Angels
Angelic Assistance Project Overview
Here is an overview of our Angelic Assistance project. This post provides links to pertinent aspects of this project, so that you won’t have to sift through the archives. Finally Another Project explains the basic premise of this thirty day experiment.
If you would like to try this project for yourself, you could start on Day One – Enlisting Angelic Assistance and then continue on through the last day – Our Angel Experiences. Or, you could browse through the posts and work the project in no particular order.
This is an active blog, and if you post, we will notice and reply.. and give you the benefit of our own experience and our support if it seems pertinent or appropriate. Feel free to post your thoughts, ideas, results, joys and disappointments as you go. Even though we love you, comment spam is deleted when discovered. You will find complete listing of the day by day links at the bottom of this post.
Individual comments and feedback on our results can be read here: Wrapping Things Up. We do have a recommended reading list if you are interested in expanding your understanding. I don’t know how up to date it is, but there are a lot of really good books listed. Feel free to comment with titles and authors that you would recommend, and I will add them to the list.
There is also an extensive collection of Angel Quotes plus a Gallery of Angel Images which acts as a kind of visual index to each of the individual posts
As promised, here is the complete listing of all the posts for our Angelic Assistance project:
- Kids Talk About Angels
- Enlisting Angelic Assistance
- Looking For An Angel
- A Shield Of Angels
- Calling On Your Angels
- Write A Letter To An Angel
- Angels On The Way
- Write A Letter To An Angel
- Calling In A Household Angel
- Contacting Your Angels
- How Do Angels Communicate With Us?
- What If You Don’t Feel A Connection?
- What Are Angels?
- What Are Devas?
- Creating An Angel Altar
- Angel Magick Invocation
- Planning An Angel Day
- Angels In Space
- Dakinis ~ Sky Dancing Angels
- Meditation To Meet Your Guardian Angel
- Your Guardian Angel’s Name
- The Power of Angels
- Invoking Archangels of the Four Winds
- Biblical Angels
- Drawing Your Angels
- A Sufi Story
- Connecting With Angels In A Sacred Space
- Angel Invocation Mantra
- Dreaming With Angels
- Listening To Spirit
- Three Wishes
- Finding Your Life’s Purpose
- Creating An Angelic Sigil
- Grow
- Our Angel Experiences
You might also enjoy these Angel posts on my other sites:
Angel Quotes
Wow – I found a treasure trove of angel quotes! Even though the Angelic Assistance project is complete, I did want to post them, so here they are!
Smells are the fallen angels of the senses. ~Helen Keller
The benevolent guardian angel of the 1940s was, of course, Superman. While a cloak replaced the wings, this expression of the all powerful guardian archetype, who battled the evil dragons of satanic violence, greed and injustice, replaced the Archangel Michael in the popular imagination. ~Malcolm Godwin, Angels: An Endangered Species
God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on. ~Socrates
I saw Gabriel, like a maiden, or like the moon amongst the stars. His hair was like a woman’s, falling in long tresses…He is the most beautiful of Angels…His face is like a red rose. ~Ruzbehan Baqli
The wisdom of the ages teaches that each individual, whether believer or not, good or bad, old or young, sick or well, rich or poor, has a personal Guardian Angel with him or her at every moment of life’s journey. ~Janice T. Connell, Angel Power
We feel isolated and lonely, and it’s not necessary. Each of us has a guardian angel who works with us as much as we will allow. ~Eileen Elias Freeman, Angelic Healing
…but we all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels… ~William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII
Have you ever considered that, just perhaps, the reason you have gotten as far as you have is because of the invisible work of anonymous Angels? Good strangers in the night? ~Gary Kinnaman, Angels Dark and Light
You don’t need a formal prayer or invocation to call the Angels to your side. Simply think, “Angels, please surround me,” and they are there. ~Doreen Virtue, Divine Guidance
He who has fed a stranger may have fed an Angel. ~The Talmud
God assures us that his angels are always nearby, ready to help. This is what matters. ~Timothy Jones, Celebration of Angels
Angels (it’s said) would be often unable to tell whether they moved among living or dead. The eternal torrent whirls all the ages through either realm for ever, and sounds above their voices in both. ~Rainer Marie Rilke, The First Elegy
There is, therefore, a more perfect intellectual life in the angels. In them the intellect does not proceed to self-knowledge from anything exterior, but knows itself through itself. ~St. Thomas Aquinas
I believe most at-home accidents happen in the bathroom because our Guardian Angels give us our privacy. ~Cathy L. Poulin
And whoever disbelieves in God and his angels and his books and his messengers and the last day, he indeed strays far away. ~The Koran 4:36
It is impossible to see the Angel unless you first have a notion of it. ~James Hillman, The Soul’s Code
For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. ~Psalm 91:11
So far as the Angels are recipients of that spiritual heat and light they are loves and wisdoms, not loves and wisdoms for themselves, but from the Lord. ~Emanuel Swedenborg
Keep your good deeds for others a secret, just as your Angel works behind the scenes in your own life. ~Eileen Elias Freeman, The Angels’ Little Instruction Book
An Angel can illumine the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision, and by bringing within his reach some truth which the Angel himself contemplates. ~St. Thomas Aquinas, The Bliss of the Way
Few people realize the profound part angelic forces play in human events. ~Billy Graham
