Angels are the Powers hidden in
The Faculties & Organs of humanity.²
Why have humans Rooted themselves thus
Firmly in the earth, but that they may Rise
In same proportion to the heavens above!³
Our whole task’s to hack some
Angel-Shape worth Wearing.⁴
Listen to the Soul-Sending Scriptures:⁵
Our bodily presence is unimportant compared to
Our Angelic presence—which is continual—⁶
Can you see your Face? Always
God behind the mask.⁷
The currents of the Universal Being
Circulate through us—we are part or parcel of God—⁸
Heav’n breathes thro’ ev’ry member of the whole:
One common Blessing, as one common Soul—⁹
Life is the life of God in us.¹⁰
¹ Psalms 82:6 (King James)
² Idries Shah
³ Henry David Thoreau, Walden
⁴ Sylvia Plath, Firesong
⁵ Jidi Majia tr. Denis Mair, Listening to the Soul-Sending Scriptures
⁶ Ursula K. Le Guin, Paradises Lost
⁷ Desirée Alvarez, Call & Response Between Colonizer & Colonized
⁸ Ralph Waldo Emerson, An Transparent Eyeball
⁹ Alexander Pope, Epistle IV
¹⁰ Mother Teresa, Her Essential Wisdom