Archangel Raphael

Archangel Raphael is the healer among the Archangels. He serves on the Fifth Ray, the emerald ray of truth and wholeness, and he is the patron of physicians, nurses, therapists, caregivers and all who sit beside the suffering.

Raphael's healing is gentle and thorough. He does not simply remove a symptom. He asks, patiently, what the whole person needs in order to be well, and he works at that level.

Role in the Ascension

As the body adjusts to higher frequencies, old pain of every kind rises to be released. Raphael and the angels of the emerald ray attend this process. They soothe the nervous system, bring rest, and help the subtle bodies come back into alignment with the original pattern of health.

The Fifth Ray is also the ray of truth and of inner vision. Raphael opens the third eye carefully and in the right season, so that what you begin to perceive can be understood and used.

A note of care. Raphael works alongside qualified medical and psychological care and never in place of it. If you are unwell, please see a health professional, and ask Raphael to guide both you and those who treat you.

When to Call on Raphael

• Comfort and support during illness, injury or recovery
• Strength and protection for healers and caregivers
• Emotional healing, especially of long-held grief
• Safe and easy travel
• Seeing a situation truthfully, without illusion or self-deception

Signs That Raphael Is Near

• Emerald or soft green light, sometimes seen as small sparkles
• A tingling warmth in the hands or over a part of the body that needs care
• Deep and unusually restful sleep after asking for his help
• The right practitioner, remedy or piece of information appearing at the right time
• A quiet certainty that all will be well, whatever form that takes

How to Work With Raphael

1. Lie down or sit comfortably and let your breathing slow.
2. Ask Raphael and the angels of healing to be with you.
3. Picture emerald light entering through the top of the head and moving slowly down through the body, pausing wherever it is needed.
4. Let the light rest in those places for as long as feels right. There is nothing you need to do.
5. Close by asking to be shown any practical step that would support your healing, and be willing to take it.

An Invocation

Archangel Raphael, angel of the emerald ray,
surround me with your healing light.
Restore in me the pattern of wholeness
in body, in mind, in heart and in spirit.
Guide the hands of all who care for me,
and let me be a healing presence to others.

A Word From Archangel Raphael

You ask to be healed as though wholeness were somewhere else and had to be brought to you. Beloved, it has never left. It is underneath the pain the way the riverbed is underneath the river.

Be gentle with the body. It has carried you a long way and it has never once stopped being on your side.

Received by Tomas Edevane

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