ANGELSof Love and Light

B Y LY N N F I S C H E RPA 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

THE GREAT ARCHANGELS & THEIRDIVINE COMPLEMENTS, THE ARCHEIAI

AngelsThe Great Archangels & Their Divine Complements, The Archeiai

of Love and Light

BY LYNN FISCHER

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ContentsINTRODUCTION • 1

ANGELS • 6

ANGELS AND THE SEVEN RAYS • 8

THE ANGELIC REALM • 15

THE SEVEN RAYS • 22

LIGHT • 25THE SEVEN RAYSThe First Ray / Blue • 34The Second Ray / Yellow • 37The Third Ray / Pink • 41Fourth Ray / White • 44Fifth Ray / Green • 47

Sixth Ray / Purple and Gold • 50Seventh Ray / Violet • 53

THE ARCHANGELS OF THE SEVEN RAYS • 57Archangel Michael & Archeia Faith • 60

Archangel Jophiel and Archeia Christine • 70Archangel Chamuel & Archeia Charity • 80Archangel Gabriel & Archeia Hope • 96Archangel Raphael and Archeia Mary • 102Archangel Uriel & Archeia Aurora • 108

Archangel Zadkiel and Archeia Amethyst • 116

GLOSSARY • 122

BIBLIOGRAPHY • 130

APPENDIX • 132

AngelANGEL 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 f. Gk.), one of the earliest Gmc adoptions from L;superseded in ME by forms f. OFr.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 theninefold 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 incompre-

hensible 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 spiritualcreatures walk theearth unseen, bothwhen we wake andwhen we sleep.

JOHN MILTON,PARADISE LOST, IV

few years. But not much has been said about their relation-

ship 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 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 intelli-

gence of the universe in a simple, practical way. They repre-

sent 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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I believe we arefree, within limits,and yet there is anunseen hand, aguiding angel, thatsomehow, like asubmerged propeller,drives us on.

RABINDRANATHTAGORE

falls to the earth through a prism, refracted into seven dif-

ferent 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 con-

sciousness together.

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The seven rays also correspond to other natural pat-

terns. The rays can be matched with the seven chakras, or

seven seats of power in the body, according to Eastern reli-

gions. In Hindu and Buddhist philosophies, the attributes

of God are divided into seven sections of the body. Each sec-

tion 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 spiri-

tual 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 tran-

sit 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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Angels andministers of gracedefend us.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE,

HAMLET, I.IV.

to unite the kingdoms of the angels, mankind and the ele-

mentals (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 fromWimWenders’ 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 andThe Seven Rays

ngels in one form or another are depicted in almost

all of the worlds’ great religions. They are men-

tioned in recorded history as far back as three thou-

sand 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 exten-

sions and projections of God toward humanity—not sepa-

rate 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 messen-

gers. 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 chil-

dren 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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Angels can flybecause they takethemselves lightly .OLD SCOTTISH SAYING

did not believe in angels, she replied, “Are there angels fly-

ing 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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So great is the powerof angels in the spiri-tual world that, if Ishould make knownall that I have wit-nessed in regard to it,it would exceed belief.Any obstruction therethat ought to beremoved because it iscontrary to Divineorder, the angels castdown or overthrowmerely by an effort ofthe will and a look.

EMANUELSWEDENBORG,

HEAVEN AND ITSWONDERS AND HELL

S.229

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 outra-

geous 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 purethoughts from God,winged withTruth and Love,no matter whattheir individualismmay be.”SCIENCE AND HEALTH

WITH KEYS TO THE

SCRIPTURES, BY MARYBAKER EDDY,

PAGE 298:28-30

the Mystery Schools of ancient days, we gain a better under-

standing 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 sec-

ond 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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For he shall givehis angels charge overthee to keep thee inall thy ways.

PS. 91:11

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

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 ref-

erences 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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Angels are spirits,but it is not becausethey are spirits thatthey are angels. Theybecome Angels whenthey are sent. For thename Angel refers totheir office, not theirnature. You ask thename of this nature,it is Spirit; you ask itsoffice, it is that of anAngel, which is amessenger.

SAINT AUGUSTINE

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 meamong the angels’hierarchies? and evenif one of them pressedme suddenly againsthis heart: I would beconsumed in thatoverwhelmingexistence.RAINER MARIA RILKE,DUINO ELEGIES, I

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, rep-

resenting 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 convincedthat neither death,nor life, nor angels,nor principalities,nor present things,nor future things,nor powers, norheight, nor depth,nor any creaturewill be able toseparate us fromthe love of God inChrist Jesus ourLord.

ROMANS 8:38-39

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 con-

ception, 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 exis-

tence that is not part of the physical world. It cannot be

experienced by the physical senses except through imagina-

tion 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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I saw the Lordseated on a high andlofty throne, with thetrain of his garmentfilling the temple.Seraphim werestationed above; eachof them had six wings;with two they veiledtheir faces, with twothey veiled their feet,and with two theyhovered aloft.“Holy, holy, holy is theLord of Hosts!,” theycried one to the other.“All the earth is filledwith his glory!” At thesound of that cry, theframe of the doorshook and the housewas filled with smoke.

