Spirits of Heaven and Hell Spirits of Heaven and Hell An Account of the Angels & A Directory of Devils Inspired by Folklore, Legend, Art, and Mythology by Daniel James Hanley Basic Text Edition Page 1 Spirits of Heaven and Hell Table of Contents Part I: An Account of the Angels..........................................................................................................................3 The Angels of Heaven.........................................................................................................................................3 The Hierarchy of Angels.....................................................................................................................................4 The Rulership of Heaven....................................................................................................................................5 Angelic Characteristics.......................................................................................................................................5 The Common Angels.........................................................................................................................................6 ANGEL OF DEATH...................................................................................................................................................6 ANGEL OF MERCY..................................................................................................................................................9 CHARIOT ANGEL (Whirling Wheel)......................................................................................................................11 CHERUB..................................................................................................................................................................13 GUARDIAN ANGEL...............................................................................................................................................16 HERALD ANGEL....................................................................................................................................................18 SERAPH...................................................................................................................................................................20 WARRIOR ANGEL.................................................................................................................................................22 Part II: A Directory of Devils.............................................................................................................................25 The Devils of Hell.............................................................................................................................................25 The Hierarchy of Devils....................................................................................................................................26 The Rulership of Hell........................................................................................................................................27 Diabolical Characteristics.................................................................................................................................27 The Common Devils........................................................................................................................................28 ACCUSER DEVIL...................................................................................................................................................28 CRAFT DEVIL.........................................................................................................................................................30 CORRUPTER DEVIL (Sabbatic Goat).....................................................................................................................32 Concerning the Black Sabbath.............................................................................................................................34 LUMINOUS DEVIL (Fallen Angel).........................................................................................................................35 PACT DEVIL (Black Man of the Crossroads)..........................................................................................................38 SEDUCER DEVIL (Incubus/Succubus)...................................................................................................................40 TORMENTOR DEVIL.............................................................................................................................................42 WRATH DEVIL.......................................................................................................................................................43 Appendix I: The Spiritual Geography of Heaven.............................................................................................46 The Ladder to Heaven.......................................................................................................................................46 The Tunnel of Light..........................................................................................................................................46 The Road to Heaven..........................................................................................................................................46 The Gates of Pearl.............................................................................................................................................47 The Gardens of the Blessed...............................................................................................................................47 Time in Heaven.................................................................................................................................................49 Appendix II: The Seven Pits of Hell and Their Inhabitants............................................................................50 The Prisons of the Damned...............................................................................................................................50 Page 2 Spirits of Heaven and Hell Part I: An Account of the Angels The Angels of Heaven The mission of the Angels in the Cosmos is to protect it from Chaos, save its inhabitants from At the zenith of the Cosmos are seven evil, and restore all to perfect goodness. The Angels realms of pure benevolence, known collectively as work tirelessly to guide mortals towards benevolent Heaven, the Seven Heavens, Paradise, or the acts, to defend innocents from evil, and maintain the Gardens of the Blessed. Inhabiting Heaven are the sanctity of holy places. In this work they come into Blessed Souls of those who lived lives of virtue and constant conflict with the other kind of spirits. The goodness. Protecting and tending to the souls of the Cosmic Archons try to impose destinies upon Blessed are the beings of light called Angels. humanity, without regard for the moral qualities of their subjects. The Devils endlessly seek to corrupt Each type of Angel is a perfect exemplar of souls and claim them for Hell. The Demons want to a benevolent virtue: Kindness, Charity, Chastity, undo all of existence, and turn everything to mad Patience, Mercy, Diligence, Humility, or Faith. So Chaos. The Fairy Folk wish to enjoy and express strong is an angel's devotion to virtue that it is themselves, without moral considerations. While visible as a shining light, sometimes emanating there is no doubt that the Angels represent the from the head as a halo, other times surrounding the single most powerful class of extra-planer beings, being as a burning nimbus. Virtue provides the both individually and as a whole, it is also true that meaning and direction of an Angel's existence, and they are set against vast numbers of other spirits the Angels experience joy when they lead others to who constantly try to undermine the work of Virtue, perfect happiness through its practice. Righteousness, and Mercy. Angels embody the two complimentary Fundamental to the way Angels see the strains of goodness: Righteousness and Mercy. Cosmos is the event that they term “The Fall”. Righteousness consists of strict devotion to the According to the Angels, all spirits were originally lawful forms of a well-ordered society, and Angels. Because Virtue is meaningless unless freely willingness to take positive action to protect good chosen, the Angels had been granted free will by and eliminate evil. Mercy consists of wholly their creator. The most powerful of their kind, benevolent intentions, commitment to help the less seeing that he was better in every quantifiable way fortunate, and compassionate understanding and than all other beings, lost the virtue of Humility. He forgiveness of the limitations of imperfect creatures. thereafter decided that he deserved to rule the Certain Angels, by reason of their associated virtue, Cosmos. He corrupted many other Angels, lean more towards either Righteousness or Mercy. promising to make them even more splendid and Cherubim, for example, are so Righteous that powerful if they followed him. Finally, he led the merely being near one will burn non-Angelic beings rebel Angels against their creator. The rebels failed, with the fire of holiness. The aptly-named Angels of and their lack of virtue cause them to lose hold of Mercy, however, are so Merciful that they will even Heaven. The worst fell with their leader