Angels and Archangels: A Magician's Guide

Learn to call on the divine assistance of angelic forces to shape your life and accelerate your spiritual practice in this in-depth guide from Damien Echols.

"The ultimate goal of working with angels is to become one ourselves. That's what people actually are--unconscious angels."
--Damien Echols

"Angels do not belong to any one single religion, system, or dogma," teaches Damien Echols. "They are almost pure energy--the very substance the cosmos is made of. They're also incredibly willing to work with us if asked." With Angels and Archangels, this bestselling author presents an essential resource for understanding what angels are, how they make themselves available, and magickal practices to invoke their power to transform your life.

For the magician--or anyone seeking to enlist helping forces on the path of awakening--invoking angels and archangels gives you access to incredible potential for manifestation, healing, and spiritual growth. In this lucid and information-packed guide, Damien shares his unique understanding and experience of magickal practices refined in the crucible of his wrongful death row imprisonment. Here you'll discover:

- A clear presentation of angels and archangels as they have been honored in mystical traditions for thousands of years
- The names and qualities of individual angels and archangels, as associated with the elements, the Zodiac, the Tree of Life, and the Tarot
- Foundational practices and meditations for building your skills with magick
- How to call on angels for blessing, protection, invocation, the creation of talismans and sigils, and more
- Advanced angel magick rituals, including the Rose Cross, the Celestial Lotus, and the Shem Operation
- The Holy Guardian Angel--the key contact for stepping into your true nature beyond ego consciousness

"When working with angels and archangels," says Damien, "I've come to realize that they don't carry out the tasks we charge them with just because we ask them to--they do it because they perceive the divine within us." Angels and Archangels is an essential resource for every magickal library, an invitation by one of the most exciting modern teachers of the art to discover the enormous potential waiting for your call.

ISBN-13: 9781649630537

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Sounds True - Incorporated

Publication Date: 01-31-2023

Pages: 288

Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Damien Echols’s wrongful conviction, sentencing, and eventual release as part of the West Memphis Three case is the subject of the HBO documentary Paradise Lost and West of Memphis, a documentary produced by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. While in prison, Damien was ordained into the Rinzai Zen Buddhist tradition. His books include the New York Times bestseller Life After Death, High Magick, and Angels and Archangels, as well as Ritual: An Essential Grimoire and Yours for Eternity (both with Lorri Davis). Today, he teaches magick and works as a visual artist. For more, visit damienechols.com.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Foreword John Michael Greer xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction What is Angel Magick? 1

How I Invoked Angels to Create My Previous Book, High Magick 1

How This Book Relates to High Magick 4

Why Angel Magick? Material Manifestation and Enlightenment 4

The Will 8

The Ego 9

Crossing the Abyss 11

The Difference Between Angels and Archangels 15

Looking Forward 16

Part 1 Angels and Archangels 19

1 Archangels of the Elements 23

Raphael 27

Gabriel 29

Michael 31

Uriel 33

Metatron 35

Sandalphon 37

2 Archangels of the Tree of Life 39

Sandalphon, Archangel of Malkuth 42

Gabriel, Archangel of Yesod 42

Michael, Archangel of Hod 43

Haniel, Archangel of Netzach 44

Raphael, Archangel of Tiphareth 45

Kamael, Archangel of Geburah 46

Tzadkiel, Archangel of Chesed 47

Tzaphkiel, Archangel of Binah 48

Raziel, Archangel of Chokmah 50

Metatron, Archangel of Kether 51

3 Angels and Archangels of the Zodiac 53

The Twelve Archangels of the Zodiac 59

The Seventy-Two Angels of the Zodiac 83

4 Angels of the Tarot 95

The Archangels of the Major Arcana: The Cards, Their Associated Archangels, and Reasons for Charging and Invocation 98

The Angels and Archangels of the Minor Arcana: The Cards, Their Associated Angels or Archangels, and Reasons for Charging and Invocation 120

Part 2 Practices and Rituals 149

Attitude and Manifestation 150

Quantum Physics and Magick 152

Experimentation 153

Magickal Tools and Implements 154

Your Altar 157

5 Mind Training, Mindfulness, and Meditation 159

Practice: Prison Cell Meditation 160

Practice: Zazen 163

Ceremonial Magick and the Present Moment 164

Practice: Noticing the Strategies of the Ego 165

Practice: Archangel Meditation 166

Anxiety, Faith, and Fear 167

Practice: Look Up 168

Vibration 170

Practice: Take Care of Your Environment 170

6 Essential Rituals and Intermediate Modifications 173

The Pentagram 173

The Qabalistic Cross 176

Practice: The Qabalistic Cross 177

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram 180

Ritual: The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram 181

Intermediate Modifications to the LBRP 185

The Lesser Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram 185

Circumambulation 186

Adding Elemental Angels, Rulers, and Kings 187

Adding the Archangels of the Tree of Life 188

Ritual: The Analysis of the Keyword (or LVX) 189

7 Calling on An gels 193

Practice: Modern-Day Bibliomancy 194

Ritual: Simple Blessing Ritual 195

Practice: Bare-Bones Manifestation 196

Ptactice: Shielding 198

Practice: Short Planetary Invocation 200

Practice: Talismans and Sigils 202

Ritual: Basic Sigil Practice 204

Practice: The Gateway Talisman 206

Practice: Air Magick 208

Practice: File Magick 210

Practice: Water Magick 212

Practice: Earth Magick 215

8 Advanced Rituals 217

Ritual: The Rose Cross 217

An Introduction to Hexagrams and the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram 223

Ritual: The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram 224

Ritual: The Celestial Lotus 227

Ritual: The Shem Operation 237

Next Steps 245

Notes 261

Resources 263

Index 265

About the Author 269

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