To see the angel in the malady requires an eye for the invisible, a certain blinding of one eye and an opening of the other to elsewhere. ~James Hillman, The Soul’s Code
Every man contemplates an angel in his future self. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perhaps children’s innocence, wherever it comes from, contributes to the fact that they seem to see angels more often. ~John Ronner, Know Your Angels
Give of yourself as the Angels do, and wonderful things will come to you. ~Ramadan, 1
I have seen a thousand times that Angels are human form, or men, for I have conversed with them as man to man, sometimes with one alone, sometimes with many in company. ~Emanuel Swedenborg
Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you. ~Eileen Elias Freeman, The Angels’ Little Instruction Book
If some people really see angels where others see only empty space, let them paint the angels: only let not anybody else think they can paint an angel too, on any calculated principles of the angelic. ~John Ruskin
What know we of the Blest above but that they sing, and that they love? ~William Wordsworth
So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us oft, and worshipped be. ~John Donne
For every soul, there is a guardian watching it. ~The Koran
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counsellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian angel. ~Joseph Addision
All we know of what they do above, is that they happy are, and that they love. ~Edmund Waller
He will give his angels charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. ~Psalm 91:10-11
Our human weakness is protected by the assistance of the Angels and… in all our perils, provided faith remain with us, we are defended by the aid of spiritual powers. ~Gregory Nyssa
We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Angels are not merely forms of extraterrestrial intelligence. They are forms of extra-cosmic intelligence. ~Mortimer J. Adler, The Angels and Us
Angels come to help and guide us in as many guises as there are people who need their assistance. Sometimes we see their ethereal, heavenly shadow, bright with light and radiance. Sometimes we only feel their nearness or hear their whisper. And sometimes they look no different from ourselves… ~Eileen Elias Freeman, Touched by Angels
If then we have Angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also. ~St. John Chrysostom
Experiences with Angels do not occur to people by chance. There is a sort of run-up to the experience. ~H.C. Moolenburgh, Meetings With Angels
In the case of those who are making progress from good to better, the good angel touches the soul gently, lightly, sweetly, as a drop of water enters a sponge, while the evil spirit touches it sharply, with noise and disturbance, like a drop of water falling on a rock. ~St. Ignatius of Loyola
Contemporary Angel accounts are frequently about unpredictable encounters that have personal significance in the lives of otherwise average people. Most accounts involve some wonderful or mysterious being who appeared when most needed and who was usually only recognized as an Angel in retrospect. ~Ruth J. Moro, Angels in Our Midst
It is often stated that when an Angel descends to the earth, it brings with it a part of the light of the heavens, thus perhaps explaining the strong association of white to represent that light. ~James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver, Angels A to Z
Through the 13th century, paintings of Angels exhibit a predominantly masculine appearance. Over the next 300 years, their images become more delicate, gentle, and feminine, until Angels are shown as androgynous or even distinctly female. ~David Connolly, In Search of Angels
One thing is clear: Angels are far more than projections of the divine mind or literary devices. They are real, personal beings, even if their corporeality is totally different from ours. ~Eileen Elias Freeman, Touched by Angels
The Angel is one of those Articles of Faith as unshakable as our belief in the existence of God, an atom, or the ill luck of the number 13. ~Malcolm Godwin, Angels: An Endangered Species
One thing you can say for Guardian Angels: they guard. They give warning when danger approaches. ~Emily Hahn, Breath of God
I am one of you and being one of you is being and knowing what I am and know. Yet I am the necessary Angel of earth, since, in my sight, you see the earth again… ~Wallace Stevens, Angel Surrounded by Paysans
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. ~G. K. Chesterton
Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an Angel. ~St. Augustine
Angels are our true and trusty servants, performing offices and works that one poor miserable mendicant would be ashamed to do for another. ~Martin Luther, The Table Talk of Martin Luther
And the Angel said, “I have learned that every man lives, not through care of himself, but by love.” ~Leo Tolstoy
Angels encourage us by guiding us onto a path that will lead to happiness and hope. ~Andy Lakey
Angels are principally the guardians of our spirits. Their function is not to do our work for us, but to help us do it ourselves, by God’s grace. ~Eileen Elias Freeman, The Angels’ Little Instruction Book
Angels can maintain anonymity as long as they need to, pretending to be mortal when the occasion calls for such a masquerade. ~Emily Hahn, Breath of God
Angels are able to know and understand better than the human intellect can, precisely because such knowledge and understanding comes to them by way of ideas infused in them by God. ~Mortimer Adler
Remember, Angels are both God’s messengers and God’s message, witnesses to eternity in time, to the presence of the divine amidst the ordinary. Every moment of every day is riddled by their traces. ~F. Forrester Church, Entertaining Angels
Let your holy Angel have charge concerning us, that the wicked one have no power over us. ~Martin Luther
Gabriel is a unique archangel in the sense that it is almost certain that she is the only female in the higher echelons. ~James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver, Angels A to Z
