Lynn Fischer - Angels of Love and Light

ANGELS of Love and Light

THE GREAT ARCHANGELS & THEIR DIVINE COMPLEMENTS, THE ARCHEIAI

B Y LY N N F I S C H E R PA I N T I N G S B Y M A R I U S M I C H A E L - G E O R G E

Angels

of Love and Light

The Great Archangels & Their Divine Complements, The Archeiai

BY LYNN FISCHER WITH PAINTINGS BY MARIUS MICHAEL-GEORGE

TRANSFORMATIONAL MEDIA PUBLICATIONS South Yarmouth, MA

Many thanks to CREA for her gift of the idea for this book, and for her wonderful newsletter, Wings of Light. Text sets 13/21 Adobe Garamond, Display is Vivaldi and Delphian. Copyright © 1996 by Lynn Fischer Paintings/Illustrations Copyright © 1996 by Marius Michael-George Cover Design by Jack Crompton Graphic Computer Production and Text Editing by Alyssa Angelis Text Editing & Rewrite by Ann T. Yates Interior Design by Lynn Fischer Transformational Media Publications © 1996 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 0-9652896-0-5 For more information and to order by mail or MC/V, contact: The Zephyr/TMP (Transformational Media Publications) P.O. Box 1214, South Yarmouth, MA 02664-4521 Phone (508) 394-8691 To order through a book store, call The Cape Cod Book Center (MC/V) 508-477-9903 Also, for books, posters, prints and cards, call Marius Fine Art Studio at 1-888-872-9111

Dedicated to my parents, who have been two angels in my life without knowing it! …and to all the angels on earth and in the heavens above, who lovingly serve mankind with unconditional love… and to all my collaborators on this beautiful project.

Thank you!

Contents INTRODUCTION • 1 ANGELS • 6 ANGELS AND THE SEVEN RAYS • 8 THE ANGELIC REALM • 15 THE SEVEN RAYS • 22 LIGHT • 25 THE SEVEN RAYS The First Ray / Blue • 34 The Second Ray / Yellow • 37 The Third Ray / Pink • 41 Fourth Ray / White • 44 Fifth Ray / Green • 47 Sixth Ray / Purple and Gold • 50 Seventh Ray / Violet • 53 THE ARCHANGELS OF THE SEVEN RAYS • 57 Archangel Michael & Archeia Faith • 60 Archangel Jophiel and Archeia Christine • 70 Archangel Chamuel & Archeia Charity • 80 Archangel Gabriel & Archeia Hope • 96 Archangel Raphael and Archeia Mary • 102 Archangel Uriel & Archeia Aurora • 108 Archangel Zadkiel and Archeia Amethyst • 116

GLOSSARY • 122 BIBLIOGRAPHY • 130 APPENDIX • 132

Angel ANGEL n. & v. [OE engel, corresp. to OFris. angel, engel, OS engil, OHG angil, engil (Du., G Engel), ON engill, Goth. aggilus (perh. immed. f. Gk.), one of the earliest Gmc adoptions from L; superseded in ME by forms f. OFr. angele f. Chr.L angelus f. Gk aggelos messenger.] A. n. 1.Theol. A spiritual being more powerful and intelligent than a human being, esp. in Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and other theologies, one acting as a messenger, agent, or attendant of God; in Christian theology also spec., a member of the ninth and lowest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy, ranking directly below the archangels] (usu. in pl.). 2. A guardian or attendant spirit (used both with and without implication of belief as such) Also fig., a person like such a spirit. ME. 3. A messenger, gen. poet. (mpw rare exc. as fig. use of sense I). 4. A conventional representation of a celestial angel, figured with wings and usu. a, long robe. The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary © 1993

rs ANGEL (an’jel) n. 1. Theology. An immortal, spiritual being attendant upon God. In medieval angelology, one of nine orders of spiritual beings (listed from the highest to lowest in rank): seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers principalities, archangels, and angels. 2. A guardian spirit or guiding influence. 3. Christian Science. God’s thoughts passing to man. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language © 1971

Introduction od’s power throughout all ages and cultures has come down from above. The Lord’s messengers have wings on which they carry the good news of God’s love to humans on earth. These messengers are angels, who like the sun and stars, bring God’s light down from the heavens. Like gentle, solar rays cast down from a burning ball of fire, this celestial army of angels break into millions of facets and forms as they touch down on earth. At each tier, their power is stepped-down so that we can grasp the otherwise incomprehensible mystery of God. Through their resemblance to this life, they make God’s awesome love understandable to the human world. There has been much written about angels in the last •

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Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. JOHN MILTON, PARADISE LOST, IV

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few years. But not much has been said about their relationship to light and the beautiful spectrum of rainbow colors. Angels are always depicted in art as coming from the sky, often bathed in rays of sunlight breaking from the clouds. As a person interested in the hierarchy of the heavens, I have tried to understand the many ways our Father/ Mother God comes to us. It is no surprise that I focus on the angel as messenger. I believe we are free, within limits, and yet there is an unseen hand, a guiding angel, that somehow, like a submerged propeller, drives us on. RABINDRANATH TAGORE

I became fascinated with a particular class of angel, the archangels, who are perhaps the best known angels in history. They are the messengers who bring us the intelligence of the universe in a simple, practical way. They represent seven principles of God’s foundation—power, wisdom, love, purity, healing, service and forgiveness—also known as the Seven Rays of Enlightenment. These rays are the seven colors of the rainbow, and each ray is guided by an archangel. Imagine the Godhead as pure white light. The light •

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falls to the earth through a prism, refracted into seven different colors. Each ray brings a different aspect of the Godhead to earth. For example, Archangel Michael communicates the qualities of power, faith, protection and deliverance. He governs the first ray, which is the blue ray. As the prism of the earth turns, one ray falls more intensely on each day of the week. The traits of this ray and this archangel are stronger on that particular day of the week. Each of us have a certain resonance with at least one of these attributes, which also correspond to our various missions on earth. The archangels work in the world as male and female complements. The female is the archeia, the male is the archangel. Just as in nature we work as male and female pairs when we create a human life, the archangels and archeiai introduce the quality of their ray into human consciousness together. •

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The seven rays also correspond to other natural patterns. The rays can be matched with the seven chakras, or Angels and ministers of grace defend us. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, HAMLET, I.IV.

seven seats of power in the body, according to Eastern religions. In Hindu and Buddhist philosophies, the attributes of God are divided into seven sections of the body. Each section contains one chakra, or wheel, which aligns in the body along the spinal column. When each chakra is perfectly tuned, the body is in utter bliss. Likewise, the balance of the seven rays can bring us to a higher plane of bliss and spiritual enlightenment. I hope a better understanding of the archangelic realm and how it bathes the earth in love and light will bring us the understanding of our true identity. We are the divine children of God. Working with angels, we can begin to transit God’s peaceful kingdom on earth as decreed in the Lord’s Prayer. “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” It is the grand decree of God, the One Eternal Mind, •

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to unite the kingdoms of the angels, mankind and the elementals (the elements!). With angels trumpeting at our side, this is not hard work, but a natural rising of consciousness that can only be described as joyous.

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Angels “We are neither the light nor the message, we are the messengers…The message is love.” —An angel from Wim Wenders’ Film, Far Away, So Close

The prophet Mohammed said every raindrop is accompanied by an angel.

“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heir of Salvation.” —HEB. 1:14

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“One of the main messages angels have for us: Life is really not serious, and humor and levity equal creativity. Life can be beautiful, like the colors of Heaven. Humans need to incorporate celestial play and joy into their lives.” —Terry Lynn Taylor, author of Messengers of Light.

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Angels and The Seven Rays ngels in one form or another are depicted in almost all of the worlds’ great religions. They are mentioned in recorded history as far back as three thousand years before Christ, according to Terry Lynn Taylor in her book, Messengers of Light. Egypt, Babylon, Persia, and India recognized winged angels in ancient times. Greeks and Romans began placing wings on angels in the West, probably as a result of the influence from the other cultures. Perhaps angels got their first major foothold into Western history from Zoroaster, or Zarathustra, of Persia, who was born 600 years before Christ. He wrote about his •

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encounters with a number of angels. “He called them extensions and projections of God toward humanity—not separate beings standing between God and man,” said Taylor. (God is portrayed by Zarathustra as residing over a court of angels, oversized human-like figures, both male and female, who reflect God’s radiance.) Today, we generally regard angels as winged messengers. Their message is God, and God is love. Love is the most potent power in the universe. It is the essence, or life force through which all healing is conceived. This is the message the angels bring down to us: God/Love is all. You do not need to struggle. You need only to love God like children love their own father. You are His children. Have faith that he will provide for you. While this is simple to understand, it is more difficult to practice and believe in a world created by humanity, which presents countless opportunities for us to hurt and be hurt. When I asked an intelligent and caring friend why she •

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did not believe in angels, she replied, “Are there angels flying over Sarajevo, or Boston Children’s hospital, or a ward for terminal cancer patients? What are they doing there?” Difficult circumstances, hardships and illnesses are all teachers, forcing us to go to God for help and solutions. Even if we do not understand these lessons cognitively, we see them in our soul. We have an inner understanding and our soul does learn. Because of God’s great love for mankind, he gave us freedom to experience the use of his power in all our worlds, and to learn from our actions. We are not created as robots, programmed to do whatever God wants us to do. He gives us the opportunity to experience the duality of both good and evil so that we may consciously choose by exercising our own free will. Through the laws of karma, or the law of cause and effect, we are able to learn from our actions. Every thought, word or deed is recorded as karma, which eventually comes •

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back to us as good fortune or as a circumstance that needs to be resolved. God gives us free will. He allows our karma to return to us so that we may learn from our actions. But just as any loving parent would do, God does not allow his children to stray too far from reality without a means to redirect them back to the path of goodness. God gives us many chances to come back to Him. Angels then, are but one way God gently works with us. An angel is a guardian or messenger from Heaven. Heaven is where love exists in purity. An angel can bring Heaven to earth. Our job is to accept this loving beauty into our lives and to share it with others. While angels are commonly believed to be messengers of God’s Word, the idea of color as a conduit has less merit in history. Yet in the Old Testament, the rainbow was the bearer of great news. It announced the end of The Great Flood. God sent it as a sign of reconciliation and connect•

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edness, according to Irene Dalichow and Mike Booth in Auro-Soma, Healing through Color, Plant, and Crystal Energy. These authors also go on to say that the ancient Chinese would place people with epilepsy on violet carpets in rooms with violet veils covering the windows. The color was meant to ease their discomfort. Patients with scarlet fever were clothed in red and were treated with red light beams. Information coming out of ancient Mystery Schools talk about the seven rays, or seven colors of the rainbow, as the life of God manifest in seven different ways or activities of development on the Earth. These rays are governed by archangels. Each ray represents a sacred attribute of God. Every human being carries a resonance to at least one Godly attribute, and usually the life lessons of every individual entails the understanding and expression of that one attribute in their outer world. We can all benefit from learning which ray, or Godly •

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attribute, we have a special connection with. Ask a child to draw a picture of love and she or he will more often than not pick up a crayon of his or her favorite color. We learn at a young age to use color to express ourselves even before we learn speech. A symbol often used for love is a heart or a rainbow. Like each archangel, we all are attuned to one color that is especially useful in our life mission, and through fulfillment of that mission, we come closer to God. Angels are generally accepted as being part of God’s grand scheme. The seven rays are not as well known. But we can all see color and we can all easily believe color has an influence on our mood and our perceptions. Is it so outrageous to believe color has a part in God’s plan? Or that there are special angels that govern each color? Angels work with color to help personify and radiate the beautiful attributes of God for mankind. By combining the two schools of thought—angels of traditional culture and their corresponding color rays from •

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“Angels are pure thoughts from God, winged with Truth and Love, no matter what their individualism may be.” SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEYS TO THE SCRIPTURES, BY

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the Mystery Schools of ancient days, we gain a better understanding of how our Father/Mother God exists for us right here and now, to see, believe and use for our own personal transformations.

