Threefold: The angel hierarchies
The Angelic Beings Higher than men in their development are the beings called angels. They are beings that can stand so far above men in their perfection and in their abilities that they were also called gods at many times, although they are also distinguished from what is still standing above them and is called the triune deity. These angels are now again divided into three hierarchies according to the greatness of their sublimity, their development. The 3rd hierarchy of the soul spirits (B067, "The Cornerstone Spell") as being directly adjacent to mankind, the 2nd hierarchy of the spirits of light and the 1st hierarchy of the spirits of power, which in their perfection are so far above man that they already become visible to the triune Godhead. These beings have their life in the realm beyond the physical world, on the astral plane and in the spirit land they have their home, so the angels have no physical body in the sense of a human body, their I dwells in these higher worlds and not in the physical world. The Angeloi are one level of development above human beings, beyond the realm of the Angeloi, that of the Archangeloi follows, then that of the Archai, these three are the angelic beings of the 3rd hierarchy. The consciousness of these beings then rises higher and higher, their ability to work becomes greater and greater. The angels of the 2nd hierarchy are now the Exusiai, Dynamis, Kyriotetes and the 1st hierarchy are the thrones, cherubim and seraphim. In the spiritual world, beings in intimate union can appear as a unity. "In this work itself, however, they evolved higher, they evolved their oneness into a reality, so that now they were not only seven, but that the Sevenfold was a whole, so that we can now speak of an Elohimity." (GA182, 22.10.1910, p.124) And act as one entity upon other beings. The Angeloi (or angels, spirits of the twilight, sons of life) The Angeloi are one level in their development above the human being, they have developed their ego to the point that they have become masters of their astral body. They have developed the Spiritual Self and thus have a conscious image consciousness, which enables them to live in the spiritual world with full self-confidence. They are capable of selfless deeds and actions, their whole being in a surrendered being to the higher angel hierarchies, they are completely filled with their revelations. They are not to be called free in the sense in which human beings are, because only the truth of the higher gods lives in them. They reveal themselves in their deeds (B136, 5.4.1912). Such a consciousness no longer has any sleep/dream, it is a continuous "picture consciousness" that can also perceive higher spiritual and divine processes, as well as soul processes of other beings and process them consciously in thought. The Angeloi also has different bodies like the human being, an ego, an astral body, an etheric body, already a spiritual self, beginnings of even higher members of being and a physical body. In man these individual bodies or limbs are united in the physical body. In the angel as one part, the physical body, the ether body and the astral body are in the physical world and the members of the ego, the spiritual self and the even higher members are in the regions of the soul world and spirit land. The physical body of an angel cannot and does not have to be an enclosed, uniform body like the human body. So the physical body can be distributed into various waters of one or more lakes (B076, 16.4.1909), a water surface is the body of several angels. "And indeed, they dwell therein properly embodied in the aqueous element, in flowing, ever-changing form." (B148,7.8.1908). Temple and church buildings serve to lower the etheric body of the angels or precious stones serve special perceptions. These beings are integrated into the constant world events and work with their activities and duties on the development of the world and its further progress. As the name guardian angels so beautifully illustrates, they often have connections with more or less large groups of people. The Angeloi, as the lowest hierarchy of angelic beings, can develop to a level that is occupied by the next higher beings. They went through something similar to our present level of humanity, in the previous embodiment of the Earth, the Old Moon, and developed ego-consciousness (B007). The angelic hierarchies are constantly working on the further development of the bodies of man. Through imaginative insight one can see how the Angeloi work on the astral body of man. "The angels form images in the human body ... then it is seen that these images, after very specific impulses, ... according to very specific impulses". (B128, 9.10.1918). These images awaken in the human being very specific powers for future development. The angels work on the astral body of the human being to enable him to recognize the spiritual and thus to develop the disposition for spiritual science. "says the guardian: It speaks, who has shown you the ways From being on earth to being on earth ...in the light of the spirit. That is the Keeper's language. Then the angelic being speaks, which guides us on the way from being on earth to being on earth: Look at your senses as luminous beings. So this is the being that, as angelic being, as Angelos, guides us from incarnation to incarnation. This is what this line says. We hear it in inner, meaningful life", (B123, 12th hour). We can hear it in the mantras of the class lessons of the School of Spiritual Science. The Angeloi transform our soul so that we can recognize the divine in each person. This gives us the ability to allow complete religious freedom. And these astral images work into our physical body the possibility to suffer the physical needs of our fellow human beings, so that brotherhood among human beings develops. The angels hope for the people who have passed through evil and have found their way back to good. The angel hopes for our search for the Christ, our interest in the world, our initiatives and the assumption of responsibility. "Spiritual science for the spirit, religious freedom for the soul, fraternity for the bodies, that sounds like world music through the work of the angels in the human astral bodies", (B128 , 9.10.1918). Our love