Angels speak. They appear and reappear. They feel with apt sense of emotion. While Angels may become visible by choice, our eyes are not conducted to see them ordinarily any more than we can see the dimensions of a nuclear field, the structure of atoms, or the electricity that flows through copper wiring. ~Billy Graham, Angels: God’s Secret Agents
The traditional Christian belief is that eternal God was alone in the beginning. Then, He created Angels, next the universe, and finally, humankind. However, some early Jewish writers thought that God creates Angels every time He breathes. ~John Ronner, Know Your Angels
Let your holy Angel have charge concerning us, that the wicked one have no power over us. ~Martin Luther
The entire hierarchy of Angels can best be described as an endlessly vast sphere of beings who surround an unknowable centerpoint which is called God. ~Malcolm Godwin, Angels: An Endangered Species
Angels walk upright, speak Hebrew, and are endowed with understanding; they can fly in the air, move from one end of the world to another, and foretell the future. They have the shape of man, but consist half of fire and half of water. ~Encyclopedia Judaica
Whether each of the faithful has a particular angel assigned him for his defense, I cannot venture certainly to affirm; not one angel only has the care of every one of us, but that all the angels together with one consent watch over our salvation. ~John Calvin
A shiver runs down your spine when you realize it is not our imagination. Something is watching us out there. ~Sophy Burnham, A Book of Angels
Angels are intelligent reflections of light, that original light which has no beginning. They can illuminate. They do not need tongues or ears, for they can communicate without speech, in thought. ~John of Damascus
Our certainty that angels right now witness how we are walking through life should mightily influence the decisions we make. God is watching, and His angels are interested spectators too. ~Billy Graham
Heaven comes to people – and their loved ones – when they are dying. It is not uncommon for angels to appear when people are on the edge of death, and people who have had near-death experiences often describe feelings of indescribable peace. Angels. ~Gary Kinnaman, Angels Dark and Light
The virtue of angels is that they cannot deteriorate; their flaw is that they cannot improve. Man’s flaw is that he can deteriorate; and his virtue is that he can improve. ~The Talmud
Somehow the Angels comfort me whenever I have tears…And always they encourage me to overcome my fears…I tell them all of my troubles when they seem too much to bear…And I put my faith and confidence in their almighty care… ~Martina Tarandek, “Angels’ Prayer”
A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel in two ways. Sometimes, a man’s understanding is enlightened by an angel to know what is good, but it is not instructed as to the reason why. But sometimes he is instructed by angelic illumination, both that this act is good and as to the reason why it is good. ~St. Thomas Aquinas
The higher orders [of angels] are presumed to be closer in their nature to God and to function in roles that serve God more directly than the lower orders, which tend to the administration of the physical universe and the service of humankind. Some orders are associated with particular divine qualities – Seraphim with Love, Cherubim with Wisdom, Thrones with Judgment. ~David Connolly, In Search of Angels
May the Archangel Raphael accompany us along the way, and may we return to our homes in peace, joy, and health. ~Catholic prayer
But angels help us remember, when the urgencies screaming for attention make us forget, when we feel so estranged by stress or worldliness that we miss the many-splendored things. They remind us to look beyond our everyday circumstance or stress. ~Timothy Jones, Celebration of Angels
Angels belong to a uniquely different dimension of creation which we, limited to the natural order, can scarcely comprehend. ~Billy Graham
Most people in the deepest part of their memory, hold the angels in great esteem. ~John T. Connell, Angel Power
Greater association with the Angels lifts our minds from ourselves and focuses them upon ways and means by which we too may assist in establishing God’s Plan. ~Flower A. Newhouse, Rediscovering the Angels
Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become Angels when they are sent. For the name Angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger. ~St. Augustine
When humans face testings and tragedy, they should remember the Angels who are always standing ready to lend their celestial assistance, comfort, and counsel. ~Flower A. Newhouse, Rediscovering the Angels
Angel Energy follows God’s Laws and can only be used for the greatest good for all. ~Belinda Womack, Angels Guide
How do you know if an angel has crossed your path? Sometimes you don’t, because angels often appear as coincidences. That is, they seem like chance events, but they are really part of God’s carefully orchestrated plan for your life. ~Gary Kinnaman, Angels Dark and Light
Angels can help us understand what intuition means in a personal way. Angels are actually in charge of a large part of our intuitive self. Viewing intuition from the perspective of angel consciousness, we can say that intuition is our way of tapping into a higher power for guidance and awareness. ~Terry Lynn Taylor, Guardians of Hope
So far we still don’t know whether angels are ethereal beings of light without substance or if they take a solid human form with real wings which actually enable them to fly. ~Malcolm Godwin, Angels: An Endangered Species
Whatever you put your attention on in this life will increase in your life. As you put your attention on angels, they will begin increasingly to make their presence known to you. ~Denise Linn, Sacred Space
Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the divine beneficence toward us. They regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise a constant solicitude that no evil befall us. ~John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion
God created the Angels to serve Him and His people. If there is anything we can learn from the Bible about Angels, it’s that they are real. Angels exist. ~Gary Kinnaman, Angels Dark and Light
Remember, angels are both God’s messengers and God’s message, witnesses to eternity in time, to the presence of the divine amidst the ordinary. Every moment of every day is riddled by their traces. ~F. Forrester Church, Entertaining Angels
But we can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the still small stirring within, the little whisper that says, “Go. Ask. Reach out. Be an answer to someone’s plea. You have a part to play. Have faith.” The world will be a better place for it. And wherever they are, the angels will dance. ~Joan Wester Anderson, Where Angels Walk
Guardian angels are perhaps the most popular kind, probably because we all know how fragile life can be. We desperately need protection from unexpected circumstances and unseen dangers. Just the thought of good angels hovering around us gives people a feeling of safety! ~Gary Kinnaman, Angels Dark and Light
When we are overcome by some evil will, should we not tremble before the presence of the choirs of angels that surround us? ~St. Hilary
Angels live no place, as God lives no place. They live in the space of eternity, in the center of our hearts, and sometimes I think we each serve as the channels and angels of God, touched by wings of silence, pushed to angelic acts. ~Sophy Burnham, A Book of Angels
The minute you speak to your angel for the first time, you will never be alone again, because our angels are always with us. No matter where you are as you read this, you are surrounded by angels. Your room, your office, your garden, are filled with angelic presences. ~Eileen Elias Freeman, Angelic Healing
Angels play a very active role in the purposes of God and the affairs of men, but do not control human events or violate the free will of human beings. ~Gary Kinnaman, Angels Dark and Light
Angels are inseparable friends, who bring strength and consolation to those who include them in their lives. In truth, angels are our best friends. ~Janice T. Connell, Angel Power
The truth of angels is they have many shapes, forms, sizes, appearances, and duties. You will see angels as you need to see them. Sometimes you may see only a burst of light in a darkened room or a cloudy form around a person’s body. ~Barbara Mark and Trudy Griswold, Angelspeake
Becoming aware of our angels’ hidden presence in our lives is not difficult or arduous, but it is subtle and requires great patience. ~Eileen Elias Freeman, Touched by Angels
Your two guardian angels are always with you. The other angels come and go as we need them. ~Doreen Virtue, Divine Guidance
The angels see you as dazzling young diamonds which are being polished to perfection. ~Elsa Joy Bailey, “Angelbytes”
Where Scripture speaks of the world’s creation, it is not plainly said whether or when the angels were created; but if mention is made, it is implicit under the name of “heaven,” when it is said, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” ~St. Augustine
We have been so long in a downward spin. The angels are calling us up. We are meant to fly and with our spirits we can. We are meant to ascend, to transmute the negative mass of the world’s corrupted thought forms. No one asked us to stay so long, away from heaven, away from joy. ~Marianne Williamson, Illuminata
The angels as the guardians of men are set over men as instructors and monitors. This shows the relationship that is to exist between them. Man’s attitude is to be one of obedience and subjection. He is to follow the lead of the angels, and consequently some reverence is already implied in the very relationship that exists between man and angel. ~Tertullian
It is at the hour of death that the good angel shows the greatest zeal in protecting and defending the soul committed to his care, invoking often the assistance of other angels against the wiles and fury of Satan. ~Pascal Parente, Beyond Space: A Book about Angels
Ask your angels to stay as near to you as they can; to help keep your vision clear and your presence simple, so in all the days to come there will be a radiance and Glory in your spirit. ~Karen Goldman, Angel Voices
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. ~Alphonse De Lamartine
I saw them with my bodily eyes as clearly as I see you. And when they departed, I used to weep and wish they would take me with them. ~St. Joan of Arc
The more materialistic science becomes, the more angels shall I paint. Their wings are my protest in favor of the immortality of the soul. ~Edward Burne-Jones
Angels assist us in connecting with a powerful yet gentle force, which encourages us to live life to its fullest. ~Denise Linn, Sacred Space
Unaccustomed to recognizing any power greater than his own, Western man, in his need to find an answer to his contradictions, may be forced to his knees in an inner struggle with the angel of the Lord, who could be the bringer of the missing and saving element. ~Theodora Ward, Men and Angels
In the strictest definition, an angel is a superior being living in the spirit world – standing between humans and God. ~John Ronner, Know Your Angels
People of goodwill long to know angels, to enjoy their presence, power, and protection. The experience is quite personal and different for each person. ~Janice T. Connell, Angel Power
Angels will not run your life. No angel will intrude on your free will. They cannot interfere. ~Barbara Mark and Trudy Griswold, Angelspeake
Angel Image Gallery
When we come to the end of a project, I always like to include a gallery of all the images I used to illustrate or decorate each post. Sometimes, pictures really do speak louder than words. This is also a fairly simple way to navigate this particular project.
