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Paper 28

Ministering Spirits of the Superuniverses

Mighty Messenger

28:0.1As the super­na­phim are the an­gelic hosts of the cen­tral uni­verse and the ser­a­phim of the lo­cal uni­verses, so are the se­con­a­phim the min­is­ter­ing spir­its of the super­uni­verses. In de­gree of di­vin­ity and in po­ten­tial of su­prem­acy, how­ever, these chil­dren of the Re­flec­tive Spir­its are much more like super­na­phim than ser­a­phim. They serve not alone in the super­cre­ations, and both nu­mer­ous and in­trigu­ing are the trans­ac­tions spon­sored by their un­re­vealed as­so­ciates.

28:0.2As pre­sented in these nar­ra­tives, the min­is­ter­ing spir­its of the super­uni­verses em­brace the fol­low­ing three or­ders:

28:0.31. The Se­con­a­phim.

28:0.42. The Ter­tiaphim.

28:0.53. The Om­niaphim.

28:0.6Since the lat­ter two or­ders are not so di­rectly con­cerned with the as­cen­dant scheme of mor­tal pro­gres­sion, they will be briefly dis­cussed prior to the more ex­tended con­sid­er­a­tion of se­con­a­phim. Tech­ni­cally, nei­ther ter­tiaphim nor om­niaphim are min­is­ter­ing spir­its of the super­uni­verses, though both serve as spirit min­is­ters in these do­mains.