Each of the seven Archangels of the rays serves with a divine complement, a being of the angelic kingdom in the feminine polarity who is called an Archeia. The plural is Archeiai. Together each pair carries one ray into the world. The Archeiai are less often called on than the Archangels, and the teachings say that this is a loss, because much of what people seek from the Archangels is held especially by them.
Who the Archeiai Are
The word Archeia is simply the feminine form of Archangel. The pairing is not a matter of gender in the human sense, since the angels have never had human bodies. It describes two polarities of one ray. The Archangel is said to extend the ray outward, into action and into the world. The Archeia holds it steady within, so that it can be received, absorbed and lived. One without the other would be incomplete, as breath out is incomplete without breath in.
The teachings say that the Archangel and Archeia of each ray are so closely united that whenever one is called, both answer. It is still worth knowing the Archeia's name. Calling her directly draws the inward, sustaining side of the ray, which is often exactly what a person most needs.
The Seven Archeiai
Archeia Faith
First Ray, with Archangel Michael
Faith is the inner side of protection. Michael stands guard, and Faith gives the heart the confidence to rest while he does. She strengthens the quiet trust that makes it possible to begin something, and to keep going when results are slow to appear.
Call on her when you know what to do and cannot believe it will work.
Archeia Christine
Second Ray, with Archangel Jophiel
Christine holds the light of illumination within the mind until it becomes understanding. Where Jophiel brings the flash of insight, Christine helps it settle and ripen. She is close to students, to teachers and to all who are learning something slowly and well.
Call on her when you have read a great deal and understood too little.
Archeia Charity
Third Ray, with Archangel Chamuel
Charity is love in its giving aspect: generous, practical and without condition. She softens a heart that has closed to protect itself, and she helps love find a form that the other person can actually receive.
Call on her when you love someone and do not know how to show it.
Archeia Hope
Fourth Ray, with Archangel Gabriel
Hope holds the vision of what is possible when nothing outward supports it. She is the companion of the ascension flame, and she keeps alive the memory of the soul's purpose through long and discouraging stretches of the path.
Call on her when you have stopped expecting anything to change.
Archeia Mary
Fifth Ray, with Archangel Raphael
Mary is the Archeia who chose to take human embodiment, and she is known on Earth as Mother Mary. She holds the healing ray as compassion and as the immaculate concept: the steady vision of each person as whole.
Call on her when someone you love is unwell, and you need to hold hope for them.
Archeia Aurora
Sixth Ray, with Archangel Uriel
Aurora's name means dawn. She holds peace as the first light after a long night, and she brings the quiet that makes service possible without exhaustion. She is close to all who minister to others.
Call on her when you are serving and have forgotten to rest.
Archeia Holy Amethyst
Seventh Ray, with Archangel Zadkiel
Holy Amethyst holds the violet flame within the heart, where forgiveness is finally completed. Zadkiel brings the flame. She helps it stay long enough to change what it touches, and she brings a deep, calm sense of release.
Call on her when you have forgiven in words and are still waiting to forgive in feeling.
Why They Are Less Known
The Archangels are named in the scriptures of several traditions. The Archeiai, with the exception of Mary, are known mainly through the ascension teachings and through those who channel them. The teachings suggest a further reason. For many centuries, the qualities the Archeiai hold most clearly, receptivity, patience, nurture and steadiness, were regarded as lesser than the active qualities of will and power. As the sacred feminine is restored to its place, the Archeiai are becoming better known, and more people are discovering how much they offer.
Working With an Archeia
The simplest way is to add her name whenever you call on an Archangel. Instead of Archangel Michael, protect me, say Archangel Michael and Archeia Faith, protect me and help me to trust. Many people find that this small change brings a noticeably softer and more sustaining quality to the response.
You can also work with an Archeia on the day of her ray. The days of the rays, with a short morning invocation for each, are given in Invocations for Each Day, and her name can be added to the invocation for her day.
An Invocation to the Archeiai
Beloved Archeiai of the seven rays,
Faith and Christine, Charity and Hope,
Mary, Aurora and Holy Amethyst,
hold within me what the Archangels bring,
until their light becomes my life.
Are the Archeiai less powerful than the Archangels?
No. The teachings describe the two as equal halves of one service. The difference is one of direction, not of strength.
Why is Mother Mary both an Archeia and an Ascended Master?
The teachings say that she is an Archeia who took human embodiment, lived a full human life and ascended. She now serves in both kingdoms. Her story is told in the entry on Mother Mary.
Do Sandalphon, Ariel and Azrael have Archeiai?
The teachings do not name complements for the Archangels outside the seven rays, and our circle has not been told. Some sources treat Ariel herself as feminine in polarity.