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friendly terms we speak of. If you could see the disturbance
caused to Spirit by these petty power games the man plays on

man.”
The word “Angel” originates from the Latin word
angelos : the messenger of God. This word in turn is a

translation from the much older Hebrew word : Mal’ak or
malakh which also means messenger and originates from

around 1000 BC
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In the 5 century BC the prophet Malakhi or Malachie
(translated as ‘messenger’) tells of the coming of another

prophet Elijah (translated as ‘the day of God’)
Therefore Angels are messengers from God as are all

Spirits that come from the Light to bring us guidance and
enlightenment. In all societies we find mention of Divine
messengers mentioned within the myths and legends. There
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was a renewal of interest in angels during the 16 century
where ‘they became a cult among scholars and philosophers’.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, a German doctor

of philosophy, a barrister, a doctor and astrologer, in 1531
wrote a book called Occult Philosophy in which he stated : ‘No
one is aware of the fact that, through good work, a pure spirit,

mystical orations, pious mortifications and other similar things,
we can draw angels from the heavens. We must not doubt that,

similarly, through material and worldly things we can also