archangels: the Archeia

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By popular demand, this page brings you a synopsis of some of the information we have discovered about the feminine aspects of the Archangels (some now Archaeon), known as the Archeia. When we wrote our year-long course "Crystal Journeys with the Archangels" in 2005/6, we were informed quite firmly by our Guides - and Lady Hope in particular - that we HAD to include working with the feminine energies as an integral part of that piece of work. We asked why, and were told: "You cannot explore the Archangels without the Archeia. For the feminine aspect gives birth to the masculine Spiritual aspect on the Earth plane, thus bringing both the lessons and their understanding to you in physicality. The Archeia act as a bridgehead between humanity and the Higher realms of Spirit and of God. At this time there is a great need to access these realms and manifest them on Earth and this may only truly be accomplished through working with the energies of the feminine aspects - the Divine complements of the Archangels."

Those of you who try to find information about the Archeia will know that much that is said on internet sites is the same old thing repeated over and over, and there is little or no new information - and none at all about some of the feminine aspects, especially of the "lesser known" Archangels! That meant, of course, we had to research and sense things for ourselves, and thence followed an intense year of deep work, which brought amazing leaps forward in our understanding about the Archangels and their roles. That year changed the way in which I viewed many things and gave me the confidence to realise that any of us can find out things for ourselves - we don't always have to read about it from other sources! Much of the information given here was received directly from the Realms of the Angelics and from our Guides and the Archangels / Archaeon themselves. Special thanks go as ever to Djwhal Kuhl and to Azuriel! Two reference books that have been invaluable in our research however and that have also contributed are once again "The Masters and their Retreats" by the Prophets, published by Summit University Press, and also "Archangels and Earthangels" by Schneider and Pieroth, published by Arcana Publishing.

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THE ARCHEIA we will be looking at (shown beside their Masculine Counterparts) are:

(Just click on the links if you want to select a specific Archeia.)

LADY MERCY:

Azrael's twin-flame and feminine counterpart is Magdalena, the Lady Mercy. She acted as the guiding conscience of Mary Magdalene, who was Mary of Bethany - the name "Magdalene" being a title that is the feminine version of the term "Master". She was neither prostitute nor disciple as has been suggested, but rather the soul-mate and partner of Jesus in every sense, sharing his life and his teaching and supporting his work wherever and whenever she could. As Magdalena the Archaea she bears the Magdalene Flame, the silvery-blue flame of innocence, purity and love: the flame that is of God and our original Being. Lady Mercy is also an Angel of the Resurrection, bearing the pearlescent white resurrection flame and thus bringing new life to overcome physical death and also overseeing the shedding and symbolic burial of our human mortality. As such she sponsors our first steps upon the path of Spiritual endeavour and is with us at every stage of our journey. She is also present to anoint us before our final transformation at the moment of our Ascension. I had been sure of Azrael's Lady's attribute name for longer and with more certainty than with any of the other Archaea! Her attribute of Mercy, the infinite flow of Divine Love and forgiveness, works hand in hand with Azrael's gift of transformation and growth through death and rebirth (transition). Her Mercy brings the Power of forgiveness (both asked for and given) to heal all karma and right all wrongs, which is also an important element of the Golden Planet's energy and its work with lost souls (an aspect of Azrael's Being). She told me:
"Love is neutral - it is neither positive nor negative: it is a matter of how you apply or choose to use, accept or reject it that makes it so. The positive or negative aspects are created as a consequence of your choices, and not by the energy itself. There is an infinite amount of love and an infinite flow of it, for God is without boundaries. When you accept love for yourself, or pass it on to others, you are demonstrating mercy. Mercy is compassion in action. It is the action of allowing the free-flow of love, without restriction or condition and without judgment. It is allowing the neutral energy of Source - of God - to pass without hindrance or harm to all beings, so that they may choose if, when and how they wish to apply it. By being merciful to others you acknowledge their Divinity and their Right as free Beings to be open to the same flow of infinite Love as you yourself are, and so you are twice blessed."

