Apparently they need salt and water, or just like it.
My sister in law sent them to visit us. They stayed with her for 72 hours and then came to our house (all the way from Mexico). She called us to let us know they were on their way, so we could put out 7 glasses of water (there were 7 angels coming, which made the house a bit crowded with holiness) and a plate of salt, and light a candle. We then had to sprinkle holy water in all the corners of the house (maybe they like hanging out in the corners so they don’t get stepped on as much?) say prayers, make wishes, etc.
Apart from them eating all the salt in the house, and using up all our emergency candles, I can’t tell the difference, so they’re welcome back any time. They’re going to my mom’s tonight, we have to call her and let her know when to expect them. Apparently if you don’t direct them they get lost.
Michael, Gabriel, Rafael, and four others I’d never heard of before, but I’d like to learn if anyone can recommend a good book about the history and types of angels.
Ok, I was kidding about them eating all the salt. It just sat there. My sister in law was a bit hazy on the details, and being mexican and WAY superstitious, I don’t think she’s allowed to ask why about many things; so if anyone knows why salt? I’d love to know myself.
It seems alot like an advanced chain letter to me. Except that I only had to pass them on to one person rather than six, and that nothing bad was going to happen if I didn’t pass them on. Except that it played into my catholic guilt, like “I can’t just leave them without somewhere to go, it’s gonna be winter soon.”
Kyriotate? I don’t know what that is, but if it’s pralines and cream, then yes!
No one else has heard of this? Having angels come to visit?
My grandmother, deep-woods country, thought that sprinkling salt in the corners of the house helped clean out the evil spirits.
All I know is a ring of salt around my dog’s food bowl keeps out the slugs. And that heavily sprinkled cinnamon at doorways, windows and other entries keeps out ants.
There are a lot of good books on superstitions and angels, you can even google that info. I used to read about all sorts of strange and occultish stuff, ESP, astral projection, monsters, ghosts, the afterlife… it made for an interesting childhood.
I had an experience once where a presence sat down on my bed with me. I was about 6 or 7, just got into bed to go to sleep for the night but I was still very awake. The streetlights made my room sort of bright for night-time (which sucked). I saw nothing but I felt this weight on my bed, as if someone had sat down next to me. Freaked me out! My grandmother said the house was haunted after we moved away and only after I had heard my cousins say the same thing when they lived in the house.
Hmmm…
Oh, it sounds like you were entertaining the Big Guns, btw. Mike, the General of the Armies of Heaven, Gabe the Annunciator, Rafe, the Healer, etc. I know that there’s some vengeance, mercy, defenders, etc. in there too. Trouble is that the list of Archangels varies from source to source, and some of them were never fleshed out very well in the literature. My best guess, though, is Michael, Gabriel, Rafael, Uriel, Raguael, Jerahmeel, and Sariel…sometimes known as the Seven that Stand Before God.