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The Angelic Realm rom Heaven above down to the earth plane, an angelic kingdom swarms with mighty rulers and winged minions. Through them, the love and majesty of God manifests over all the earth in a gloriously beautiful way. According to the fifth century scholar Dionysius, we are guarded by an army of angels that exist in a hierarchy comprised of three spheres. The first is closest to God and includes the seraphim, cherubim, and the thrones. The second sphere encompasses the dominions, the virtues and the powers. At the third level, we find the principalities, archangels and angels. The archangels are probably the best known in all the angelic kingdom. They include Archangel Michael, who •

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appears in the Old Testament as the one who stays the hand of Abraham when the patriarch is about to slay his son, Isaac, as a test of his faith in God. With some exception, the major angels referred to in secular and religious lore by name are archangels. Their names are Michael, Jophiel, Chamuel, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel and Zadkiel. Notice how Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become Angels when they are sent. For the name Angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is Spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger. SAINT AUGUSTINE

the suffix of each is “el.” In Hebrew this means “of God,” “like God” or “representing God.” The hierarchy of angels was established in the fifth century by Dionysius, who based his findings on angelic references he found after intense study of scripture and secular writings. It was he who came up with the theory of the nine classes of angels which are organized into these three spheres. There have been some variations on this hierarchy but Dionysius’ theory is still the one most widely accepted today. The seraphim are the largest of all the angels. Their intense white-fire essence is able to purge all impure substances •

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from our consciousness, our being, and the outer world. They accelerate and magnify the ascension flame—the white ray of light that speeds the purification of our soul and our return to our Father/Mother God. Satan, was said to be of the order of seraphim before his fall. The seraphim surround the throne of God. They pass God’s plans along to the cherubim who convert and adapt them into workable blueprints for mankind. The cherubim are the angels responsible for protecting and expanding the power of love, the very essence and nature of God. They magnify and radiate this flame of love throughout the entire cosmos, expanding the quality of adoration and love within our hearts. The thrones carry out God’s decisions. The dominions, on the next sphere, might be called the heavenly bureaucrats. They ensure God’s wishes are enacted. •

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Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angels’ hierarchies? and even if one of them pressed me suddenly against his heart: I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence. RAINER MARIA RILKE, DUINO ELEGIES, I

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The virtues bring about miracles, or God’s blessings on earth. They are associated with acts of heroism and bring courage when needed. The powers work against Satan and keep the universe in balance. The powers are often seen as angels of birth and death. The principalities, or princes, guard over cities and rulers. They labor to prevent invasions by evil forces. The archangels rule over the angels and guard mankind. They are the guides, intermediaries, protectors and defenders of all people and living things on the earth. The archangels have the authority to lead and direct large bands of angels who serve under them to magnify and direct a particular aspect of God. Seven archangels are assigned to direct the seven rays of God’s virtues. These rays show themselves on earth as seven rainbow colors in all their various shades and hues: blue, •

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yellow, pink, white, green, purple and gold, and violet, representing respectively, the qualities of power, wisdom, love, purity, healing, service and forgiveness. Archangel Michael is the grand director of all the archangels and leader of the entire angelic host. He is called the warrior captain of heaven and wields a sword of blue flame for the protection of all mankind. His color, blue, the first ray, expresses the power and the will of God. Throughout history, archangels have been portrayed largely as male. Revelations brought to us more recently through the teachings of the Mystery Schools tell us they have a divine, female complement called the “archeia.” With Michael, comes Archeia Faith. Michael brings forth the power of God in a male-style, projecting a thought or idea outward. Faith works in a female-style. Her energy is like the mother. The Latin word for mother is mater, which is close to the English word, matter. The female energy is the power of the earth, or the material world. The female •

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I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. ROMANS 8:38-39

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complement materializes the archangel’s creation. In this balanced partnership of male and female, the male energy represents the aspects of God as Father. The female stands for substance and physical matter, which are aspects of God as Mother. The male counterpart is defined as energy of the spirit. The female stands for compassion, love and nurturance. Without these two principles of conception, nothing would exist. God encompasses all genders and aspects of gender, therefore some religions and cultures speak of Him as our Father/Mother God. Angels cannot be found by airplane or residing on a cloud. But they do exist somewhere in the universe. Archangels live in the etheric world, which is a plane of existence that is not part of the physical world. It cannot be experienced by the physical senses except through imagination or the special, psychic power of clairsentience. (Clairvoyance is the psychic power to see. Clairsentience is the psychic power to feel that which most people cannot •

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perceive.) The etheric realm is the heaven world, and is always around us. This reality can be experienced by us when we choose to raise our consciousness to a purer state. This is where we find inspiration and divine knowing. It is where sin and decay do not exist and where the angels make their homes.

The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom. —PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA,

Autobiography of a Yogi

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The Seven Rays Expressing the Divine Desires of our Father/Mother God

ivine desire fills the universe in the form of energetic light beams that constantly radiate God’s love to the earth. They are a specialized frequency of light energy that creates a particular action, such as healing, enlightenment or wisdom, directed upon those who are receptive to it. They are also the full color spectrum of the rainbow and emanate on a daily basis down from Heaven. Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. LUKE 12:32

They are called the Seven Rays of Enlightenment. They bring together the archangels of Western doctrine with the principles of Eastern thought. Many in the West have turned toward Eastern religions such as Hinduism because its symbols have relevance •

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to the physical world in which we live. Whereas the Bible and Koran seem too esoteric for daily application, the Hindus are not afraid to say there are energies from God acting within our bodies. Each one of the seven chakras, or seats of power in the body according to Eastern thought, matches one of the seven color rays. They can be stimulated through exercise or yoga. Here in the West, the medical world is just waking up to the connection between spiritual health and physical well being. Such logical thought has been part of Eastern religion for thousands of years. The seven rays are another way to physically remember the work of the seven archangels. The rays are the core attributes of the Godhead. The archangels embody and direct each ray so that the different aspects of God’s light can be conferred upon mankind for their understanding and use. Is it really so odd to think angels have different strengths when all our knowledge is based on a world of differences? Everything we know we define by how it is •

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They appeared to me very beautiful rainbows, as on former occasions, but still more beautiful, with a light of the purest white, in the centre of which was an obscure earthly something; but that most lucid snow-white appearance was beautifully varied by another lucidity, and was thus discriminated as also by little yellowish points like small stars, besides other beautiful variations, and, if I rightly recollect, with flowers of different colors round about, and entering into the most lucid part. This was exhibited before the left eye. On the right were exceedingly beautiful representations, distinguished by the blue and its various related colors, because the right eye represents affections, and they derive colors not from a white lucidity, but from that which is flamy. EMANUEL SWEDENBORG, LARGER DIARY, OCT. 21, 1748

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different from something else. As we ascend in our spiritual evolution, differences disappear like writing on a chalk board, waved away and blended together as we see the truth of our oneness with all there is. But we cannot let go of difference and separation without help. So the angels meet us half way. Like us, they have special attributes. Each of us will relate more intensely to one or maybe a few of the archangels and their corresponding rays. If we use our “guardian angel or archangel” and that particular path of the rainbow, our spiritual progress will be accelerated. It is this awesome and loving angelic host who translate the information from the Godhead to mankind. Since the energy of the Godhead is so powerful, this pure, intense light must be stepped down in frequency in order for mankind to receive it. This incredible information and lucent comfort beams down from the heavenly hierarchy above, from those beings of love and light, our invisible caretakers. •

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Light ight, in scientific terminology, is electromagnetic energy produced by the sun in different wavelengths. Holding up a prism to sunlight will create a rainbow on the opposite surface of the prism. When light is refracted and absorbed into different wavelengths, various colors and hues are created and seen by the human eye. The physical world that humans see are merely reflections of light waves springing off objects into the retina of our eyes, creating the perception of light and color. The primary colors created by this light are red, yellow and blue. From these three primary colors of light, all the various shades and hues in every imaginable color of the rainbow are created. Ancient Sanskrit writings taught the Eastern world that within the human body we have spinning energy centers •

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Their garments are white, but with an unearthly whiteness. I cannot describe it, because it cannot be compared to earthly whiteness; it is much softer to the eye. These bright Angels are enveloped in a light so different from ours that by comparison everything else seems dark. When you see a band of fifty, you are lost in amazement. They seem clothed with golden plates, constantly moving, like so many suns. PÉRE LAMY

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of light that correspond to the seven rays. Each of these Because He is Love in its essence, that is, Divine Love (God) appears before the angels in heaven as a sun, and, from that sun heat and light go forth; the heat…being in its essence love, and the light…wisdom; and so far as the angels are recipients of that spiritual heat and light they are loves and wisdoms; not loves and wisdoms from themselves, but from the Lord. EMANUEL SWEDENBORG, ANGELIC WISDOM; CONCERNING DIVINE LOVE AND WISDOM

energy centers is called a chakra, which in ancient Sanskrit means a wheel or vortex. Although not discernible to normal eyesight, these energy centers exist at a certain frequency on the spiritual, or etheric body level, and they can be affected by our thoughts and emotions. The chakras serve the purpose of anchoring the seven unique forcefields and qualities of the seven rays of light emanations from the Godhead directly into our bodies. They align along the spine of the human body and rise from the base of the spine or coccyx, all the way up to the crown of the head. As they move up the spine, each one rises to a higher vibration of color, sound, and purpose, rotating energy forward and backwards. When perfectly aligned and spinning along the spine, they infuse our being with vitality and pure energy from God, creating health and harmony in our bodies, minds and spirits. In this way, they give us the capacity to express the qualities of these rays within our •

