Angel Wicca is a new tradition that has now become a popular from of worship in the Wiccan/Pagan circles. It is the practice of calling in the Angels as well as the other elements you might normally invoke during a gathering. Many people are finding out that the Angels can bring much power and unity into a circle.

A Brief History...

Many people think that the Angels are a Christian belief. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Angels are a gift given to us by the Goddess and the God for us to use in our daily lives. Not just only for those of a certain religion.

Angels have been around since the beginning of time. Supernatural winged creatures have been found in the ancient Mesopotamia and Sumaria. The Assyrians had their “kabiru” (the source of the word cherubim), winged beasts possessing features both animal and human. The role of the angel as protector can perhaps be traced to these ancestor, which acted as guards in Babylon and Sumeria.

The Greeks had “Hermes:, the winged messenger. Hermes is often credited as being the source of the Archangel Michael. (Many of the Greeks also had “daemons”, spirits who came in both good and evil forms, the good ones being protector. Daemons evolved into “demons” in Christianity, and in the pr4ocess lost their good-natured brethren.

The Aryans who came to India and Persia around 2500 B.C. believed in “divas”, meaning “shining ones”. Perhaps it was from this that the angels inherited their characteristic - the ability to shine, or radiate light. The “el” suffix so common in many angels’ names is understood in several languages to mean “shining” or “radiant.”

The divas made their way into the Veda, a collection of early sacred Hindu writings. They were closely aligned with the elements of nature, earth, are, fire, and water. (starting to sound familiar?)

Divas also found their was into Zoroastrianism. It was through this religion that the divas evolved into angels. They represented the concepts of wisdom, truth, immortality, deserved good luck, piety, salvation, and obedience. Each angel acts as the guardian of something-fire, for example.

Zoroaster’s brand of angels took hold, and was handed down to Judaism, Christianity, and finally Islam. Islam’s “malaika” (again, “messengers”) are androgynous beings made of light who act as guardians of humans.

So you see, angels do not belong solely to one religion and therefore can be invoked, no matter what religion you happen to be.