Archangel

The Archangel Michael weighing a soul (Palazzo Carrara, Padua, 1350)

Archangels (Greek: Αρχάγγελοι Archangeloi; Latin: archangeli; also called Spirits of Fire, Sons of Fire or Sanskrit: अग्निष्वात्त Agnishvatta and, according to Indian theosophical designation, Dhyan-Chohans) stand two levels above humans in the hierarchy of spiritual entities (see also → Hierarchy of angels) and belong to the third hierarchy. They have already completed their ego development, i.e. their humanity level, on the Old Sun and are therefore also called Solar Pitris. On the Old Moon they formed their spirit self. At present they are working on their life spirit. The Mercury sphere is their cosmic domain. In the Book of Tobit, Raphael gives their number as 7 (Tob 12:15). This refers to the seven leading archangels.

Literature

• Emil Páles: Die sieben Erzengel. Rhythmen der Inspiration in der Natur- und Kulturgeschichte, Sophia Verlag, Bratislava 2007, ISBN 987-80-968045-8-0
• Rudolf Steiner: Kosmologie und menschliche Evolution. Einführung in die Theosophie – Farbenlehre, GA 91 (2018), ISBN 978-3-7274-0910-3
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Hereinwirken geistiger Wesenheiten in den Menschen, GA 102 (1984), ISBN 3-7274-1020-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Geistige Hierarchien und ihre Widerspiegelung in der physischen Welt, GA 110 (1981), Siebenter Vortrag, Düsseldorf, 16. April 1909, abends
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Evolution vom Gesichtspunkte des Wahrhaftigen, GA 132 (1987), Zweiter Vortrag, Berlin, 7. November 1911
• Rudolf Steiner: Okkultes Lesen und okkultes Hören, GA 156 (2003), ISBN 3-7274-1561-4 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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