ISAIAH 6:1-4

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.

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The man form is higherthan the angel form; of allforms it is the highest.Man is the highest being increation, because he aspiresto freedom.—PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA,

Autobiography of a Yogi

The Seven RaysExpressing the Divine Desires of our Father/Mother God

ivine desire fills the universe in the form of ener-

getic 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.

They are called the Seven Rays of Enlightenment. They bring

together the archangels of Western doctrine with the princi-

ples of Eastern thought.

Many in the West have turned toward Eastern reli-

gions such as Hinduism because its symbols have relevance

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Fear not, littleflock, for it is yourFather’s goodpleasure to give youthe kingdom.

LUKE 12:32

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 stimulat-

ed 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 remem-

ber 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 mevery beautiful rainbows, ason former occasions, butstill more beautiful, with alight of the purest white,in the centre of which wasan obscure earthly some-thing; but that most lucidsnow-white appearancewas beautifully varied byanother lucidity, and wasthus discriminated as alsoby little yellowish pointslike small stars, besidesother beautiful variations,and, if I rightly recollect,with flowers of differentcolors round about, andentering into the mostlucid part. This was exhib-ited before the left eye. Onthe right were exceedinglybeautiful representations,distinguished by the blueand its various relatedcolors, because the right eyerepresents affections, andthey derive colors not froma white lucidity, but fromthat which is flamy.EMANUEL SWEDENBORG,

LARGER DIARY,OCT. 21, 1748

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 dif-

ference 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 trans-

late 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 wave-

lengths. 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, creat-

ing the perception of light and color. The primary colors cre-

ated 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 arewhite, but with anunearthly whiteness.I cannot describe it,because it cannot becompared to earthlywhiteness; it is muchsofter to the eye.These bright Angelsare enveloped in alight so different fromours that by compari-son everything elseseems dark. Whenyou see a band offifty, you are lost inamazement. Theyseem clothed withgolden plates,constantly moving,like so many suns.

PÉRE LAMY

of light that correspond to the seven rays. Each of these

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 vitali-

ty 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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Because He is Lovein its essence, that is,Divine Love (God)appears before theangels in heaven as asun, and, from thatsun heat and light goforth; the heat…beingin its essence love, andthe light…wisdom;and so far as theangels are recipients ofthat spiritual heatand light they areloves and wisdoms;not loves and wisdomsfrom themselves, butfrom the Lord.

EMANUELSWEDENBORG,

ANGELIC WISDOM;CONCERNING DIVINELOVE AND WISDOM

world. Negative thoughts and emotions

burden these chakras, causing blockages

in this pure energy flow, often leading to

many forms of mental and physical dis-

tress 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 beau-

tiful 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 con-

scious 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 pro-

tect 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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…The Night ofGlory, more opulentthan a thousandmoons! Then angelsand revelations waftdown by the grace oftheir Lord.THE KORAN, XCVII

Likewise, each human being expresses the qualities of

one of the seven rays more strongly than the others, and

usually the life lessons of every individual entail the under-

standing and expression of that one main ray and its attrib-

utes 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 rais-

ing 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 bur-

dens. Archangel Michael and Archeia Faith magnify our

resolve and courage. They use the will of God to direct our

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Their faces wereliving flame; theirwings were gold; andfor the rest theirwhite was so intense,no snow can matchthe white theyshowed. When theyclimbed down intothat flowering Rose,from rank to rank,they shared thatpeace and ardorwhich they gained,with wings thatfanned their sides.

DANTE, PARADISO,XXXI

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

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 elec-

tricity that keeps us going. We are not plugged into an elec-

trical 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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This is thecovenant which Iwill make…says theLORD. I will placemy law within them,and write it upontheir hearts; I will betheir God, and theyshall be my people…All, from the leastto the greatest shallknow me, says theLORD, for I will for-give their evil-doingand remember theirsin no more.JEREMIAH 31:33–34

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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THE FIRST RAYBlue

The quality of the first ray represents the power and will

of God as well as the power of faith and protection.

Power has most often had connotations of battle and aggres-

sion 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 strong-

ly 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, forgive-

ness, 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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Everything wecall a trial, a sorrow,or a duty; Believeme, that Angel’shand is there.

FRA GIOVANNI

pure purpose in the world and use our lives more creatively.

We can choose to use this godly gift towards good,

evolving spiritually, or move in the opposite direction creat-

ing negative consequences.

God gives mankind the ability to create through the

power of the spoken word. We must learn to use the power

of our words and voices correctly, instead of creating harm

through negativity. Through the power of the Word, the

entire universe was created by God.

The blue ray is the color of the throat chakra, which

is the seat of communication in the body, according to

Hindu and Buddhist faiths.

The governors of the first ray are Archangel Michael

and Archeia Faith.

