Cara Soror, 
43 
The Holy Guardian Angel 
An Objective Individual 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
On going over some recent letters I see that you meant not 
only to inquire into the order of being to which angels 
belong, but as to whether they are liable to accident, 
misfortune, and the like. 
The answer is that it depends on the Angel-for 
the 
purposes of this letter I propose to use the word 'angel' to 
include all sorts of disembodied beings, from demons to 
gods-in all cases, they are objective; a subjective 'angel' is 
different from a dream only in non-essentials. 
Now, some angels are actually emanations of the elements, 
planets, or signs to which they are attributed. They are 
partial beings in very much the same way as are animals. 
They are not microcosms as are men and women. They are 
almost entirely composed of the planet (or whatever it is) to 
which they are attributed. The other components of their 
being I take to be almost accidental. For example, the 
Archangel Ratziel is lord of a company of angels called 
Auphanim; and one must not imagine that all these angels are 
identical with one another, or there would not seem to be 
much sense in it. They have some sort of composition, some 
sort of individuality; and the character and appearance of the 
Angel can be determined by its name. 
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