can strengthen the angels. Today, however, man can no longer be guided by the angel, for we are to gain freedom. They only expect us. The Archangeloi (archangels or fire spirits) The Archangeloi are again one level higher than the Angeloi. They have already gone through their humanity level, even before two incarnations of the earths, on the so-called old sun. The Archangeloi have not only their astral body, but also their etheric body under conscious control of their ego. Thus, the archangels are higher than the angels by the same amount of steps in their development, just as the angels are higher than human beings. They have achieved everything in themselves that makes a person up and lifts the angel above the person, and in addition, they have developed further qualities and powers. Thus the Archangeloi not only has a continuous consciousness that can perceive the outer mental and spiritual phenomena of the other beings, but also a perception in which they can recognize the inner mental states of the beings surrounding them in pictures and sounds. They have an organization that is divided into two parts. The physical body connected with the earthly one and the etheric body which form a form of unity and a second part which consists of the astral body, the I, the spiritual self (as with the angel) and the life spirit (the self transformed etheric body), beyond that it has an even higher member of its being (B076. 7. lecture of 16.4.1909, p. 112). As a physical body the wind, the air, serves them "Continue to live in what we know as the element of air and preferably in our air those beings we call the archangels" (B148, 7.8.1908). Just as the hierarchy of angels has reached a stage of development where it can take over responsibility for whole groups of people, so the even more highly developed archangels have the task of watching over and guiding the coexistence and harmony of whole peoples or groups of people similar to peoples. Thus, in religious, esoteric or folklore tradition, individual archangels are always known by name, who are considered to be the soul or spirits of individual peoples. "Keeper: It speaks, who made thee to souls In the substance-free realm of being on the wings of my soul. And the being from the hierarchy of the Archangeloi that cares about us speaks the next line: "Look at the power of your mind." (B123, 12th hour). The archangels, too, can rise higher in long and progressive development to the next level of angelic beings", (B123, 12th hour). The Archai (primal beginnings, or spirits of personality) Beings that have already left behind a state of development like mankind today, like the Angeloi and the Archangeloi, who are far ahead of us in their spiritual and mental nature, are called the spirits of personality, Archai, primordial forces or primal beginnings. They have trained their ego into a self-consciousness, they have transformed their astral body and their consciousness into a spiritual self, they have transformed their etheric body and their consciousness into a spirit of life and they have transformed the physical body into their highest member, the body of spirit that is imbued with their will, thinking and feeling, their knowledge builds itself on a body that replaces the material body, these beings have reached a state that is called spiritual man. Also these angelic beings have a body that is separated into two parts, the physical body is connected with the earthly body and the etheric body, the astral body, the I, the spiritual self, the spirit self, the life spirit and the spirit man are in higher worlds. They have their physical body in the warmth element. "And in that which is felt as warmth we have the incorporation of those entities," (B148,7.8.1908) These entities of the Hierarchy of the Spirits of Personalities, in their high level of development and far advanced mode of cognition, are responsible for the conditions of all mankind. Thus, in a certain rhythm of time, this responsibility alternates between individual, different so-called Zeitgeists. The consciousness of this archai reaches so far in its nature that it can not only recognize the inner and outer soul and spiritual qualities of other beings, but it recognizes the being itself, as if it could be in complete selflessness in all beings. This hierarchy of angels went through its humanity stage on the first embodiment of the earth, the old Saturn. The Archai are connected with the development of our physical body and our independence. They have implanted us with the possibility of independence but also selfishness. Today these spirits of personality live from the spiritual work that we humans do. They feed on the thought forms we develop that correspond to spiritual truths. "...lines from the Keeper: It speaks, who among spirits In the Creator Field far from the Earth I want to give you a reason to exist. ...After the Dweller of the Threshold has spoken thus, the being speaks from the ranks of the Archai: Look' on the memory of pictorial figures.", (B123, 12th hour). As we succeed in connecting with the Holy Spirit on the path of Christ's will, so these beings receive their nourishment through us (B037, lecture 17.6.1909 and B054, 18.12.13). The more we develop a wealth of thoughts, aesthetic judgement and fulfilment of our duties beyond karma, the more beautiful food we offer these beings as a sacrifice. Angeloi, Archangeloi and Archai summarized as 3rd hierarchy The angelic hierarchies of angels, archangels and primal beginnings are also seen as one of the three great hierarchies of angels, whereby the third, the lowest of these groups of angels, is connected to human beings and their developmental events. They are a high spiritual link from the human kingdom to the kingdom of angelic beings. They take up the thinking, feeling and will of human beings and can take out of it the good that has a promising future and send it to the even higher hierarchies for transformation and help for humanity. "For the spirits of the third hierarchy, Angeloi, Archangeloi, Archai, they are the serving spirits of the spirit world. From them we now hear that which we are looking at when we execute the soul's gaze on the colour-flooded bowl of the world, the beyond of the rainbow. Angeloi, Archangeloi, Archai: Feel our thoughts Color Breathing