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THE SECOND RAYYellow

The Second Ray is often called the “sunshine ray” of

enlightenment, wisdom and understanding. It’s color, a

golden yellow, graces the atmosphere of the earth predomi-

nantly on Sunday. This ray allows mankind to use his creative

intelligence to put an end to the “dark ages” inside us and all

around us. Eastern thought places the yellow ray chakra

appropriately at the crown of the head.

Light enables us to see physically with our eyes, but it

is also a powerful and popular metaphor for spiritual and

mental understanding. Light means an end to darkness.

Enlightenment means the end of ignorance. In Buddhist

thought, enlightenment is the final blessed state, the high-

est point on mankind’s evolutionary ladder. It is character-

ized by the absence of desire or suffering.

Once we are wise, we have no fear. Ignorance, fear and

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Every visible thingin this world is putin the charge of anangel.

ST. AUGUSTINE,

EIGHT QUESTIONS

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 intel-

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 architec-

tural 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 every-

thing 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 intel-

lectual standpoint, gave rise to broad humanitarianism and

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Good thoughtswill produce goodactions and badthoughts will producebad actions. Hatreddoes not cease byhatred at any time;hatred ceases by love.

BUDDHA

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 influ-

ence 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 yel-

low 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 sys-

tem. 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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THE THIRD RAYPink

TheThird Ray represents the vibration of adoration that

expresses the universal law of divine love. The desire to

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 per-

fect 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 uplift-

ing their emotional state and drawing on the quality of

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May I burst intojubilant praise toassenting angels.RAINER MARIA RILKE,

DUINO ELEGIES, 10

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 abun-

dant 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.

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Praise ye him,all his angels;praise ye him,all his hosts.

PS. 148:2

THE FOURTH RAYWhite

The fourth ray is the inspirational energy of God

representing purity, discipline and the ascension. This

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 base-

of-the-spine chakra, also known as the pure energies of cre-

ation, 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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Outside the openwindow the morningair is all awash withangels.

RICHARD WILBUR

“Love Calls Us to theThings of this World”

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 demonstra-

tion 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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FIFTH RAYGreen

The fifth ray represents the qualities of divine vision,

healing and truth. It magnifies the law of abundance in

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 partic-

ular 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 visu-

alization or the “outpicturing” of their ideas. “Creative visu-

alization” allows God’s creative activity to work through you

into perfect manifestation in your life. When it is God-

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It is very importantto pray for others;because when youpray for someone,an angel goes and sitson the shoulder ofthat person.

THE VIRGIN MARYto the children at

Medjugorje

directed, the outcome will be glorious—and exactly as one

would desire. Patience is the only key to allowing it to man-

ifest into its own action, time and space continuum.

Conscious and unconscious fears, lack of knowledge and

actions that are against God/Good can prevent its manifes-

tation. Once again, you were given the power of God to cre-

ate, 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 cre-

ation, 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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For he shall givehis angels charge overthee to keep thee inall thy ways.

PS. 91:11

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 creativi-

ty and healing.

Its emerald green

glow falls with great-

est intensity to earth

on Wednesday.

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SIXTH RAYPurple and Gold

The sixth ray represents the majestic virtues of God’s

peace, service and ministration. It is a combination of

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

freely from our Father/Mother God.

Likewise, this ray stimulates our desire to bestow

mercy upon others. It promotes a desire to con-

tribute to life through selfless service. When we

are affected by this ray, we feel a desire to serve

God and our fellow man.

Those who work under the tutelage of this light vibra-

tion would be ministers, teachers, psychologists, missionaries,

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For He will commandHis angels concerning youto guard you in all your ways;they will lift you upin their hands, so that youwill not strike your foot againsta stone.

—PS. 91: 11, 12

lawyers, public servants and social workers—also blue-collar

workers, ranchers, farmers, businessmen and business-

women.

This ray creates a strong desire within people to wor-

ship God and therefore gives us a reason and need for devo-

tional worship. The sixth ray angels are always active in

guiding, protecting and educating families, as well as chil-

dren 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 our-

selves 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.

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It is not becauseangels are holier thanmen or devils thatmakes them angels, butbecause they do notexpect holiness fromone another, but fromGod alone.

WILLIAM BLAKE

SEVENTH RAYViolet

The Seventh Ray represents freedom and forgiveness.

Sometimes called the “Violet Flame,” this ray plays a

powerful role in “divine alchemy,” which is the action of

transforming ourselves from a lower to a higher state of con-

sciousness. 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 fre-

quency, 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 trans-

form ourselves into realized spiritual beings.

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 cos-

mos 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 with-

in 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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In my Father’shouse are manymansions: if it werenot so, I would havetold you. I go toprepare a place foryou. And if I go andprepare a place foryou, I will comeagain, and receiveyou unto myself; thatwhere I am, there yemay be also.

