THE HIERARCHIES OF BEINGS
The Scriptures and religious traditions of all cultures make frequent
reference to non-human entities, variously termed Angels, Devas, Gods,
Spirits of one kind or another. In mythology these beings appear as Nature-spirits,
Fairies, Sylphs, Salamanders, to name but a few. Esoteric Science supports
universal tradition in affirming that the different planes of Nature are
peopled by hierarchies of beings, each with characteristic properties
and modes of functioning. In the Bible there are well-known instances
of angelic appearances, singly as "the angel of the Lord" or
as "a multitude of the heavenly host". The "thrones, dominions,
principalities and powers" mentioned several times by St Paul are
terms well recognized in angelology for some of the non-human hierarchies.
Everywhere in Nature there is life, manifesting through infinite gradations
of individual lives, for there is neither empty space nor inanimate matter
anywhere in the universe.
