#spheres of heaven

[cypriathus]

ÄYLCEPHOMUS CELESTIAL HIERARCHY

SERAPH (plural noun: SERAPHIM): They’re celestial humanoids with six fiery wings, one pair for flying, another covering the face and the final pair covering the feet, crotch or torso. They are the natural caretakers of their creator’s divine throne and bearers of sacred knowledge. They also help to maintain the equilibrium of the universe and carry out purification rituals by touching the lips with burning coal from an altar. They’re the highest in the celestial hierarchy, which means they’re the closest to divinity and the firmament of heaven. They’re most commonly seen in the Primum Mobile of The Angels and Empyrean.

CHERUB (plural noun: CHERUBIM): They have two large pairs of wings that appear to be like polished bronze and are said to create thunder by flapping them. They also have four faces; that of a human (front), eagle (right), lion (left), and ox or cow (back). They are the irresistible guardians of the heavenly garden and the pearly gates to their realm. They’re most commonly seen at the gates of heaven, the sacred garden, Primum Mobile of The Angels, and Empyrean.

OPHANIM, GALGALIM or THRONE (plural noun: THRONEs): When in their true form, they appear to be four interlocking, eye-covered wheels that surround either a celestial youth or fetus. They’re responsible for carrying out divine justice and maintaining cosmic harmony of all universal laws. They are also responsible for protecting the holy chariot and its mercy seat. They’re most commonly seen in the sacred garden, Saturn of The Contemplatives, Primum Mobile of The Angels, and Empyrean.

CHALKYDRI: They’re a unique angel breed because their appearance is far more animalistic compared to the others. When in their natural form, they have the head of a crocodile with a lion’s tail and twelve purplish-red wings. They are responsible for running the Sun’s course around the Earth, bringing the planet heat and dew. They are also responsible for alerting the birds of the multiverse for a new day to rejoice by breaking into song at sunrise. They’re most commonly seen in the Sun of The Wise, Primum Mobile of The Angels, and Empyrean.

DESTROYING ANGEL or DESTROYER (plural noun: DESTROYING ANGELs or DESTROYERs): They are very important angels of divine punishment and destruction as well as psychopomps for the recently deceased. They’re only allowed to exercise their punishment and torment on wicked sinners and infernal beings if the divine council has proclaimed the sentence. They either have two, six or twelve wings that mimic the colours of scavenger birds such as vultures and magpies. They’re most commonly seen in the sacred garden, Moon of The Inconstant, and Primum Mobile of The Angels.

WATCHER (plural noun: WATCHERs): Originally, they were dispatched by the divine council and even the titans to watch over the humans. Unfortunately, after procreating with humanity and bringing the Nephilim into the multiverse, most were kicked out of heaven. For those who weren’t abandoned or didn’t participate in this incident, they were forced to become celestial warriors that protected heaven from the attacks of infernal beings or shepherds that attend to their livestock. They have six wings of a gleaming alabaster dove and are commonly seen in the Moon of The Inconstant, Sun of The Wise, Mars of The Faith-Warriors, and Jupiter of The Just Rulers.

DOMINATION, DOMINION or LORDSHIP (plural noun: DOMINATIONs, DOMINIONs or LORDSHIPs): They govern the movement of stars, planets, and other celestial objects whilst performing a few other important duties. These duties include delivering divine judgement, showing mercy towards sinners, and helping angels in lower ranks to stay organised and perform their work well. They have four wings that either resemble a male cerulean warbler, golden eagle, or bearded vulture. They’re most commonly seen in the Sun of The Wise, Mars of The Faith-Warriors, and Jupiter of The Just Rulers.

VIRTUE (plural noun: VIRTUEs): They are known for controlling the elements that are present within the multiverse. They’re angels of motion who govern nature and assist with miracles, encouraging humans to strengthen their faith in the titans. Unlike most angels, their two or six wings don’t resemble that of existing birds as they possess up to five different hues that are not always or never found in nature. They’re most commonly seen in Mercury of The ambitious, Venus of The Lovers, Sun of The Wise, and Fixed Stars of Faith, Hope and Love.

POWER or AUTHORITY (plural noun: POWERs or AUTHORITIES): They have authoritative power over all forces of evil, restraining them from doing harm. They have four wings and their natural hues are either similar to the ferruginous hawk or Egyptian vulture. They’re most commonly seen in the Moon of The Inconstant, Mercury of The Ambitious, Mars of The Faith-Warriors, and Jupiter of The Just Rulers.

PRINCIPALITY, PRINCEDOM or RULER (plural noun: PRINCIPALITIES, PRINCEDOMs or RULERs): They are given the responsibility to guide and protect nations or groups of peoples, ensuring that everything runs smoothly. They also preside over the bands of angelic subspecies and charge them with fulfilling their divine ministry. They have four wings that possess the colours of a crowned eagle, king quail, and black-billed magpie. They’re most commonly in Mars of The Faith-Warriors, and Jupiter of The Just Rulers.