JOHN 14:2,3

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 sym-

bol for the approaching “New Age,” which means quite lit-

erally “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 for-

giveness. 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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The Great

Archangels and

Their Divine

Complements,

the Archeiai

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“ ‘Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince,And thou, in military prowess next,Gabriel; lead forth to battle these my sonsInvincible; lead forth my armed Saints,By thousands and by millions ranged for fight,Equal in number to that godless crewRebellious. Them with fire and hostile armsFearless assault; and, to the brow of HeavenPursuing, drive them out from God and blissInto their place of punishment, the gulfOf Tartarus, which ready opens wiseHis fiery chaos to receive their fall.’

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‘Of fighting Seraphim confused, at lengthSaw where the sword of Michael smote, and felledSquadrons at once: with huge two-handed swayBrandished aloft, the horrid edge came downWide-wasting. Such destruction to withstandHe hasted, and opposed the rocky orbOf tenfold adamant, his ample shield,A vast circumference. At his approachThe great Archangel from his warlike toilSurceased, and, glad, as hoping here to endIntestine war in Heaven, the Arch-foe subdued,Or captive dragged in chains, with hostile frownAnd visage all inflamed, first thus began:-’

—Excerpts from JOHN MILTON’S, PARADISE LOST, BOOK VI

‘On each wingUriel and Raphael his vaunting foe,Though huge and in a rock of diamond armed,Vanquished—Adramelech and Asmadai,Two potent Thrones, that to be less than GodsDisdained, but meaner thoughts learned in their flight,Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoyThe atheist crew, but with redoubled blowAriel, and Arioch, and the violenceOf Ramiel, scorched and blasted, overthrew.I might relate of thousands and their namesEternize here on Earth; but those electAngels, contented with their fame in Heaven,Seek not the praise of men:-’ ”

—Excerpts from JOHN MILTON’S, PARADISE LOST, BOOK VI

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Michael and FaithArchangel and Archeia of Faith, Protection, Deliverance,

and the Power and the Will of God

BLUE RAY

rchangel Michael is the most powerful, celebrated

and well-known angel in history, scripture, art and

literature. He and his complement, Faith, stand for

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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The chariots ofGod are twentythousand, eventhousands of angels:the Lord is amongthem, as in Sinai,in the holy place.

PS. 68:17

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serenity. While he is a warrior, his victory is obtained with

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 nur-

turing energy of Archeia Faith. Together they help us to man-

ifest our greatest desires. Michael and Faith, the leading

angels and rulers of the first ray, protect us from evil inten-

tions 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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Then war brokeout in heaven;Michael and hisangels battled againstthe dragon.The dragon and itsangels fought back,but they did notprevail and therewas no longer anyplace for them inheaven. The hugedragon, the ancientserpent, who is calledthe Devil and Satan,who deceived thewhole world, wasthrown down toearth, and its angelswere thrown downwith it.REVELATION 12: 7-9

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 angel-

ic 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 leg-

endary 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 desig-

nated him the patron angel of policemen and Roman

Catholics call St. Michael the patron saint of Germany, gro-

cers, 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 los-

ing 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 head-

ing 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

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 fir-

ing 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

sent from Morocco. But when they started attacking them

with bullets, not a single man appeared to be touched. Then

they noticed the army was lead by a powerful soldier capped

with gold hair and a halo around his head. The Germans

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Suddenly an angelof the Lord stood byhim and a lightshone in the cell.He tapped Peter onthe side and awak-ened him, saying,“Get up quickly.”The chains droppedfrom his wrists.The angel said tohim, “Put on yourbelt and your san-dals.” He did so.Then he said to him,“Put on your cloakand follow me.”

ACTS 12:7-8

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.

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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With silence onlyas their benedictionGod’s angels come.Where, in theshadow of a greataffliction, the soulsits dumb.

JAMES GREENLEAFWHITTIER, written to afriend when his sister

had just died

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 messen-

gers 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 Three-

fold Flame. He is power, desire and action. His crucial abili-

ties 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 fall-

en 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 negativ-

ity that surrounds you.

If you feel a special desire to wear blue, or are attrac-

ted in general to this color, you may naturally operate on

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At that time thereshall arise Michael,the great prince, guar-dian of your people;It shall be a timeunsurpassed in distresssince nations beganuntil that time.At that time yourpeople shall escape,everyone who is foundwritten in the book.Many of those whosleep in the dust of theearth shall awake;some shall live forever,others shall be aneverlasting horror anddisgrace. But the wiseshall shine brightlylike the splendor of thefirmament, and thosewho lead the many tojustice shall be like thestars forever.

DANIEL 12:1-3

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 com-

fortable with his or her power, and who is also bound with

a strong faith or belief in righteousness?

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Every visiblething in this worldis put in the chargeof an angel.

ST. AUGUSTINE,EIGHT QUESTIONS

Jophiel and ChristineArchangel and Archeia of Illumination and Wisdom

YELLOW RAY

rchangel Jophiel and Archeia Christine bring down

the wisdom from the Godhead. They direct the yel-

low ray. This ray anchored in the crown chakra at

the top of the head. The second ray beams forth to earth most

strongly on Sunday. The archangel and archeia of the yellow

ray focus their presence in their retreat above the Great Wall

of China near Lanchow.

