Angel

The angel is the messenger from a higher Self. Abrahamic traditions fill scripture with angelic annunciation — Gabriel to Mary, the angels to Abraham, the wrestler at the Jabbok. Zoroastrianism gave the ancient Near East its rich angelology of named beings. Jung treated angel-dreams as encounters with the transpersonal — the Self speaking in a register beyond the personal ego. An angel in a dream is rarely soft; the Biblical angels say ‘Do not be afraid’ because their arrival is startling. Notice whether the angel speaks, touches you, or simply waits. What the angel announces is often not what you expect.