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    Invoking Angels
    Invoking Angels
    Invoking Angels
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    Invoking Angels

    By David A. Cooper

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    "When we engage in a daily relationship with angels, our lives become filled with a vast array of heavenly sparks that inform us of the divinity within even the most mundane activities … Come and see for yourself how to invoke angels, and discover a new way to experience your world."
    —Rabbi David A. Cooper

    Have you ever experienced something so extraordinary as to leave you wondering whether some higher power or force were responsible? "We do not need to sit and wait for the finger of Grace to tap us on the shoulder," explains Rabbi David A. Cooper. "Rather, we can practice the invocation of angels—cultivating profound experiences that immediately open us to guidance and blessings from the Divine."

    Invoking Angels presents a complete program of daily meditations and prayers to help practitioners of any faith find self-empowerment through an active relationship with angels, which Cooper views as an energetic realm that serves as a medium in which God, humankind, and all of creation are interconnected.

    Join this master kabbalist, scholar, and storyteller as he takes us back to the teachings of the Torah, the Bible, and other sacred texts to reveal the original vision of angels and the universe we cocreate with them. Invoking Angels is meant to complement an existing spiritual practice, comfort the sick, invite wisdom, and help anyone seeking an intimate awareness of these divine forces at work around us.

    Guided Meditations and Prayers Include:

    • An "Archangel Meditation" for openheartedness and courage
    • A "Guardian Angel Meditation" for protection in any situation
    • A meditation on the Divine Presence (the Shekhina)
    • Meditations for invoking the "supreme" angels Metatron and Sandalphon to experience profound awareness and sufficiency, and more
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSounds True
    Release dateNov 1, 2006
    ISBN9781591798934
    Invoking Angels
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    David A. Cooper

    Rabbi David A. Cooper (1939–2020) was a leading teacher of Jewish meditation and a lifelong student of the world's great spiritual traditions. He is the author of many books, including Entering the Sacred Mountain; A Heart of Stillness; Silence, Simplicity, and Solitude; and Renewing Your Soul. His most recent book, God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism, was highly acclaimed and nominated for the National Jewish Book Award. Cooper and his wife, Shoshana, led Jewish meditation retreats nationwide throughout the year. They resided at the Heart of Stillness Hermitage in the Colorado mountains near Boulder until Cooper's passing in 2020.    

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      Master kabbalist, scholar and story teller, Rabbi David A. Cooper, has produces a complete programme of daily meditations and prayers to help readers to connect to their angels and find self empowerment. This alternative view into the world of angels, ancient history and sacred text, includes an 1 hour CD with guided meditations and prayers to assist you on your journey of discovery and increased awareness. If you have ever felt there was more to this life than what the eye can see, and what society expects us to believe, and deja vu, coincidences are messages sent to those who can read them from a higher force, then this book is for you. You do not have to be a believer of any faith, although you are taken back to ancient teachings of the Torah, the Bible, and other sacred texts purely to assist you in understanding how it all came about. Admittedly, you can't pass a high street shop these days without seeing some sort of angel for sale, so there is no denying these divine creatures do capture our hearts and imagination, and this book is intended to compliment these beliefs via meditation and prayer, although not necessarily expecting you to think of angels as creatures with wings. The CD includes: An Archangel meditation for open-heartedness and courage A Guardian Angel meditation for protection in any situation A meditation on the Divine Presence (the Shekhina), invoking the "supreme" angels, Metatron and Sandalphon, to experience profound awareness and sufficiency. I found it rather exciting, the idea of invoking angels for guidance is very appealing for me, however, it must be said there is no quick fix and information like this can increase your awareness of angels, and the energies they represent to open you to new possibilities over a period of time.
    • 4/5
      Invoking Angels, Rabbi David A. Cooper, Sounds True, 2006This book looks at the process of invoking angels, bringing about blessings and guidance from the Divine at any time. Through a Jewish perspective, the author uses sacred texts to show how to connect with a broad number of angels to access their divine characteristics. The ultimate goal is to reach a new level of consciousness where the reader can experience the presence of the Divine in nearly every encounter.Since there are a nearly infinite number of angels, the author concentrates on some of the "major" angels, including Sandalphon and Metatron, the Angel of Death and Archangels Michael, Raphael and Gabriel. The CD that accompanies this book includes a number of guided meditations that get into How To Do It.I must be the wrong person to review religion/spirituality books like this (maybe I am not spiritual enough), because this is not the first such book that I have had a hard time "getting." Absolutely no disrespect is meant toward the book or the author. I am sure that this book has helped, and will help, a lot of people. Perhaps some of us are meant to stay on the outside, looking in.
    • 5/5
      Very good and fascinating, have build up my spirit very well. Bring more. The sky is the limit thanks.

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    Invoking Angels - David A. Cooper

    Invoking Angels

    For Blessings, Protection and Healing

    By

    Rabbi David A. Cooper

    Preface

    My first contact with God and angels occurred when I was ten years old. I lived on the north side of Chicago and was experiencing my very first infatuation. She lived across the street, and her name was Carole. A ten-year-old’s love can be all-consuming. I remember clearly one day absolutely needing to tell her something. To my dismay, she was not home, and I could not find her anywhere. So I made one of those impulsive moves that can somehow affect us for the rest of our lives. I called out to the great, mysterious unknown and made my bargain: If there really is a God, I promise I will believe in you forever if you help me find Carole right away!

