v_public_angelic_beings: 23

Angels, divine messengers, and heavenly beings across traditions.

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rowid	entity_id	canonical_name	tradition	category	primary_domains	short_note
23	ENT_VF_NEWAGE_ANGELS	New Age Guardian Angels	Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion	New Age angelic devotion	['personal guidance', 'protection', 'healing', 'reassurance']	Devotional engagement is documented and sincere: practitioners petition personal guardian angels by name, ask for signs, thank them, and seek their guidance through angel cards, automatic writing, and prayer. Codified in Doreen Virtue's best-selling angel literature and angel oracle decks, and earlier in Hanegraaff's account of New Age angelology. Distinct from the Christian doctrine: here every person has assignable, nameable angels reachable on demand, blended with reincarnation and the 'ascended masters.' A real historical taproot is the Zoroastrian guardian-spirit complex (fravashis / amesha spentas), widely cited as ancestral to the Judeo-Christian guardian-angel idea, hence the reception_of edges to both the Christian and Zoroastrian anchors.