Angels and saints in history, art, and literature are pic-

tured with a gold halo encircling their head. Even stalwart

Christians recognize the yellow ray of wisdom through

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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 high-

er 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 gen-

erally 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 sepa-

ration of man’s thought from the divine was when Eve tast-

ed 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 man-

kind 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 spiri-

tual 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 change-

less. 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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But woe to you,earth and sea, for theDevil has come downto you in great fury,for he knows he hasbut a short time.

REVELATION 12:12

material creation. This person needs the balance of constan-

cy. 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

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 God-

Consciousness) 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 comple-

ment 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 some-

one, the conflict is not often resolved until you understand

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“And when a maninjures and oppressesyou and deals unjust-ly with you, youshould deal kindlywith him and forgivehim. Thus you willstrike at the root ofhatred and enmityand he who is yourenemy will becomeyour friend.”HOLY KORAN 41:34

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 pre-

sent. 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 spir-

itual 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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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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Angels are God’srepresentatives. Theseupward-soaringbeings never leadtowards self, sin, ormateriality, butguide to the divinePrinciple of all good,whither every realindividuality, imageor likeness of God,gathers. By givingearnest heed to thesespiritual guides theytarry with us, andwe entertain “angelsunawares.”

ARY BAKER EDDY,SCIENCE AND HEALTH

WITH KEY TO THE

SCRIPTURES,PAGE 299:11-17

your painful thought patterns like sun reflecting on rippling

water. They can turn your bitterness into light banter dissi-

pating 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 infor-

mation. When you need understanding of a confusing

situation they will pour forth the golden fountain of

wisdom upon you.

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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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Chamuel and CharityArchangel and Archeia of Love and Adoration

PINK RAY

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 gov-

ern 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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“See that you donot despise one ofthese little ones, forI say to you thattheir angels inheaven always lookupon the face of myheavenly Father.”

MATTHEW 18:10

with compassion and charity, he may be the unnamed angel

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 secrets of theDivine Plan arewritten in nature, inbiology, and even inthe hearts of allhuman beings.Illusion masks theobvious. The poisonof illusions enchantsits captives. Thosewho are enchantedfrequently do not rec-ognize evil. Lovebreaks the power ofevil. Peace flows fromthe River of Love.The River of Loveflows from the heartof God.”

—ACCORDING TOJANICE CONNELL INHER BOOK ENTITLED,

ANGEL POWER, PAGE 164

The Christian religion is firmly planted in concepts of char-

ity 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 fos-

ters 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 extend-

ing 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 your-

self. Love conquers all. It melts disharmony, fear and imper-

fection.

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 hon-

oring and worshipping of the divine. Adoration is like bask-

ing 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 humanitarian-

ism, tolerance, adoration and reverence for all life within

earthly beings. They work to activate our instincts to joyfully

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Because He isLove in its essence,that is, Divine Love(God) appears beforethe angels in heavenas a sun, and, fromthat sun heat andlight go forth; theheat…being in itsessence love, and thelight…wisdom; andso far as the angelsare recipients of thatspiritual heat andlight they are lovesand wisdoms; notloves and wisdomsfrom themselves, butfrom the Lord.

EMANUELSWEDENBORG,

ANGELIC WISDOM;CONCERNING DIVINELOVE AND WISDOM

accept God’s presence within. The pink ray magnifies grati-

tude, another way to pour fourth love for God’s gifts and

provisions.

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When it is theLord’s good pleasure,the good spiritsappear to others, andalso to themselves,like bright lucidstars, glitteringaccording to thequality of theircharity and faith;but evil spiritsappear like globulesof coal-fire.

EMANUELSWEDENBORG,

MEMORABILIA #7

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For by (God) were all things created that are in heaven,and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether theybe thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers: allthings were created by him, and for him.

—COL. I:16

Far above all principality, and power, and might, anddominion, and every name that is named, not only in thisworld, 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 himthat loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor prin-cipalities, 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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WHITE RAY

rchangel Gabriel and Archeia Hope work on the

fourth ray of purity, hope, discipline and the ascen-

sion. 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 col-

ors 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

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 iconogra-

phy 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 blue-

print that is already within you. Just as he did with Mary, he

plants the idea of this “immaculate concept” into your sub-

conscious mind.

The immaculate concept is the perfect vision of our-

selves, just as Jesus Christ is the perfect, God-like man. If we

hold the vision of a perfect idea, we are holding the immac-

ulate concept. By holding this concept of ourselves as God

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It is in ruggedcrises, in unwearableendurance, and inaims which putsympathy out of thequestion, that theangel is shown.”

RALPH WALDO

EMERSON

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 con-

cept 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 communica-

tion, 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 pro-

creation. 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,

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 broad-

casters, clerics, messengers, postal workers, radio workers, tele-

communications workers, telephone workers and television

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PraisetheLord!

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 transforma-

tion 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 even-

tually 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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For a good angelwill go with him, hisjourney will be suc-cessful, and he willcome home safe andsound.

