the dark force'; Washta:...This energy was created by him as part of the divine plan which he was given permission to do. He will be merging these two energies of light and dark as part of the upcoming ascension process . That is why the Age of Light has been forecast by many Sirians and others in the Galactic Federation who are Time Keepers. We understand the energy patterns that now surrounds this physical creation of bringing dark into light... This [does not have] a name that is recognizable in itself to humans on your planet, since many different names for it have been given, such as Satan, the devil, etc. However, know that this name will be given to humans when the process of the landings [Sirian] occur, for Archangel Michael will make a formal announcement of what is occurring; and he will explain what the time patterns are that will allow him to re-emerge and create the great light in your galaxy. ] GABRIEL (Archangel): God is my strength! "Whose name means -- 'God is my strength' -- seems to be our most frequent visitor from the higher realms. He astonished Mary, and her cousin Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, with the pronouncements concerning the births of their respective sons. To the followers of Islam, Gabriel is the Spirit of Truth who dictated the Koran to Mohammed. In Jewish legend it was Gabriel who parted the waters of the Red Sea so that the Hebrews could escape from the Pharaoh's soldiers." "According to court testimony of the time, it was Gabriel who came to Joan of Arc and inspired her to go to the aid of the dauphin (the eldest son of the king of France). Gabriel's apparent ongoing interest in this planet is most probably due to his function as heavenly awakener, the angel of vibratory transformation." ^...Sitting on God's left hand, Gabriel is said to be the angel that destroyed perverted Sodom...served as God's treasurer, and will blow the final horn at doomsday.^ Gabriel in Hebrew means 'man of God', and is seen as God's messenger. Described as a human figure with long hair and multi-colored wings and often seen holding a scepter or lily. Gabriel's feast day is March 24. He was declared on January 12, 1951, by Pope Pius XII, the patron of those involved in electronic communications, which illustrates Gabriel's function as a messenger. [ Washta:...Then you have Archangel Gabriel, who is the angel in charge of many dimensions -- namely, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th...so, archangels Michael and Gabriel are now involved in the process of bringing in the energies of the new and glorious galactic human consciousness, and the civilization that these galactic humans will reside in. ] RAPHAEL (Archangel): God has healed! "Raphael is perhaps the most endearing of all the angels, and the one most frequently depicted in Western art. His image is featured on the canvases of such masters as Botticelli, Titian, and Rembrandt. His name means -- "God has Healed." Not only does he appear to be the high archangel charged with healing the Earth, but according to the Zohar, 'the Earth furnishes an abode for man, whom Raphael also heals of his maladies'." ^Raphael is the travelers guide, guardian of youth...The ruler of the second heaven shows up in Christian paintings carrying a pilgrim's stick, a wallet and a fish. The poet Milton has Raphael eating supper with Adam and Eve in Eden.^ "Indeed, Raphael's career seems to be peppered with medical missions. He healed the pain of circumcision for Abraham as the old man had not had the procedure done when he was young. Raphael was then sent by God to cure poor Jacob's thigh after he'd been roughed up by Samael. And it's also claimed that Raphael gave Noah a much-prized 'medical book' after the flood." the great temple in Jerusalem, Raphael personally delivered the gift of a magic ring with the power to subdue all demons. It was with this 'slave labor' that the Hebrew king completed the construction." "Raphael has also been called 'a guide in hell,' which after all is where healing is needed the most." URIEL (Archangel): Fire of God! "Uriel's name means -- "Fire of God," -- and he is ranked variously as a seraph, cherub, regent of the Sun, flame of God, presider over Hades and, in his best-known role, as the Archangel of Salvation. Like Metatron, Uriel is said to be one of the angels of the Presence, a most high posting since only the highest voltage angels can sustain the presence of God." "Uriel is thought to have been "the spirit who stood at the gate of the lost Eden with the fiery sword." The Book of Enoch tells us that it was Uriel who was sent by God to warn Noah of the impending flood, and elsewhere it is written that he disclosed the mysteries of the heavenly arcana to Ezra, and that he also led Abraham out of Ur in the Chaldean region." "Some have claimed that the divine art of alchemy was brought down to Earth by Uriel, and that it was also this angel who gave the Kabbalah, the Hebrew mystic tradition, to humankind. John Milton describes Uriel as the 'sharpest sighted spirit of all in Heaven'. The angel who showed up to berate Moses for neglecting to circumcise his own son Gershom. Sharp eyes indeed!" ^Uriel is associated by legend with earthquakes, storms, erupting volcanoes and such has a big part in Milton's "Paradise Lost." There, as governor of the sun, he is tricked by Satan, disguised as a young angel, into giving directions to earth, and from there to Eden. Once there, tempting Satan sought out Eve's ear.^ [ Washta:...There are many others, such as Raphael and Uriel, who sit above in the 4th and 5th dimensions to aid Gabriel in this ascension process. They also have access to the 6th and 7th dimensions to assist Archangel Michael with the special life ene rgies being brought through the Time Lords, down to the 8th and 7th dimensions. ] METATRON (Cherubim): One who occupies the throne next to the Divine throne! "In the world of Jewish mystics, came to hold the rank of the highest of the angels despite his not being mentioned in the Scriptures. The meaning of his name has never been satisfactorily explained although one interpretation of it is "one who occupies the throne next to the Divine throne." It could also be derived from the Latin 'metator', a guide or measurer." "In a number of traditional sources, Metatron is said to have been the prophet Enoch, who was taken up to Heaven and transformed into an angel of fire, with thirty-six pairs of wings, to continue his days as a celestial scribe. Metatron has also been identified as the Liberating Angel and the one who wrestled with Jacob; the one who stayed Abraham's hand from sacrificing his son Isaac; and the one who led the Hebrews through the forty years in the wilderness. In certain schools of mysticism, Metatron, said to be the tallest of all the heavenly beings, became known as Lesser YHWH. In Hebrew, the letters 'LHWH' stand for the most sacred and unpronounceable name of God." "As God has many names, so, too, Metatron was thought to have many names, the use of which was believed to offer the user protection and access to this great angel's powers. Yahoel, Yofiel, Surya, and Lad are just a few of his other names." ^Sitting beside God, Metatron, the throne angel with 72 names, records Israel's good and bad deeds. One mystic said Metatron carries Jewish prayers up through 900 heavens to God.^ [ Metatron is Head of the Sirian Central Sun Council ] ~ Continued on File 03 ~