Full Angelic Ranks

The dark cloud felt unsatisfied with the divine light obstructing their inquiry into the summoning act, as the obstruction only fed boastful divagations by her emanation. The Darkness had an idea for God and the Lesser Darkness about resolving this problem.

"My original question remains unsatisfactorily answered," she declared, "Perhaps we should resolve this in human form, here."

Together, the three most powerful entities in existence assumed human form in the midst of the Bottomless Pit. Amara Schneider and Chuck Shurley were amazed that Sefira Taus was wielding the Hammer of Death itself. This was a specialized instrument of creation which enabled the wielder to push the limits of conventional conjuration within a compressed period of time. Moreover, it also enabled the wielder to create primordial beings and substances more easily.

"Very well, Mother," answered the most powerful created being in existence, "I shall answer in chants."

"In the center of the fire, a gleam as of amber," she chanted, somehow knowing the original language that her mother and uncle had familiarized themselves with. This chant was a reference to the creation of the Electric Ones below the eight Holy Living Ones and Valiant Ones.

"God's chariots are myriads upon myriads," she chanted, in reference to the Fiery Ones who now numbered seventy or so.

"His body was like beryl," she chanted, in reference to the creation of the Brilliant Ones as the replacements of the Grigori.

"The people of the holy ones of the Most High," she chanted, in reference to the creation of the Upper Ones just below the regular angels.

"Ascribe to the Eternal, O divine beings," she chanted, in reference to the creation of two new ranks of strong beings further below.

"Looking up, he saw three men standing near him," she concluded her chanting, in reference to the creation of the Supernal Men.

"The full angelic ranks of Uncle's Commonwealth of Heaven, below the absent Archangels, have not gone unnoticed by me: Chayot Ha Kodesh, Erelim, Hashmallim, Shinanim, Seraphim, Tarshishim, regular Malakhim, Elyonim, Elim, Bene Elim, Cherubim, and Ishim," the Lesser Darkness listed all the angelic types, "To say nothing of the future ranks of the independent Republic of Heaven."

The Darkness and God had been confirmed in their suspicion, that this summoning of a terrifying primordial combiner from another dimension was indeed a reaction to these celestial changes.


Author's Note: All Bible quotations found in this chapter and in future ones come from the NJPS version.