"Who are you?" Claim to the angels Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies in his . It is the same German poet to say: "Work first happy, heroes of creation, peaks, ridges of mountains dawn of all creation, the pollen of flowering divine light of the joints, passages, stairs, thrones, space of essence, shields of pleasure, a feeling of turmoil whirling ... kidnapped. " These are words that evoke a feeling of reverence. But what is truly an angel? Humans if they ask for the dawn of time, since the winged creatures began to appear bright and the prophets, the predestined and sensitive souls. To do no wrong to the rest of humanity the angels took up residence in the collective imagination, which are no longer released. Almost all cultures and religions of the world provide for them and assign them a role. In the vast pantheon of the Assyrian-Babylonian, which has the merit of having tagged two of the most important angelic hosts - the cherubim and seraphim - they are called Sukkali , meaning "messenger." In ancient Persia, the cradle of Zoroastrianism, were instead conceived as immortal creatures such beneficial Amesha Off and it was thought that each man had his side to the Fravashi , a sort of double transcendence. Even in the Vedic and Buddhist mythology meet spirits of the angelic nature: the Deva and Chohan. But it is in the "religions of the Book" which takes the figure of a consistent thickness and a sharper profile. The angelology has arisen in recent centuries preceding the Christian era and is expressed mainly in Jewish apocryphal works, which have drawn inspiration from Christian authors. In the Bible and the Koran, the angels have a stable nest and their wing-beat has become so dear to the men not being able to live without. It is very important how they are called, praised or depicted, which of course varies, how to recognize the common denominator that distinguishes them from other supernatural figures: the angels are the trait-a link between Heaven and Earth, the intermediaries between God and men. What is an angel, then?
The etymology gives us a good initial response. In Hebrew, this heavenly creature was called a spiritual mal'ak , term designating the "messenger" and was translated in greek with anghelos , hence the Latin angelus . It is clear that the office of the heavenly messenger or ambassador is the word, which shows the primary characteristic of the referent. As the name indicates the angels are considered messengers of Heaven, the messengers of divine providence. This role in particular is confirmed by the mythology and sacred literature, in East and West. To this definition we can add many more, not affecting the value of the first but on the contrary make it even richer and more multifaceted profile angelic suggesting tasks and roles that are not secondary to that of "bring the voice" of God to men. The Hebrew term good ' elohim, which translates as "sons of God" or "divine beings" indicates their origin. As mediators between Heaven and Earth angels are sent from agents to assist humanity. Metaphysical energies are acting perpendicular to the plane of the material world. They are ethereal forms that belong to a higher-order sustained by and through which are transmitted to man the various aspects of the divine essence itself of cosmic intelligence that created the universe. Angels are beings of light, or rather the repository of divine light. Through our higher self, they send us information and loving thoughts that inspire us and guide us to the Word. But with a limit. They are teachers and guides who can not actually interfere in our lives, governed by free will, nor act on our behalf. They are limited to help in the difficult task of the connection. Because the most difficult thing for a human being, and that is where the angels ensure maximum cooperation and commitment, you connect your higher self with heaven. Angels are the invisible men who assist the radar men during the flight of life. They are stationed in an invisible control tower from which we send data upon which our subliminal route, support our navigation guide our operations and even our stunts. In a word, take care of us spiritually. We train on the fly, knowing that we have the same presumption of Icarus and we are equipped with wings of wax or cardboard at best. For this reason, we indicate the path of lightness or levity, so that our potential can be realized, our divine nature and could soar at his best. Life is a short exile, the Greeks said. The angels have the delicate task of making this less painful exile, to "lighten" the embodiment of our spirit into matter. But n substance, the facts as they are messengers of God? The answer would have liked Einstein: the angels are pure energy and conscious power. We like to think of them as beings of light but the light is nothing if not an alternating electromagnetic field that moves in space in the form of waves. Angels are light waves, that is pure spirits and luminescent, radiant higher intelligence, unquenchable fire of love that dance joyfully in the cosmos and gravitate to men. Their essence is that of a vibrational field, a dynamic configuration of the human eye is unable to understand nor the ear to perceive under normal conditions. However, accessing higher states of consciousness or waking state, but by activating the psychic channels, you can decode the frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum and the whole angelic, then "see" and hear the angels singing or perfume. In his Heaven and Hell , detailed account of the mystical journey that he made in the course of twenty-seven years, Swedenborg says that "man can not see the angels through the eyes of his body, but can see through the eyes of his spirit, as part of the spirit world and the spiritual body is part of the natural world. " Capturing the invisible is a rare privilege for men with "feet on the ground" but is relatively common among those who possess the gifts of the spirit and therefore carismastici can see the angels and reports rsi with them. They are paid to the naked eye, without effort or interruption. Okay, but how they see them? How? The shape and the shape with which occur angels coincide with tradition? The appearance of angels, as one of the demons on the other hand, has been shown and described since ancient times, sparing no imagination and in many variations. Every culture has its angels and his singers, most often inspired. Limiting ourselves to the tradition we note that in the nearest ' Old Testament angelic representations refer to the beautiful oriental models improbable, the angels are related the sphinxes, griffins, or to other winged animals. In the New Testament the anthropomorphic vision takes precedence over Jewish bestiary. Here the angels appear mostly in human form and youth. Even early Christian age, they maintain the look of men or in some cases of androgynous. Initially, the angels were wingless (apterous) and flowing robes. These "accessories" only appeared in the fourth and fifth centuries to become a distinctive element immediately. Later they received included the golden halo or nimbus, that luminous disc-shaped crown behind their leader that represents the deity. To these "readings" are complemented by classic no less popular, there is Some say that angels are like clouds, crystals of light or flames of fire. Even today, after centuries of bitter debate, the theologians have not reached a common position on the nature of angels, nor on their morphology. The Second Council of Nicaea (787) recognized the angels a particular body shape, a transparent housing and bright. St. Augustine said that we do not know if the angels have bodily material. When in doubt creatures called them "fire and air." It goes without saying that the heavenly messengers have a spiritual nature, this truth confirmed by the Holy Scriptures. And since they are pure spirits, many say with good reason that they do not have a material body, but at a more subtle body. St. Thomas Aquinas, for example, argued that the angels were made of pure spirit. Others, like the humanists and Protestants argue that they have a physical aspect they need to make themselves known to the men and descend to Earth. Milton, author of the epic poem Paradise Lost , the greatest work of modern dell'angelologia, was convinced that angels eat, they did love and could even hurt in a fight just because they had a body. San Gregorio tried to reconcile the different views by stating that "if it is compared to man, the angel is spiritual, but if you compare it to God is corporeal." I it can be said that angels do not have a body or a physical appearance in the traditional sense, since they are not made of gross matter but of energy that vibrates at high frequencies and sophisticated ways, but at the same time manifest their properties in ways intelligible sensitive tailored to the expectations and the means of human perception. As written by St. John Damascene, "when the angels appear to those worthy souls to whom God would show them, not become visible as they really are, but changed into a different aspect, according to the ability of those who see." The angelic epiphany (though perhaps more correct to speak of theophany as the angels are emanations of God and are) subject to the laws of divine supernatural vision, it follows that the perception of an angel is not so dissimilar from a Marian apparition. For an angel is allowed to manifest itself in human form but has no shape or human nature. Swedenborg wrote that "they have a face, eyes, ears, chest, arms, hands and feet. We see each other, understand each other, converse. In a word, they do not lack anything of what men have, apart from the fact that they are coated with a material body. " But the angels of Swedenborg, as reported by the scholar of Jewish thought and Kabbalistic Harold Bloom "are trivial as our neighbors." Since The angels are many and varied, some others do not come with wings. Some have a normal build, others are imposing and solemn. It does not always choose the option anthropomorphic. Sometimes prefer to manifest as balls and dazzling white light, difficult to sustain with the human eye. O "pure flame," as the Qur'an ( 1, 15 ). G angels are free to choose when and how to make themselves known to the men provided their manifestation does not interfere with human free will or conditions of the evolutionary process of the soul. An angel chooses the time and manner of its action by analyzing the needs, intelligence, the spiritual level and the availability of the person who has to show up. He is always polite and appropriate. He does not want to disturb or concern but to provide help and inspiration. If you can appear in space-time preference, that they have access