LADY CHARITY:

It seems to me that Seraphina, the Lady Charity's, attributes often are mixed up with those of Chamuel. Both are very strong characters, but their strength is driven by Love. All that they do is centred around freeing mankind so that he may accept the infinite flow of Love from the Divine, and acknowledge himself to be a Divine Being of Light also. I see them both in my mind's eye as spheres of energy, centred around a single heart centre which they both share and concurrently occupy. One or both of their spheres may expand or shrink, often (but not always) in opposition to each other, and yet always in harmony. As Chamuel expands to vastness, so Seraphina may shrink and vice versa, but ALWAYS centred around the pink flame of the inner heart centre. There also exists a Cosmic Being called Charity, who I feel is another aspect of Lady Charity, and this Being comes to help balance the 3-fold flames of the heart and bring forth the quality of the Christ within. Love is the key to our Ascension and charity is the consequence of love and the practical application of love in society. Charity amplifies the feeling of forgiveness through gratitude and acceptance of the Inner Christ (the Christ-Self), and allows us to forgive and also then to love. Love is therefore in its turn the consequence of charity. The two are inextricably entwined. Seraphina had these things to say about Love:
"We do not create love, it is simply a Divine quality of Infinite Mercy that flows out from the Godhead and bathes all in the Light of love, forgiveness and acceptance. Love is not "doing" but "allowing". It cannot be forced or created, it can only be allowed to flow. And it can only flow freely and boundlessly from a clear and open heart, which neither judges nor condones but simply allows and accepts all as being perfect and right for that moment. The ability to create a well-spring of love in the heart is reflected in ones ability to accept love - love which flows to you from God himself, passed down through your Christ-Self to your current incarnate body and also to you from others. Without accepting love for yourself - for which there first needs to be acceptance and understanding that you are worthy of being loved and that you are a lovable person - love cannot flow easily out from you to others. And all are worthy of being loved. All are lovable. It is an intrinsic fact that you exist as Divine sparks and that within your inherent make-up all is perfect and as it should be. There are no faults or failings; there simply IS you - a child of God."

LADY HOPE:

Not much is given or understood about the Lady Hope. I feel that, given her name "Annunciata" it was SHE - the feminine aspect - that brought news of their imminent pregnancies to Mary and Elizabeth, and not Gabriel as the masculine aspect. Having experienced her energies I conclude that she feels stronger and more solid than Gabriel, yet still is immensely feminine. She seems more serious and intense than Gabriel - not that that is a bad thing, as this probably balances them rather well. With Gabriel and Lady Hope as twin flames it is difficult to see where one ends and the other begins. She seems to surround and enclose him, in a constant rhythmic pulsation of life. And yet he is not confined or imprisoned. It is almost as if wherever he moves, their energies merge, and the energies she supplies him with seem to give him what he needs to do the task that needs to be done. He gives her his strength of Spirit and she gives him her strength of manifestation. What she does is enable the tasks that he instigates to become real and be given form. Knowing now that the titles of the Archeia / Archaea reflect their attributes and therefore the "flavour" of their energies, I wanted to understand what hope was. I also wanted to determine what the inherent difference was between hope and faith. The dictionary defines faith as... "firm belief, often without logical proof; spiritual apprehension of Divine Truth, without proof; things believed in." Hope is defined as "expectation and desire combined; a feeling of trust; to have confidence in". Hope gives us the positive power and optimism to move into action, instead of wallowing in despair, frustration or inactivity. It raises us up above adversity. All of these things Lady Hope can bring to help us in our spiritual and everyday lives, with her steadfastness and positivity. She then added:
"Hope surrounds you at all times. It is an all-encompassing energy that is relentless in its application. It is Universal and multi-dimensional, spanning all times, all ages and all dimensions. It is your connection to Source - to God and to your unshakeable belief in your own Divinity and the good-ness of all things...... Hope is the positivity that takes you always forwards, always upwards, always striving to do more and achieve more. For if there is no hope then there is no reason for you to strive to work or to grow or improve. Hope too is the illumination that lights your way even in the darkest of days, for without hope man would sink into the slough of despond and all would be lost. And hope walks with joy, for hope is ever optimistic. Hope seeks out the Light from the darkness. It seeks to find the fulfilment, the contentment in all things. For when there is contentment the soul is at ease. And when the soul is at ease it knows true happiness. "

