Angels and demons

[lumineth Realm Lord]

So, I was reading Jason Miller's "Consorting with spirits" and an angel basically told him he needs to summon a demon. He needs a tool to do so with, and the angel said she'll find him a tool.

I'm a bit confused. Why would an angel suggest that someone summon a demon, then volunteer to help with it? Does this happen often? And what exactly is a demon?

 

[Sabbatius]

So, I was reading Jason Miller's "Consorting with spirits" and an angel basically told him he needs to summon a demon. He needs a tool to do so with, and the angel said she'll find him a tool.

I'm a bit confused. Why would an angel suggest that someone summon a demon, then volunteer to help with it? Does this happen often? And what exactly is a demon?

Miller stated he was working with his Holy Guardian Angel, post-Abramelin Working.
If you are not familiar with the Abramelin or the "Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel," I suggest reading the three volumes of the Books of Abramelin the Mage or an author who discusses this working, like Aleister Crowley or even Jason Augustus Newcomb.

 

[lumineth Realm Lord]

Is a holy guardian angel not an angel?

 

[Lemongrass00]

Is a holy guardian angel not an angel?

It’s a metaphor for your “higher self” if you view it as to be a complete being you need to integrate all aspects of consciousness including “lower” forms (symbolized by demons) it makes perfect sense.

to oversimplify, divinity isn’t about the elimination of “darkness” but mastery over the full spectrum of consciousness. The human psyche is perfectly poised in between instinct (demon) and higher cognition (angel).

 

[Sabbatius]

Is a holy guardian angel not an angel?

No, it is technically not an Angel by the Judeo-Christian-Islamic definition. The Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel was originally the Exorcism and Invocation of the Headless One in the Greek Magical Papyri(PGM).

The entity is referred to as your Holy Guardian Angel though many have speculated whether it is just their own psyche, an actual spirit, a god-form or an ascended master, etc. According to Liber Samekh, "(Crowley) acclaims His Angel as having appointed that this formula of Love should effect not only the dissolution of the separateness of the Lovers into His own impersonal Godhead, but their co-ordination in a "Child" quintessentialized from its parents to constitute a higher order of Being than theirs, so that each generation is an alchemical progress towards perfection in the direction of successive complexities." In essence, the HGA is an ongoing continuation for the Magus and is therefore a permanent entity. It is a part of you and your growth towards our eventual progression, hopefully, towards perfection.