Each image is theoretically linked to the post in which it was shared, but you’ll have to find that link above the image itself because my gallery app is flawed. It’s on the upper right hand side. Also, the images are loaded in random order, because I think this is more interesting.
The first image gallery showcases the angel images associated with each posts:
This second image gallery features the images uploaded for the post on sigil creation:
And our third gallery features children’s art work and how-to drawings from the Draw Your Guardian Angel post:
Wrapping Things Up
Our Angelic Assistance Project is now complete, and it’s time to wrap things up. As always, I like to get feedback on how the project worked in real life. So, with that in mind, here are some questions:
- Did you participate every day, or was it more of a hit and miss?
- What was your overall result? (good? bad? indifferent?)
- Was this particular project worthwhile? or was it a waste of time?
- In your experience, did you find that Angels helped you with your finances?
- Did you find that Angels helped you with other situations and circumstances?
- Have you changed your ideas and opinions about Angelic Assistance as a result of this project? If so, how?
- Do you believe that Angels are real? or are they imaginary?
- What was your favorite exercise?
- What was your least favorite part of the project?
- Will you continue to ask Angels to assist you with problems and situations in your life?
- Would you recommend Angelic Assistance to others?
- Is there anything else that you would like to share?
Our Angel Experiences
Before I began this project, I put out an invitation to share experiences and this lovely story came to me via email.
My personal experience with an angel goes like this.
I was going through a crisis a few years ago, and I was very stressed about a lot of things in my life. I didn’t know what to do.
One day I went out to my backyard to try and de-stress. As I was walking I suddenly felt these huge warm wings fold themselves around me. It was like someone came up behind me but I could not see them.
When I was full cocooned in these wings which covered my whole body, I felt this amazing peace, total peace like I had never experienced. Then what I would say was an angel, talked to me by feelings. She told me that she was there to help me through the next big challenge of my life, and that I would sail through them easily.
What happened to me was indeed one of my biggest tests, but I did sail through it easily. I was given the right help and I haven’t looked back since. I now know that we are not alone, and when things are really bad in our lives our Guardian angels are trying to comfort us through anyway they can. By sending people to us or something beautiful happening that lightens our load. Suffering can either make us bitter or it can deepen us.
Angels will always help us when we ask them, they don’t like to interfere with our lives, but if we need their comfort and support, they will send someone to us or gives us a feeling of strength to help us cope. We just have to ask.
warm regards
Sony Crystal
Cindy shared this during our first Angelic Assistance project:
A couple of years ago I was driving to work and was at the intersection of 71 Highway and 63rd street. As I was turning onto 71 Highway from 63rd street a car ran a red light and I was 100% certain that we were going to collide. It was going to be a pretty bad wreck – maybe not enough to kill me but it would have definitely injured the other driver and me quite severely. Just as the collision was about to happen, all of the sudden things seemed to go on slow motion.
You know how physics says something about how two objects can’t occupy the same space at the same time? Well, my angels somehow made my car no longer be solid and it felt like the whole car was floating in space, not touching the ground. As my car seemed to pass THROUGH the other car, the driver and I made eye contact.
He looked as surprised and bewildered as I’m sure I did as our cars literally passed through each other without colliding!
I then got on the highway and he went his way and I went mine. I was 100% totally SURE that angels kept me from having this collision. There is just no way that we “missed” each other! And I was sure to thank my angels for sparing me the pain and misery of a terrible car accident!
So how about it guys? Does anyone else have a story to share? I’m really hoping we can get some good input here, because it really does help to hear real stories from real people. I know that many of us have “Angel Stories” – let’s share them!
Talking about angels tends to bring them out… I don’t know if that’s because angels like to be talked about. What I do know is that what we put our attention on grows, so let’s put our attention on actual Angel experiences and get some good Angel Energy flowing.
Originally posted at the Prosperity Project on Blogger
Grow…
Creating An Angelic Sigil
Today we have a rather unconventional – yet very powerful – way to connect with Angelic forces through the use of sigils. This is a fairly simple process. You can try it out for yourself and see if it resonates with you.
What is a Sigil?
Sigils are representations taking the form of unique symbols, of elements in magickal practices. They may represent Angels, Spirits, Djinn or even thoughts and actions.
The word ‘sigil’ comes from the Latin word ‘sigillum’ which means ‘seal’ and they played an important role in Medieval ceremonial magick, where symbols were used to raise and control a specific entity, like an angel or a demon. A good example is The Lesser Key of Solomon, an anonymous grimoire of 72 sigils used to control 72 demons compiled in the late 1600s. But please don’t let this alarm you!
