The concept of angels has been passed down throughout the centuries. Christianity as well as many other religions derived this angelic concept from previous ancient civilizations. Many of these depictions include winged beings as well as heavenly bodies such as the planets and stars. In old scripture, some writers from various artifacts claimed to have been in the presence of an angel or two. In the bible alone, there are numerous sayings about angels that brought messages to certain individuals. Some angels are also stated in the bible as well as other older books from different civilizations as being the "Nephilim" which literally means "those who came down from Heaven". Many generations believed that these beings were of alien origin. Thus, this may also play an influence on later generations that angels were flying ships or what we call "UFOs".
It will certainly be interesting to uncover these mysteries dating as far back as 500,000 years go.
Angels represent a specific place within the Hierarchy. It is important that we understand the Hierarchy and learn how to relate to these exhaulted beings. Classifying every exalted being as an Angel in entirely incorrect.
The Spiritual beings known as "Angels" relate to human evolution differently than Archangels, Powers, etc... More precisely, they each have a role in evolution- their own and ours. This is similar to our relationship to the mineral, plant and animal kingdoms.
My original post was intended to help those who wish to have a relationship with their guardian Angels. Most people believe that these Spiritual beings will have a relationship with us regardless if we choose to have one with them- wrong!
Personally, I choose not to look at any member of the Hierarchy as a concept. They are living beings. NOTHING in this world/universe would work without them.
The Bible mentions every member of the Hierarchy, but most people are ignorant of this. They don't understand that PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, and MIGHTS are living beings who have specific tasks within evolution...just like we do.
Actually, these Mysteries have been uncovered. However, they are only taught to initiates. More specificaly, those who are on the path are taught well; those who are not, possess only strong sentiments and dim feelings.
These Mysteries go back a LOT further than 500,000 years! We are not speaking simply about the Earth evolution when we refer to these beings or the evolution of mankind.
Hi DjM
What is your background? I'm interested to hear more...Maybe a PM would be more appropriate.
Celeste
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Here are some very important points to bare in mind, concerning your guardian Angel...
When we speak of our Angel, a lot depends on human beings themselves- in their attitude, on the whole way their world of feeling is disposed to the spiritual world - whether their Angels accompany them when they leave their etheric bodies in sleep, or not.
When children go to sleep their Angel goes with them, but when a person has reached a certain maturity it actually depends on their attitude, on whether they have an inner relationship to their Angel. And if this relationship is not there, and one only has faith in material things, and one's thoughts are entirely about the material world, one's Angel will NOT go with them.
One cannot say: "Well, if there are Angels we do not need them to believe in them in our waking state, of course, for when we are asleep they are bound to look after us." NO, they do NOT go with us if we deny their existence during the day. Our attitude is just as much an integral part of the whole cosmic system as our blood circulation is of the system which external science surveys...or rather, does not survey.
The whole materialistic mode of thought with which human beings are crammed full, is emerging in our time out of our sleep life, with greater and greater rapidity. The only way people can protect themselves from continually bringing with them from sleep the sort of ahrimanic Inspirations that condemn them to materialism, that is, to being bound to the earth, to becoming identified with matter and suffering the death of the soul, is by filling themselves with the frame of mind that comes when they accept Spiritual scientific thoughts. [;)]