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What do you think ?
Do you have a gaurdian Angel or something simillar that you feel may be looking after you.
I would be very interested in hearing from anyone with views or experiences of such matters.
Thanks in anticipation
FBW

PS DON'T FORGET TO VOTE (see above)

Posted: 03-04-2002 23:11 Post subject:

They excist. Not in one particular shape or form tho. Never seen mine but I know it's around. I have had the odd feeling of a slight pressure on my shoulder and a sudden sense of happiness that makes me grin like a cheshire cat at least 3 times.

Oh then there is the time I was feeling as depressed as you can possibly get. I asked my angel for some help and I got it.

Posted: 03-04-2002 23:15 Post subject:

lol there was somthing about this on TV on Good Friday
All these people sat around in a group trying to find their angels they were all so vague about everything it was hard to take it all seriously. Also they went on to say about how they used their angels to find parking spaces etc. I cant help thinking that if they do exist they have a lot more important things they could be doing than creating parking spaces for people

Posted: 03-04-2002 23:19 Post subject:

Perhaps Guardian Angels are like the Ancestor Spirits of more 'primitive' faith structures. They're dependent upon whom they guard and so go out of their way to assist them.

Niles " roll eyes (sarcastic)

" Calder

Posted: 04-04-2002 00:30 Post subject:

Posted: 04-04-2002 00:40 Post subject:

My former boss used to make comments along the line of "If God loves me, I'll find a parking space." I always thought this was such a depressing theology. What if you don't find a parking space? Does God hate you, and you might as well end it now?
I'm sure angels don't - or shouldn't - protect you from mere inconvience, it saves you getting spoiled rotten.
I was going to post and say I didn't think I had one, but on reflection, I've walked away from a ridiculous number of potentially serious accidents unscathed, so maybe I do. I have a tattoo of the Goddess Bast on my chest. As she's meant to be a protector, particularly of women, I do like to think she's good luck for me. And I like to think I'm a cynic and a skeptic! Still, scratch the surface of any cynic and skeptic, and you find someone deeply mushy who just wants to be loved. Very Happy

Posted: 04-04-2002 05:55 Post subject:

I'm a believer.

My mother had two miscarriages/stillbirths before I was born, one before my brother was born and one after. I've always believed that the spirit of the little girl baby is my guardian angel.

I myself had a miscarriage before my daughter was born and I firmly believe that the spirit of that baby is her guardian angel.

Maybe it's all in my head, but if I take comfort from it, who the hell is anyone else to tell me I'm wrong?

Posted: 04-04-2002 08:03 Post subject:

If there's an afterlife, what's so bad about dying? And why are these interfering spirits trying to delay us getting there?

I think we should be told!

Posted: 04-04-2002 08:52 Post subject:

My daughter, who is a professional clairvoyant, often finds that 'someone' or 'something' accompanies a person when they arrive for a reading.

Often she will describe an 'accompanying' person to the client in great detail, to be told 'that's Mum!' or Gran or whoever.

Sometimes the client's 'companion' is a little more exotic, and yes, she has seen the cliched Native American spirit guide!

She also sees animals with clients. These are usually long-deceased pets, including a ghostly canary which sang sweetly in a lady's ear, and a lop-eared rabbit which hopped in halfway through.

These 'presences' are normally friendly and positive and are often sensed as a benign influence.

Some, though, are not.

One lady in particular was in despair after a long run of rotten luck, illness, job trouble, a car crash, family rows, you name it. When this lady arrived, a vicious-looking man came with her and sat staring gloomily. Daughter described him aloud: it seems he was the lady's late and unlamented abusive father and was wreaking havoc after his death as he had before. Daughter was able to advise her on how to shake off his malign influence and turn her life around, which she eventually did.

Another lady seemed to be surrounded with cats, and though they weren't acting like beloved pets, they were certainly following her through life. Daughter 'saw' this woman drowning cats, including mother cats and whole litters, and was so upset that she couldn't go on with the reading. The lady stood up and left very rudely. The cats all looked at Daughter, then silently followed her out.

Posted: 04-04-2002 22:40 Post subject:

When I was a teenager away at a camp a friend of mine said she saw her guardian angel. I have always been quiet struck by this and have tried concentrating and tried to experience or sense my own angel...with no luck. But I still think we have some sort of spirit guide, or even just something thats 'on our side'.

It might be helpful to think in terms of people or pets who have died as often a lot of my energy has gon into thinking about an arch angel Gabriel type figure. Certainly there are people I knew who died over 20 years ago but they are regularly (almost daily) in my thoughts.

Posted: 04-04-2002 23:13 Post subject:

I would never ask my spirit guide to find a parking space - he'd go crazy. Once I asked him to exorcise my husbands car because it had been bought off someone who died and he was well pissed off

Posted: 05-04-2002 10:32 Post subject:

I voted no, but thinking about it, maybe I was wrong. I've survived 5 serious car accidents and a lightning strike (not all on the same day admittedly) and I've always considered myself a very lucky person. Even when bad things happen (which they do) they happen at the best possible time, or there turns out to have been something good about it. Others have told me it's just my attitude, but I'm not so sure. The "good luck" thing that I have seems to protect those close to me as well.

Posted: 05-04-2002 11:17 Post subject:

i had a guardian angel once but it found me boring and run away Dead / drunk

Posted: 05-04-2002 19:39 Post subject:

I can see why people want to belive in their angels/guides and I myself have whitnessed life and death situations where the person (grandparents) should have died but didnt but I cant help thinking about people in disaters all over the world that dont survive. Where are their angels when they need them?

Posted: 06-04-2002 00:30 Post subject:

I think that the concept of the 'Holy Guardian Angel' can be traced to Socrates' daemon, which was basically just his inner voice. Over the centuries this voice seems to have become more and more anthropomorphocised (sp?). The Greek magical papyrii contain recipies for recieving a daemon and the later magical interpretations of the guardian angel can be best seen in The Sacred Magic of Abramelin The Magician, and Agrippa's Third Book of Occult Philosophy, to name a couple.
It makes me sick to see these limp-minded new-age touchy-feelies on tv... and don't get me started on angels in general... or faeries! Ick.