In modern day magick, like the kind this post is concerned with, sigils are used for personal matters such as attracting wealth, protection, healing, setting stronger boundaries and used to represent an intention or thought and have no connection to demonology or dark magick.
They can be drawn, carved or burned into any kind of material, but usually they are simply drawn with a pen or pencil on a piece of paper. This makes them easier to destroy usually by burning either when activating them (more about this later) or when the magick is complete. Drawing it on paper also makes it easier to carry and conceal.
What does it do?
Making a sigil is a great way to give a physical form to your intentions and goals and is an incredibly powerful form of magick. The great thing is there are many ways to make a sigil that is packed with the power of your intention making it a great form of magick for those Witches on a budget (like me!). It can also be a discreet form of magick for those practicing in the broom closet.
Many of these hidden symbols and keys were found in ancient scripts and documents like in the Kabbalah*, as well as in more recent forms and adapted and reworked into more workable sigils and rituals since the 1880’s. These sigils and keys are based on centuries of magickal knowledge, research, and experience, and move beyond the confines of theory and tradition. And they undoubtedly open a powerful angelic doorway.
They key to this doorway is need. When we have genuine need for help from the angels – rather than order them to do as you wish – the angels are compelled to heed you and respond. If you work sincerely with these sigils and keys – with real faith and trust, they will work instantly whether you feel it or not.
It’s important to remember that Angelic Magick is an opportunity to make healing possible. It shouldn’t be used to replace ordinary medicine, but rather work alongside it. In this way it will be so much more powerful.
You will need to make a simple preparatory ritual before concentrating on the specific sigil, letting your request known. If you are requesting help from a specific Angelic being, repeat the specific angels name three times to open the doorway. If you do not have a specific Angel in mind, you could say something simple such as ” Calling for an Angel who will help me” or “My Guardian Angel.”
If you call on them with hope and and open heart, the magick activates a connection between you and your angel as you allow them to work as they will, without impatience or desperation.
Sometimes it will work instantly, but in many cases angelic magic will work more slowly -depending on what is best for you at this point in your life. Know that the angels will always bring the best possible outcome for you… all you need to do is trust.
Working with Archangels
When you work with Archangels it’s helpful to know that most of them have specific areas they “specialize” in.
Whether you decide to use the method of prayer, magick sigils and keys, or meditation – remember that these are just examples so explore and see for yourself what feels right and works for you.
Some angels may “appear” to you through a feeling, sound, particular fragrance, or a glimpse of flickering light. But remember that the angel is present whether you feel anything or not.
Remember that you too are a powerful being of light, and when your heart is open and pure you can receive these wonderful blessings of abundance and healing.
In some cases – when you don’t know who to ask for a specific request – you can call on your guardian angel first. They will be able reveal who can best aid your specific request, and work in unison with the archangels to assist you. Know that you personal guardian angels are always near, so whenever you invoke an archangel, they will be present too.
While your guardian angel can be called on for anything you need – at any time – it is best to invoke the archangels only when there is a real great and urgent need and you are prepared for real and powerful changes. And don’t forget to be specific – the more specific your need is, the better they will be able to respond in turn.
Here is a list of some of more well-known Archangels and how they can help your specific needs. Remember that I am just touching the surface here, and there are so many more areas that you can discover for yourself as well, once you start working with them.
- Archangel Michael – Gives you courage and spiritual strength, protection; helps you with difficult tasks; aid you in finding a new direction in your life.
- Archangel Metatron – Aids those striving to personal growth, enables your to think deeply about important matters and make the right choices.
- Archangel Raziel – Works with magick and manifestation; helps you develop ideas and form answers when you are stuck
- Archangel Zadkiel – Helps free you from oppression; gives you power to tap into your own knowledge and soul memory
- Archangel Raphael – Brings healing or relief from suffering for yourself or others you ask for.
- Archangel Gabriel – Helps you in your own self-discovery; assists you in times of crisis
- Archangel Sandalphon – Brings clarity; offers protection from evil forces, both human or supernatural.
- Archangel Jophiel – Inspires and awakens creativity of any kind; brings more beauty into your life
- Archangel Tzaphqiel – Assists in clear communication, both in speaking and written word.
- Archangel Uriel – Helps you solve problems or dillemas, and find the right answers.
- Archangel Haniel – Encourages feelings of love; restores relationships; and brings positive change.
Invoking An Archangel
This sigil utilizes a wheel and the Hebrew alphabet. I like to use a piece of tracing paper on top of the sigil template, this is personal choice. I have found it more effective to spell the name from right to left, using the example below.
Starting at L-EA-CH-I-M. Drawing a dash at the L then a line to EA, the example here uses the Jewish spelling of Michael and goes to KH instead of CH, this is a personal choice, continue drawing the the line to the I and ending on the M where you draw a small circle. It is now up to you if you choose to decorate the sigil in your personal style including using color.
So as not to trap the angels I destroy the sigil as soon as I have completed my work, I typically destroy the paper by fire.
