| Subject: Re: Angels - Perspectives |
Author:
Penny
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Date Posted: Sat, Nov 01 2003, 21:38:02
In reply to:
Penny
's message, "Angels" on Sat, Nov 01 2003, 19:54:23
The eighteenth-century visionary Emmanuel Swedenborg believed that the angels were perfected men and women (like the Buddhist bodhisattvas): "There is not a single angel ... who was originally created as such, nor any devil in hell who was created an angel of light and afterwards cast down thither, but all, both in heaven and hell, are from the human race." A Jungian perspective might be that angels are powerful psychological archetypes that have been given form by being believed in for thousands of years. In the end it is the individual heart, not the rational mind, that establishes a relationship with angels. A question often asked is, "If the angels are here to help us, why do they have to be asked?" The idea is that angels cannot interfere with our free will. If we do not choose to engage with them they remain an abstact idea. However you choose to look at it, the pages that follow outline one of the greatest stories ever told. We will meet some of the best-known angels and establish simple rituals, including prayers, to invite them into our lives.
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