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From: Paul Hume
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Subj: Archangels
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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For those who have expressed an interest, here are the images I use for
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the Archangels in the Quarters. I trust not too badly mauled by the
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vagaries of the text processor available on my Apple II...
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Raphael: Fair skin, blonde hair, delicate but strong features.
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Dressed in yellow robe shot with mauve threads. He holds a Caduceus.
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Raphael stands lightly upon a spring-green field, wet with dew. The
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rising Sun backlights him in pure, golden/white morning light. His
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wings are white with gold highlights.
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Gabriel: This is the one that may seem wierdest. Sea-green hair,
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pale blue skin, in a scaled robe of blue with orange highlights. His
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features are aquiline - classical Roman. He bears a great Cup. He
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stands above the billowing waves of the sea, backlit in Orange light
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by the setting Sun. His wings are white with blue-green highlights.
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Michael: He stands in the desert, or sometimes a sun-baked field of
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bare soil, under the blazing noonday sun. Red hair, golden-tan face,
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strong, square features. Red metallic robe with green highlights
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flashing from it. He bears a great sword two-handed. His arms and
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shoulders are those of a warrior. Wings are coppery.
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Auriel: Auriel stands on the mountains - black, silent, snowcapped -
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but looking down over a fertile valley, filled with crops and lowing
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cattle and bleating sheep. He is dressed in simple robes, almost
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homespun, of the four Earth colors, russet predominating. He bears a
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platter of the fruits of the soil, and I often see Him bearing a
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shepherd's crook or staff. It is night yet cold, silver light
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illuminates the scene - whether from the Moon or "the midnight Sun" I
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cannot yet tell. Auriel has dark hair, Mediterranean complexion, a
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half-round, half-square face with a pleasant smile. His wings are
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dark - black with bluish highlights, like a raven's.
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Mostly, I just get a hint of the Archangelic image. Instead, the Solar
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image of the Quarter (rising, setting, noonday, etc.) floods the
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circle with the appropriate color of light. I also usually feel a
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breeze from Raphael, a humid tingling sensation from Gabriel,
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prickling heat from Michael, and solid, massive stability from Auriel.
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Hope these are of some use. Love is the law, love under will.
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Paul
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