ARCHANGEL or CHIEF ANGEL (plural noun: ARCHANGELs or CHIEF ANGELs): They have various duties such as delivering far-reaching messages to entire peoples or communities, creation and facilitation of soul contracts, managing life on Earth, maintaining natural order, and preserving ancient mysteries. As their name suggests, they act as natural leaders for the other bands of angels. They have two wings that mimic the colours of a blue jay or resemble shimmering and untainted gold with a brownish undercoat. They’re commonly seen throughout the spheres of heaven, but most inhabit Mercury of The Ambitious, Mars of The Faith-Warriors, Jupiter of The Just Rulers, Fixed Stars of Faith, Hope and Love, and the Primum Mobile of The Angels.

CHOIR ANGEL (plural noun: CHOIR ANGELs): They’re musical angels who are responsible for spreading festive joy, righteous pleasure, the practice of preserving stories, and hymns of praise. They are usually seen carrying intricate trumpets of shimmering gold and ancient scrolls full of lyrical songs. It’s believed that if they blow their trumpets while standing on a holy rock, they are announcing the fateful day of judgement. They all have two wings that mimic the natural hues of the purple starling, lilac-breasted roller, and the train of a male Indian peafowl. They’re commonly seen throughout the spheres of heaven, but most inhabit Venus of The Lovers, the Primum Mobile of The Angels and the Fixed Stars of Faith, Hope and Love.

EARTHLY ANGEL (plural noun: EARTHLY ANGELs): They are entrusted with the affairs of the world and keeping records on the actions of people. They’re lowest in the celestial hierarchy, which means they’re the closest to the earth and humanity. Male-bodied messenger angels have the wings of a male loon and the plumage of the female-bodied resembles that of a house sparrow. Similar to choir angels and archangels, they are commonly seen throughout the spheres of heaven, but most inhabit the Moon of The Inconstant and Mercury of The Ambitious.

#writerscorner #writing #creative writing #first subspecies has been introduced #fictional species #fantasy #monster #multiverse #biblically accurate angel #angels #heavenly creatures #heaven #celestial hierarchy #spheres of heaven #divine comedy inspired

[plastic-fox]

using my big google doc of demonology, angelology, nephilim, and revelations things to try and set up actual plot points is a bigger pain than i thought

only thing i have going right now is that the four horsemen are also specific archangels (temporary roles since angels can canonically transform as needed)

#canonically as in the bible and associated literature #it all made more sense when it was in the filing cabinets in my mind #spheres of heaven

[storge]

XIao Yan & Mei Dusha

Battle through the Heaven (2023)

#battle through the heaven #斗破苍穹之少年归来 #fights break sphere 2 #cdramaedit #userdramas #cdrama #asiandramanet #cdramasource #dailyasiandramas #asiancentral #dramasource #asiandramasource #xu yining #wang xiuzhu #xiao yan #mei dusha #tuserjade #mymymy #ep 4 #i loved how they looked here.. she is so pretty while he saw 1 dragon and he just wimped out so easily LOLOL #ahhhhh I wish I could ship them romantically but i just canttt #i love that she protects him and is a BA and i like their 'you owe me so we have a contract relaitonship' dynamic.. thats fantastic #BUTT she deserves someone way spicer than our main boiii #im glad our queen is the 2nd lead.. but then im sad cause she not gonna get nobody else.........sighhhhhh #the 'is he gonna have a harem?' part of this drama was a draggggggggg like i understand the og source and what happens but IDGAF #PLSSSSS can these women get some love interests that ACTUALLY want them... cause ML only has eyes for Xuner #him and xuner are perfect for each otehr and im glad it ended with just him and her lol them other girlies would be miserable #okayim done rambling now

[wayti-blog]

What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dream you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?

S.T. Coleridge (1772-1834)

#life #sleep #dream #awakening #spirit #heaven #spheres #spiritual dimensions #attunement #poetry #literature #inspirational #samuel taylor coleridge #flower #energy #light #love #frequency

[cherry-bomb1985]

it's difficult to apply common fandom tropes to Gabv1el on account of how their meet cute went, but I keep thinking about how an Arranged Marriage AU would go:

Probably something along the lines of how, during the New Peace, Mankind guns for Heaven and its infinite resources rather than excavate in Hell, thus begins the long-belated Space Race. Heaven and its Council don't give a shit until they figure out how to reach and subsequently terraform the Fourth Sphere. War starts, but humanity has an edge in not only numbers but also technology, nevermind that there are human souls in the solar system Spheres that are sick of how the Council and higher angels are running things.