TOB. 5:21

the Greek conquest of the empires of Medes and Persians,

after a series of other conquests. Later in Daniel it is Gabriel

who prophesies the coming of the Messiah (Daniel 9, verses

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

Flame, which is the divine spark that resides in the secret

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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It can in no sensebe said that heaven isoutside of any one; itis within…and aman also, so far as hereceives heaven, is arecipient, a heaven,and an angel.

EMANUELSWEDENBORG,

ARCANO COELESTIA

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 so-

called male and female, that define their methods of reach-

ing us on earth.

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Raphael and MaryArchangel and Archeia of Healing and Concentration

GREEN RAY

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

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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Praise ye him,all his angels;praise he him,all his hosts.

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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 walk-

ing 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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For whatever youask in my name,I will do it…if youask anything in myname, I will do it.

JOHN 14:13,14

Raphael is one of three archangels mentioned by

name in The Bible. Raphael is the angel sent by God to cure

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 concen-

tration, she sustains and nurtures God’s children. She con-

solidates energies—the act of focusing one’s attention on a

particular vision or achievement. Such concentration focus-

es 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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Stricken with fear,the two men fell tothe ground. St.(Saint) Raphael(the Archangel) saidto them: No need tofear; you are safe.Thank God nowand forever. As forme, when I came toyou it was not out ofany favor on mypart, but because itwas God’s will. Socontinue to thankhim every day; praisehim with song.

TOBIT 12:16-18

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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Uriel and AuroraArchangel and Archeia of Peace, Ministration and Service

PURPLE AND GOLD RAY

rchangel Uriel and Aurora serve on the purple and

gold ray, the sixth ray, which represents the Godly

attributes of peace, ministration and service. They

bring us the selfless flame of love used in devotional worship

and service to all life. Some believe Aurora is the administra-

tor of grace, which in theological terminology means the

unmerited love and favor of God toward man. Or, divine

influence acting in man to make him pure and morally

strong.

The purple and gold ray rules the solar plexus chakra

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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.

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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It is said, and it istrue, that just beforewe are born, a cavernangel puts his fingerto our lips and says,“Hush, don’t tell whatyou know.” This iswhy we are born witha cleft on our upperlips and rememberingnothing of where wecame from.RODERICK MACLEISH,

PRINCE OMBRA

mind cannot receive God’s swirling energy. Grace is a spe-

cial 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 combina-

tion 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 heav-

en. 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 mes-

sage 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-

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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Fear not, littleflock, for it isyour Father’s goodpleasure to give youthe kingdom.

LUKE 12:32

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rchangel Zadkiel and Archeia Amethyst work on

the seventh ray, which is violet, and represents

transmutation and purification through invoca-

tion—the act of calling upon the presence of God for inter-

cession. The archangels of the violet ray intensify the powers

of mercy, compassion, forgiveness and freedom.

Residing in the seat-of-the-soul chakra (which is just

below the navel), the violet ray governs the miracle of trans-

formation. The archangels of this ray share a retreat called

the Temple of Purification, located over Cuba in the

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Do not fear,only believe.

MARK 5:36

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

Saturday.

Zadkiel is the angel of benevolence, mercy and mem-

ory, 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 sac-

rificial 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 chem-

istry of the Middle Ages. Through fire, alchemists of the

16th century learned it was possible to transform base met-

als into gold. This lesson can be applied on many levels. The

science of transmutation and change, in theological terms,

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The highest rank[cherubim, seraphim,thrones] do not joinin our struggleagainst our vices, butdwell with us onlywhen, above allconflict, we are withGod in peace, incontemplation, andin perennial love.JAN VAN RUYSBROECK,SEVEN STEPS OF THE

LADDER OFSPIRITUAL LOVE

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-

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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VioletIndigoBlueGreenYellowOrangeRed

violet flame is also called the “violet trans-

muting 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 free-

dom’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 work-

ing inside our atoms and cells, along with the

divine spark in our heart.

Inner peace and harmony show outwardly as a result

of changing and reshaping our negative thoughts and

actions. We then easily move through negative situations by

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Oh sovereign angel,Wide winged stranger above aforgetful earth,Care for me, care for me,Keep me unaware of dangerAnd not regretfulAnd not forgetful of myinnocent birth.

—EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

mastering the power of our own consciousness. By visualiz-

ing 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 rep-

resenting 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 cre-

ate the spiritual salve of forgiveness.

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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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Here on Earth

“You who do not see us, you who do not hear us, you imag-ine us in the far distance, yet we are so near. We are mes-sengers who bring closeness to those who are distant.We aremessengers who bring light to those who are in darkness.We are the ones who bring the Word to those who are inquestion.”

—ANGEL IN FAR AWAY, SO CLOSE

Angels are nothing if not useful to us. Their purpose

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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For he shall give hisangels charge overthee to keep thee inall thy ways.

PS. 91:11

illusion. Train your eyes to see only the perfec-

tion 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 edi-

tors.” “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 neg-

ative 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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Belief in angelswill allow you tocommunicate withthem. Why not openup to the possibilityof celestial helperswhose words comefrom God?