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world. Negative thoughts and emotions burden these chakras, causing blockages in this pure energy flow, often leading to many forms of mental and physical distress or “dis-ease.” Notice the insights found in language. Our word for illness actually tells us sickness comes from a “lack of easement” in the body on an emotional, physical or spiritual level. The feelings of love have tremendous healing effects on the body, mind and spirit, and therefore, the seven beautiful rainbow rays are the universal symbol of love. Color has always been a major source of creative expression and healing on the planet. Practically speaking, color is often used to “lift up our spirits.” Nature is resplendent with lush colors of various shades and hues. On the psychological plane, just feel the different effects that the color emerald green, sapphire blue and golden yellow have upon your conscious mind. One immediately conjures up a sense of joy •

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based upon experiencing a favorite color. We easily accept the notion of one color cheering us up or making us feel more comfortable than others. Today many hospitals are using the healing aspects of color, according to Booth and Dalichow in Aura-Soma, Healing Through Color, Plant and Crystal Energy. Seriously ill patients are being placed in rooms with walls painted in muted tones in order to make them feel calm. Short-term patients are being placed in rooms with bright, warm colors to speed healing and raise their energy. Look at the success of the color system developed by Carole Jackson in her book, Color Me Beautiful. She created a color system based on wearing colors that are right for your skin tone, hair and eyes, thus making them right for your physical vibration. The net result is that you feel instantly better when you are wearing your “true colors.” Think about the colors you choose to wear on a •

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particular day and the relationship of that color to your mood. Sapphire blue, the ray of powerful Archangel Michael, makes you feel courageous and energetic, ready to act. Wear yellow on a thoughtful day when you must ask for wisdom in dealing with a particular challenge. Archangels, directing these magnificent rays, relay the feeling nature of God’s love, experienced as emotions, to mankind. Through these rays, they reach, nourish and protect their manifold cadre of human souls. Because these seven rays are the very core attributes of the Godhead, they are eternally expressing love, wisdom and power into the universe. It is helpful to think of God as the source of all light, like the sun. Imagine the solar rays as beams of light toned down and refracted into separate streams that emanate through a spinning prism. On each day of the week, the prism focuses one light ray down to earth more strongly than on other days. •

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Likewise, each human being expresses the qualities of Their faces were living flame; their wings were gold; and for the rest their white was so intense, no snow can match the white they showed. When they climbed down into that flowering Rose, from rank to rank, they shared that peace and ardor which they gained, with wings that fanned their sides. DANTE, PARADISO, XXXI

one of the seven rays more strongly than the others, and usually the life lessons of every individual entail the understanding and expression of that one main ray and its attributes in their outer world. Many people will consciously or unconsciously know on which ray they are working. That would be their natural ray, and it probably would be their favorite color. When seeking the help of the archangels and their angelic hosts for a specific purpose, one may choose to focus on certain angels according to the color, truth and attribute they radiate. For example, when working with Archeia Charity, who operates from the pink ray, one would be raising the consciousness and feeling of love towards oneself and others. Archangel Zadkiel would help us to amplify feelings of forgiveness, freeing us from our emotional burdens. Archangel Michael and Archeia Faith magnify our resolve and courage. They use the will of God to direct our •

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lives toward positive results. Archangel Gabriel and Archeia Hope would build the feeling of hope and purify our thoughts to resurrect us to a higher spiritual consciousness. Archangel Jophiel and Archeia Christine would develop our spiritual understanding of God and His spiritual laws, thus making us wiser. The seven rainbow rays each have individual powers. But they also all work together. Pink, yellow and blue form a powerful triad of love, wisdom and power. According to Mystical teachings, these three attributes of God actually blend in the heart chakra to form the foundation of God’s work inside the body, and are called the Three-fold Flame. This triad of color is the divine spark that fuels our lives with the spirit of the Lord. The blue ray is governed by God’s righteous warrior, Archangel Michael and his complement Faith, the pink by Archangel Chamuel and Charity, and the yellow by Archangel Jophiel •

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and Christine. The Three-fold Flame is the spark of life This is the covenant which I will make…says the LORD. I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people… All, from the least to the greatest shall know me, says the LORD, for I will forgive their evil-doing and remember their sin no more. JEREMIAH 31:33–34

seated in the secret chamber of the heart. It anchors the intrinsic qualities of God inside each of us. The Three-fold Flame also reflects the Holy Trinity. Power represents the Father, Wisdom, the Son, and Love, the Holy Spirit. Love, power and wisdom, therefore, are blended together to form a powerful team in the heart—to be used in a balanced way with each flame tempering and moderating the other two. This blend of energies within our heart is God’s electricity that keeps us going. We are not plugged into an electrical wall socket like a lamp, deriving light source from the current of some man-made power. It is God’s power of love that illuminates our hearts and souls and keeps us moving, living and breathing every minute. The very life force of God is in the cells, nerves and incredible machinery of form that makes man the magnificent creature that he is, because everything is really one great power, God. Call upon all of •

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the angels to help heal any aspect of your body, mind or spirit. Work with these colorful angelic rainbow streams for spiritual awakening and solace. Because they are the very core attributes of the Godhead, they are eternally expressing love, power and wisdom in action. Remember to use them and you will always know that you are not alone. Help is not far off. God sent His angels to care for all His beloved beings on the earth.

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Power has most often had connotations of battle and aggression leading to harm. Think of power not as an evil impulse, but as the force behind action and movement in all things. In a general sense, it is the motivation in all that we do. The blue ray brings down God’s power, which is never harmful. The first ray emanates down to earth most strongly on Tuesday. It is governed by Archangel Michael and Archeia Faith. Rulers, executives, and public servants are usually found working under this ray. Leaders of the world fall under this color beam because it teaches those individuals the proper use of power. The blue ray sends us understanding of God’s power so that we do not miscreate. The correct use of God’s power may be •

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achieved by developing four basic qualities: love, forgiveness, humility and faith. These are the qualities of being which empower us to fulfill our roles by mixing the core attributes of God in a balanced and tempered way. When all four of these cornerstones are balanced in place, we often find ourselves as respected leaders in society. As we begin to learn how to use God’s laws to do his will, we all may become leaders. We can guide and teach others how to use God’s gifts. The more each one of these qualities is understood and embraced by humankind, the more authentic is the power of God moving through us. A leader in society will benefit from the blue ray because it increases the qualities of faith and protection. Calling upon this ray will help a leader to be honorable rather than self-serving. Divine Will may always be applied to decision-making in a loving way. By surrendering to the will of God impacted in our hearts and imprinted in our souls, we move from instinct into expression of our real and •

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greed brings about war, prejudice, and hatred. Wisdom and illumination bring peace because they are of God. The Dark Ages were so named to describe the intelGood thoughts will produce good actions and bad thoughts will produce bad actions. Hatred does not cease by hatred at any time; hatred ceases by love. BUDDHA

lectual stagnation of the early part of the Middle Ages, after the fall of the Roman Empire. This is a period from 400 to 1,400 A.D. when European learning, artistic and architectural commissions were at a historic low. Scientific and technological advances were few and far between. The Age of Enlightenment, conversely, is the term applied to the entire 18th century when Europe basked in prosperity and cultural development. Significant scientific knowledge was acquired. Thinkers began to question everything based on a new philosophy of pure rationalism, which is the total reliance on the human mind and rejection of sensory or intuitive revelation. This caused some destructive skepticism because rationalism rejected the supernatural. However, the idea of addressing everything from an intellectual standpoint, gave rise to broad humanitarianism and •

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philanthropy which was quite beneficial to society. Through man’s superior capacity to comprehend the higher mind, he can achieve God illumination and wisdom. As we examine our purpose on earth we are constantly attempting to understand the reason for struggling in a world that seems to end in death. Perhaps through the influence of the yellow ray, we are wise enough to question this. We cannot all blindly accept this material view of life and death. Nor can we all shut out the hope that we are more than bodies, born to die without purpose. Through the yellow ray of illumination, we are able to understand the lessons which our life circumstances are meant to teach us and progress on our spiritual path. In the color and likeness of the sun, our natural light, the second ray brings down the Christian concept, “As above, so below,” for the sun is forever constant in emitting its vibrant beams to all those below on the earth. The sun is an essential element of existence, creating health, wealth, •

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and verdant abundance all around. Without the sun, the very fruits of the earth would not grow! Consequently, the color of gold has long been associated with wealth, and this precious metal is the basis of currency in our monetary system. It is also symbolic of the abundance of God’s love flowing down from the great golden central sun to those who embrace the loving, abundant presence of our Father/Mother God—those beings who want only love, peace, prosperity and authentic power for all mankind. Archangel Jophiel and Archeia Christine govern the second ray through their devotion to divine wisdom. Angels of the second ray abound around schools, colleges, universities and theological schools. They provide us with divine guidance in education and learning. They magnify the quality of illumination all over the world.

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create beauty and harmony comes under this ray. People working as artists, musicians and peacemakers are often attracted to this blushing, heavenly hue. When the Third Ray works through a person in perfect manifestation, that individual feels unconditional love for his fellow man as well as for his or her chosen vocation. His or her work is experienced as a joyous sharing of God’s love for all mankind. The vibration of this ray raises the emotional level of people who are depressed or fearful, for this pink sunbeam is the color of joy. It draws out the good in people and brings a feeling of oneness with others. It helps people fulfill their own specific divine plan by uplifting their emotional state and drawing on the quality of •

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divine love in their hearts and expressing it in their outer world. It is no surprise that the love ray rules the heart, or heart chakra, the ‘seat of central power’ in the body. Given the characteristics of this ray, is it any wonder couples give pink roses as expressions of love? But divine love is not like human romantic love which is too often conceived of being a painful state of desire with impulses and fears. Divine love, being everything, desires nothing. Unconditional love is all encompassing. A person experiencing such a state cannot desire anything more. Archangel Chamuel and Archeia Charity govern this petal pink stream. They radiate qualities of adoration—the profound act of honoring the divine. Such devotional love is awesome. No agony can stand up to its magnificent beauty which dissolves all illusions. •

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The angels of the pink ray teach us that God’s love is always abundantly flowing to us and can never be withheld, for it can never be depleted. God’s love is eternal and abundant in the universe. It is a never-ending resource and gift. And as we give love, so it is given back to us. For love is the highest expression of God and is magnified every time we express our love to any part of life.

Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts. PS. 148:2

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ray is made up of all the colors of the rainbow combined to create a sparkling crystal white. It is the concentration of the purest essence of every other ray. The white ray rules the baseof-the-spine chakra, also known as the pure energies of creation, or the sexual powers. Jesus Christ demonstrated the action of the fourth ray with the miracle of his ascension. He was the perfect man on earth because he had chosen to surrender his lesser self for his greater self. Thus, his purpose was complete and his body and soul rose up to the purity of Heaven. Likewise, the dazzling white ray helps us with our ascension. It magnifies the qualities of purity and wholeness and the desire for our soul to re-unite with God. Eventually, •

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our souls seek the victorious culmination of the material journey. It is our ultimate hope to be reunited with our Father as His sons and daughters. This happens when we realize our full potential and fulfill our earthly missions. This state is attained when we balance our karma, the Eastern concept of the universal law or cause and effect. A balanced karma is attained when we have gone through a process of discipline and initiation, including good works, purity of heart, service to life and the resolution of all our debts to life. White is often associated with death and purity. Those who have “died” but then miraculously come back, often describe a white light before them, that is beckoning and inviting. These associations coordinate with our belief of the white ray. But it is not the image of death in a dark grave. The white ray stands for the ritual of ascension whereby the soul becomes immortal, achieving oneness with the Christ consciousness and the individual God Presence within. This is our unification with God and with the truth of our being. •

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Our great Lord, Jesus Christ, the human demonstration of God’s perfected consciousness, was one of several men whom God sent to earth to show mankind how to achieve this level of perfection. He showed us that the ascension is a glorious culmination of the soul’s journey in God’s universe, and is attainable by all those who choose to reach for their highest potential. This dazzling white ray is for purification and gives us the sense to strive for perfection. It is the desire to know and be closer to God through the purity of one’s body, mind and spirit. Those who work under this ray are usually spiritual leaders, architects, builders, musicians, artists, spiritual scientists, astronomers, biochemists, and physicists. Archangel Gabriel and Archeia Hope direct this ray by representing the resurrection and hope of eternal life. This “purity” flame pours forth its vibrant rays onto the earth plane most strongly on Friday. •

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which God bestows his blessings upon all mankind. The fifth ray also enhances our ability to create through visualization, and helps us to focus our energies and attention on a particular activity in order to achieve a specific goal. To properly use the energy of this ray in one’s life, one must have both the humility and purity of heart to hold firmly a dream of what one is striving for. It might also be called holding the “immaculate concept” or divine plan for one’s own perfection and for the perfection of the earth. Many now develop such vision through creative visualization or the “outpicturing” of their ideas. “Creative visualization” allows God’s creative activity to work through you into perfect manifestation in your life. When it is God•

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would desire. Patience is the only key to allowing it to manifest into its own action, time and space continuum. actions that are against God/Good can prevent its manifestation. Once again, you were given the power of God to create, and when using His will for your life, the results should be joyous. People found working under this soothing emerald green ray are often involved in healing, such as holistic health practitioners, doctors, and nurses, as well as those who understand mathematics and universal laws of creation, such as scientists and inventors. The fifth ray is the ray of music and geometry. This ray helps to enrich the lives of those devoted to a particular vocation or life mission. To bring this ray into manifestation, one must desire to create the abundance and likeness of God through the concept of perfection. •

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Archangel Raphael and Archeia Mary govern this ray by embodying the qualities of healing, concentration and truth. This ebullient emerald ray is often referred to as the “truth flame,” and the verdant greenery of the earth is an outward expression of its creativity and healing. Its emerald green glow falls with greatest intensity to earth on Wednesday.

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purple and gold, representing the two-fold action of God’s body and His essence. This sixth ray is also called the “grace flame,” for it blazes forth the qualities of mercy, compassion, and loving protection. The ‘grace of God,’ often used in our language, means a divine gift bestowed upon us For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. —PS. 91: 11, 12

freely from our Father/Mother God. Likewise, this ray stimulates our desire to bestow mercy upon others. It promotes a desire to contribute to life through selfless service. When we are affected by this ray, we feel a desire to serve God and our fellow man.

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lawyers, public servants and social workers—also blue-collar workers, ranchers, farmers, businessmen and businesswomen. This ray creates a strong desire within people to worship God and therefore gives us a reason and need for devotional worship. The sixth ray angels are always active in guiding, protecting and educating families, as well as children and babies. They teach us the quality of selflessness, as described so eloquently by Jesus when he said, “I am my brother’s keeper.” As the ray of teachers, the purple and gold ray instructs us in one more important way: it represents the universal law of cause and effect known as karma. In Sanskrit the word karma means deed. Karma is the result of our consciousness in action. Every thought, word and deed is recorded as karma, and it is a means through which each person’s soul reaps the rewards or retributions for their thoughts and actions. It teaches us that we are accountable •

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for determining our fate through what we chose to think, feel, say and do. We learn from karma how to correct ourselves and behave in the best interests for all mankind. Archangel Uriel and Aurora bring us these qualities of the sixth ray, radiating spiritual vitality to all earthly beings. Their influence on the earth is strongest on Thursday.

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God alone. WILLIAM BLAKE

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powerful role in “divine alchemy,” which is the action of transforming ourselves from a lower to a higher state of consciousness. This ray is most strongly active on the earth on Saturday. It is ruled by the benevolent angels of freedom and forgiveness, Archangel Zadkiel and Archeia Amethyst. If you shine light through a prism it will refract into seven colors, the last of which is a translucent violet. This is the ray with the shortest wavelength but the highest frequency, or fastest light vibration. Isaac Newton found that the color violet is the color that stands at the transition point between octaves of color and light. This explanation helps us see how this ray came to embody divine alchemy, which is spiritual transmutation. Alchemy, in material •

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terms, is the medieval science of purifying substances into precious metal. The seventh ray gives us the power to transform ourselves into realized spiritual beings. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. JOHN 14:2,3

The violet ray is also the light of the Holy Spirit, which stands for forgiveness and transformation in the Holy Trinity. The Trinity is made up of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Father stands for God as Power, the Son as Wisdom, and the Holy Spirit as binding Love, the cohesion of the three basic principles of being. These are the omnipresent energies of life and love that permeate the cosmos and bring comfort and forgiveness to the world. Forgiveness is the universal unguent for the healing of the consciousness of mankind. The qualities it creates within our life-force are transformation, mercy and freedom from burdens and the weight of karma. It is the divine alchemy that transmutes misqualified (misused) energy back into its pure state as it originally came forth from God. The seventh ray of freedom will be the most active •

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and predominant energetic vibration on the earth during the next two-thousand-year cycle, known as the seventh cycle or the return back to God. The violet ray is the symbol for the approaching “New Age,” which means quite literally “a new age of consciousness and freedom” for all. The violet flame can transmute our burdens and heal the earth when we choose to magnify its qualities of forgiveness. It is the ray that allows us at will to consciously change the energy within ourselves, our lives and the world around us. It is truly the gift of forgiveness and the action of the Holy Spirit working within. Often found working on this ray are great leaders, diplomats and royalty. No wonder the robes of royalty are often a rich purple tone.

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rchangel Michael is the most powerful, celebrated and well-known angel in history, scripture, art and literature. He and his complement, Faith, stand for The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. PS. 68:17

protection, deliverance and faith. Working from the first ray of blue, they magnify God’s power and strength. Archangel Michael uses a warrior’s strength to provide protection for mankind. When working with Archangel Michael, he shows us how to increase our ability to deal with problems. He helps us cut through all distractions, and negotiate a path to •

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serenity. While he is a warrior, his victory is obtained with Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it. REVELATION 12: 7-9

gentleness. He helps us to be as Jesus said, “wiley as a serpent and gentle as a dove.” Archangel Michael works with Archeia Faith, as power works with faith. Power is the will behind all action. Faith is the ability to know that your needs will be manifested. It is necessary to know that your actions will be successful. Without faith, action would be impossible. The active male energy of Archangel Michael is sustained by the female nurturing energy of Archeia Faith. Together they help us to manifest our greatest desires. Michael and Faith, the leading angels and rulers of the first ray, protect us from evil intentions and false illusions. They cut away all that is unreal. The blue ray, as already discussed, is one of three flames that reside within the secret chamber of the heart as part of the Three-fold Flame, which is central to God’s divine spark and workings within us. The blue ray is most strongly beamed down to earth •

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on Tuesday, creating dazzling sunbeams of energetic light from the “great central sun,” known to be the center of the universe, the source of all love, all healing and all growth. The angels of the first ray rule the throat chakra. Archangel Michael and Archeia Faith shine over the earth from their celestial retreat over Banff and Lake Louise in Canada, in the Temple of Faith and Protection. Religious lore ranks Michael as the master of all angels. As an archangel, he is on the second lowest of the nine ranks of angels. Yet his leadership role is undisputed. He is called the prince, or greater lord, director of the angelic kingdom, commander of the heavenly host and the viceroy of the heavens. In Hebrew the name Michael means nothing less than “Who is God” or “Who is as God.” In the famous War in Heaven, Michael is the legendary angel who cast the rebellious Satan out of Heaven after defeating him. This is one example of how Michael plays the role of defeating evil forces. Michael is most com•

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monly depicted in classical art with an unsheathed sword. He is also pictured as a dragon slayer. Pope Pius XII designated him the patron angel of policemen and Roman Catholics call St. Michael the patron saint of Germany, grocers, paratroopers, radiologists and the sick according to Butler in his book, Lives of the Saints. H. C. Moolenburg, author of, A Handbook of Angels, says Michael’s role as the dragon slayer is analogous to the battle between the spirit and the flesh. The dragon is the symbol for the imprisonment of matter, “the desire to give material objects lasting character.” Michael tell us it is a losing proposition to try to give permanence to the temporal plane of matter. It is the ultimate windmill tilting, the worship of false idols. In short, it is heading in the opposite direction of spiritual evolution. “Michael is thus the inexorable opponent of Satan, he who tried to make of man a materialist. The controversy between these two has lasted since the beginning •

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of creation if we are to believe the old stories,” says Moolenburg. Moolenburg also tells a story about World War I that

sent from Morocco. But when they started attacking them

Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, “Get up quickly.” The chains dropped from his wrists. The angel said to him, “Put on your belt and your sandals.” He did so. Then he said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”

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puts Michael’s presence on earth into very material terms. During a battle between the German and the British army, the Germans were defeating the British, when suddenly the British warriors saw their fierce opponents retreating in a panicked chaos. The British took a number of German prisoners that day. Each of the prisoners told the same story. They were firing nonstop at the English when suddenly a terrifying vision of an army loomed on the British front. The warriors were wearing white and riding spotless white horses. The Germans thought the army might be reinforcement troops

