The Spiritual Hierarchy?

The Spiritual Hierarchy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/universalhealing/message/7123

The 9 orders of angelic beings
(1 being the highest order)

The First Sphere -- angels who serve as heavenly counselors
1 - SERAPHIM
2 - CHERUBIM
3 - THRONES

The Second Sphere -- angels who work as heavenly governors
4 - DOMINIONS
5 - VIRTUES
6 - POWERS

The Third Sphere -- angels who function as heavenly messengers
7 - PRINCIPALITIES
8 - ARCHANGELS
9 - ANGELS

SERAPHIM
"The highest order of the highest hierarchy are the seraphim, the
celestial beings said to surround the throne of God, singing the
music of the spheres, and regulating the movement of the heavens as
it emanates from God."

CHERUBIM
"Beyond the thrones are the cherubim. They are the guardians of
light, and of the stars. Remote from your plane of reality, still
their light touches your lives, the divine light that they filter
down from Heaven." -- Lucifer (Satan/Devil) is known as the 'angel of
light, whom God's light shown through' -- before his 'sin against
God'.

THRONES
"The first order in the third sphere is the thrones. They are the
companion angels of the planets. At this time in your history it is
important for you to be aware of the particular throne, the Earth
Angel, who is guardian of your world." -- [ Lady Gaia ]

"Ophanim: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophanim >are also equated as the Thrones.. -Having the most bizarre physical appearance of the celestial host, they are described as great wheels, covered with a great many eyes and glowing with light. One explanation given for this (besides them acting as God's chariot), is that they mark the end of the first Choir, where the emanations of God begin to take on more material forms and as such exist in a state of transition."

DOMINIONS
"The dominions are the heavenly beings who govern the activities of
all the angelic groups lower than they are. Divine bureaucrats, they
also serve to integrate the spiritual and the material worlds.
Although they take their orders from God, and rarely contact
individuals, their work is connected to your reality."

VIRTUES
"Beyond the powers are another group of beings, the virtues. They are
of particular importance to you now because they are able to beam out
massive levels of divine energy. As more groups of you learn to work
with the virtues, their will be a greater infusion of spiritual
energy available on your planet."

POWERS
"The first order of the second sphere are those beings who have been
known as powers. They are the bearers of the conscience of all of
humanity, the keepers of your collective history. The angels of birth
and death are in this category. They are able to draw down and hold
the energy of the divine plan the same way trees draw down the energy
of the Sun. In this way, the powers can send all of you a vision of a
world spiritual network. Just as you have a heart, liver, kidneys,
and other organs in your body, all of the worlds religions are
different organs in the emerging spiritual body of this planet." --
For example, The Bahai Faith.

PRINCIPALITIES
"Beyond the group of archangels are the principalities. They are the
guardian angels of all large groups, from cities and nations to
recent human creations such as multi-national corporations. These
might more accurately now be called integrating angel s. There are
many of these beings involved with your planet....one particular
integrating angel who carries the pattern of a unified global order
in its heart."

ARCHANGELS
"Beyond the angels are the beings you are used to calling the
archangels. But we suggest that you call them overlighting angels,
since they tend the larger arenas of human endeavor. These beings are
from a different family from the angels. There are m any different
kinds of overlighting angels in this larger family. The four you are
most familiar with are Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, and Uriel."

ANGELS
"The angels that you're most familiar with are those in the last
order. They are the ones who are closest to humanity, the ones most
concerned with human affairs. Within the category of angels, there
are many different kinds, with different functions.. ..The ones that
you know best....are the guardian angels. Because of shifts in their
functions and your consciousness, it is useful to think of these
celestial beings as companion angels. As you enter a time of
increased light and love on the planet, th ey will not need to guard
you, but rather will be your guides to greater and greater
consciousness." -- This can be related directly to the transformation
of the Earth into the Galactic Federation, with the Earth entering
the photon belt, transmuting us into the Fourth Dimension. According
to the Galactic Federation, we will be assisted during this time both
by our own angelic hierarchy (above) and by mass landings of Humans
from the Sirius star cluster.