The Hierarchies: Nine Classes of Angelic Beings in Three Groups Man as the Tenth (becoming) Hierachy
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| Hans Memling (ca. 1430 – 1494) was a German-born painter who moved to Bruges in Flanders at a young age and worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. Notice here the angels from above with the trumpets who represent the Seraphim, angelic beings belonging to the highest of all hierarchies. The Seraphim and the Cherubim guide one`s karma on earth in daily human life but execute the division between the “good” and the “evil” at the Day of Judgment. Archangel Michael is the center figure in armor below the Risen Christ who directs the Last Judgment.
In ancient Egyptian tradition, Archangel Michael is called Aten (a Sun God, representing the Sun as a dwelling place for a high Deity; the Christ) under the Pharaoh Akhenaten. Or, Atum or Auf as an aspect of the Sun God Ra: the Ram Headed God who wears a Solar disk.  
One of the most important deities in Egyptian mythology, the sun god Ra (or Re) was the supreme power in the universe. The giver of life, he was often merged with the god Amun as Amun-Ra. Some myths present Ra as the head of the Egyptian pantheon and ruler of all the gods. Others say that he was the only god and that all other deities were merely aspects of Ra. Here, Ra travels across the sky during the day and through the underworld at night. This tomb painting of the ca. 1200th century B.C. shows Ra with a sun disk on his head In some Egyptian creation myths, Ra emerged from either a primeval mound or primeval waters as Ra-Atum and created Tefnut (the element water) and Shu (the element air). From this first divine pair sprang the sky goddess Nut and earth god Geb, who created the universe and gave birth to the gods Osiris*, Isis*, Set*, Nephthys, and Horus. 
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