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fled in utter terror. But the British never saw a thing. This vision was documented in both British and German annals as the miracle of the white cavalry of Ypes. With silence only as their benediction God’s angels come. Where, in the shadow of a great affliction, the soul sits dumb. JAMES GREENLEAF WHITTIER, written to a friend when his sister had just died

Archangel Michael is known for more than his warrior qualities. As the angel of deliverance, he announced to Mother Mary her approaching death. He was sketched by Fra Filippo Lippi as a winged angel holding a candle to the Virgin as he tells her of her impending death, according to Gustav Davidson in, A Dictionary of Angels. In John Ronner’s, Know Your Angels, Michael takes the souls of the dead to the afterlife. A gospel song, “Michael, row the boat ashore,” seems to refer to Michael helping souls cross the waters from earth to Heaven. Christians invoke St. Michael as the angel of death, in the sense of deliverance and immortality for he leads the souls of the faithful “into the eternal light,” says Davidson. Often when humans describe an experience with angels, they identify the heavenly being as Michael. Joan of •

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Arc said Michael and other celestial spirits helped her lead the French to victory over the English in the Hundred Years War. And again, it was Michael who stayed the hand of Abraham when the patriarch was about to slay his son Isaac, though others say this was the work of Zadkiel. In Jewish mythology Moses saw the image of Michael in the burning bush. In The Book of Adam and Eve, Michael leads the angels to the Garden of Eden to look at the newly formed creation of Adam. Satan, while still among the rank of angels, says it should be man that bows before the messengers of God. For this arrogant stance, God threw Satan and his followers out of paradise. Later when Adam and Eve are also expelled, Michael teaches Adam to survive by farming. When Adam dies, Michael cleanses the first man’s soul. Just as Michael plays a leading role in angelic lore, so does the ray he governs hold a starring part in the Mystery •

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Schools’ theory of the enlightening fire known as the ThreeAt that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since nations began until that time. At that time your people shall escape, everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace. But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament, and those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever. DANIEL 12:1-3

fold Flame. He is power, desire and action. His crucial abilities are tempered by faith and love. In fact, every action we do, should be tempered by the same qualities of consideration and compassion. Michael and Faith, like all angels, are able to embody a pure form of God’s energy. Their blended qualities work together to lift the veil of illusion. This veil, which has fallen over man, is our fall from grace. Faith, the right use of God’s will, and God’s eternal protection and care, can bring us back to our original state of oneness with God. Call upon the loving energy of Archangel Michael and Archeia Faith when you need courage to achieve success in any venture, or are in need of strength and protection from adversity. They will cut away the veil of illusion or negativity that surrounds you. If you feel a special desire to wear blue, or are attracted in general to this color, you may naturally operate on •

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the first ray and feel a kinship with Michael and Faith. You operate at your maximum potential by using the qualities of faith, will, power, and protection. Just as everyone is suited to a particular style, job, spouse etcetera, each of us has one or more archangel that will be of special help to us. Many policemen, for example, will be attracted to the qualities of Michael and Faith. Who is a better policeman, proudly and honorably wearing the blue uniform, than one who is comfortable with his or her power, and who is also bound with a strong faith or belief in righteousness?

Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel. ST. AUGUSTINE, EIGHT QUESTIONS

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depiction of this golden halo. The Hindus recognized the crown chakra as a divine yellow seat of God’s wisdom and illumination. Through this chakra we are inspired with higher knowledge and tap into the mind of God. There is not much written in traditional lore about Archangel Jophiel. He is known as the angel of beauty, for his name in Hebrew translates to “beauty of God.” It is generally believed that Jophiel drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Not surprisingly, Jophiel guarded the Tree of Knowledge, which played a crucial role in their expulsion from paradise. The metaphor for the beginning of the separation of man’s thought from the divine was when Eve tasted the fruit of knowledge, thus breaking the “at-one-ment” with God. When Eve bit into the apple she began to perceive both evil and good. The introduction of evil led mankind to forget what absolute truth was. Everything would become relative, and man could no longer distinguish •

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absolute goodness from the good that is only good in comparison to evil. So the mission of these twin flames is to illuminate mankind with understanding of the teachings of Christ, Mohammed, and all the other prophets and angels. The flames represent the phrase “I AM Light,” which is a feeling that descends upon enlightened souls. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the light.” In other words, he is saying “the wisdom that I bring you is God’s wisdom and I bring it to you to use in your life.” Whenever there is a spark of inspiration toward spiritual growth, the angels of illumination are brought in to magnetize that fusion. Christine, Jophiel’s divine complement, acts as the shrine for wisdom. As the feminine complement of wisdom, she represents constancy, that which is steadfast and changeless. Often someone who is so lost in thought cannot focus long enough to translate all his or her great ideas into •

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material creation. This person needs the balance of constancy. Many intellectuals need the energies of Christine to make them practical. Like all feminine complements to the archangels, Christine is the energy of Mater, which in Latin translates into mother. The feminine complement is like mother “And when a man injures and oppresses you and deals unjustly with you, you should deal kindly with him and forgive him. Thus you will strike at the root of hatred and enmity and he who is your enemy will become your friend.” HOLY KORAN 41:34

earth, the receptive garden into which a seed is planted. In this case, Christine is the shrine where wisdom lies. Her name “Christ - in” means the Christ consciousness made into matter. She is also the spirit of Christ energy (or GodConsciousness) in elemental life, all the creatures and plants on earth. All living beings are a combination of matter and spirit. Likewise each archangel needs a grounded complement to translate their power to the human realm. Illumination is basically just understanding. If you have been confused or afraid, you know how comforting understanding can be. When you get in a fight with someone, the conflict is not often resolved until you understand •

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the reasons for the person’s anger. When they come back to explain their rage, your anger goes away. Without knowing the reasons for the outburst, you would continue to harbor resentment. So understanding brings peace. They say to know God is the same as loving God. For the truth of the universe is so beautiful you cannot but love it. Of course not everything can be understood on this plane—certainly not all at once. But when mental mastery is necessary, the angels of wisdom will help. Psychologists make their living helping others uncover what in their past has caused them to act irrationally or painfully in the present. Through understanding a painful childhood or painful event, the patient is mentally cured from bondage by this idea. Wisdom works to heal by unknotting messy human thoughts and replacing them with God’s perfect vision. Jesus tells us the thirst for knowledge is crucial to spiritual advancement. “Ask and ye shall receive,” means we must ask for this gift of wisdom. We must ask the angels to •

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Angels are God’s representatives. These upward-soaring beings never lead towards self, sin, or materiality, but guide to the divine Principle of all good, whither every real individuality, image or likeness of God, gathers. By giving earnest heed to these spiritual guides they tarry with us, and we entertain “angels unawares.” BAKER EDDY, SCIENCE AND HEALTH ARY

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become a part of our lives again. The Buddhist tradition teaches that there is a river of knowledge that runs through our consciousness and in it are all the secrets and mysteries of the universe. They are bubbling forth for us to use if only we could stay still long enough to listen and recognize them. Some have said the river of knowledge sounds like laughter. Others have said it is the one universal sound of “OM.” Jophiel is sent from God to help us focus our energies away from carnal attractions to the pure mental state of Christ, which is the perfect mind. Jesus Christ was in some ways responsible for changing an entire planet. The energy of his mind was totally one with God. The illumination of this ray removes the density of negativity created by human thoughts and feelings. These thoughts could be jealousy, doubt, fear, dishonor and a lack of integrity. Archangel Jophiel and Christine release mighty currents of light which can flow around your brain and remove such density. The rays of God’s wisdom play upon •

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your painful thought patterns like sun reflecting on rippling water. They can turn your bitterness into light banter dissipating from the body like breath. Jophiel and Christine are known as the directors of training for all the angels. They hold the position in the angelic kingdom similar to the one Jesus held as Lord of this earthly planet. I have said that the Three-fold Flame inside the heart chakra is made up of the yellow, blue and pink flames. You cannot get through the day without these core attributes of God. Without love, you will not have human relationships. Without faith, you will not move forward through despair. And without knowledge, you will not know where to turn or what to do. Wisdom is the lodestone, or magnet, to draw down the perfect blueprint. This perfect map is how God created man in his likeness and image. God’s will—his plan for our lives—is to use His energy to create our lives in a positive way. With our will, we create our own future as we •

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grow. When we decide to move to New York City to become a great writer, for example, we are setting up that path for our life. That is our will. Call upon Jophiel and Christine when you need information. When you need understanding of a confusing situation they will pour forth the golden fountain of wisdom upon you. Bless the LORD, all your angels, mighty in strength and attentive, obedient to every command. Bless the LORD, all you hosts, ministers who do God’s will. Bless the LORD, all creatures, everywhere in God’s domain. Bless the LORD, my soul! —PS. 103:21–22

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hamuel and Charity are twin hosts of divine love, which Jesus described as the love that passeth all understanding. Charity is compassion in action. Chamuel channels God’s love. Together these archangels govern the third ray, a softly-hued petal pink, which is based in the heart chakra. It baths the earth most strongly on Monday. Chamuel and Charity share a retreat in the etheric plane over St. Louis, Missouri. Archangel Chamuel is barely mentioned by name in biblical or other scripture. Perhaps because of his association

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with compassion and charity, he may be the unnamed angel “The secrets of the Divine Plan are written in nature, in biology, and even in the hearts of all human beings. Illusion masks the obvious. The poison of illusions enchants its captives. Those who are enchanted frequently do not recognize evil. Love breaks the power of evil. Peace flows from the River of Love. The River of Love flows from the heart of God.” —ACCORDING TO JANICE CONNELL IN HER BOOK ENTITLED, ANGEL POWER, PAGE 164

who comforted Christ in Jerusalem’s Garden of Gethsemane just before he was arrested, according to Ronner in Know Your Angels. What Chamuel lacks in name recognition, he more than compensates for in importance, for he governs the energy of divine love, which is referred to in practically all religious teachings as the most potent creative and healing force in the universe. It cannot be emphasized enough that God is love. Archangel Chamuel and Archeia Charity embody the Christian decree: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy spirit.” Or as Jesus said, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” This is not an angry schoolmarm telling you to behave. This advice will bring you more joy than any other path. While it asks that you be selfless, it is actually the most self-loving thing you can do because it will help you most. •

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The Christian religion is firmly planted in concepts of charity and love. But the message has often been misinterpreted to mean one must give hand-outs here on earth to win a heavenly reward in the afterlife. Such thinking actually fosters guilt more than anything else. But that was not what Jesus’ message was intended to convey. The love that passeth all understanding is the greatest gift that you can give yourself. That is because we are all really one! Our purpose on earth is to mend this illusion of separation, so that we may ascend with the angels toward the one great source, where we all belong. If you try extending unconditional love outward to those “who do not deserve it,” you will see that the principle of divine love works. It will show you that we are all one. What you pour forth into the world as love, you receive ten-fold back yourself. Love conquers all. It melts disharmony, fear and imperfection. Love is joyful. It is a beautiful, buoyant feeling. It is •