LADY RADIANCE:

Very little has been researched about Haniel's twin flame, although we feel that she was the guiding conscience of Mary Jacobi, mother of Mary Magdalene (a role that linked with that of two other Archaea - Magdalena and Mareia) who is a very overlooked character! You will note that her retreat is in Peru, and we feel that her energies are coming strongly to the fore at this time, as the age of the 7th Root Race  draws closer. The name first given to us (Donna-Bella) was a play on the words that mean "Lady Beautiful" and the plant Belladonna (deadly nightshade), for she first appeared to us in the form of an old crone - stooped, misshapen and with grey hair and the classic witch's nose and wart! Yet when we looked into her eyes we simply saw an incredible beauty within, and forgot the physical outward appearance of her.  Her name later changed to Maryllisa, associated with the lily "Amaryllis Belladonna", which reflects her true nature and purpose connected with the "Mary" (Ma-Ray /Mother-Ray) energy. In contrast to her initial appearance Haniel showed himself as quite an ideal figure in form and physical appearance. She said: "Appearances are deceptive my dear - just because you might not find my form attractive, doesn't mean that I am not. Don't judge a book by its cover. I take on and wear the failings and failures of others so that he (referring to Haniel) may appear attractive to you. But yet through me you still see when you look in my eyes that inner beauty."
We felt that it was our hurts she is taking away. She seems to take to herself all the bad things we may feel or say about ourselves and she wears them for us as her outer skin. Yet even doing that she still remains beautiful within. The same can be applied to us - it doesn't matter what we feel or think we look like, our inner beauty can be there no matter what. This inner beauty is the outward reflection of all our many positive aspects and attributes that will grow brighter as we become more loving, compassionate, giving and accepting spiritual beings. When we work with Haniel to bring out our true Light and let it shine for others, our spiritual attributes become stronger and more to the fore, helping to bring out the beauty that exists in us all. By taking away negativities from us Maryllisa helps reveal our positivity, brightness, potential and shining Light. Relieving us of our negativities and taking them on herself might seem like she is sacrificing herself for us - but to her it isn't actually a sacrifice because she knows that outer appearance isn't important, and she also knows that by her doing this service for us it may free us up to go forwards and do what we need to with our lives. She says:
"Haniel teaches you to search for your own truths, to find deep within yourself that which is hidden at your core. And in that process you will find things that you no longer wish to have as a part of yourself. These things you will release, but in order for his Light to continue to shine with purity, and to enable him to concentrate on guiding you to that true Light, I clear away the debris that is released and I then take on and transmute what I remove from him. Know too that my role also is about helping you find your inner beauty within."

LADY PEACE:

There came to me four keywords for Christophina's energy: Stability, steadfastness, patience and inspiration. Her energy felt to me to be like a foundation or platform on which we can build. It is firm, solid, dependable, resilient and permanent and gives a strong underlying sense of stability. I was then shown that somehow Jophiel's energies sit upon this foundation provided by Christophina's energies. His energy is more mobile, and so it requires a very stable base. Sometimes acquiring wisdom means we have to reach out, which may mean leaving the comfort of our "box" and becoming out of balance. Christophina's energies also seemed to form a flexible all-encompassing container within which the Jophiel energies are held. This "container" is nurturing, supporting and protective, yet it is capable of containing without restraint. It has boundaries, yet these are constantly mobile and may change shape whenever and however required. Outside this "container" however is another aspect of her energies, which seemed to manifest physically as flashes into the 3rd eye - rather like being lit up by a flashing torch. The flashes were random, and to me symbolised receiving flashes of inspiration. The reason for this is that Jophiel's knowledge and wisdom is somewhat logical, structured and contained, even though it encourages us to think laterally. Christophina's energies however will supply the occasional inspirational flashes of insight we may receive when we are searching for the answers to something, even though they may appear to have no logical grounding or sense. She told me:
"Strength, patience and steadfastness are core to your existence and in learning to live your lives in as full, balanced, open and loving a manner as you can. They apply not only to yourself, your feelings about yourself, and your beliefs and your path, but also to how you might interact with those who accompany you on your journey, or who surround you on this planet. They are unwavering attributes, the very foundation of existence. And it is perhaps that role that I identify with most. In order best to enable you to have the Christ within you, you need a strong, stable foundation; an unshakeable belief. You need to know that you are surrounded, supported and protected at all times by those who love and care for you. And that is the way in which I wish to work - as a strong, loving and stable support. A framework within which you can learn and grow, and from which you may safely reach out to search for your answers."