The same smells and colors that cheer us in the nat-

ural 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 per-

mission. 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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“Those who are ina state of innocenceattribute nothing ofgood to themselvesbut consider them-selves receivers andascribe all things tothe Lord; that theywish to be ledby Him, and not bythemselves; that theylove everything whichis good, and aredelighted with every-thing which is truebecause thus…is tolove the Lord."

EMANUELSWEDENBORG,MEMORABILIA

spotlight drenching you in purple light. Put the person or

focus of your anger in the light with you. Violet is the color

of forgiveness. Archangel Zadkiel and Amethyst help you

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 dis-

solve if you pray for release from this emotional bondage.

The angels’ message is very clear. Are you ready to lis-

ten? 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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Angels andministers of gracedefend us.

WILLIAM

SHAKESPEARE,HAMLET, I.IV.

earth through working in divine partnership with our color-

coded angelic hosts who continually endeavor to support

us, magnifying our efforts to achieve our greatness and free-

dom 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 coin-

cidence 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 understandingof the meaning of the text.1. Adoration. Profound love and reverence; the act of honoring or wor-shipping as divine.2. Alchemy. The science of transmutation and change. A philosophyof chemistry from the Middle Ages and 16th century for the transmuta-tion of base metals into gold and the search for the elixir of longevity.The process of transmuting the human consciousness into the highervibration of the Christ consciousness.3. Annunciation. The act of announcing; a formal announcement orproclamation. Refers to the event of Archangel Gabriel’s announcementof 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 cer-tain quality of God, and they direct a band of angels who serve withthem to magnify and expand that quality. There is an archangel andarcheia for each of the seven rays, and together they complement eachother in embodying the God consciousness of that ray.5. Archeia (pl. Archeiai). The feminine counterpart, or divine comple-ment of an archangel.6. Ascended Masters. Those who have completed their mission onearth and have become one with the consciousness of God. The ascend-ed masters continue to work with mankind from the etheric realm to

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teach them spiritual truths and to uplift mankind to the highest level ofconsciousness.7. Ascension. The reuniting of the soul with God. The ritual of theascension is the gift of God to those souls who have chosen to surrenderthe lesser self for the greater self, realizing their full potential by becom-ing one with the Higher self, balancing karma, and fulfilling their earthlymissions. The ascension signifies an end to the cycles of karma andrebirth. It is attained through a process of discipline and initiationincluding good works, purity of heart, service to life, and balancing ofkarma.8. Aspect. An appearance, facet, or view which may be seen from a cer-tain angle or perspective.9. Aspiration. An earnest desire to strive for something of high or loftyvalue, a goal or ambition for high achievement.10. Attribute. A quality, virtue, or characteristic.11. Aura. An electromagnetic forcefield of energy which surrounds thephysical body, reflecting and influencing the health and condition of thatbody or organism. The auric field holds the records of thoughts, wordsand deeds, including the records of karmic and past lives. Described asthe “L-field” or life-field by scientists, it has been visible through Kirlianphotography.12. Central Sun. The center of the entire cosmos, the nucleus of allspiritual and physical creation.13. Chakra. (From the Sanskrit for wheel or vortex) One of the sevenmajor spiritual centers of light found on the etheric level of the humanbody. The seven chakras correspond to the seven rays, and may bedescribed as follows: first ray is blue, located in the throat; second ray isyellow, located on the crown of the head; third ray is pink, located in theheart; fourth ray is white, located at the base of the spine; fifth ray is

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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 thenavel, between the base of the spine and solar plexus.14. Cherub (pl. cherubim). A form of angelic being dedicated to theflame of love.15. Christ, The. Derived from the Greek word Kristos, meaninganointed one. The Son of God, the Christ is the Universal personifica-tion 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, theinclination to give support and caring for another.18. Concentration. The act of focusing one’s attention on a particularvision or achievement. Consolidation of one’s energies.19. Consecration. The act of setting something apart for a particulargoal 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 spe-cific purpose or cause. The act of giving divine worship and adoration.22. Divine Plan. The potential for each soul to realize and express Godin a unique and perfect way. The unique pattern or blueprint created byGod for each soul. The potential of the soul to become self-realized inthe consciousness of God. What determines the extent to which eachsoul may express herself through free will. By seeking direction fromone’s higher self, or Christ Self, each of us can become aware of ourdivine plan and how we can each express God in our individual way.