to only the visionaries, mystics, psychics, etc.. Otherwise may appear in material forms, incarnate on earth, walking among men as long as they will have accomplished its mission. More easily be manifested in the form of light, insight, intense emotion, the inner voice, a sixth sense, apparently fortuitous circumstances (the synchronicity mentioned by Jung). Or appear in dream, as happened to the great artist Marc Chagall. I'm tempted to say that an angel knows plenty of choice if it was not the only life form capable of embarrassment is the man. The nature of angels has always been passionate scholars. In the Middle Ages, the philosophical and theological speculation came to the point headed toward some of these issues giving rise to an almost morbid interest, such as the sex of angels. But the angels have no sex. At most reveal character (not necessarily physical), which make them more like a man or a woman. Taking advantage of our mental tools we equate angels with hermaphrodites, but the heavenly beings do not possess attributes sex. The reason they lack it is clear : the angels have no desire for physical pleasure, but only prove unconditional and pure love for God also did not feel the need to procreate or the sexual urges of human beings. Some of them have a masculine nature and others a female nature. In fact, angels dwell in heaven and servants of God were the first characters and ways to facilitate their understanding of physics or perceived by men in male form. If you think the archangel Michael, for example, is discounted to imagine how a man strong and robust. Not only history, but all the visions associated with St. Michael confirmed his manly appearance. The maids of God, however, are angels in the service and worship of God whose essence is more feminine. Are marked with large feathered wings on drops of gold feathers, long hair down to her feet, crowns of flowers on long hair and necklaces of pearls around his neck. They wear soft, flowing robes and are equipped with infinite grace. This does not mean that women are angels while the others are angels and men. A distinguished servant of God, an angel-an angel-angel is the intimate nature, which makes them all equally in the eyes of God, spiritual, glorious and necessary, but otherwise prepared and used in the divine order. They have the same substance but different tasks. The maids of God have a role somewhat different from that of the angels are subsidiary Almighty and glorifying him in his service work. Compared to the angels, the maids of God to men pay less attention or perhaps more correctly, who care for them differently. On the other, are complementary figures. When the Eternal Father created the angels brought them in pairs. Each angel-angel for eternity up beside an angel-maid, so that each angel, even if unlimited love God and God's creation, has a special relationship with his fellow, that fellow is, but certainly not on the sexual relationship in to the divine plan. Who found unprecedented and shocking revelation that even the angels, as souls, have a "twin" which are united by a close connection, Swedendorg know that distinguish between male and female angels, states that have different sexual characters and join in a sort of mystical marriage celebrated in heaven, which is nothing more a fusion of intellect and will, good and true. In Swedenborg, however, lacks a fundamental recognition: Not all life forms that dwell in heaven are of angelic nature. The multitude must distinguish angels from the spirits or souls as well, waiting to incarnate or reincarnate. I already mentioned the creation of the angels. Well, when they were created? L ' Old Testament does not offer a specific answer but we can deduce with certainty that God gave birth to them before the hunt Adam and Eve from Eden, where Lucifer, the prince of fallen angels tried with success our ancestors. And we can easily assume that the fall of the rebel angels from Heaven occurred before the creation of man. The Book of Job (38, 2-7) confirms that the creation of angels is recorded before that of the Earth. Even the apocryphal Jewish texts on the same line. Thus we learn that the Lord "... the first day he created the heavens are above the earth, waters, and every spirit that served before him, the angels sight, angels of holiness, the angels of the spirit of fire and those of spirit of the wind, clouds to the darkness, hail and snow, angels of the abyss, of thunder and lightning, the angels of the spirits of the frost, extreme heat, the rainy season, spring, summer and autumn, and all the spirits of his creatures which are in heaven, on earth and in all depths, in the darkness, the light at dawn and in the evening ... "( Book of Jubilees, 2, 1-3 ) At this point we can be satisfied and never doubt the fact that angels are among the first manifestations of God's time, they existed when the Earth and the men were only a hypothesis in the mind of God and perfect nature was defined from the first moment. Since there have been always As pointed out St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor Angelicus author of the Summa Theologiae which still constitutes a point of reference for those who want to dig into the theological issues, it does not need to know when the Angels made their appearance but because they were created. (2 more)
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