The Buddha & The Holy Guardian Angel
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jackshoegazerOm Mani Padme Hum: The Buddha & The Holy Guardian Angel
...via Silver Star Ezine
...by Hermeticus Nath
If there is any spiritual place where Eastern and Western mysticism meet, it may be in the concept of a personal experience of an actualized Self as spiritually transcendent ‘beingness.’ In the Western mystical tradition, this externalized concept is called the ‘Holy Guardian Angel’ (HGA). In Orthodox or Catholic dogma, the HGA is considered an angel of divine emanation specifically born with each person and whose duty it is to guide and help that person in his or her spiritual quest through life and in death. The HGA is also to accompany its charge to Heaven (one hopes.) In the Western mystical tradition, the HGA takes on a much deeper importance, in fact it has been said a number of times that no practical magickal work can ever be done until the aspirant has attained ‘Knowledge & Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.’ This was traditionally seen as an inner and outer magickal working involving the whole-hearted focus of the aspirant upon the divine essence of his or her Self by through ritual, meditation, visionary experiences and a complete focus on detaching from the world by ‘inflaming oneself through prayer.’
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Thanks JRFrench
...via Silver Star Ezine
...by Hermeticus Nath
If there is any spiritual place where Eastern and Western mysticism meet, it may be in the concept of a personal experience of an actualized Self as spiritually transcendent ‘beingness.’ In the Western mystical tradition, this externalized concept is called the ‘Holy Guardian Angel’ (HGA). In Orthodox or Catholic dogma, the HGA is considered an angel of divine emanation specifically born with each person and whose duty it is to guide and help that person in his or her spiritual quest through life and in death. The HGA is also to accompany its charge to Heaven (one hopes.) In the Western mystical tradition, the HGA takes on a much deeper importance, in fact it has been said a number of times that no practical magickal work can ever be done until the aspirant has attained ‘Knowledge & Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.’ This was traditionally seen as an inner and outer magickal working involving the whole-hearted focus of the aspirant upon the divine essence of his or her Self by through ritual, meditation, visionary experiences and a complete focus on detaching from the world by ‘inflaming oneself through prayer.’
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Thanks JRFrench
