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Working with Angels, Fairies and Nature Spirits
With the advent of the new millennium, people may be seeking a more meaningful and holistic understanding of life. This book sets out to describe and explain the nature and purpose of spirits—the alleged world of angels, nature spirits and spirit guides that lies behind everyday reality.
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166 pages, Paperback
First published September 6, 2002
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February 10, 2020
William Bloom here introduces us to the reality of the presence of angels and devas, and explains how they can be contacted.
As far ss I remember, angels and devas are similar but not identical. I think devas are a form of angels, or the opposite. But Bloom uses the term "angels", devas" and "spirits" interchangeably.
One of the negative features of this book is in my opinion that its energy is somewhat diffuse and while reading it I felt frustrated, since the very nature of the subject - these ethereal beings -, together with the energy and the style of writing of the author, was so "airy-fairy" that I felt it hard to get to the nitty-gritty of things, and was left with the feeling that the book lacked some concrete facts. (Though I'm a Pisces and thus at home with spirits and angels, I have a Capricorn ascendant, which requires specificity.)
The author teaches us that there's an angel or deva for everything imaginable, and that these can be contacted. Actually I'd recently learnt all this from another book - "Co-creative science" by Machaelle Small Wright- But Bloom brings the matter to another level, explaining that even the various parts of the body, each of the chakras and even each atom in the body, contain tiny devas.
Again, I must say it bothers me that Bloom doesn't distinguish between angels and devas, or even between them and nature spirits. I had understood from Wright's books that devas and nature spirits represent two different levels and functions within "the nature consciousness". According to her "system" (defined by Nature itself), the devic level creates "order, organization and life vitality", while the nature spirit level "infuses the devic order, organization and life vitality and adds to this the dynamic of function and working balance". The devic level "creates -- the blueprints for form, while the nature spirit level implements those blueprints." (These quotes stem from Wright's book "MAP".)
Bloom recounts his own personal background and how he first encountered and came to work with these spirits.
There are chapers on tuning into the spirits, "Sensing a Deva", Working more closely with Spirits","The healing dimension" together with "Working with Angels that help humanity".
We learn about working with the devas of, for example, one's house or business, just as Wright describes in her book "Soil-less gardens". There exists also a Deva of Computers (though not described by Bloom), and here I would like to recount a personal experience with this Deva. I am no computer expert, and I have for perhaps years had a specific problem affecting certain of my files. Whenever I had accessed a file and wanted to come out of it, whether or not I had changed the file and tried to save the new input, I encountered severe difficulties in getting out of the file again, no matter whether I pressed "yes" or "no" to the question, or whatever, being asked interminably whether I wanted to save the file in this or that way, and being warned about possible lost material.It was like there was no solution to the problem. Then one day, several weeks ago, I simply entertained in my head the notion of contacting the Deva of Computers to engage its help in solving the problem. The problem then IMMEDIATELY disappeared and I haven't had it since. Note that I didn't actually ask this deva for help - there was no time for that. This seemed like a sort of miracle. since the problem had plagued me for so long.I can only conclude that the Deva of Computers read my thought/felt my wish and went in and fixed the problem without further ado.
There also exists a household Deva in your home, which you can ask for help with various matters. I have begun to do so with success.
I further learnt that there exist negative "pathological" elementals in diseased parts of the body, and these can be contacted, transformed and removed. The author also discusses how to tackle other spirits in need of healing, and how to call in an Angel of Death for help with persons on the brink of death, but needing help to die in a comfortable manner.
Those who might be interested in working with these spirits should get hold of this book, which can be used as a guidebook for frequent reference. I would highly recommend the book for such persons.
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As far ss I remember, angels and devas are similar but not identical. I think devas are a form of angels, or the opposite. But Bloom uses the term "angels", devas" and "spirits" interchangeably.
One of the negative features of this book is in my opinion that its energy is somewhat diffuse and while reading it I felt frustrated, since the very nature of the subject - these ethereal beings -, together with the energy and the style of writing of the author, was so "airy-fairy" that I felt it hard to get to the nitty-gritty of things, and was left with the feeling that the book lacked some concrete facts. (Though I'm a Pisces and thus at home with spirits and angels, I have a Capricorn ascendant, which requires specificity.)
The author teaches us that there's an angel or deva for everything imaginable, and that these can be contacted. Actually I'd recently learnt all this from another book - "Co-creative science" by Machaelle Small Wright- But Bloom brings the matter to another level, explaining that even the various parts of the body, each of the chakras and even each atom in the body, contain tiny devas.
Again, I must say it bothers me that Bloom doesn't distinguish between angels and devas, or even between them and nature spirits. I had understood from Wright's books that devas and nature spirits represent two different levels and functions within "the nature consciousness". According to her "system" (defined by Nature itself), the devic level creates "order, organization and life vitality", while the nature spirit level "infuses the devic order, organization and life vitality and adds to this the dynamic of function and working balance". The devic level "creates -- the blueprints for form, while the nature spirit level implements those blueprints." (These quotes stem from Wright's book "MAP".)
Bloom recounts his own personal background and how he first encountered and came to work with these spirits.
There are chapers on tuning into the spirits, "Sensing a Deva", Working more closely with Spirits","The healing dimension" together with "Working with Angels that help humanity".
