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According to Kabbalah, there are four worlds and our world is the last world: the world of action (Assiyah). Angels exist in the worlds above as a 'task' of God. They are an extension of God to produce effects in this world. After an angel has completed its task, it ceases to exist. The angel is in effect the task.
He is viewed as the angelic model for the virtues of the “spiritual warrior”, his conflict with evil taken as “the battle within”. [39] The second and third roles of Michael in Catholic teachings deal with death. In his second role, he is the angel of death, carrying the souls of Christians to Heaven. Catholic prayers often refer to ...
Guardian Angels Baraqiel: Baraqel, Baraqijal Christianity, Judaism Watcher, Archangel Thunderstorm/Lightning Barbiel Barbuel, Barubiel Christianity, Judaism Archangel, chief of the Fallen Angel [citation needed] Thunderstorm/Lightning Beburos: Christianity, Judaism, Islam: Archangel [citation needed] Angel of the end of Earth Bene Elohim (type ...
Metatron is considered one of the highest of the angels in Merkavah and Kabbalist mysticism and often serves as a scribe. He is briefly mentioned in the Talmud, [23] and figures prominently in Merkavah mystical texts. Michael, who serves as a warrior and advocate for Israel, [24] is looked upon particularly fondly.
Some scholars suggest that Islamic angels can be grouped into fourteen categories, with some of the higher orders being considered archangels. Qazwini describes an angelic hierarchy in his Aja'ib al-makhluqat with Ruh on the head of all angels, surrounded by the four archangelic cherubim. Below them are the seven angels of the seven heavens. [8]
The life of angels is that of usefulness, and their functions are so many that they cannot be enumerated. However each angel will enter a service according to the use that they had performed in their earthly life. [15] Names of angels, such as Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, signify a particular angelic function rather than an individual being. [16]
The Christian movement of Gnosticism paid special attention to angels as beings belonging to a pantheon of spiritual forces involved in the creation of the world. According to one ancient Gnostic manuscript , the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit , Gabriel is a divine being and inhabitant of the Pleroma who existed prior to the Demiurge .
Sandraudiga, goddess whose name may mean "she who dyes the sand red", suggesting she is a war deity or at least has a warrior aspect Týr , god of war, single combat, law, justice, and the thing , who later lost much of his religious importance and mythical role to the god Wōden