Prompt #11
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reference_storiesThe Signs that Point to the Presence of an Actual Angel Are These:
All of these symptoms should be present in order to justify a tentative diagnosis of angelic activity. Here, more than in other monster-related cases, the investigator may find his or her intuition a useful guide -- although this should not be allowed to overrule the observed facts in any case.
There is, in particular, a curious 'flavor' left behind in cases of actual angelic activity, difficult to describe but easy to recognize once felt. "A sense of clarity and peace" is perhaps the closest approximation in words to this effect, and it can generally be sensed in the person or people involved in the angelic activity, as well as in the place where the visitation occurred.
The presence of other types of spirits tends to produce a very different effect, a sense of murky, confused excitement in people and place alike. Most other spiritual beings, according to the lore, express various partial or unbalanced forces, and have a corresponding unbalancing effect on human beings and their surroundings. Angels, by contrast, are perfectly balanced in terms of the forces they express; human beings are potentially the same -- although that potential is realized only in relatively rare cases.
Book: Monsters
Author: John Michael Greer
Page: 157
- An entity interacts with one or more human beings in a wholly constructive and positive manner;
- The nature of the interaction corresponds broadly to those roles assigned to angels in the traditional lore;
- The entity either has no physical presence, or behaves in ways that ordinary physical beings cannot (for example, by appearing or disappearing suddenly without physical traces);
- The entity does not appear to be hindered by material objects in any way, but can manipulate such objects at will;
- If the entity makes any prediction about future events, it proves to be accurate in all details;
- Other magical, psychological, and criminological explanations have been effectively ruled out.
All of these symptoms should be present in order to justify a tentative diagnosis of angelic activity. Here, more than in other monster-related cases, the investigator may find his or her intuition a useful guide -- although this should not be allowed to overrule the observed facts in any case.
There is, in particular, a curious 'flavor' left behind in cases of actual angelic activity, difficult to describe but easy to recognize once felt. "A sense of clarity and peace" is perhaps the closest approximation in words to this effect, and it can generally be sensed in the person or people involved in the angelic activity, as well as in the place where the visitation occurred.
The presence of other types of spirits tends to produce a very different effect, a sense of murky, confused excitement in people and place alike. Most other spiritual beings, according to the lore, express various partial or unbalanced forces, and have a corresponding unbalancing effect on human beings and their surroundings. Angels, by contrast, are perfectly balanced in terms of the forces they express; human beings are potentially the same -- although that potential is realized only in relatively rare cases.
Book: Monsters
Author: John Michael Greer
Page: 157