    Now, over fifty years have passed since that moment, and it still rings clear in my mind. It so happened that only a few minutes after my rash (but heartfelt) commitment, a friend (angel) walked up to me and said, for no apparent reason, David, I just saw Carole at... I was dumbstruck! This was a terrific lesson for me, but at that point getting to Carole was more important than enlightenment. So I did not stop to ponder my awe, but ran instead to meet my beloved. Nonetheless, although this promise to believe in God forever was born in an impulsive childhood moment, it continues to sit in my heart to this day. I must say, however, that my perspective of the meaning of God and the purpose of angels has changed dramatically over the years in a way that has turned out to influence profoundly the direction of my life and the work that I do.

    More than thirty years had passed after that initial experience when my wife, Shoshana, and I moved to the Old City of Jerusalem. It was in the mid-eighties, and we were on a serious spiritual quest. While living and studying in the Old City for many years, we frequently experienced a curious event that most residents there take for granted. Almost every time we would discuss the need to meet someone or to invite someone to a meal, that person would appear. Strangely and almost miraculously, within hours, the phone would ring, or we would run into that person on the street. This happened so frequently that any time someone’s name came up in conversation, we simply assumed that a meeting with this person was imminent.

    We all experience synchronistic events like these throughout our lives. We can approach this unique phenomenon with scientific curiosity, but we are not likely to get far. Events like these do not easily lend themselves to evaluation, repetition, or measurement—each of which is a necessary component of the scientific method. Yet, we know them when they happen because in those moments something deep inside of us is comforted in a tender way; we experience an inexpressible sense of satisfaction, of feeling connected with a mysterious something that holds the world together.

    People who live in Jerusalem say that this synchrony happens more often there because the city has a mysterious kedusha, a word that means sanctification or holiness. I came to realize, however, that it seemed to happen more often in Jerusalem because we who lived there were far more aware of and prepared for mystical experiences to arise. We were more aware because we immersed ourselves in biblical studies many hours every day, and we discussed written and oral religious traditions on a regular basis.

    We all have had the experience of learning a new word and then suddenly hearing the word everywhere. We learn a new skill, such as painting, and then we start seeing colors through new eyes. We learn to play a musical instrument, and from that time forward we hear all music with new ears. The same phenomenon occurs when we engage deeply in certain types of studies. In the Jewish world, the study is of the Torah and all its commentaries. Immersed in these studies, one begins to see the world in a different light, a world filled with new mysteries. Included in those mysteries are realms beyond our ordinary reality, filled with supernatural energies. They are not real in the ordinary sense that we can measure them to meet scientific criteria, but they are real on some other level. They speak to us, guide us, protect us, caution us; they are voices and visions that appear clearly in the mind’s eye.

    There are many names and descriptions of supernal characters that show up in spiritual literature. There are thousands of them that fit into many different categories. One of the most popular categories is the realm of angels. A wide variety of angels are described in Christianity and Islam, as well as in Judaism. Moreover, they are not limited to Western tradition. There are many angels described in Tibetan Buddhism and Hinduism. Indeed, angels can be found in a wide variety of traditions.

    This book is not designed to be a dictionary of all the different angelic characters that exist in a multitude of traditions, but rather to be a guide to introduce to the reader ways to invoke and work with specific characteristics that are connected with well-known angels. We will therefore discuss only a select number of angels that have been described extensively in the literature of Western tradition. In this process of exploring qualities associated with certain angels, we discover new possibilities of manifesting new capabilities within ourselves.

    You should know that I have considerable skepticism when it comes to fanciful ideals about invisible beings who affect our lives. Anyone who has read my book God Is a Verb knows that I do not subscribe to the idea that God is a father figure who runs the creation, but is rather a process that is continuously in motion.

    In the same spirit, my approach to angels does not delve into realms populated by critters with wings and halos. I have instead a deeper and much more subtle relationship with angels. As you will discover, I have an ongoing interaction with angels that evokes certain characteristics in a way that continuously informs my life. Evoking these characteristics is an empowering process. It can lead to greater strength in helping ourselves or others when working with difficult situations. This is not a skill that is unique to selected individuals; it is something that all human beings can access and develop if they wish.

    The popular characterization of angels in Western tradition is that they are hidden beings that sometimes reveal themselves for various purposes. We have seen them in movies and on television; we read about them in the Torah, the New Testament, and the Qur’an; and we often talk about them when special things happen to us. When we read about or see angels like this, they are often mistaken for people; but they usually have magical powers, the ability to see one’s past and future, and they appear and disappear at will. There are many books written about supernatural angels like these.

    While the book you are now reading describes in some sections this more traditional perspective on angels, the emphasis is on how we can empower ourselves by invoking energies associated with specific angels. Doing so allows us to open up new possibilities for bringing blessings, protection, and healing to ourselves and others.

    Each of the traditional archangels, for example, has

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