Setting Your Intentions
When creating your sigil, it’s important to take your time to formulate your intentions before you begin. Your intentions are the very heart of your sigil and they are what gives this kind of magick power and energy.
Sit somewhere quiet to think exactly what your intentions are. Be as specific as you can. Using this method, I have found that it works better to either chose one word to represent your intentions or a short and concise phrase only a few words long. This helps to keep the energy of your sigil focused and prevents more than one goal from being attached it.
As with all spell-work, keep your intentions realistic and phrase them as positively as you can.
Step two – Simplify Your Intentions
Once you have your chosen word or phrase, you can simplify your intentions by removing any vowels and repeated letters, but this is an optional step so do what you feel is right. The more letters you remove, the simpler the final sigil will be.
For Example:
- Original intention: I have energy and enthusiasm for life
- Repeated letters removed: IHAVENRGYDTUSMFOL
- Vowels removed: HVNRGYDTSMFL
- Simplified further: Energy and Enthusiasm Are Mine
- Repeated letters and vowels removed: NRGYDTHSM
Play around with it until you have something that feels energetically correct.
Next, pick a template to use for the creation of your sigil:
The next step is to draw or print out the sigil wheel of your choice. The idea is that you use the letters on the wheel drawing a line from one letter to the next until you’ve spelled out your chosen words, and the shape that is created by the end is your sigil.
For the first letter of the intention, a dot or small circle is usually drawn on the first letter before moving on to the next, a line is then drawn from one letter to the next and traditionally ended with a small bar at the last letter, as shown below:
Types of Sigils
Sigils can be destructible, temporary, or permanent. How you create and charge the sigil may change based on which type you’d like to create.
- Destructible Sigils
Destructible sigils are activated by being destroyed. The act of destroying is what creates the burst of energy giving the sigil its power. This is usually done by writing your sigil on a piece of paper and then setting it on fire though you could also carve the sigil onto food and then consume it.
- Temporary Sigils
Temporary sigils are sigils that will eventually disappear with time. These types of sigils could be drawn on your skin with a marker or carved into a candle which will eventually be melted.
- Permanent Sigils
Permanent sigils are made to last and are meant to be active for a long period of time. Occasionally permanent sigils are recharged to keep the energy active. Sigils like these could be made into pottery as an art piece or you could write a sigil on a piece of paper to be placed behind a painting or under a piece of furniture.
Empowering Your Sigil
Find a quiet, calming spot and relax your mind. Make sure that wherever you go is isolated and peaceful enough to let you focus. If you have a sacred space or altar, go there. However, neither is necessary: any place around your home where you can work undisturbed is fine. Then, close your eyes and meditate briefly.
Meditation isn’t mandatory to make the sigil ritual a success, but it’s best if you at least close your eyes and breathe a few times deeply to relax your body.
If it helps you relax, try turning out the lights, turning off electronics, and lighting candles and incense.
Hold the sigil and focus on it. Take a moment to hold the sigil in both hands and stare at it for a few minutes, reflecting on its meaning and significance. Imagine light energy flowing from your hands to the sigil, and keep looking until your vision blurs slightly and the sigil looks a little warped on the page. Once you notice the distortion, it’s time to finalize the activation.
- Activation by Fire
Burn the sigil in a fire-proof bowl. Light a candle and then use it to set the sigil on fire while holding the paper and candle over the fire-proof bowl. After a few seconds, drop the sigil into the bowl and let it burn. The fire is what charges and activates your sigil, allowing it to take effect in the future.
Make sure there’s nothing flammable nearby before you light the candle, and handle the paper carefully. Set it on fire far from where you’re holding it to ensure you don’t get burned.
Alternatively, crumple up the piece of paper with the sigil on it and place it inside the fire-proof bowl before setting it on fire.
Lighting a paper sigil on fire is the most common example of destructible activation, but it doesn’t have to be so physical.
- Destructible Sigils
Destructible sigils are designed to give the creator an immediate burst of energy and inspiration. Draw the sigil with a finger, visualizing it as you trace the air, and then push the sigil through an imaginary black hole to evoke its destruction.
Carve a destructible sigil into your food and then eat the food. Another method of activating a destructible sigil is to etch the design into food. Using a knife, toothpick, or any other kitchen tool with a fine point for tracing, carve the sigil into the food you’re about to bake, and then keep preparing the dish as normal.
Once it’s ready, consume the sigil to activate it. This method of using destructible sigils is just as effective as fire, and a solid choice if you want to incorporate sigil casting into your everyday life.
- Temporary Sigils
Temporary sigils are intended to disappear and take hold gradually. A candle is a perfect medium for activating a temporary sigil for a few days since it’ll burn down slowly with use. Carve the sigil gently with any fine carving tool, and then go back in and retrace your lines more boldly once the design is in place. Light the candle and let the sigil melt away.
