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G3D SAID: 'Wait!' So I foundwith all enerally went and did what I did, and Michael and Gabriel and Uriel, though not a my companions, were there too

" 'Memnoch, my accuser,' said God, and the words were spoken with the characteristic gentleness and a great effulgence of light'Before you coo back down to the Earth and study all you have seen thoroughly and with respect¡ªby this I iven yourself every chance to understand and to behold all I have done I tell you now that Humankind is part of Nature, and subject to the Laws of Nature which you have seen unfold all alongNo one should understand better than you, save I

" 'But go, see again for yourself Then, and only then, will I call together a convocation in Heaven, of all angels, of all ranks and all endowments, and I will listen to what you have to say Take with you those who seek the saels who have never cared, nor taken notice, nor thought of anything but to live in My Light ' "

Memnoch paused

We walked slowly along the bank of the narrow sea until we came to a place where several bouldersweariness in any real physical sense, but the change of posture seeerness to hear what he said He sat beside ain faded But first they rose, and stretched out, the left far aboveme But then they disappeared There simply wasn't room for them when Memnoch was seated, at least not for theone

He continued: "Ireat coo down and exaels were all over Creation as it was, as I've told you, and many had already been years on Earth, and fallen in love with creeks, and valleys, and even the deserts which had begun to appear But this was a special iven me¡ªGo and Learn All You Can About Mankind¡ªand there was some question as to as as interested or as passionate about the mysteries of the human race as was I "

"Wait a els are there? You quoted God as saying 'all ranks,' and 'all endowments ' "

"Surely you've heard some of the truth," he answered, "froels¡ªMemnoch, Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and many others whose names have never been discovered¡ªeither inadvertently or deliberately¡ªso I would rather not say The whole nuels? Fifty And ere the First Made as I said, though who exactly cau tio Besides, I'm convinced I am the first anyway But it doesn't matter

"We are those who communicate in the most direct ith God, and also with Earth That's e have been labeled Guardian Angels, as well as Archangels, and soiven a low rank We don't have a low rank What we have is the greatest personality and the greatest flexibility, between God and man "

"I see And Raziel? And Metatron? And Remiel?"

He smiled "I knew these names would be fa the Archangels, but I cannot possibly explain all of this to you now You'll knohen you're deadAnd also it's almost too much for a human mind, even a vampiric mind, such as your own, to comprehend "

"Very well," I said "But what you're saying is the names refer to actual entities Sariel is an entity "

"Yes "

"Zagzagel "