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23. Elementals. Nature spirits of earth, air, fire, and water. They serveto 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 wisdomor insight.25. Essence. Intrinsic characteristic or quality which identifies some-thing. The innermost element which reveals the true nature or fiber.26. Etheric. Spiritual, celestial. A level of consciousness or frequencyoccurring in the spiritual, heavenly realm, yet part of the physical cre-ation. Containing the quality of perfection, the highest level of reality.27. Etheric Plane. A plane of existence which is part of the physicalworld, yet is experienced through the senses of the soul rather thanthrough the physical senses. The highest level of reality in the planes ofmatter, more real than the physical plane due to the fact that life at thislevel 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 ascendedmasters dwell. A place where the golden age is in progress and wheresouls who have attained a certain level of consciousness abide betweenembodiments.28. Faith. A belief not based on material evidence but on innerknowing through the spiritual faculties of the soul. Spiritual knowingof intangible truths.29. Flame. A substance of great intensity and brilliance. A spirituallight or fire.30. Forgive. To excuse, or pardon; to relinquish all feelings of angerand 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 freedomto use God’s light, or energy to create according to individual choices.

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Millions of spiritualcreatures walk theearth unseen, bothwhen we wake andwhen we sleep.

JOHN MILTON,PARADISE LOST, IV

Each soul may use free will to live according to God’s laws or to rejectthem. 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 whooccupy specific offices and levels of God consciousness. Each heavenlybeing has earned his/her position in hierarchy through passing certaininitiations which qualify them to hold that office. The heavenly hierar-chy includes beings such as Elohim, Archangels, Angels, AscendedMasters, cosmic beings and elementals.34. Holy Spirit. The omnipresent Sacred Fire energies of Life and Lovethe permeate all of cosmos. The Third Person of the Trinity known asthe 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 eachsoul, no matter how far from the path of reality that soul may stray. Theimmaculate 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 theimmaculate concept, using our gift of visualization as God intended.39. Invocation. A petition, prayer, command or fiat. The act of callingupon the presence of God for intercession or action.40. Karma. Derived from the Sanskrit word karman, which meansdeed. Karma is the result of our consciousness in action. Every thought,word and deed is recorded as Karma, and is a means through which thesoul reaps the rewards and retributions of her actions. Karma is the lawof cause and effect, whatever actions the soul chooses to take come back

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as good fortune of circumstances and situations for resolution. Karmateaches us that we are accountable for determining our fate through whatwe chose to think, feel, say and do.41. Light. The pure energy of God; a personification of the Spirit ofGod; the source of the divine spark of life within every manifestation ofGod; the presence of God within each being.42. Love. The substance of God, incessantly issuing forth to all cre-ation. The most powerful force in the universe, that which creates unityand oneness. The quality behind all angelic action, the basis for all trueacts 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, per-forming 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 forcebehind 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 dis-position. 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 centralsource.53. Resurrection. The restoration of body, mind and soul to the stateof renewed life in the planes of matter.

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54. Retreats. Places of learning and focuses of light where souls mayvisit in the etheric body either during sleep or during the period of timebetween embodiments. Located mainly on the etheric plane, governed bythe ascended Masters and angelic hosts for ministration to the evolutionsof earth.55. Seraph (pl. seraphim). A form of angelic being dedicated to theflame 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 representinga certain quality of God. There are hierarchies of celestial beings whichserve on each of these rays, personally embodying and magnifying thequality of that ray.57. Spirit. The aspect of God which represents the father, or non-material reality.58. Ten Commandments. The Ten Laws of God given to Moses onMount Sinai (Exod. 20:1-7)59. Third Eye. The chakra centered just between the eyes, provides theability to visualize, to conceptualize, to see within. Purification of thischakra enables one to hold the immaculate concept, the purest visionpossible. The perception of the third eye is linked with the pituitarygland, although they are not physically connected.60. Three-fold Flame. The flame of life, or divine spark, residing in thesecret chamber of the heart. Approximately one-sixteenth of an inch inheight, it consists of three plumes: the pink representing love, the yellowrepresenting wisdom, and the blue representing power.61. Thrones. The third group of angels in the hierarchical orderof nine.62. Transfiguration. A dramatic change of physical form. A metamor-phosis which takes place within the initiate who has reached a certain

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Angels are trulylove and light, arethey not?

level of spiritual development. Refers to the sudden emanation of lightfrom Jesus Christ that occurred on the mountain.63. Transformation. A metamorphosis; complete change in form,appearance or nature.64. Transmutation. The action of changing the form, appearance ornature of something into another. A conversion into something different.A transformation.65. Trust. Having complete faith, reliance and assurance in a person orthing. Confidence, belief or hope for something in the future.66. Twin Flame. The masculine or feminine twin complement of thesoul created by God.67. Unconditional Love. Love which is pure, absolute and complete,not restrained by conditions.68. Universal God. The One, all-pervading presence of the Holy Spiritthat permeates all of cosmos.69. Violet Flame. Freedom’s flame of transmutation and forgivenesscontains the power of the Holy Spirit to transmute the cause and core ofdensity, sin and negative Karma.70. Virtue. A quality reflecting moral goodness, excellence andrighteousness.71. Wisdom. The flame of divine illumination, stands for “WiseDominion.” Through the flame of wisdom, we are able to understandand know the truth. Divine wisdom is imparted to us from God, andwhen accessed, assures proper judgement and true knowledge.

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Appendix

QUICK GUIDE TO THE RAYS andTHEIR 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 andTHEIR 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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