Preface

      In the last eight years, I have received letters from all over the world from people who want to know about angels and to share their own personal and private angel stories with me. Letters have come from all over the UK, and from America, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and many European countries. All the letters and emails have arrived in response to my angel website, angel articles (in magazines such as Lifted, Spiritual Lifestyles, Fate & Fortune, Prediction and Paradigm Shift) and in my local newspaper, and my regular column, ‘Dear Angel Lady’ in it’s fate magazine, as well as many articles on various websites around the world.

      Readers’ own letters, and the messages from my own angels in dreams and meditations, have been most influential in my communications with readers and visitors to my website. I soon discovered that people all over the world believe in angels. Angels are not restricted to any particular cultures or religions and, in fact, seem to be embraced by all.

      The more people asked questions of ‘The Angel Lady’, the more I researched. The more I discovered about angels, I realized the less I actually knew about them. In fact, the less any of us know about them! Type in the word ‘Angel’ or Archangel’ into any Internet search engine and you will pull up as many as 100,000 websites – all devoted to angels and angel experiences. Thousands of personal websites are decorated with angel images and share angel stories, angel quotes and angel references. Angels are as big now – or even bigger – than they were in biblical times and the age of the Renaissance painters. Angels are hot! Rest assured, I don’t mean that in any disrespectful way! We are rediscovering angels in new and exciting ways.

      Angels have become a part of the clothing we wear, decorating everything from hats to T-shirts. You find their images on mugs, pictures, magazines and books, stickers, jewellery, posters, postcards, cosmetics, bags and even hotwater bottle covers! Many people have angel figurines around their homes or wear a guardian angel pin on their jackets and coats. Other people carry around a guardian angel coin or token as a sign that they believe and want to be protected by these angel guardians.

      People are no longer embarrassed to talk about their hopes and fears surrounding angels. Even the strongest and most macho of men will share their own angel experiences after a drink or two at the local bar (usually whispered, when their friends aren’t listening!)…at least, they happily share their stories with me!

      The smallest of children have witnessed these celestial beings – many before they are even aware of what an ‘angel’ is or means. People who are ill or in difficulties, emotionally and physically, have born witness to the angels.

      Angels are real!

      After a while, I realized that many people wanted to know the answers to the same questions over and over again. I would receive the same queries every single week. This is where the idea for my first angel book came from. Everything you always wanted to know about angels – and more.

      No one is a real angel expert. No one will know everything about angels until we meet with them again in the after-life – but we do know a lot about them. I want to share the knowledge that I’ve learnt about angels and how they help us and work with us in our lives. I hope you enjoy using this book as much as I have enjoyed creating it for you.

      Jacky Newcomb