Life In the bowl light floods ; We carry the light of meaning In spirit realms And turning worldly Serving spirits to serve us higher", (B123, 17th hour). Exusiai (forces, Elohim or spirits of form) Elohim create physical forms. They have reached a stage of development where they need their powers, their thinking, feeling and will, their knowledge and wisdom not only for their own bodily structure, but in their fullness they can already let these flow out for the benefit of other beings. These beings, in their height of development, have the task of being responsible for the development of the entire planetary system. They are the creators of humanity in its present physical form. In their sphere the forms are created and the sun is the place of their activity. The light is the clothing of these beings. "And in the sunlight the spiritual being of the powers streams towards us; therefore I told them before that the light is the garment of the powers. (B148,7.8.1908). "Then again the sound is heard from all sides of the cosmos: "Hear the field of feeling. The Guardian then speaks the next three lines: "He speaks who, as a thought. From spirit sunbeams Calls you to worldhood. It is already a higher language, the language that resounds from higher hierarchy ... to hear how we are called into the world, into the world-being itself. This resounds out of the hierarchy of the exusiai. Then it speaks out about the being that belongs to us from the hierarchy of exusiai: "Feel in your breath the excitement of life." (B123, 12th hour). Dynamis (forces or spirits of movement) They are the creators of the movement, all the forms created by the forces are transformed into movements by the dynamis. "Again, the Keeper speaks the next three lines: Speaks the world-being From stellar life forces ...in the realms of the mind. Then the being speaks out of the hierarchy of Dynamis: "Feel the ripples in your blood. Kyriotetes (Lords or Spirits of Wisdom) In the hierarchy of the angelic beings, who are one level above the powers, the rulers or with other names are also Kyriotetes, spirits of wisdom or Dominationes. "And again the Keeper speaks, now admonishing us that we should hear what a being from the line of Kyriotees speaks: "He speaks, who has given you In the light heights of the gods from the will of the earth. Then this being from the line of the Kyriotes speaks: "Feel the earth mightily reluctant." (B123, 12th hour). The 2nd hierarchy as the cooperation of the angels Exusiai, Dynamis and Thrones "we are witnessing a dialogue between the entities of the second hierarchy and the entities of the third hierarchy. . : The one you received... From dead senses animated: We awaken it in being; We give it to the rays, That of the substance Invalidity In the Spirit Being Love-weaving reveal", (B123, 17th hour). What the 3rd hierarchy of angels, which Angeloi, Archangeloi and Archai could take from the thinking, feeling and will of men, they now convey to the 3rd hierarchy of exusiai, dynamis and thrones. They transform it and weave it into their creative work, into the love and life giving rays that they send to the people. Thrones (Radiant Flames or Spirits of Will) In the hierarchy of angelic beings, one step above Kyriotetes are the thrones. They exude the will. Having direct sight of the Godhead, what they accomplish, they do from their view of God. "The thrones speak to us of that which passes from the drives, as we call it, from the impulses of the soul into our will, when we carry out something in the world as will ..: Hear the will field. Then the Dweller of the Threshold: It speaks, who has seen the forces of the world... From the earthly undergrounds, the dark ...in thy limbs to direct action: Look upon your instincts fire-beings", (B123, 13th hour). God does it through them, they cannot help it. They keep looking at God. Cherubim, spirits of the highest wisdom In the hierarchy of angelic beings one level above the thrones, the cherubim or by other names are also spirits of supreme wisdom. They pour out the wisdom. The cherubim take up ideas from the Trinity and develop them into wisdom to be given to creation. "But it is a great, tremendous encounter when man, in his life of intuition, where he can make contact with the field of the cherubim, encounters the world in which his conscience wanders west and weaves. It is the greatest personal discovery that man can make. The Dweller of the Threshold admonishes us to this with the words "It speaks the rays of the spirit, the bright out of God's working fields, mercifully circling in your blood: look at the conscience of the soul guide", (B123, 13th hour). If they have a direct view of the Godhead, what they accomplish, they do it from their own view of God. Seraphim, Spirits of All Love In the hierarchy of angelic beings, being one rank above the cherubim, the seraphim, or by other names, are also spirits of love. If they are in view of the highest Deity, they do what they accomplish out of their view of God. "Then says the Dweller of the Threshold: "He speaks who has made man, who has accomplished - these are the former earth lives Through deaths and births, meaningful It is the breath of the present time. We imagine how the whole sky above the lightning sends down the lightning with wafting warmth, with wafting heat. And in this wafting heat from space, we feel the language of the seraphim: Look upon your fate Spiritual test how fate extends from life on earth to life on earth into this present life on earth", (B123, 13th hour). They receive the ideas from the Trinity and transmit them to the lower hierarchies. The co-operation of the angelic spirits of the 1st hierarchy, the seraphim, cherubim and thrones World and man were created under the direction of the highest hierarchies of the angelic beings. The development of the human-being to a new 10th hierarchy of angelic beings to a being capable of freedom-love is the goal of the cooperation of the new hierarchies of angels. "In your worlds of will Feel our world work; Spirit glistens in the fabric, If we can do it by thinking; spirit creates in matter, If we want to live; world i s t I-wanted spirit-word", (B123, 17th hour) That is it, the whole world-being as the spirit word that wants to bring forth I-Consciousness. Sample from the book "Mensch"