Fast-forward to the point where humanity starts making ground towards the edges of the Eighth Sphere and then the peace talks began. Part of that includes a marriage between mortal and divine. Gabriel, brightest of Heaven and one of the few higher angels who actually gives a shit about the mortal plight, is chosen as Heaven's representative. The Council is banking on Gabriel well outliving his mortal spouse and then having a massive political advantage via the prenuptial agreement, while Gabriel just wants to be a good husband for as long as his spouse is alive.

But instead of sending a super important leader figure or extremely wealthy mortal, Mankind digs up their deadliest machine from the Final War era, pretties them up, gives them the mission directive of ensuring they outlive their angelic husband, and then arming them to the metaphorical teeth.

And then I actually can't think of anything beyond Gabriel getting extremely offended upon first meeting, insults ensue throughout their shaky courtship until V1 kicks his ass, and then Gabe almost consummates their marriage prematurely as a result. Also the whole thing just being framed as a pulpy space opera because why the fuck not.

#Whenever I envision Heaven in the ULTRAKILL universe I keep landing on those floating cities from old 70's sci-fi art #except with a very boring palette of gold and ivory with blue accents rather than a whole spectrum of vibrant colors #Anywhosen Gabe still kills the Council but it's on the day of his wedding and he gets married covered in blood #V1 falls in love instantly #ADDENDUM: I meant to type Fifth Sphere not Fourth. Fourth is the sun and Fifth is Mars #also would it be too much if there were also mechs in this AU too? #Giant angel fighting mechs that can withstand the cold of space and adapt to the different conditions of the various Heavenly Spheres

[psychic-waffles]

Chen Chuhe being a problem part 5 for @soresus​  

#chen chuhe #baron chen #river chen #battle through the heavens #fight break sphere #yao lao

[tarot-reader]

Ace of Wands: Heat, creativity, momentum, expulsion of blunt energy force. Circumstances in bloom. Project in bloom. Queen of Swords: The logical thinker, and gifted analytic. Enforcer of boundaries, distant from others. Going online. King of Swords: Analytical man of high mental caliber. A mind with calculated intentions. A restless and at times tormented mind. King of Cups: A loving man of sensitive nature. Prone to enjoy music in harmonious environments. Enjoys seeing everybody around him get along. Two of Cups: Loving mirror images of one another. Knight of Swords: Events happening quickly. Days passing quickly. Many conversations had over a short span of time. A surprise visit. Pain for the man, unexplored mental paths for the lady. Events flowing in motion.

#free tarot reading #free tarot readings #daily tarot #tarot community #tarot cards #sefirot game #sefirot tarot #spheres of heaven tarot #tarot #tarot deck #tarotblr #tarot reading #free tarot #divination #tarot diary #advice #cartomancy #tarot spread #tarot reader #tarot tips

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

Xiao Zhàn 肖戰

Wb update 2023.10.05 (2/2)

Happy Birthday ZhànZhàn!

#xiao zhan #the untamed #the longest promise #douluo continent #the wolf #the oath of love #sunshine by my side #battle through the heavens #fights break sphere #joy of life #oh my emperor #cdrama #chinese actors

[illustratus]

A traveller puts his head under the edge of the firmament

The image depicts a man crawling under the edge of the sky, depicted as if it were a solid hemisphere, to look at the mysterious Empyrean beyond. The caption underneath the engraving (not shown here) translates to "A medieval missionary tells that he has found the point where Heaven and Earth meet..."

The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist, so named because its first documented appearance is in Camille Flammarion's 1888 book L'atmosphère : météorologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology"). It has been used as a metaphorical illustration of either the scientific or the mystical quests for knowledge.

The print depicts a man, clothed in a long robe and carrying a staff, who is at the edge of the Earth, where it meets the sky. He kneels down and passes his head, shoulders, and right arm through the star-studded sky, discovering a marvellous realm of circling clouds, fires and suns beyond the heavens. One of the elements of the cosmic machinery bears a strong resemblance to traditional pictorial representations of the "wheel in the middle of a wheel" described in the visions of the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel. The caption that accompanies the engraving in Flammarion's book reads: A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where the Sky and the Earth touch...

In Flammarion's L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire, the image refers to the text on the facing page (p. 162), which also clarifies the author's intent in using it as an illustration:

Whether the sky be clear or cloudy, it always seems to us to have the shape of an elliptic arch; far from having the form of a circular arch, it always seems flattened and depressed above our heads, and gradually to become farther removed toward the horizon. Our ancestors imagined that this blue vault was really what the eye would lead them to believe it to be; but, as Voltaire remarks, this is about as reasonable as if a silk-worm took his web for the limits of the universe. The Greek astronomers represented it as formed of a solid crystal substance; and so recently as Copernicus, a large number of astronomers thought it was as solid as plate-glass. The Latin poets placed the divinities of Olympus and the stately mythological court upon this vault, above the planets and the fixed stars. Previous to the knowledge that the earth was moving in space, and that space is everywhere, theologians had installed the Trinity in the empyrean, the glorified body of Jesus, that of the Virgin Mary, the angelic hierarchy, the saints, and all the heavenly host.... A naïve missionary of the Middle Ages even tells us that, in one of his voyages in search of the terrestrial paradise, he reached the horizon where the earth and the heavens met, and that he discovered a certain point where they were not joined together, and where, by stooping his shoulders, he passed under the roof of the heavens...

