Angels

             As quoted by Eileen Elias Freeman: "Angels come to help & guide us in as many guises as there are people who need their assistance. Sometimes we see their ethereal heavenly shadow, bright with light and radiance. Sometimes we only feel their nearness or hear their whisper. And sometimes they look no different from ourselves-until, their work done, they leave suddenly, quietly, with only a hint of halo or a wisp of wing behind to make us wonder." So from that we get that most people have probably somehow experienced an angel before, but just didn't know it.
             An angel vision is an experience of seeing the divine, or that which is usually considered invisible. There are many different types of angels. Some people say they've seen Renaissance looking angels, with huge wings, and open eyes. Others say they saw their angels as a dead loved one. For others, the angel vision comes during a dream, and the dream is very profound and vivid. The statistics are that 26% saw a traditional-style angel with wings, 21% saw a human form, which appeared and then disappeared, 15% felt a force or a presence, 11% saw a figure in white, 7% smelled an unusual, unexplainable scent, 6% were engulfed by light, 6% heard a disembodied voice, or heard the voice of an angel or apparition, 4% felt or saw that they were enveloped in wings, and the other 4% experienced an angel much differently. Angel visions also involve messages that are sent through complete strangers that all of the sudden disappear. And some people get signs from above that are just plainly unexplained lights, sparkles, or colors.
             According to various polls, Between 72 and 85 percent of Americans believe in angels. One recent survey concluded that more than 32 percent of Americans said they have actually encountered an angel. One third of the people surveyed from "the skeptic magazine" said that they have seen some kind of "celestial being". So basica...

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