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the way people impart the wonderful feelings they receive from God to their families and friends. It is what God is. We have all been “hurt by love,” but this is not the kind that Chamuel brings to us on the crest of the soft-pink ray. The Father/Mother God’s love can never hurt. It is the true love, the “seamless garment, your eternal protection that consumes all unlike itself,” according to the book, “I AM” The Open Door. “True love is selfless, it wants nothing of itself.” The book continues, “It is already full. And out of that fullness, out of its own joy, it wishes to share, to give itself, to expand and embrace all in the wonders of itself.” Chamuel is also adoration, reverence to God, the honoring and worshipping of the divine. Adoration is like basking in the glow of the “mighty Sun.” It is total surrender to the Father/Mother God from whom all blessings flow. “It is complete devotion to the goodness of life,” wrote Thomas Printz in his book, The Seven Beloved Archangels Speak. •

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Adoration is the act of worshipping God inside each of us. By focusing on the perfect spark of divine creation within the stillness of your own heart and in the hearts of those around you, you increase the light and illuminate the darkness. Adoration is the passionate embrace of goodness and joy. Combined with these attributes that send the heart soaring with joy, is Archeia Charity. This twin flame is love and compassion in action. Call on Charity if you are having trouble meditating or loving someone. Charity will soothe you and increase your feelings of love for that person. This complement to love and adoration will affirm that which is holy within you. We call upon Chamuel and Charity to instill that sacred love within the emotional lives of all mankind. Their directive is to help develop various aspects of humanitarianism, tolerance, adoration and reverence for all life within earthly beings. They work to activate our instincts to joyfully •

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accept God’s presence within. The pink ray magnifies gratiWhen it is the Lord’s good pleasure, the good spirits appear to others, and also to themselves, like bright lucid stars, glittering according to the quality of their charity and faith; but evil spirits appear like globules of coal-fire.

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For by (God) were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. —COL. I:16

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come…(is God). —EPH. I:21

Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?…Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come; Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God. —ROM. 8:35; 37-39

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Gabriel and Hope Archangel and Archeia of Visitation, Annunciation and Ascension

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rchangel Gabriel and Archeia Hope work on the fourth ray of purity, hope, discipline and the ascension. This ray is a brilliant white. Purity is the very essence and nature of God, whose character and mind are totally pure. White is the magnificent merging of all the colors of the rainbow in such pure form that it represents the One Divine Mind, which is often how Christian Scientists define God. Archangel Gabriel shares his retreat in the etheric between Sacramento and Mt. Shasta, California with his

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beloved complement Archeia Hope. The fourth ray rules the base-of-the-spine chakra. It bathes the earth most It is in rugged crises, in unwearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown.” RALPH WALDO EMERSON

strongly on Friday. Gabriel is known as the angel of annunciation. Except for Michael, he is the only angel mentioned by name in the Old Testament. He is the one who announces to Mary that she is to be the mother of Jesus Christ. Christian iconography often depicts Gabriel kneeling before Mary, carrying a scroll, a trumpet or white lilies announcing the virgin birth. Gabriel and Hope create the memory within all mankind of one’s divine image, a unique and perfect blueprint that is already within you. Just as he did with Mary, he plants the idea of this “immaculate concept” into your subconscious mind. The immaculate concept is the perfect vision of ourselves, just as Jesus Christ is the perfect, God-like man. If we hold the vision of a perfect idea, we are holding the immaculate concept. By holding this concept of ourselves as God •

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created us is a very powerful way for us to realize our full potential. Gabriel’s mission on earth is to be the illuminator of the way—teaching man how to develop and create the concept of perfection for himself as well as for the earth. To the Mohammedans, Gabriel is the spirit of truth, according to Davidson’s, A Dictionary of Angels. Mohammed claimed it was Gabriel who dictated the Koran to him. Davidson, in A Dictionary of Angels, says according to the court testimony of Joan of Arc, it was Gabriel who inspired her to go to the aid of the King of France. Through listening to his communication, a poor farm girl led her countrymen to defeat the English. Gabriel assists man in the ritual of the ascension, which is the reuniting of the soul with God. He shows us God’s potency since he represents procreation. Gabriel instructs a newly incarnating soul taken •

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from Heaven, for the nine months that it is in the womb, according to Know Your Angels, by Ronner. Because of his relationship with Mary, and his connection to conception, Praise the Lord!

he is also thought of as the angel of childbirth. He stands for resurrection, which is the restoration of body, mind and soul to the state of renewed life in the planes of matter. Traditional lore says that Gabriel will deliver the ultimate announcement to the earth. According to Ronner, “he will blow the final trumpet, that will wake the sleeping dead, and they will prepare themselves for the final judgment”—the wake-up call for all those who will align with God/Good. The word Gabriel is derived from the Hebrew word ‘gibor’ and that means power or hero, according to A Handbook of Angels by Moolenburgh. Catholics call St. Gabriel the patron saint of broadcasters, clerics, messengers, postal workers, radio workers, telecommunications workers, telephone workers and television •

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workers. Catholics worship St. Gabriel on March 24th, the day immediately preceding the feast of the annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. In the poem, The Golden Legend, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow makes Gabriel the angel of the moon who brings man the gift of hope. Notice that this is the name of Gabriel’s divine complement, Hope. Together they embody the white ray. In the Koran, Gabriel appears as a shining white angel to an Arab merchant, who turns out to be the prophet Mohammed. He begins the merchant’s transformation with the question, “Sleeper, how long do you sleep?” Folklore attributes Gabriel as the interpreter of dreams and visions. Gabriel is mentioned in The Bible in the story of Daniel. Daniel has a terrifying vision of a tremendous ram bucking to the west, the north and to the south, and no animal could stand up to the ram until eventually he was overcome by a he-goat from the west after a wild struggle. Gabriel explains to Daniel the vision represents •

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the Greek conquest of the empires of Medes and Persians, after a series of other conquests. Later in Daniel it is Gabriel It can in no sense be said that heaven is outside of any one; it is within…and a man also, so far as he receives heaven, is a recipient, a heaven, and an angel.

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21–26). About 500 years later, this immortal announcer does the same thing for the Virgin Mary announcing the birth of Jesus. Gabriel’s complement, Hope, represents the action of purity, the brilliant white flame at the base of the Three-fold chamber of the heart. This is the pure flame of the divine mother which is the sacred fire of God’s creative energies. Through this quality of purity anchored in each individual heart, she can intensify the feelings of hope within any one of us at any time. Hope gives us the power to move into action instead of wallowing in despair, frustration and inactivity. Through communication with these beloved angels, we can begin to better understand the possibilities awaiting •

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us, and experience the hope of everlasting life. You may call upon Gabriel and Hope to ask for your perfection, so that you grow spiritually on the earth plane. If you have aspirations, it is Gabriel that will help you achieve them. Whereas Michael will use his sword to cut away limitations, Gabriel uses Hope, to help us rise above adversity. It is both aspects of the archangel pairs, the socalled male and female, that define their methods of reaching us on earth.

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Raphael and Mary Archangel and Archeia of Healing and Concentration

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rchangel Raphael and Archeia Mary are the healers. To mankind, they represent the qualities of truth, concentration and healing. Their ray, emerald green, is the color of the “third eye” chakra. Their goal is to teach mankind how to develop inner vision. They help us to Praise ye him, all his angels; praise he him, all his hosts. —PS. 148:2

be seers of truth. These archangels work on the fifth ray, a shimmering emerald green. It makes perfect sense that this ray is the third eye chakra in Eastern thought. The third eye gives us the power to visualize and to bring into manifestation

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God’s plan for our lives and allows us to see the abundance he intends for us. The green ray sends its healing glow down to the earth most strongly on Wednesday. The ruling archangels of this ray reside above Fatima, Portugal, in the etheric plane. Archangel Raphael is the legendary healer. His ray is the color of spring and rejuvenation. Green is the healing color of nature. It combines the bright, yellow power of fire, like the sun, with the grounded power of nature, the earth, to create beauty and vitality all around. It is the green of life-giving chlorophyll, created by the sun’s action on the fertile earth, that restores man to health, sustaining and connecting him to his Creator. It is also the color of many healing vegetables used in cleansing diets. Likewise, in history Raphael is depicted as the healer. The very name in Hebrew means “God cures.” In The Bible, Raphael cures Abraham of the pain of his •

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circumcision, which he underwent late in life. In the Bible, Raphael acts as guide to Tobit’s blind son, Tobias who journeys to Media from Nineveh. Along the way he defends Tobias against the demon, Asmodeus. He is thus thought of as the angel who watches over those undertaking a spiritual pilgrimage, seeking spiritual healing or transformation. In paintings by great masters such as Botticini, Titian, Lorrain, Pollajuolo, Ghirlandaio and Rembrandt, Raphael is often portrayed as carrying a walking stick, symbolizing the Staff of Life. This angelic healer also taught Tobias how to enter safely into wedlock with Sara, whose seven previous grooms all died on their wedding night. “He caused me to have my wife and he chased from her the evil spirit,” says Tobias. “He gave joy to her parents. Myself he delivered from being devoured by the fish; thee also he hath made to see the light of Heaven; and we are filled with all good things through him.” •

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Raphael is one of three archangels mentioned by name in The Bible. Raphael is the angel sent by God to cure Stricken with fear, the two men fell to the ground. St. (Saint) Raphael (the Archangel) said to them: No need to fear; you are safe. Thank God now and forever. As for me, when I came to you it was not out of any favor on my part, but because it was God’s will. So continue to thank him every day; praise him with song. TOBIT 12:16-18

Jacob’s thigh injury after Jacob’s battle with a dark enemy. In the famous legend of the flood, Raphael handed Noah a “medical book” when the rain had stopped. St. Raphael is regarded as the patron saint of the blind in Catholic teachings. According to Butler in his book, Lives of the Saints, Raphael is also known as the patron saint of nurses, physicians and travelers. Archeia Mary was embodied as Mother Mary, the mother of Jesus. She is the aspect of grace, God’s gift of mercy, compassion and protection. As the flame of concentration, she sustains and nurtures God’s children. She consolidates energies—the act of focusing one’s attention on a particular vision or achievement. Such concentration focuses the mothering sustenance of birth. Archangel Raphael and Archeia Mary also work with people on their ability to visualize the “immaculate concept,” •

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the vision of their perfect selves. They help us understand science. They nurture our creative talents. As the angels of healing, they assist doctors and nurses. They direct colorful, healing currents of energy into homes and hospitals where healing is needed. Perhaps you know someone who wears the color green all the time. They may have a tremendous need to heal themselves or others. Surgeons wear green in the operating room. This marriage of healing with concentration brings help to mankind, as powerful as the life-giving combination of sun and earth in the natural world.

