Magic, Myth and Metaphysics

The Angelic Realms: Gateway Angels

Angelic beings can function as gateways in the inner worlds. In this form, I have experienced them as tunnels—often flaming ones—through which I pass. The near end, the end I enter, embodies the state from which I begin. The far end embodies the state to which I am going. Sometimes the imagery that comes up in my imagination as my consciousness adjusts to the transition of states is that of a bridge rather than a tunnel.

The Angelic Realms: Archetype Angels and Meaning beyond Words

Some angelic beings are actually archetypal symbols with consciousness. For instance, they embody the meaning of cube-ness or a sphere. Another way to state this is that they are the living consciousness of that shape—way beyond personality. They exist wherever that shape exists, both in inner worlds as an abstract concept and in the outer world as, say, a basketball. The shape is their body; they are the consciousness that embodies all the properties and functions of that shape. Communing with them often involves opening to meaning that is beyond words, but somehow carries deep knowing and information.

The Angelic Realms: Healing, Guardian and Supporting Angels

Angelic beings are said to exist all around, and indeed within us, in different dimensions than the physical. The energies that they embody flow through various stages to become outwardly expressed. The more we attune to their frequency, the more visible we become to them. There are many types of angels with different functions; my intention here is to describe what it is like to experience some types of angelic consciousness, from my own experience, and to give some background on ways people have understood angels.

The Angelic Realms: A Bit of Background

There is a lot written both historically and in modern times about angels, some of which is written by people who have not experienced angels directly, but only through thinking about them or copying other people’s works. The Abrahamic traditions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam particularly talk about angels, classifying them into types, levels and functions.

I AM Affirmations

We can do affirmations for anything we want to create in our lives whether they are conditions in which we want to live, feelings we want to encourage, possessions we want to own or states of consciousness that we want to manifest. In my experience, the most basic and powerful affirmations start with I AM. This is because I AM comes from the core of our being, the self- existing presence that is our awareness itself.

Gratitude

No matter what your life circumstances are, there are always hundreds and thousands of things to be grateful for. Gratitude is one of the most powerful ways to shift consciousness to a positive state. If you believe your life is hard or full of pain and struggle in any way, I invite you to cultivate gratitude.

The Power of the Center

Most Earth-based spirituality traditions honor the cardinal directions as embodying sacred qualities. One of these directions is the center. The location of the center is relative, because each person has their own center, there is a center of an atom, a circle of people, a home, a forest or a galaxy—anything you can point to has a center of its being. The center of your body is located near the heart and stomach, in the solar plexus, which is a very interesting area. It is called the solar plexus because many nerves come together or radiate out: “solar” refers to the rays of interwoven nerves, like sun’s rays, and “plexus” means network or braids. The physical sun is, of course, the center of the solar system, and the life-giving source of energy to our world; therefore the “center” of our life in both a physical and a metaphorical or poetic sense.

The World is the Beloved

The consciousness at the foundation of your experience lives also through everything in the world, the solar system, and the universe. It exists in a timeless present moment, that in our sphere of existence, we experience through an apparent flow of moments that we call time. This presence which is you-experiencing-the-world is also everything else experiencing the world, through forms that appear to be limited by their bodies—whether these bodies are human, animal, plant, rock, cloud, or even created forms such as chairs, buildings and ice cream cones.

The Polarity of Male and Female

The polarity of male and female goes far beyond sexuality and gender; these are physical manifestations of a much deeper level of energy.  Simply stated, "male" polarity in a more cosmic, primal sense is the outgoing force, whereas "female" polarity is the receptive capacity of the universe.  The Chinese named them yang for masculine and yin for feminine.  The well-known yin/yang symbol depicts the two united in a circle; each containing a dot the color of the other, showing that they each have the seed of the other within.  They flow and change into each other....

You Are Limitless

The same source that emerges from unbeing in each moment to become the oceans, continents, sun and stars is emerging in this same moment as you. You are an integral part of the great unfolding universe. The self that you normally identify with, the one with your name and body, is a pattern of thought resting on or within this great, radiant ocean of clear consciousness that creates the worlds. It is time to claim your limitlessness; claim your authority as spirit made manifest.