A Note on the Celestial Spheres
The magic that drives Beaufort & Company in its quest to redeem tormented souls evolves from old beliefs in the Celestial Circle of Angels. The idea of the Celestial Circle itself arose from an amalgam of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim theology in the early Middle Ages. Modern sources describe the Circle as the hierarchy of angels that form “an endlessly vast sphere of supernatural beings that surround an unknowable center, called God.” The sphere is constructed of the Upper, Second, and Third Triads. Within each Triad are ten Choirs, whose beings include seraphim, serpent fires of love, cherubim, thrones, dominations, virtues, powers, and the so-called Magnificent Seven, among others. I have added the concept of a Shadow Circle of Dark Angels that parallels the Celestial Circle.