LADY CONSTANCE:

Metatron's feminine counterpart is rarely referred to, possibly because Metatron is seen and experienced as such a compelling and seemingly overwhelming energy. Sophia's energies appear to be both contradictory and complementary. She is powerful, yet gentle; serene, yet volatile; immovable, yet highly mobile. She appeared to us as an incredibly beautiful woman, with pale skin and long flowing dark hair rippling down her back. She has violet eyes, and looks a little like the young Liz Taylor. Her expression is sober and regal, and she wears a gown of midnight blue, shot through with silver - the colours of the Feminine Ray. Mark heard the name "Constance", which seemed to suit how she appeared to us. Later I was to see other sides of her - her strong and warrior-like energy; her vigour and dynamic energy; her loving and supportive presence and of course her immense yet subtle sense of humour. I also feel that the name Sophia is related to the words "Ain Soph / Ain Soph Aur", which mean "the Infinite / the Limitless Light" which we equate with Father / Mother God. I asked her how she works with Metatron, and so how she may work with us, and she said:
"My robe, as you have seen, is midnight blue shot through with silver. I am the stars to Metatron's Sun. I am the night to his day. I am the void to his manifestation. I have the grace, nobility and stamina to work tirelessly with him, partnering him as he works in his never ending toil to carry out Gods Will. I am both mysterious and familiar. It is a matter of extremes: but it is working with extremes, with all of our polarities that I am so familiar. You talk to me of earthing, grounding and stable foundations - and yes, that I can be. But I can be so much more than that. You see in your minds' eye a stable foundation as being at the core of something. You see grounding as pulling energy down in a line into the centre of the Earth. But to me grounding means manipulating and working with energy in order to draw it through and anchor it at whatever point or place is appropriate, and it is this that I may help you do."

LADY FAITH:

I spent a little time pondering the nature of faith and how it differs from hope and trust and how it might be defined. Wikipedia gave this definition: "Faith can mean believing unconditionally. It can be acceptance of something that one has been told by one who is considered trustworthy. Faith, by its very nature, requires belief outside of known fact. Although faith has generated many roots in religion, it is not necessarily a religious word and is not exercised solely in God and God alone, but can apply to any situation where judgements are made irrespective of evidence." Lady Faith said this to me about Faith: "Faith makes up the fabric of the Universe. It is the glue that holds it all together, for what are we without Faith? Faith is central to all that we are and from which all other elements flow."
It is this perfect Faith that she holds for Michael, (and so too for us) that he might work without pause, always held, always supported by her certainty in the Rightness and Purity that exists at the heart of all things. She pointed out that she exists as the purity and pure Light of Source, for she knows (has faith) that she is God - just as we are. She reaches out and touches my heart with her finger and tells me that God is within. She then shows me scenes of fighting and conflict around the world and tells me that if I were to look deep within each of the people I see there, I would see that each one's heart is the same. She continued:
"Man has the choice about what he sees in others. He has the choice to see, hear and speak as God and recognise that all other sentient Beings are as he is. Or he may choose to live on the surface, fighting against the differences he sees - which are only superficial. If you could stop, suspend judgement and look deeper past the exterior of your fellows, you would see the perfect beauty of your fellow man and his true God-self, which is but a mirror of your own. If you were to learn to see this in others and in yourselves, then you would be whole, healed and perfect and your world would be a very different place."