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and beams down to the earth most strongly on Thursdays. Uriel and Aurora have their retreat over the Tatra Mountains, south of Cracow, Poland, in the etheric world. It is said, and it is true, that just before we are born, a cavern angel puts his finger to our lips and says, “Hush, don’t tell what you know.” This is why we are born with a cleft on our upper lips and remembering nothing of where we came from. RODERICK MACLEISH, PRINCE OMBRA

Uriel is referred to in literature as the “fire of God,” “flame of the sun,” “angel of the presence,” and the “archangel of salvation,” according to Davidson. In Hebrew Uriel means “God’s light” or “light of God.” As St. Uriel in Catholic teachings, he is shown with an open hand holding a flame. The open hand signifies an openness to receive God’s light. The fire inside his palm is a reminder of the intensity of reception of this light. A book or scroll symbolizes this angel’s talents for interpretation. The governing angels of this purple and gold ray bring to mankind the light of God’s peace and devotion to good by intensifying our desire for worship. With the grace of his feminine complement, Uriel brings to man the tools to reach God. Devotional service and worship are important aspects of any pilgrim or pilgrimage. Without peace, the •

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mind cannot receive God’s swirling energy. Grace is a special blessing of mercy, compassion, love or other virtue given to a person by God. With Uriel’s fiery devotion, comes Aurora’s power to make man morally strong. This ray is a combination of purple and gold. Likewise, the action of this ray is two-fold. The purple stands for the Holy Spirit in the Holy Trinity. It is the power of transformation and forgiveness. The purple creates the desire for spiritual service in mankind. The gold represents the enlightened fire of wisdom within our hearts, souls and minds, assisting each part of our lives to find reunion with our source, and with the “golden rule,” the laws of life. In the Holy Trinity, Christ is the golden flame. The combination of the two allow us to transform or create our worlds at will. In religious lore, Uriel is referred to as the “spirit who stood at the gate of the lost Eden with the fiery sword,” according to Abbot Anscar Vonier in, The Teaching of the •

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Catholic Church. Ronner, in Know Your Angels, says this archangel is folklore’s angel of prophecy and interpretation. He is the guardian of writers and teachers. In the Old Testament First and Second Books of Esdras, Uriel reveals the meaning of the Hebrew prophet Ezra’s seven visions, that a Messiah has been sent to conquer all evil. From this role in the Bible, Uriel earns his wings as an angel of interpretation. In John Milton’s, Paradise Lost, Uriel is called the “Regent of the Sun” and takes part in the fall of man. According to Milton’s tale, Satan is able to trick Uriel into giving him directions down to earth. Satan is seeking revenge for losing the battle after being kicked out of heaven. So he wants to harm God’s newest creation, Adam and Eve. He hides his identity from Uriel, ruler of the Sun, by dressing up as a cherub. Uriel gives him directions to the Garden of Eden. But later he finds out he was tricked and •

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slides down to the Garden on a sunbeam. Uriel tells Gabriel and the other angels to protect the first humans. His message apparently came too late to prevent the fall. The ray governed by Uriel and Aurora teaches us lessons for mastering the physical plane. They teach us to seek peace and devote ourselves to knowing and worship-

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. LUKE 12:32

ping God. Seek help from Archangel Uriel and Aurora when you need renewed dedication to achieve goals. Also look to the archangels of the purple and gold ray if you want to perform selfless services to others. Through the archangels of peace, ministration and service, mankind can work to be “thy brother’s keeper,” which is what Jesus taught us to strive toward in order to become one with God.

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Caribbean. Together they imbue all earthly beings with the desire and power to free themselves and all mankind from self-created and self-inflicted negativity and limitation. The violet ray, sometimes called the freedom ray, is magnified on The highest rank [cherubim, seraphim, thrones] do not join in our struggle against our vices, but dwell with us only when, above all conflict, we are with God in peace, in contemplation, and in perennial love. JAN VAN RUYSBROECK, SEVEN STEPS OF THE LADDER OF SPIRITUAL LOVE

Saturday. Zadkiel is the angel of benevolence, mercy and memory, according to Davidson’s, A Dictionary of Angels. Some writers say it was Zadkiel who held back Abraham’s arm when the patriarch was about to sacrifice his son Isaac. Ronner’s, Know Your Angels, has Zadkiel’s symbol as the sacrificial knife, apparently because of his interlude with Abraham. Zadkiel and Amethyst’s ray, which manifests as the violet flame, has an important role in alchemy, the chemistry of the Middle Ages. Through fire, alchemists of the 16th century learned it was possible to transform base metals into gold. This lesson can be applied on many levels. The science of transmutation and change, in theological terms, •

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is the process of transforming lower human consciousness to a higher spiritual vibration. Isaac Newton discovered that a ray of sunlight passing through a prism will separate into seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. The color violet has the shortest wavelength but the highest frequency of visible light in the color spectrum. It is the transitional vibration leading to the next octave of color and light. When we talk about transforming ourselves spiritual-

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ly, we must think of the power of the violet flame. The violet flame is like the spiritual wine of forgiveness, for it represents the quality of mercy in the world. Through the power of forgiveness, fear and anger are transformed back into love as if nothing discordant ever happened. The •

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violet flame is also called the “violet transmuting flame of forgiveness.” Forgiveness is not always easy. When angry, we blame, we resent and we hate. These painful feelings do not just go away. But the archangels of the violet ray will intercede if we express the desire to forgive. If we do not know how to forgive ourselves or those we call enemy, God knows and God will show us the way. You need only to try. Ask for the gift of forgiveness by calling upon Archangel Zadkiel and Archeia Amethyst. Understanding and forgiveness are universal solvents. They will take the heart of your trouble, which is fear, and transform it into peace, truth and love. Fear is the opposite of love. It is present in every form of discord. It wears the faces of guilt, hate, resentment, anger, anxiety and blame. They are all forms of fear and all can be replaced by love. The violet flame accomplishes the perfect work of truth that sets men and women free from •

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disharmony. When negative emotions are held within the body, the outcome is often a lack of ease, or “dis-ease.” This can manifest in the body or in the mind. Illness is one result of negativity taken “to heart” in the body. God’s alchemy is within and around us. The divine energy of God is the transformer and the universal unguent, allowing us to move our thought and actions into a place where only love is left. The violet flame is freedom’s flame of transmutation. It contains the Holy Spirit’s power to transmute the cause and core of density, sin and negative karma. Of course, this is not all happening on the conscious plane. Faith is necessary to feel God’s forces working inside our atoms and cells, along with the

Oh sovereign angel, Wide winged stranger above a forgetful earth, Care for me, care for me, Keep me unaware of danger And not regretful And not forgetful of my innocent birth. —EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

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mastering the power of our own consciousness. By visualizing the violet flame, the action of forgiveness and the Holy Spirit, we can use this divine transforming chemistry to change our world. The special crystal jewel, the amethyst, is thought to be the symbolic condensation of the violet ray. It is the birthstone for the astrological sign of Aquarius, the sign representing freedom and the coming of the “new clear age of consciousness” on this planet. The seventh ray governed by Archangel Zadkiel and Amethyst is an aspect of the Holy Spirit, also referred to as “the comforter.” It comes from the center of the white flame of God’s potent love. It combines •

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the blue flame of faith with the pink flame of love, to create the spiritual salve of forgiveness.

And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. —GENESIS 22:11

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Angels are nothing if not useful to us. Their purpose For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. PS. 91:11

is to help us communicate with the divine. They have no trouble with their mission. It is we who forget our bond with them. The first step in recognizing angels is to slow down. Seek the quietness inside through meditation or relaxation. Do not entertain negative thoughts. They cloud your perception of the divine. Angels are repelled by such •

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illusion. Train your eyes to see only the perfection and beauty in yourself and in all other beings who cross your path. Terry Lynn Taylor, in her book, Messengers of Light, describe angels as “brain program editors.” “If you allow them, they can go into your brain like technicians and improve your programming. If you allow yourself to be in a receptive state, angels will reprogram your brain by adding new information and discarding negative thoughts. If this sounds ridiculous,” said Taylor, “think of all the other influences you allow in—mind altering chemicals, outmoded beliefs, and television. When you look at it that way, why not angels.” Be open to mystery. You do not know everything. While this may make you feel uncomfortable, let your vision not be clouded by fear. Belief in the angels will allow you to communicate with them. Why not open up to the possibility of celestial helpers whose words come from God? •

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The same smells and colors that cheer us in the natural world are signs of celestial beings. Watch for especially dazzling tones of all colors in nature. Scents of rose, pine and sandalwood have been said to indicate the closeness of angels. If a sudden intuition tells you to remain calm and peaceful, or if you feel remarkably hopeful in the face of adversity, or swell with joy spontaneously, chances are an angel is near. Sophy Burnham in her bestseller, A Book of Angels, said, “Never once do you hear an angel trumpeting bad news.” Be like an angel. When speaking to others, convey only hope, faith and confidence in God’s eternal love. To allow the angels to fill you with the abundance of God’s gifts, believe in those gifts and help spread them to others. Do not condemn yourself. You are God’s creature as much as your neighbor. Forgive yourself constantly because God is within you. Stay clear of guilt. It serves no purpose. •

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Ask for help. It is the angels’ job to lift you to into a higher emotional state. Yet out of respect for our free will, angels cannot always intercede in our lives without our permission. We must remember to ask for their help and be receptive. Angels are attracted to celebrations and devout prayer. They love to attend weddings and worship services. Call to them and rejoice with them on these occasions. Knowledge of the archangels’ attributes can help you with a particular need. If you are tortured by depression, call on the Archangel Chamuel and Charity. They rule the pink ray, which beams down the joyful, buoyant feelings of love. They help us embrace God’s jubilant presence. All of the color rays can be helpful in meditation. For example, if you are troubled by lingering resentment or you cannot let go of a painful memory, imagine yourself drenched in a warm purple waterfall, or enveloped in a cloak of purple velvet. See yourself on stage with the •

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to forgive. If you find in meditation that a color comes to mind, focus on it. Allow it to grow. You may have a need for that particular healing energy. Meditation is concentration on the divine. It is the act of harnessing the mind’s creative force. Meditate on the angels. Ask them to free you from any discordant situation. Visualize a healing at some point in the future. Expect the tension to be resolved or corrected in some way. It will dissolve if you pray for release from this emotional bondage. The angels’ message is very clear. Are you ready to listen? The angels are here to remind us that we live in two worlds; one in which we move around and pursue our daily tasks, and the other where we connect with the “bridge of knowledge to the divine.” Take the challenge to recreate your options for life on •

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earth through working in divine partnership with our colorcoded angelic hosts who continually endeavor to support us, magnifying our efforts to achieve our greatness and freedom from limitation. See the flame in the secret chamber of your heart chakra grow bigger as it continues to serve you in all instances. Allow the angels to whisper their reassurance in your ear. Perhaps the angels’ message is disguised as a coincidence or chance happening. Are you entertaining angels unawares? Pay attention. Listen and say thank you throughout the day for divine guidance, thoughts of encouragement, and for all that goes well. They are brought to you on the soft rush of eternally loving wings. Blessings to all from the great archangels, their beloved partners and the Heavenly Host.

