I came across this summary of Christian teaching on angels on the web.
Is this an accurate reflection of the "Dionysian Nine"?
The last paragraph, in particular, implies that it is based on the kind of
crankiness that Americans call "kooky", but much of the rest seems a fair
summary.
http://in5d.com/the-9-orders-of-angelic-beings/
All three major religions of the Western world, Christianity, Judaism, and
Islam, as well as virtually all of the world’s other systems of religious
belief, include celestials in their cosmologies. Their scriptures all contain
references to angelic interventions. Angels, like people, belong to families
or clans. Many names have been given to them, but in the opinion of a number
of angel historians, the most familiar can be arranged in three categories, or
spheres, starting at the top with those closest to God, and moving down to
those who are connected to the physical world. …
The word ‘angel’ itself is used both as a generic term to refer to all
heavenly beings, and as a specific term to refer to the members of the third
sphere, those closest to the physical. So, too, the word ‘archangel’ is often
used as a generic term to refer to all the high orders of heavenly beings,
although they are in fact but one of the higher orders.
According to Abigrael, there are four orders within the heavenly hosts that
particularly concern us now: angels, archangels, principalities, and thrones.
…
While it looks like there is a higher and lower echelon, it’s more accurate to
visualize all these orders in a great circle, with the highest and the lowest
holding hands. For example, seraphim, who appear to be closest to the Creator,
also serve the God in us.
The Spiritual Hierarchy
All three major religions of the Western world, Christianity, Judaism, and
Islam, as well as virtually all of the world's other systems of religious
belief, include celestials in their cosmologies. Their scriptures all contain
references to angelic interventions. Angels, like people, belong to families
or clans. Many names have been given to them, but in the opinion of a number
of angel historians, the most familiar can be arranged in three categories, or
spheres, starting at the top with those closest to God, and moving down to
those who are connected to the physical world. ... The 9 orders of angelic
beings (1 being the highest order)
The First Sphere — angels who serve as heavenly counselors
1 – SERAPHIM
2 – CHERUBIM
3 – THRONES
The Second Sphere — angels who work as heavenly governors
4 – DOMINIONS
5 – VIRTUES
6 – POWERS
The Third Sphere — angels who function as heavenly messengers
7 – PRINCIPALITIES
8 – ARCHANGELS
9 – ANGELS
SERAPHIM
“The highest order of the highest hierarchy are the seraphim, the celestial
beings said to surround the throne of God, singing the music of the spheres,
and regulating the movement of the heavens as it emanates from God.”
CHERUBIM
“Beyond the thrones are the cherubim. They are the guardians of light, and of
the stars. Remote from your plane of reality, still their light touches your
lives, the divine light that they filter down from Heaven.” — Lucifer
(Satan/Devil) is known as the ‘angel of light, whom God’s light shown through’
— before his ‘sin against God’.
THRONES
“The first order in the third sphere is the thrones. They are the companion
angels of the planets. At this time in your history it is important for you to
be aware of the particular throne, the Earth Angel, who is guardian of your
world.” — [ Lady Gaia ]
DOMINIONS
“The dominions are the heavenly beings who govern the activities of all the
angelic groups lower than they are. Divine bureaucrats, they also serve to
integrate the spiritual and the material worlds. Although they take their
orders from God, and rarely contact individuals, their work is connected to
your reality.”
VIRTUES
“Beyond the powers are another group of beings, the virtues. They are of
particular importance to you now because they are able to beam out massive
levels of divine energy. As more groups of you learn to work with the virtues,
their will be a greater infusion of spiritual energy available on your
planet.”
POWERS
"The first order of the second sphere are those beings who have been known as
powers. They are the bearers of the conscience of all of humanity, the keepers
of your collective history. The angels of birth and death are in this
category. They are able to draw down and hold the energy of the divine plan
the same way trees draw down the energy of the Sun. In this way, the powers
can send all of you a vision of a world spiritual network. Just as you have a
heart, liver, kidneys, and other organs in your body, all of the worlds
religions are different organs in the emerging spiritual body of this planet."
PRINCIPALITIES
“Beyond the group of archangels are the principalities. They are the guardian
angels of all large groups, from cities and nations to recent human creations
such as multi-national corporations. These might more accurately now be called
integrating angels. There are many of these beings involved with your
planet….one particular integrating angel who carries the pattern of a unified
global order in its heart.”
ARCHANGELS
“Beyond the angels are the beings you are used to calling the archangels. But
we suggest that you call them overlighting angels, since they tend the larger
arenas of human endeavor. These beings are from a different family from the
angels. There are m any different kinds of overlighting angels in this larger
family. The four you are most familiar with are Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, and
Uriel.”
ANGELS
“The angels that you’re most familiar with are those in the last order. They
are the ones who are closest to humanity, the ones most concerned with human
affairs. Within the category of angels, there are many different kinds, with
different functions.. ..The ones that you know best….are the guardian angels.
Because of shifts in their functions and your consciousness, it is useful to
think of these celestial beings as companion angels. As you enter a time of
increased light and love on the planet, they will not need to guard you, but
rather will be your guides to greater and greater consciousness.” — This can
be related directly to the transformation of the Earth into the Galactic
Federation, with the Earth entering the photon belt, transmuting us into the
Fourth Dimension. According to the Galactic Federation, we will be assisted
during this time both by our own angelic hierarchy (above) and by mass
landings of Humans from the Sirius star cluster.
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web:
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog:
http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk