Christian magic beyond summoning angels

Summoning and calling celestial beings is only the beginning of celestial magic. When you are beyond dealing with them on a me-vs-them level, and feel comfortable speaking to them as friends, then you are ready for more practical celestial magic. This is where your spell-casting “catches up” with witches, wizards, sorcerers, and others who begin by manipulating energy.

By this point, you’ve probably found that you have an easier time working with one or two kinds of celestials. You’ve become aware of their energy, and are familiar with the different energies carried by different celestials. This energy is the foundation of more advanced celestial magic.

If you plan on reaching this level, you will need to find which type of celestial you are most comfortable working with. You can make some forays into celestial energy work without choosing a primary type, but you will find it difficult to progress very far. This is a time for religious soul-searching as well. Quite honestly, you can pursue this style of magic from virtually any religion. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism are all religions that are well-suited to celestial magic. Some religions, like Wicca and most neopaganism, have so much magic that is not religious in them that it might be hard to reconcile with this path.

This is the point of departure. This is where you need to find God and commit yourself to him, her, it, or them. Advanced celestial magic is as much a religious as a magical experience.

Once you’ve made such a commitment, you’ll begin to see the effects of the relationship. This is similar to being a priest or priestess, because you’re giving yourself to this deity alone.

True Faith is a name borrowed from White Wolf Publishing, of all places, but it’s appropriate. This phrase describes a phenomenon experienced by many celestial practitioners, wherein the energy of their deity simply negates spells thrown at them. Unless a practitioner chooses to let a spell hit her, there’s very little chance it will. Small spells tend to simply dissipate, while larger spells may backfire on the caster, especially if they were of malicious intent.

Blessing is not limited to priests, by any means. This is a way of transferring True Faith to an object or person which doesn’t naturally have it. Despite the usual connotations of the name, blessing is not limited to “good” celestial mages. Those who work with demons can also bestow unholy blessings onto items and people. These are commonly called curses, but a curse is actually a different type of spell. (Curses are intended to cause harm, whereas an unholy blessing is still a blessing, just using demonic energy.)

Exorcism is also an option for non-demonic practitioners. Casting out demons is actually quite easy when you’re used to working with celestial energies. Working with high-level angels allows you to force invading spirits out of a body with the use of celestial energy. I’ve not seen an exorcism where angels are thrown out by high-level demons, so I don’t know if it’s fundamentally possible or not. In practice, I’d guess this might be possible if the “possessed” has a long history of working with demons.

Channeling is allowing spirits to speak through you and use your body. While in its simplest form, it is a kind of possession, the art of channeling is actually much more than that. It is a kind of symbiosis between the mage and the celestial. To channel, the practitioner invites the spirit of choice to come into them and speak through them. The practitioner has a limited control in the body