Richard Webster - Michael: Communicating with the Archangel for Guidance & Protection

About the Author

Richard Webster (New Zealand) travels around the world lecturing and conducting workshops on psychic subjects. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Palm Reading for Beginners, Feng Shui for Beginners, Spirit Guides & Angel Guardians, and most recently, Candle Magic for Beginners.

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Michael: Communicating with Archangel Michael for Guidance & Protection 2004 by Richard Webster.

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For my brother

Gordon

Contents

: Who Is Michael?

: How to Contact Michael

: How to Request Assistance

: How to Contact Michael Every Day

: The Magical Power of Candles

: Karma

: Crystals

: Chakras

: Dreaming with Michael

: How to Introduce Michael to Others

: How to Find the Michael Inside of You

: Conclusion

Introduction

T he word angel comes from the Greek word angelos, which means messenger. Angels are considered to be messengers from God. They are spiritual beings with an important role to play in most religions. They are servants of God who exist to carry out his will (Tobit 12:18). Angels wait upon God, and serve him. Angels can be found in Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, and Tibetan Buddhism. There are more than three hundred direct mentions of angels in the Bible. John of Damascus wrote: An angel, then, is an intelligent essence, in perpetual motion, with free will, incorporeal, ministering to God, having obtained by grace an immortal nature: and the Creator alone knows the form and limitation of its essence.

Angels are always go-betweens between people and God, even though the descriptions and roles change slightly between various cultures. Buddhism, for example, has bodhisattvas, who are considered angels, but are perfected people who postpone entering nirvana to help people who are currently alive. Emmanuel Swedenborg, the eighteenth-century visionary, shared this belief. The Hindu apsaras pass out joy and love. They also hold the dead close to their breasts while transporting them to the endless bliss that can be found in paradise.

Traditionally, it is believed that angels were created by God on the second day of Creation. The opening lines of Psalm 104 tend to bear this out in an overview of how God created the world. First there was light, followed by the heavens, angels, and only then the earth.

Angels are powerful beings. Because they are aware of this, the first words an angel says to a human in the Bible are do not be afraid. However, the fear never lasts long, as angels bring joy, comfort, and happiness to everyone who sees them. Angels are also intuitive, caring, and loving. Thomas Aquinas wrote: Their will is by nature loving.

Angels are especially created for their task, and with only one known exception, have never been human. The prophet Enoch, author of the Book of Enoch, was taken to heaven by Michael, and transformed into the angel known as Metatron.

Angels are perfect spiritual beings whose purpose is to minister, help, protect and sustain everything in Gods universe. Everything, even a humble rock, or a cooling breeze, has an angelic intelligence behind it to ensure that Gods will be done. Angels serve and praise God. In the Bible, angels are described as ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation (Hebrews 1:14).

In the Christian tradition, angels are considered sexless. In the Jewish tradition, angels are regarded as masculine. The biblical references to angels depict them as more masculine than feminine. The angel of the Lord who released Peter from his chains, and helped him escape from prison, appeared masculine in every way (Acts 12:711). During the Renaissance, artists made angels look increasingly feminine. However, John Milton (16081674) saw angels differently. In Paradise Lost his angels enjoyed sensual lives, including frequent lovemaking.

Angels exist solely to help us. Consequently, throughout the ages countless numbers of people have called on them for help in times of need. This aid is always freely given. As well as this, we have access to angelic love, power, wisdom, and support every day.

People have always argued about the existence of angels. Despite all the mentions of angels in the Bible, going back as far as Genesis, many Christians deny the existence of angels. There is even an account in the Bible of an argument in which the Sadducees declared that there were no angels, while the Pharisees insisted that there were (Acts 23:79).

Despite disagreements of this sort, there is a large amount of information about angels in the ancient religious texts of most traditions. A major source of information is the Dead Sea Scrolls, written by the Essenes, a religious sect who lived in Qumran, by the Dead Sea. Some authorities believe that Jesus was an Essene. The Essenes believed that they had to commune with angels regularly, preferably every morning and evening, to lead a good and balanced life.

One of the early Christian bestsellers was a small manuscript called The Shepherd of Hermas, which was hugely popular. The shepherd was actually Hermas guardian angel. Hermas believed that we all have two angels: one who encourages us to do good, while the other tempts us toward evil. Anyone reading his book today would find it hard to understand why it was so popular, but the simple account of someone communing with his angel obviously struck a chord with the people of the time.

The oldest surviving depiction of an angel is on a six-thousand-year-old Sumerian stele that includes a winged figure pouring the water of life into a cup belonging to a king. There are many representations of angels in the religious art of Assyria, Egypt, and Phoenicia. Remarkably, a Hittite depiction of an angel has even been found on the Gate of the Sun in Tiahuanacu, which appears to indicate early Hittite contact with South America.