It was John Milton who wrote Paradise Lost, the epic of

Adam and Eve, he was most probably counseled by angels,

I'm thinking of just a few, now there is the angel Raphael,

who escorted Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden,

and Israfel is known as the angel of resurrection and song,

wrote Edgar Allan Poe, even Michelangelo sculptured his angel

kneeling with a candlestick, Shekinah is the most interesting to me,

the female manifestation of God in man, also known

as bride of the Lord, the Bible says in Matthew 18:20

"when two sit together and are occupied with the word

of the Law, the Shekinah is with him." She was also

the messenger to Moses and Jacob, and John the

Baptist, and most probably to all us bloggers, poets, writers,

And then there is Gabriel, one of the two highest-

ranking angels in religious lore. He is the angel of

resurrection, mercy, vengeance, death and

revelation. Gabriel sits on the left-hand side of God.

He has 140 pairs of wings, and represents the 

spirit of truth. There are many kinds of heavenly

beings that bridge the spiritual and physical realms.

Of course, the closest to humanity are our

guardian angels. They companion us and are

our guides to greater loving consciousness.

The more we are globally entwined, open to them,

caring and involved, the more our angels partner

us creating paradise on earth. They are doing it

openly, joyfully, bringing good humor and good

news using us poets, writers and musicians. Most

of us believe in a higher power, why not believe

in his angels?