#flammarion #engraving #empyrean #celestial spheres #art #medieval #middle ages #europe #european #alchemy #cosmos #celestial #cosmology #earth #sky #heaven #firmament #camille flammarion #astronomy #astrology #stars #traveller #pilgrim #history #cosmic #space #sun #planets #terrestrial paradise #mysticism

[grooveity]

Xiao Zhan: Fights Break Sphere

#xiao zhan #xz31 #fights break sphere #battle through the heavens

[lightningandfireinmybones]

any concepts or bodies of media work you would theoretically like to explore with valaena and aemond?

oh my sweet summer child you've unlocked the doors

my queen @elysesium and i have discussed siren/mermaid aemond and valaena and i am still obsessed with the concept

i also am a vampire apologist and love that idea of vampire aemond

still live laugh love the pious aemond and seductress valaena

and because i've been watching scandal, let's add in politician aemond and superspy valaena

and then there's like the percy jackson god blood possibility

and then i'm definitely writing the kingsguard au one day

anyone else have any au's they're interested in????

#bestie pls i think about so many things #i'm writing chapter 5 right now and i'm in the valaemond sphere #pls add more i love them so much #is it considered distasteful to love your own OC #oh well #ask #heaven knows fic #tdopom fic

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Fights Break Sphere (Season 1) (2018)

Gifs of Intro of cdrama “Fights Break Sphere”

鬥���蒼穹 01 | Battle Through the Heaven 01 【DVD版】 （吳磊、林允、李沁、陳楚河等主演）

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klnXkWrVhJg

#Fights Break Sphere #斗破苍穹 #Battle Through the Heavens #斗破蒼穹 #鬥破蒼穹 #2018 #Season 1 #1st season #Hunan TV #youtube #cdrama #chinese drama #episode 1 #1st episode #MZTV #WeTV #Viki #ARTOP MEDIA #Leo Wu #Wu Lei #Jelly Lin #Xia Fei #Baron Chen #Chen Chu He #Xin Zhi Lei #Li Qin #Jason Gu #Gu Jia Cheng #Wu Jia Cheng #Xiao Zhan

[plastic-fox]

not sure what order i'll have the archangels killed

ik azrael will be first and michael will be last. gabriel will probably be second or third since since he's huge gossip (and snuffed out quickly)

#raphael jophiel ariel and chamuel will be shoved in there somehow #spheres of heaven

[storge]

Battle Through the Heaven (2023) 1.24

#battle through the heaven #斗破苍穹之少年归来 #fights break sphere 2 #cdramaedit #userdramas #cdrama #asiandramanet #cdramasource #dailyasiandramas #asiancentral #asiandramasource #dramasource #xu yining #ding xiaoying #tuserjade #syaring #useryd #samblr #mymymy #ep 24 #tooooo CUTEEEEEEEE #love lovedddd thisssssss #thats romance babieeee #need more of this in my dramas pls and ty #fave

[santmat]

Charts of the Heavens - Higher Planes - Inner Regions - Heavens - Realms - Light and Sound on The Path - Link to one of my Substack posts.

#higher planes #heavens #spheres #levels #realms #states of consciousness

[staydandy]

Fights Break Sphere (2018) - 斗破苍穹 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Xiao Yan is a genius child who suddenly loses all his powers. In a world governed by strength and power, Xiao Yan’s lack of talent is an embarrassment to his family. At the age of 15, Xiao Yan accidentally summons Yao Lao from his mother’s ring. With the elder’s help, Xiao Yan’s skills improve by leaps and bounds. After his entire family is assassinated, Xiao Yan embarks on a journey to find his family’s killer and return peace to the martial world. (MDL) AKA : Battle Through the Heavens

Whumpee : Xiao Yan played by Leo Wu

Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Historical, Romance, Fantasy, Wuxia

Note : This is a Partial List - I didn't list every bit of whump, just what caught my attention the most • Adapted from the novel "Battle Through the Heavens" (斗破苍穹) by Tian Can Tu Dou • Apparently a 2nd Season is planned, but I'll believe it when I see it

Episodes on List : 1 Total Episodes : 45

*Spoilers below*

10 : While cultivating a new & difficult technique Xiao Yan makes himself sick

#whump #whump list #drama #Fights Break Sphere #斗破苍穹 #Xiao Yan #Leo Wu #china #sick #Historical #Romance #Wuxia #Fantasy #Battle Through the Heavens #asian whump