LADY VIRTUE:

Many write-ups on the Archangels say that the Being we know as Mother Mary (the mother of Jesus the Christ) is Raphael's twin flame. I feel that role was simply a small part of what she is as the feminine aspect of the Raphael / Mareia energy: we might perhaps better say that Mother Mary was an aspect of this Being. An Archangelic vibration was required to hold the energy of the Mother of the Christ and Mareia possessed the skills needed to hold the perfect blueprint for the life and actions of Mary's physical son throughout his incarnation, life-path and lessons. A clear and perfect focus had to be maintained by her at all times, as to waver in this focus may have meant the purpose behind Jesus' embodiment on Earth would have been lost. Only an Archangel with their tried and tested powers to hold a concept for a prolonged period of time without wavering could perhaps have done this task successfully. Her key now, as then, is the ability to hold the perfect conception of what is to be made manifest, and retain this ideal throughout its creation, whilst filling that plan and creation with Light, love and joy. This strength of character and attribute of adhering to the path no matter what is something that is very much a part of Lady Virtue's Archaeonic role. Yet somehow, within her strength, there is an immense femininity and a caring, compassionate and nurturing nature. She tells me:
"Raphael is the facilitator, the one who gathers to him knowledge and dispenses wisdom and who helps direct in an active manner the lives of humanity and all the many myriad things that require to be done on our plane and the other dimensions. He reaches a level of understanding that few others can surpass, and then he knows best how to apply that understanding to situations with other Beings and with humanity in order for them to learn, understand and make progress. I supply an inner strength - a foundation, a faith and certainty. I hold the outcome and the focus for the positive outcome that is desired at the end of the day, and within which he works to bring understanding and movement."
Our planet Earth is the soil for growth of the Christ Consciousness, and just as Mary birthed Jesus the Christ, so too do we have the Christ child within us - our Higher Self incarnating as the child within. We are each in the process of bringing down and into ourselves our Divine perfection and Lady Virtue will be our support in this, just as she was for Mary for, as she also tells me: "Each of you is a Divine Mother."

LADY PATIENCE:

Sandalphon's feminine counterpart is one of the least known of the Archeia, and I found her very difficult to access! When I asked Sandalphon why I was having difficulty finding her and in sensing her and her duties, he seemed amused. I wondered, as I had searched all around me and not found her, if she was within me. He advised me that if I had not found what I sought by looking about me, then perhaps I needed to look elsewhere! Later I changed my focus, and suddenly there she was by my side. I had a strong sense of infinite patience - of her waiting, calmly and serenely: not making herself obviously known, and yet not making it difficult to find her. She simply stood with her hands clasped and folded together in front of her, waiting to be noticed; waiting to be acknowledged. And then, when she knows that I am aware of her and when she is acknowledged, she unclasps her hands, arranges her skirts and sits. And again waits. She volunteers no information, simply waits for me to sense what I may and question her as I need. Her name is apt - she does seem eternally patient, with an air of calmness, as if the passage of time is immaterial - she simply exists in peace and serenity, as you might picture a Buddhist monk in meditation. It seems that it is not for her to make herself known to us, but for us to discover her in our own time, and then to ask our questions and realise for ourselves what she can do and how she can help us. And then when we are ready and the time is right she will supply us with the help we need. It is not pressed or forced upon us; nor is it withheld from us - it is simply there for us when we reach for it and at the time we are ready for it. She told me this about that which is called "Shekinah":
"I am the womb for your consciousness, for your Divine spark that is part of Source, a part of the Creator. "Shekhinah" has been given many interpretations. It has been described as the feminine aspect of God. It has been described as a vessel for Divine Source. And it is as a vessel I come. If you are able to accept that your True Self, your True consciousness, is a part of God, and that Spirit in its originality is of the masculine polarity, then it might make sense that I am required as a feminine aspect to hold the male aspect within, in order that you may acknowledge and access Source. I birth Spirit into form in order that you may truly understand and acknowledge that you are a part of God. Sandalphon as the masculine aspect of ourself could not hold your consciousness, for it requires the feminine aspect to do so. Which is why it is I that surround and enclose you, and you experience all that Sandalphon knows and experiences through me, even though you can experience his reality in the instant in which he experiences it, because of the holographic nature of the energy within the vessel."

