When I began to write about Angelic Intelligence, I had no idea it would be so deeply empowering for women.
I had already been teaching metaphysics for some time when I discovered that each of the archangels relates to a certain set of spiritual gifts. For instance, Zadkiel rules forgiveness, service and transmutation, Michael brings faith, miracles and protection, and Uriel fuels gratitude and supports prosperity- to name a few. I’d been sharing these gifts since my 20’s in groups, in writing and through mass media.
I set out to apply, enrich and write about these angelic connections, developing a system of support for visualization, positive prayer, healing, prosperity, and personal empowerment. As I went about this work, something even more fascinating emerged: I observed that each archangel had close convergences with certain ancient goddesses. We often think of angels as churchy, but it turns out that their roots reach back to traditions that predate organized religion, to a time when healers and spiritual guides were usually women.
For instance, Archangel Michael is inextricably entwined with Tibetan warrior goddess Simhamuka, Archangel Gabriel with Virgen Mary-Tonantzin, and Zadkiel with Isis and the Mayan Ixchel. The system I was archangelic system I was developing actually resonated with similar practices that in very ancient times had been used around the world, before geological catastrophes and warrior groups all but erased them from the face of the earth.
From Africa to China and Perú, certain feminine archetypes reappear and support everything from healing, to beauty, compassion, manifestation, and the most transcendent of all universal goals -to awaken the light body.
It’s safe to say that a significant percentage of adherents to New Age spirituality are women. In fact, it was women that in the late 1800’s were central pioneers of what is now a worldwide movement. As we discover our inner power, it’s not like we’re sitting around waiting to be told that this path is exciting and that we’re amazing light beings. We are living the experience ourselves. However, to know that women teachers and healers were once universally revered, that female archetypes were vital to ancient pantheons, and that thousands of years ago women had an edge on connections with light beings is somehow strengthening. As I explain in my book, confidence is central to developing our subtle gifts. It’s not just a feeling, it’s an energy that deepens the power of our prayers, accelerates our healing and improves the results of our intentional manifestations. And confidence is one of many areas that angels help us reinforce.
To speak of feminine empowerment isn’t to disparage men. Ancient cultures appreciated the value of both feminine and masculine. In fact, some ancient goddesses carry a mix of both. Archeologists say that the most ancient deities were feminine felines. Egypt has lions, China tigers in China and the American continent, jaguars. Wildcats are formidable hunters, particularly the females. Feline goddesses combine the protective instinct and love of a mother, with the physical prowess and dominion associated with the masculine. They roam the shadows of the energy realms, hunting out and eliminating parasitical energies and freeing us from spiritual and material limitation.
Blue Simhamukha, a pre-Buddhist goddess, is depicted as a woman with a lion’s face. Besides her color, her convergences with Archangel Michael are too many for mere coincidence. To mention just a few: like Michael with his sword, the goddesses wields a copper knife. Both weapons are used to cut away undesirable energy and cut through accumulated, dense vibrations that sometimes trap us in limiting appearances, such as insecurity, fear, sadness, illness or lack. Michael protects portals between dimensions, including graveyards; Simhamukha dances on cremation grounds, guiding souls to the beyond and vanquishing parasitical energies, as does Michael. The archangel is sometimes depicted stepping on a demon or devil, while the goddess stands over a corpse, demonstrating victory over the lower-self and negative entities connected to it. Both of them are loving warriors whose blue light serves as a shield of protection and to increase the radiance of our light bodies. Michael is the Prince of the Archangels. Commanding an enormous host of warrior forces, he brings divine protection and victory. As for Simhamukha, she’s invoked as the “Mother of all conquerors, Queen of the numberless dakinis. With magic powers smashing to dust hindrances and enemies.” She transmutes antagonism into compassion.
Both deities can be invoked to elevate the vibration of your home. For protection, ask Michael to occupy your space with his hosts, cast out undesirable energies and shield it with his blue light. Spend several minutes imagining you can see him in the living room or area, a great, brilliant angel or force field; then visualize an army of blue angels pouring in and moving through each room, including bathrooms, the pantry and so on. Mentally fill every corner of your home with their blue radiance. If there has been fighting or complaining in the home, call on Simhamukha. Visualize her: a beautiful, blue goddess, -either with a lion’s face or accompanied by a lion. Imagine a host of dakinis (feminine angels), with her, filling your space, and repeat 3 times mindfully, “Mother of All Conquerors, please smash to dust all hindrances to harmony, and transmute them into divine kindness.” I like to do these invocations at night, when portals to the subtle realms expand.
People may think of angels as fluffy beings up there somewhere, to be invoked in an emergency. It’s true, they will answer calls for help. However, as we can see in the above examples, to explore the archangels and their goddess colleagues brings a richer and broader picture. With their particularly feminine -and sometimes masculine- aptitudes, the goddesses put us in touch with our own identity and powers as women -powers we ignite and enrich as we connect with light beings in everyday challenges and joys.
The archangels and their goddess companions cover a large range of spiritual gifts, from transmutation, forgiveness, self-worth, confidence, faith, healing and prosperity to everything in between. In my book, Angels and Goddess, Manifest your Desires with Angelic Intelligence, I share numerous ways of working with these deities for support in transmutation, forgiveness, self-worth, confidence, faith, healing, achievement, prosperity and many other gifts, both mystical and material. Connect with the angels, energize your goddess powers.