You can also draw a temporary sigil on your body with a marker or pen. Wear the sigil on your skin to activate it, and let it fade away naturally with washing and time. Since temporary sigils are supposed to provide energy and power for a brief time, this is a great solution to keep the sigil charged for a few days.
- For A Permanent Sigil
While creating your permanent sigil, stay in a meditative concentrated state of mind so that you will pour only the energy of your intention into it. If it cannot be created in one sitting, keep it in a safe or sacred space between workings.
Permanent sigils give off power continually as they are designed to be active indefinitely and/or for long periods of time. Once you’ve created your permanent sigil, put it somewhere meaningful. The best place for it will be a personal decision.
You might want to place it in your home where it will always be visible. Alternatively, you could engrave it on a piece of art or place it with artwork inside a picture frame. The Sigil could also be carved into something you might wear on a necklace, or even embroidered and hung as a house blessing.
Letting It Go
After your sigil is created, forget about it. Don’t dwell on it or stress about whether it’ll work; the more you think about your sigil, the more difficult it’ll be to carry on with your life. Take a moment to appreciate that you have manifested the energy you want to see in your life and let the universe decide what happens next.
Sigil magic is based on the concept of planting an idea in your subconscious and letting your subconscious guide you as a result. It’s important to forget the sigil so your conscious mind doesn’t unintentionally get in the way.
A Small Warning
But first I must give a warning. This is not a practice you should take lightly. This is a practice that goes back to at least the time of King Solomon who is said to have used sigils to trap both demons and angels to do his bidding.
Sources:
- Susan Walter Art
- WikiHow
- Katrina Koltes
- Arcane Academy
- Angelic Sigils, Keys & Calls by B. Woodcroft
Finding Your Life’s Purpose
Here’s a prayer to help you discover your overall life’s purpose, as well as get direction about the next step to take. Your prayer will likely be answered with a combination of Divine guidance and signs.
Divine guidance includes internal messages such as feelings, thoughts, ideas, and visions that tell you what your heart truly desires. Signs are repetitious messages that you see or overhear coming from sources other than yourself, such as a phrase that you continually see on posters, in newspapers, or that you hear people say.
It’s best to write down these inner and outer messages and look for a constant theme that will direct you to your next step … and overall purpose.
Archangel Michael . . . Jesus . . . Saint-Germain . . . and Vywamus . . . you can see what is the best next step for me to take. I need to hear, feel, and see this information clearly. I need to have faith in taking this next step. I need to feel courage and excitement about this next step. Thank you for supplying me with information, encouragement, and motivation.
Archangel Cahmuel . . . Brigit . . . Saint Francis . . . Thoth . . . and my higher self . . . beloved and Divine teammates in my life purpose, I am grateful for your clear guidance about my life purpose. I am grateful because I truly believe that I deserve happiness, success, and abundance. I am grateful to know that I am worthy of receiving your help and support. Thank you, God. Thank you, divinities. Thank you all.
Source: Archangels and Ascended Masters by Doreen Virtue
Three Wishes
- Three small candles
- Sugar
- A plate
Put the candles on the plate and spread sugar all around them. Light the candles. Call for assistance from these three angels. Rafael, Michael, and Gabriel. Ask that three wishes be granted.
- A wish for business or money.
- A wish for love.
- Something impossible.
Place the plate with the burning candles on your altar, next to a window, or on a high shelf. Allow the candles to burn completely.
Publish this spell on the 3rd day after you requested the wishes by mailing it to another person, posting it to a Internet news group or announcing your thanks to the angels in a newspaper classified ad. See what happens on the 4th day.
Found at: Blessed Be Me
Listening To Spirit
Go outside, look around, the earth itself wants to speak with you.
~Judith Pintar
Here is a little bit of a different view of the subject of communication with your guardian spirits. It’s from A Voice From The Earth by Judith Pintar.
Listening to Spirit
Learning to listen means distinguishing real Vision from your own dream voices of fear and memory and desire. Even when you get beyond your fears, sometimes your expectations will get in the way. Somehow you expect your Vision to be spelled in lightning across the sky. But while you watch the sky, you may miss the tiny drama of butterfly upon leaf happening at your feet
The Vision itself can come in many forms, through a clear visual impression or visitation of spirit, physical contact and communication from an animal, a song or a dream.
Very often in completely unexpected fashion, out of the darkness will come an awareness of a Guardian Spirit, a force or energy that provides a clear channel for greater wisdom. Many cultures have believed that such guardians, like saints or angels, protect and guide us even when we are unaware of them. Conscious acknowledgement of a Guardian Spirit offers the possibility of communication and a ready source of strength and counsel.
Awareness of the guardian could come when you see a hawk fly and are uplifted by a sense of strength and freedom, when an oak tree drops its leaves at your feet, when the Northern lights dance overhead, when you hear words whispered by the wind. Or a guardian might communicate itself as an intellectual concept, a particular energy that is understood to be a source of strength and direction, such as innocence or bravery, or love.
Originally posted at the Prosperity Project on Blogger
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