LADY PURITY:

Once again very little has been researched about Tzadkiel's feminine counterpart. I feel that the name Amethystia has its origins in her own lineage rooted through the violet planet, when it was a title conferred upon her there in her role as a High Priestess of the Sacred Fire (that which we know as the Violet Flame). Some know her as Holy Amethyst. She feels very strong, very positive and incredibly Light. Despite her strength there is about her a very feminine feel, and also an underlying support that is very loving. When I see Amethystia working with Tzadkiel in diagrammatic form, it seems that Tzadkiel surrounds a violet flame at the centre of an energetic "sphere", and she surrounds and encloses him, enclosed in her turn by silver and violet flames that form the outer "skin" of the energy sphere. As he expands outwards, she moves inwards towards him, and as he contacts inwards towards the inner flame, she expands outwards. It seems rather like the rhythmic pulsing of a heartbeat. In this way there is a constant movement and exchange of energy. Nothing remains static, and it seems that the energies of each cleanse, charge and motivate the other. They are extremely dynamic when working in this way and they show us of the need to clear and cleanse ourselves on all levels, reminding us that what is in our energy field may affect us emotionally, mentally and physically and vice versa. The two parts of ourselves, our physical-vehicle self and our spiritual etheric-body self, are therefore inexorably intertwined and interdependent. Lady Purity works to restore US to purity (her own natural state) through her own pure energy field, and it is this pure and feminine aspect that is brought through the silver component of the talked about silver-violet flame. (It has been said that the Violet Flame has changed, and is now the Silver-Violet Flame, but it hasn't CHANGED, it has simply revealed more of itself as the feminine energies have once more been allowed access to our planet.) She said:
"We all are struggling to reach that ultimate state of purity, the Divine clarity that is Source. Such brilliant flawlessness overwhelms the senses so much so that it is impossible to describe without experiencing it for yourself! Even to us, as Angelic life forms, that goal seems at times out of reach. But all things begin with tiny steps and purity may be achieved by degrees. And each negative item you clear, each karmic debt you settle and each tie you release brings you one step further towards your goal, for without attaining that absolute state of purity total reunion cannot be realized."

LADY GRACE:

To many Uriel's feminine counterpart is known as Aurora, or Rainbow Aurora, and this makes sense when we understand how she works, for Lady Grace works with the complete spectrum of Light and with the Rainbow Rays. The Aurora Borealis and the Aurora Australis are natural outpourings of coloured Light. These emanations of Light work to refine and spiritualise the planet and all those who dwell on her, uniting Heaven and Earth through luminous beauty and love. Auroras are also seen in deep space within star clusters and nebula. Colours in many different tones and colour combinations are now beginning to flood our planet, to bring down Higher streams of consciousness in order to prepare the planet and ourselves for our transition into the fifth dimension. The Lady Grace works closely with many Masters to help bring this about and in order to ground these new and vibrant energies onto the Earth plane. She is connected with Neptune, the Rainbow Planet, which is the gatherer of the energies of the Rays and the "transmitting station" that relays those Rays to all planets in our Solar System, including Earth. The keywords of Neptune in astrology are "spiritual wisdom, inspiration, creative art, compassion, sacrifice and universal love", all of which are attributes supported by Lady Grace. Just as the basic function of Neptune is to slowly dissolve away old patterns and create new and better ones, ultimately her task is to help us dissolve self-interest in our search within for Truth and Divine Wisdom and to replace it with humanitarian interest and compassion. I asked Lady Grace about her role, and how she works with Uriel, and she told me:
"My task is to inspire what Uriel creates and imbue it with grace and beauty, making it unique and thus attractive. I paint the sunset gold and pink; I create the beautiful patterns on the feathers of the birds; I create the harmonious colours of the trees and paint their leaves in the myriad of colours you see in Autumn. I add those finishing touches, which do not affect the purpose of the thing that is created, for it is first created with perfection of function and form. Yet I can embellish it to add something that might invoke emotions in the beholder, such as wonder, joy or happiness and perhaps a sense of awe in what is possible. And you too can use your own skills and talents to embellish all you create - whether it be on a material or non-material level - and in this look for my signature and know my energy is at hand. I am with Uriel always. I am with the Earth always. I am with you always."

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In our research the Archangels / Archaeon each have shown themselves with gemstones or crystals that are "their" stones, and which carry esoteric significance. To help bring their energies closer to you, you might wish to spend some time in silent contemplation with the relevant stone. The crystals relating to the Archeia / Archaea are:

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