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Angel Names and Meanings

The angels presented here might be considered “traditional angels”. Most of these angels have been known to human spirits for a very long time. If an angel embodies certain qualities you seek, it can be helpful to invite that angel into your meditations and request their assistance and guidance on your journey. This is by no means a complete record of the angels. There are hosts of angels yet unnamed. Every visible and invisible thing in this world is in the charge of an angel. Abdiel Angel of Faith Abdiel is first mentioned in the Bible where Abdiel is a mortal and resident of Gilead. He is said to be the angel who remains faithful to God during the rebel of the angels in heaven […] Read More

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Angels in Dream, Myth, Literature and History

by Brian Alan Burhoe Angel in both Hebrew (mal’ak) and Greek, means “Messenger.” And Angels appear in every worldwide Culture, with their messages… When Jacob, in his dream of the Ladder (his Ladder was a symbol of the Tree of Life), wrestled with the Angel, he was involved in an archetypal battle with his inner self. When Mary dreamed of an Angel, it was to be given a history-shaping message. For those of us interested in Medieval Christian Mysticism, the Biblical presentation has a power that is mythical in origin and psychologically revalatory in its potential. Ellen G White, in “Who Are the Angels?” wrote: “The connection of the visible with the invisible world, the ministration of angels of God, and the agency of evil […] Read More