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Glossary The following words and definitions are helpful for your understanding of the meaning of the text. 1. Adoration. Profound love and reverence; the act of honoring or worshipping as divine. 2. Alchemy. The science of transmutation and change. A philosophy of chemistry from the Middle Ages and 16th century for the transmutation of base metals into gold and the search for the elixir of longevity. The process of transmuting the human consciousness into the higher vibration of the Christ consciousness. 3. Annunciation. The act of announcing; a formal announcement or proclamation. Refers to the event of Archangel Gabriel’s announcement of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ to Mother Mary. 4. Archangel. The highest level of angel among the angelic evolution. Each archangel and his feminine counterpart, an archeia, embody a certain quality of God, and they direct a band of angels who serve with them to magnify and expand that quality. There is an archangel and archeia for each of the seven rays, and together they complement each other in embodying the God consciousness of that ray. 5. Archeia (pl. Archeiai). The feminine counterpart, or divine complement of an archangel. 6. Ascended Masters. Those who have completed their mission on earth and have become one with the consciousness of God. The ascended masters continue to work with mankind from the etheric realm to

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r Glossary s green, located in the forehead, or third eye; sixth ray is purple and gold, located in the solar plexus; seventh ray is violet, located just below the navel, between the base of the spine and solar plexus. 14. Cherub (pl. cherubim). A form of angelic being dedicated to the flame of love. 15. Christ, The. Derived from the Greek word Kristos, meaning anointed one. The Son of God, the Christ is the Universal personification of God’s illumination and Light, The Second Person in the Trinity. 16. Cohesion. The principal of elements bonding or adhering together. The condition of mutual attraction. 17. Compassion. The deep loving feeling of empathy and mercy, the inclination to give support and caring for another. 18. Concentration. The act of focusing one’s attention on a particular vision or achievement. Consolidation of one’s energies. 19. Consecration. The act of setting something apart for a particular goal or purpose, to declare something as sacred or religious. 20. Constancy. The quality of perseverance, faithfulness, unchangingness. 21. Devotion. The act of giving one’s time, attention, or self, to a specific purpose or cause. The act of giving divine worship and adoration. 22. Divine Plan. The potential for each soul to realize and express God in a unique and perfect way. The unique pattern or blueprint created by God for each soul. The potential of the soul to become self-realized in the consciousness of God. What determines the extent to which each soul may express herself through free will. By seeking direction from one’s higher self, or Christ Self, each of us can become aware of our divine plan and how we can each express God in our individual way.

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r Glossary s 23. Elementals. Nature spirits of earth, air, fire, and water. They serve to establish and maintain the physical plane and are made up of Gnomes (earth), sylphs (air), salamanders (fire), and undines (water). 24. Enlightenment. The state of being illumined with spiritual wisdom or insight. 25. Essence. Intrinsic characteristic or quality which identifies something. The innermost element which reveals the true nature or fiber. 26. Etheric. Spiritual, celestial. A level of consciousness or frequency occurring in the spiritual, heavenly realm, yet part of the physical creation. Containing the quality of perfection, the highest level of reality. 27. Etheric Plane. A plane of existence which is part of the physical world, yet is experienced through the senses of the soul rather than through the physical senses. The highest level of reality in the planes of matter, more real than the physical plane due to the fact that life at this level is not subject to decay, sin and disease. Known as the heaven world, a place where God’s love is all-pervading, where angels and ascended masters dwell. A place where the golden age is in progress and where souls who have attained a certain level of consciousness abide between embodiments. 28. Faith. A belief not based on material evidence but on inner knowing through the spiritual faculties of the soul. Spiritual knowing of intangible truths. 29. Flame. A substance of great intensity and brilliance. A spiritual light or fire. 30. Forgive. To excuse, or pardon; to relinquish all feelings of anger and resentment. 31. Free will. God’s gift to each soul to choose which path to follow, either the positive path of life or the negative path of death. The freedom to use God’s light, or energy to create according to individual choices. •

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r Glossary s Each soul may use free will to live according to God’s laws or to reject them. Free will gives us the opportunity to be co-creators with God. 32. Grace. The blessing of mercy, compassion, love, protection, etc. bestowed freely as a favor from God. 33. Hierarchy. (Heavenly Hierarchy) System of heavenly beings who occupy specific offices and levels of God consciousness. Each heavenly being has earned his/her position in hierarchy through passing certain initiations which qualify them to hold that office. The heavenly hierarchy includes beings such as Elohim, Archangels, Angels, Ascended Masters, cosmic beings and elementals. 34. Holy Spirit. The omnipresent Sacred Fire energies of Life and Love the permeate all of cosmos. The Third Person of the Trinity known as the Comforter. 35. Humility. The state of being humble, modest and unpretentious. 36. Illumination. Enlightenment, divine wisdom and inspiration. 37. Illumine. To brighten, clarify or reveal. To make radiant. 38. Immaculate concept. The pure vision which God holds for each soul, no matter how far from the path of reality that soul may stray. The immaculate concept may be held by anyone for any other part of life, and is very powerful in assisting others to realize their full potential. When we hold the vision of a perfect idea, we are holding the immaculate concept, using our gift of visualization as God intended. 39. Invocation. A petition, prayer, command or fiat. The act of calling upon the presence of God for intercession or action. 40. Karma. Derived from the Sanskrit word karman, which means deed. Karma is the result of our consciousness in action. Every thought, word and deed is recorded as Karma, and is a means through which the soul reaps the rewards and retributions of her actions. Karma is the law of cause and effect, whatever actions the soul chooses to take come back •

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r Glossary s as good fortune of circumstances and situations for resolution. Karma teaches us that we are accountable for determining our fate through what we chose to think, feel, say and do. 41. Light. The pure energy of God; a personification of the Spirit of God; the source of the divine spark of life within every manifestation of God; the presence of God within each being. 42. Love. The substance of God, incessantly issuing forth to all creation. The most powerful force in the universe, that which creates unity and oneness. The quality behind all angelic action, the basis for all true acts of virtue, nobility, compassion, and self-sacrifice, etc. 43. Mater. The aspect of God which represents the Mother flame, manifesting as material creation. 44. Mercy. Forgiveness, compassion, an act of kindness. 45. Ministration. The act of giving service and devotion to God, performing religious duties; acts of kindness on behalf of others. 46. Octave. An interval of time and space in the Spirit/Matter Cosmos. 47. Power. The ability to act, the will to move or express. The force behind action and movement. 48. Powers. The sixth group of angels in the hierarchical order of nine. 49. Principle. A law or force which determines a particular natural disposition. The essential quality, what something is based upon. 50. Prism. A transparent, geometrical solid consisting of triangular, refracting surfaces used for producing a continuous spectrum of color. 51. Quality. An attribute, characteristic or feature. 52. Radiation. Particles of light or energy emitted from a central source. 53. Resurrection. The restoration of body, mind and soul to the state of renewed life in the planes of matter. •

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54. Retreats. Places of learning and focuses of light where souls may visit in the etheric body either during sleep or during the period of time between embodiments. Located mainly on the etheric plane, governed by the ascended Masters and angelic hosts for ministration to the evolutions of earth. 55. Seraph (pl. seraphim). A form of angelic being dedicated to the flame of purity. 56. The Seven Rays. The pure colored rays of blue, yellow, pink, white, green, purple and gold, and violet, flowing from God, each representing a certain quality of God. There are hierarchies of celestial beings which serve on each of these rays, personally embodying and magnifying the quality of that ray. 57. Spirit. The aspect of God which represents the father, or nonmaterial reality. 58. Ten Commandments. The Ten Laws of God given to Moses on Mount Sinai (Exod. 20:1-7) 59. Third Eye. The chakra centered just between the eyes, provides the ability to visualize, to conceptualize, to see within. Purification of this chakra enables one to hold the immaculate concept, the purest vision possible. The perception of the third eye is linked with the pituitary gland, although they are not physically connected. 60. Three-fold Flame. The flame of life, or divine spark, residing in the secret chamber of the heart. Approximately one-sixteenth of an inch in height, it consists of three plumes: the pink representing love, the yellow representing wisdom, and the blue representing power. 61. Thrones. The third group of angels in the hierarchical order of nine. 62. Transfiguration. A dramatic change of physical form. A metamorphosis which takes place within the initiate who has reached a certain •

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Appendix QUICK GUIDE TO THE RAYS and THEIR ATTENDANT ARCHANGELic HOSTS FIRST RAY / BLUE • Power & Faith • Archangel Michael and Archeia Faith SECOND RAY / YELLOW • Wisdom • Archangel Jophiel and Archeia Christine THIRD RAY / PINK • Love • Archangel Chamuel and Archeia Charity FOURTH RAY / WHITE • Purity & Ascension • Archangel Gabriel and Archeia Hope FIFTH RAY / GREEN • Truth & Healing • Archangel Raphael and Archeia Mary SIXTH RAY / PURPLE & GOLD • Ministration and Service • Archangel Uriel and Archeia Aurora SEVENTH RAY / VIOLET • Freedom & Transmutation • Archangel Zadkiel and Archeia Amethyst

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Appendix QUICK GUIDE TO THE RAYS and THEIR ATTENDANT ARCHANGELic HOSTS FIRST RAY / BLUE • Power & Faith • Archangel Michael and Archeia Faith SECOND RAY / YELLOW • Wisdom • Archangel Jophiel and Archeia Christine THIRD RAY / PINK • Love • Archangel Chamuel and Archeia Charity FOURTH RAY / WHITE • Purity & Ascension • Archangel Gabriel and Archeia Hope FIFTH RAY / GREEN • Truth & Healing • Archangel Raphael and Archeia Mary SIXTH RAY / PURPLE & GOLD • Ministration and Service • Archangel Uriel and Archeia Aurora SEVENTH RAY / VIOLET • Freedom & Transmutation • Archangel Zadkiel and Archeia Amethyst

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