Working With Angels, First steps... Options

I am assuming that this is the right section to post in, but if it is not, could it please be moved by a moderator.

To put this thread simply, I want to know the first steps I can take in order to begin working with angels.

I recently read an article in a local magazine about a man who claimed to have a long, in depth conversation with his guardian angel which he nicknamed Theo (IMG:style_emoticons/default/13.gif) . This man said that he communicated with "Theo" through what he calls "Active meditation".

There is a link to an online version of this article here:http://www.antesianprayerteam.org/faq/faq.htm

Now this is all well and good, but I would prefer a much more ritual based, or another way other then meditation. Meditation fails for me when I try to meditate with intent on doing something, i.e. in this case meditating to communicate with my guardian angel would result in me not switching off because I'm thinking about my task too much.

It's not just my guardian angel I would like to talk with, I wish to be able to communicate with any and all angels.

I'm guessing one of the ways to do so is to perform a summoning ritual of some sort to call forth an angel.

If anyone has a link for me or simple exercises that would be helpful.
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Lastly I want to sort fact from fiction.
1) I read here on one of the forums in a thread about demons that angels can be as vicious as demons if not treated with respect. Would performing a summoning ritual be considered disrespectful?

2) Would I need to work on my clairvoyance abilities and other astral senses to be able to see, hear and talk with said spirits? Or are these only needed for when I visit the astral plane?

Thanks guys.
Dgd

dgd,

It depends on your natural abilities to communicate with spirits. You can use a pendulum, which works really well for me because I don't have very good astral senses at all, so if you don't have the natural ability, it's most likely you won't see or hear them at first, but with time it might come up.
For me, when I first tried to communicate with Raphael a couple years ago using the LBRP, I actually found that Michael responded easily, and I felt (physically) that he or something brushed against me on my right side (I was sitting toward the east). Since then, for me, he is the one that is easiest to perceive. Raphael took the longest to be present during the LBRP. I guess they respond differently to each of us, maybe it depends on our birth sign? I'm saggitarius, so fire = Michael? *shrug*

The one thing that I recommend is that you learn to enter a trance meditative state. That is a very important tool you can use to communicate with any spirit. It's when you do enough yoga breathing and your body begins to tingle, go numb, etc. but you're still conscious. That's a trance.

Experiment. The archangels won't attack you or hurt you for trying to get to know them. They're very patient.