{Angelic Innocence [continued (4)]}[16th August 1988]

[Redbook5:302][19880816:2045d]{Angelic Innocence [continued (4)]}[16th August 1988]

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But as for me, I think I now understand why the Ophanim, at least of the Angelic degree Undine, manifest themselves in the way that they do (for I have little doubt that their real form, the Soul Quality surrounding their Spirits, while resembling what I see, is less substantial within the Spiritual Kingdom); and this understanding has set my mind at rest.

[‘Angel’ and ‘angelic’ in this and previous journal entries seems to be used at times to refer to the nine angelic orders as a whole, the Ophanim, at other times to one particular order or degree, that most commonly encountered; here the use is presumably the first, or else the word ‘Angelic’ would perhaps have been replaced by “Archangelic”. See [Redbook5:284][19880814:1910b]{Angels and Archangels}[14th August 1988]. (However, it is worth bearing in mind that each of the four “elemental” manifestations (ie Undine, etc) covers a whole quarter-circle, whereas each degree of the Ophanim covers only an eighth-circle: so to the extent that the “elementals” and the Ophanim remain fixed in relation to each other, the former will cover three (or for the “upper” two, possibly four) of the latter -- two (or for the “upper” two, possibly three) of which will be shared with the adjacent elementals.) As to what the reader makes of all this, it is up to him or her; the writer appears to have seen it as an experiential exploration of, and from, aspects of the Human mind, with an interest in its connections to collective manifestations or symbolism both historically, and potentially (expressing perhaps an underlying reality) within the real order of things. <20190127>]

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