Angels 101

Glossary

Abundance

Having more than an adequate quantity or supply; an overflowing fullness and great plenty.

Affirmation

Declaring the truth through a positive statement.

Alchemy

A power or process to transforming something common into something special.

Angels

Messengers of love who serve as guardians and helpers between heaven and earth.

Angel cards

A deck of cards used for doing angel readings. The cards have various illustrations of the angels and they each have a message of divine guidance.

Angel reading

A method of divination where you connect to the angels to receive messages of divine guidance about all aspects of your life.

Angelic realm

A spiritual realm of pure love where God’s divine helpers reside.

Apparition

When an angelic being or a deceased love one becomes visible and you can see them with your eyes open.

Archangels

A higher order of angels that oversee the other angels. They have the ability to be with everyone simultaneously.

Ascended Masters

God’s divine helpers. These beings of light walked before you on this earth, and during their lifetimes they were great teachers. They have now ascended into heaven and their role is to help all those that need them.

Ascension

When in reference to Christ, it means the rising of his body into heaven. In New Age terms it means transforming your energy from a lower vibration into a higher vibration.

Attunement

To adjust or harmonize your vibration with the angels.

Beliefs

A mental acceptance or conviction that something is true.

Chakras

The seven spiritual-energy centers of the body.

Chanting

To recite something in a repetitive tone or to make melodic sounds with your voice.

Cherubim

The guardians of the fixed stars, keepers of the heavenly records, and bestowers of knowledge. Cherubim are in the first triad of the hierarchy.

Clairaudience

Clear hearing. This is when you experience or hear clear thoughts or words flowing through your mind, and no one is physically there talking to you.

Claircognizance

Clear knowing. When you have an inner knowing, you feel very strongly that something is true or you know beyond any doubt that you need to take action.

Clairgustance

Clear taste. When you experience this you have a clear taste of something in your mouth without any explanation of why it’s happening.

Clairolfactory

Clear smell. When you use this ability, you can smell something even though it’s not physically in your presence.

Clairsentience

Clear feeling. This is when you receive information as a feeling in your body.

Clairvoyance

Clear vision. This is when you have visions, images, or symbols presented to you through your inner vision rather than your eyesight.

Coincidence

When two seemingly connected things happen at the same time for no apparent reason.

Discernment

The gaining of insight or understanding about something that might have been confusing.

Divine Guidance

Receiving clarity, direction, or inspiration from a divine source.

Divine Inspiration

When you are guided or motivated by God and the angels to take action and express divine will.

Divine Intervention

When the angels intervene and perform a miracle.

Divine Magic

A magical occurrence as a result of divine intervention.

Divine Resolution

When a problem or an issue is resolved miraculously by the divine.

Dominions

Angels in the second tier of the hierarchy. They are the divine leaders who regulate the duties of the angels below them in the hierarchy. They are the angels of intuition and wisdom and the majesty of God is manifested through them.

Earthbound spirits

Deceased humans who are hanging around the earth plane. Some people refer to them as ghosts.

Ego

The part of your personality or self that sees itself as separate from God. It usually wants to be in control, and it focuses on fear.

Energy

An supply or source of seemingly unlimited power.

Faith

A firm belief in something for which there is no proof. Another meaning is the belief and trust in God.

Guardian Angels

Your personal tutelary angels. Everyone has at least two guardian angels who were gifted to you by God.

Guided meditation

A meditation that is guided by the voice of the facilitator.

Heaven on Earth

Having all the experiences of heaven here on earth; bliss, unity, abundance, miracles, wholeness, joy, peace, and unconditional love.

Hierarchy

The order of holy beings as organized in a successive ranking of power.

Icon

A religious image or symbol that is sometimes painted on a wooden panel.

Intention

Focusing your thoughts and feelings on what you desire to create and experience with determination.

Intuition

The instinctual knowing you get when you listen to your inner senses.

Invocation

Asking for help or support from God and the angels.

Kabbalah

A secret doctrine of mystical teachings based on the esoteric interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Law of attraction

When your focused thoughts, feelings, and emotions are charged with energy or vibration, and it acts as a magnet that attracts into your life exactly what you’re focused on.

Life purpose

When you’ve found a way to express yourself that feels meaningful and significant to you. It’s fulfilling and you feel passionate about it.

Manifestation

A materialized form that was created from a thought or a prayer.

Meditation

To engage in reflection, prayer, or contemplation.

Medium

Someone who communicates with deceased loved ones to deliver messages of healing and love.

Miracle

An extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention into human affairs or an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment.

Nature Angels

The angels of Mother Nature; the fairies.

Near-death experience

When someone is close to death, or they are pronounced clinically dead, and they have an experience of life after death.

New Testament

The second part of the Christian Bible that includes the book of Acts and Revelation and the canonical Gospels and Epistles.

Old Testament

The first part of the Christian Bible including the books of the Jewish canon of scripture.

Powers

The angels in the second triad of the hierarchy. These angels are the defenders and protectors of the world. They keep track of human history, and they are the organizers of world religions.

Precognition

When you receive visions or information about a future event.

Principalities

The angels in the lowest tier of the hierarchy. They are the protectors of politics and religion.

Prosperity

Being successful and thriving in financial respects.

Quantum physics

A science that deals with the effects of invisible energy.

It studies the fundamental nature of the universe, and it describes the universe as very different from the world we see with the naked eye.

Sacred Space

A place of retreat where you can step away from the hectic activities of your everyday life and experience peace and relaxation.

Seraphim

The highest order of God’s angelic servants who sit closest to the throne of God.

Sign

A confirmation from your angels.

Spiritual toolbox

A place in your mind where you hold all your spiritual teachings.

Spirituality

Your personal and private relationship and connection with the divine.

Synchronicity

A coincidental occurrence of two or more events that have no relevance to one another, but when the occurrence takes place, it has great meaning to the person who is witnessing or experiencing it.

Third eye

The spiritual eye that receives intuitive information and spiritual visions. This energy center is located behind the forehead and between the eyes.

Thrones

The angels in the first tier of the hierarchy; they bring God’s justice to earth. They create and send positive energy to the earth and all its inhabitants.

Vibration

A characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or something, and it can be instinctively sensed or experienced.

Virtues

The angels in the second tier of the hierarchy. They are known as the “miracle angels.” They are sent to earth to bestow grace and valor.

Wish list

A list of desires and intentions you would like to manifest into physical form.