‘We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.’
ST AMBROSE
What do our angels actually do for us?
They send us positive thoughts and energy, and love and protection (in its simplest form).
‘What know we of the Blest above but that they sing, and that they love?’
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
How much are they permitted to do to help us?
They are not allowed to interfere with our ‘free will’ or anything that may obstruct with any lessons we have pre-planned for ourselves. Although angels do help to lessen the pain, or help with variations of a plan when a choice is proving too difficult for us. Sometimes our pre-birth choices are just too hard for us to handle!
‘We are never so lost our angels cannot find us.’
STEPHANIE POWERS
I often see people in my room at night. Are they angels or are they spirits who want to communicate with me?
Probably spirits. But they may not want to communicate, see you, or even know that you can see them. Spirit overlays our very life – heaven is not ‘up there’ but right here. During the night our own spirit is more fluid within our bodily shell which takes us closer to the realms of spirit (we sort of meet ‘in the middle’). You can ask your angels to help make these spirits unseen to you if this is what you want.
‘Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.’
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE HAMLET. ACT V, SCENE 2
How do I know if my angel is with me? What signs of their presence should I look for?
Angels are around us a lot but if you want further proof of their presence you can always ask them for a sign. Don’t expect a being of light to suddenly jump out of the wardrobe – it simply doesn’t work that way. They will indicate they are around in more subtle ways.
Sometimes they will communicate their message through a stranger. A woman at the bus stop may strike up a ‘meaningful’ conversation for example. Someone may present you with an angel pin, or perhaps a white feather will appear where there were none before. Maybe you will just ‘feel’ your angel come close to you.
‘All God’s angels come to us disguised.’
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
How do our angels choose us?
Angels are attracted to our energy and goals…like a magnet!
Do we choose our own angels between lives?
It doesn’t really work like that with angels. We each have spirit guides (more advanced and experienced souls like ourselves) whom we plan to work with during our life on earth.
Are angels similar to the spirit guides that mediums use or are they not permitted to perform this function?
No, not really, although mediums can communicate with angels in this way, they usually don’t.
Are they the messengers of God as the Bible claimed, or do they have a different purpose?
One of the translations of Angel is ‘Messenger’ but they have so many more roles!
‘Beside each man who’s born on earth, a guardian angel takes his stand, to guide him through life’s mysteries.’
MENANDER OF ATHENS
Does helping us help them? (In other words, by helping us in our lives are they paying back a karmic debt in their own?)
No. Angels are created as pure beings of light and are not thought to follow the same rules of Karma as ourselves. Helping us brings them extreme joy. It is their very reason for being.
After their present ward’s life has ended, do they become ‘assigned’ to another soul or is their task completed?
Life for the angels continues much as before. Angels are able to be in many places at one time (not being governed by our own laws of space and time), and so are helping many people at any one time.
‘Our Lord is God [alone], and wholeheartedly pursue the right way – upon them do angels descend, saying “fear not and grieve not, but receive the good news…we are your supporters in the present life and in the life to come.”’
THE KORAN
Is it true that white feathers are a sign that your angel is near?
Many people believe so. Feathers are free, lightweight and available in most places around the world – which makes them the perfect physical manifestation. Many people associate white feathers with the ‘wings’ of an angel.
When I appeared on Granada TV’s This Morning I answered listeners questions on angels and ‘feathers’ was a topic which came up with several callers and we had a lot of fun in the studio. It’s a question that I also get asked about regularly in my ‘Dear Angel Lady’ column with it’s fate magazine.
Elaine emailed me and asked why she was having so many problems in her life. She found it hard to believe that she had angels around her, although she did feel that maybe she had been led to write to me in some way.
After reading my reply and giving it some thought, she decided to invite angels into her life. On the first day nothing happened, which confirmed, she said, her belief that they had turned their backs on her. She decided to ask them for a sign like a feather as I had suggested, to let her know they were with her.
The next day, Elaine was in the supermarket shopping with her young family. In her own words, she was busy and hassled with the four kids and packing her shopping when she opened up a half packed bag to put in some more shopping. Guess what she found? A feather! She told me it was just laying there, a pink feather of the sort you might find in a feather boa. She couldn’t believe it and said there was no way it could have come from the children or been in the bag to start with. Elaine firmly believes that this was a sign that they are with her!
It was fun to receive her follow-up letter and her big ‘thank you’. But it was her own angels – and I cannot take the credit. The story was another gift of confirmation for me that our angels really are around us.
Can they prevent us from harm? Do they ever try to prevent our deaths?
It seems that they can and do protect people from death and serious accident if it is not part of a person’s life-lessons (the lessons we choose for ourselves before birth). I have received letters from all over the world where people