Their densest body, though differing from ours in shape, and made
of desire stuff, is used by them as a vehicle of consciousness in the same manner that we
use our body. They[pg 080]are expert manipulators of forces in the Desire World, and these forces, as
we shall see, move all the world to action. Therefore the Archangels work with humanity
industriallyand
politically as
arbitrators of the destiny of peoples and nations. The Angels may be said to be family-spirits whose mission is
to unite a few spirits as members of a family, and cement them with ties of blood and love
of kin, while the Archangels may be called race and national spirits, as they unite whole
nations by patriotism or love of home and country. They are responsible for the rise and
fall of nations, they give war or peace, victory or defeat as it serves the best interests
of the people they rule. This we may see, for instance, from the book of Daniel, where the
Archangel Michael (not to be confounded with the Michael, who is ambassador from the sun to
the earth), is called the prince of the children of Israel. Another Archangel tells Daniel,
(in the tenth chapter) that he intends to fight the prince of Persia by means of the
Greeks.
There are varying grades of intelligence among human beings, some
are qualified to hold high and lofty positions entirely beyond the ability of others. So it
is also among[pg 081]higher beings, not all Archangels are fitted to govern a nation and rule
the destiny of a race, people or tribe, some are not fitted to rule human beings at all, but
as the animals also have a desire nature these lower grades of Archangels govern the animals
as group-spirits and evolve to higher capacity thereby.
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