We learn about working with the devas of, for example, one's house or business, just as Wright describes in her book "Soil-less gardens". There exists also a Deva of Computers (though not described by Bloom), and here I would like to recount a personal experience with this Deva. I am no computer expert, and I have for perhaps years had a specific problem affecting certain of my files. Whenever I had accessed a file and wanted to come out of it, whether or not I had changed the file and tried to save the new input, I encountered severe difficulties in getting out of the file again, no matter whether I pressed "yes" or "no" to the question, or whatever, being asked interminably whether I wanted to save the file in this or that way, and being warned about possible lost material.It was like there was no solution to the problem. Then one day, several weeks ago, I simply entertained in my head the notion of contacting the Deva of Computers to engage its help in solving the problem. The problem then IMMEDIATELY disappeared and I haven't had it since. Note that I didn't actually ask this deva for help - there was no time for that. This seemed like a sort of miracle. since the problem had plagued me for so long.I can only conclude that the Deva of Computers read my thought/felt my wish and went in and fixed the problem without further ado.
There also exists a household Deva in your home, which you can ask for help with various matters. I have begun to do so with success.
I further learnt that there exist negative "pathological" elementals in diseased parts of the body, and these can be contacted, transformed and removed. The author also discusses how to tackle other spirits in need of healing, and how to call in an Angel of Death for help with persons on the brink of death, but needing help to die in a comfortable manner.
Those who might be interested in working with these spirits should get hold of this book, which can be used as a guidebook for frequent reference. I would highly recommend the book for such persons.
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May 4, 2021
I just didn't enjoy this book.. The first sentence was full of resistance and that flowed into a sort of negative feeling first few paragraphs as the author fights back against people who don't believe in fairies. For a book on something as joyous and beautiful as fairies and angels,he started sour and that made me nervous about the rest of the book.
He does bring it back to the feel of a spiritual self-help book once his rant is over but the writing style isn't easy or enjoyable. It's very studious and laborous, verging on a college textbook feel.
It's halfway through the book before he begins to tell you how to contact or attempt to meet these wondrous beings. And then it's really just common sense and what you did as a kid anyway,sit quietly and be open with no expectations,feel for a presence and wait.
He gets into working with devas and getting their advice or help and that's equally as obvious.
I didn't learn anything new from this book and I zoomed through it in a hour as so much felt irrelevant or obvious. I've been talking to and working with angels and nature spirits for years,it was natural to me. I think there's far more expressive writers with far better tips and more interesting anecdotes that what you'll find here.
He does bring it back to the feel of a spiritual self-help book once his rant is over but the writing style isn't easy or enjoyable. It's very studious and laborous, verging on a college textbook feel.
It's halfway through the book before he begins to tell you how to contact or attempt to meet these wondrous beings. And then it's really just common sense and what you did as a kid anyway,sit quietly and be open with no expectations,feel for a presence and wait.
He gets into working with devas and getting their advice or help and that's equally as obvious.
I didn't learn anything new from this book and I zoomed through it in a hour as so much felt irrelevant or obvious. I've been talking to and working with angels and nature spirits for years,it was natural to me. I think there's far more expressive writers with far better tips and more interesting anecdotes that what you'll find here.
April 19, 2022
Don't agree with everything said there, but most of it was wonderful.
August 6, 2012
This is my first angels book. I struggle with the language, the idea of angels, cherubim etc being too iconicly Christian for me to get past. If it had all been written as ‘spirits’ I’d probably have enjoyed it more, but I recognise this is entirely about my own language preferences.
It’s a well written, sensible sort o book with plenty of good advice in it – Bloom avoids dogma to a pleasing degree, discourages pomposity and encourages what is both heartfelt and productive. There are a number of good meditations in here. The writing style comes across as sincere and well informed, but not authoritarian, and there’s humour, plenty of lightness in the approach. Nothing self important.
The world view is a bit tidy for me, drawing on Platonic notions of ideal forms. My reality is a bit messy, unplanned, evolving as it goes. For me, there is no grand plan, no blueprint of how anything could be, but if your world view is a smidge more orderly, this book may well suit. Despite it being a long way from what I normally read and a fair distance from what I believe, there was much about it that I appreciated. I’m fine with the idea of different world views. The delivery method for this one, is superb.
It’s a well written, sensible sort o book with plenty of good advice in it – Bloom avoids dogma to a pleasing degree, discourages pomposity and encourages what is both heartfelt and productive. There are a number of good meditations in here. The writing style comes across as sincere and well informed, but not authoritarian, and there’s humour, plenty of lightness in the approach. Nothing self important.
The world view is a bit tidy for me, drawing on Platonic notions of ideal forms. My reality is a bit messy, unplanned, evolving as it goes. For me, there is no grand plan, no blueprint of how anything could be, but if your world view is a smidge more orderly, this book may well suit. Despite it being a long way from what I normally read and a fair distance from what I believe, there was much about it that I appreciated. I’m fine with the idea of different world views. The delivery method for this one, is superb.
March 26, 2016
Down-to-earth, sensible, yet profoundly spiritual, this book gives a good down to earth approach to angels and spiritual beings.
There are chapers on tuning into the spirits, "Working more closely with Spirits","Sensing a Deva","The healing dimension" together with "Working with Angels that help humanity".
I just wish it would give more information about actually working with angels, fairies and elementals, other then just focus on and mediate.
There are chapers on tuning into the spirits, "Working more closely with Spirits","Sensing a Deva","The healing dimension" together with "Working with Angels that help humanity".
I just wish it would give more information about actually working with angels, fairies and elementals, other then just focus on and mediate.
October 30, 2024
I totally love this book. I escaped into its magical world, and I dreamed of restful places, this book stayed with many and I often think back to its beautiful stories.
November 20, 2012
A good beginners guide
January 5, 2016
Just heavenly <3
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