05/07/2024
* Nine Angelic Orders
-The study of the Sephirotic Tree, the Tree of Life, gives a very clear view of the spiritual work you must accomplish and is a method that can serve you to the end of your days. Your mind will stop wandering aimlessly as you follow its path, and the further you manage to advance, themore blessings you will receive. Refer frequently to the Sephirotic Tree and you will light lamps within you, which will not only enlighten you, but also purify and strengthen you, bringing you vitality and beauty. Perhaps you will always find this image mysterious and will thus never fully manifest all the virtues and powers it represents. However, it will serve as an illustration of the ideal world that draws you ever higher.
As long as human beings have not learned to link their souls and spirits consciously to theluminious forces of nature they will continue to feel empty, confused and anguished. The onlyway to help a human being is to give him light, true knowledge. When that light dawns within himit shows him that he is linked to immensity and eternity, the he can communicate with the forces of the cosmos, that he has the power to transform his life. Only then will he possess certainty and joy. You can help human beings to solve their physical and psychic problems only by teaching them about their true nature by showing them how they are linked by the Tree of Life and how to draw from it forces they need in order to work and transform themselves.
When you become more and more conscious of the existence of angels, archangels, and the whole of the angelic hierarchy, you become impregnated with their qualities; you become more alive, more enlightened, and your whole inner world is enriched. At the same time you must remain very modest and know that many of these beings are still very far out of your reach. Begin by trying to get in touch with the saints, initiates and great masters, whose mission it is to help human beings. Then rise higher still, and try to reach the angels, because the angels are the closest to us: They listen to us, help us, and grant our desires. You can also try to invoke the archangels. But do not attempt to go higher. In infinity, worlds without number exist, and the higher angelic hierarchies in deepest space are not in touch with human beings. They have other work to do, far away. You should know of the existence of these superior hierarchies and can even invoke them; but in order that your prayers and meditations may achieve results, you must address those beings closer to you.
Many people believe that they are in direct contact with God because they attend church regularly or recite their daily prayers. Between ourselves and God there is a great gulf to be crossed, a space so vast it is beyond conception. That space is not empty: It is composed of regions in which spiritual entities live. All religions mention in some way the existence of these regions and these entities. The Christian tradition, which has its roots in the Jewish tradition, teaches the existence of nine angelic orders: the Angels, Archangels, Principalities, Virtues, Powers, Dominations, Thrones, Cherubim and Seraphim. These angelic orders are each an aspect of divine power and virtue. In order for us to develop spiritually, we need to know about the existence of these celestial entities, because they are like beacons of light along our way.