Angel
An angel is any immortal spiritual being who loyally serves Yahweh. Angels are completely and wholly devoted to carrying out the will of Yahweh, although they achieve this in different ways depending on their dedicated duties. They have a rigid and complex hierarchy divided by order, power, and closeness to Yahweh.
While all angels share the universal goals of obeying Yahweh, convincing more humans to worship Yahweh, and maintaining the existing influence Yahweh already holds over humanity, they take different approaches to achieve these things. The different roles of angels complement each other to produce a relatively efficient system of control and surveillance that sells the illusion of Yahweh's omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.
Orders
There are several different orders of angels. Each order has its own distinct attributes and range of duties in the service of Yahweh, and all angels in a specific order share certain traits. Angels in the same order generally have a similar visual appearance and role, although specific angels within an order may be assigned to various duties within the general role domain of their order. While any angel of any order may have a relatively high or low degree of power, some orders are on average more powerful than others, and some orders contain more angels than others do.
The orders are divided into three groups: attendant, intermediary, and delegate. Angels of attendant orders — the seraphim, cherubim, and ophanim — always, or nearly always, remain in the direct company of Yahweh and very rarely interact with humans; their roles generally involve praising Yahweh or guarding his spiritual space. Angels of intermediary orders — the archai and kyriotetes — also very rarely interact with humans, but they do not remain in the presence of Yahweh either; they mainly interact with other angels and possibly other spirits. Angels of delegate orders — the erelim, hashmallim, ishim (dynames), memitim, and malakhim — primarily serve to interact with humans or the material world in some way.
Seraphim
Cherubim
Ophanim
Archai
Kyriotetes
Erelim
Hashmallim
Ishim
Memitim
Malakhim
Archangels
Most of the angels whose names are commonly known by humans are archangels, the most prominent and powerful of the angels. They may belong to any of the angelic orders. These angels are typically granted the privilege of coming before Yahweh and directly speaking to him, even when they belong to an order that does not generally report directly to Yahweh. They are responsible for informing Yahweh of significant things that lesser angels wish to convey to him and for relaying Yahweh's commands to other angels through a chain of subordinates. Usually, they relay commands to their own order, but they may also issue commands to angels of other orders at their discretion.
While some people claim to interact directly with archangels, this is in reality extremely rare, since they are so well-known and their attention is highly demanded. When invoked by humans, they usually send a subordinate to act as their proxy, and these proxy angels sometimes claim to be the archangel himself. The temporary assumption of the archangel's identity by his proxy serves several purposes, including convincing the human that they have experienced the presence of a far more powerful and memorable being than they actually have. Humans tend to be motivated by this, which increases their zeal for Yahwism or angelatry.
Angelatry
Angelatry, also called angelolatry, is a loosely defined term for any spiritual tradition or practice that honors, invokes, or worships angels but cannot be categorized as a traditional form of Yahwism. Angelatrous belief and practice systems are usually highly individuated and may exhibit major differences from each other and from Yahwism proper. Modern angelatry can be influenced by New Age spirituality, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, or other forms of Western occultism, such as John Dee's system of "Enochian" magic.
To many modern angelators, angels are not servants of Yahweh, but of some nebulous monistic "Source" entity. They may be reimagined through a New Age lens as "high-vibrational entities," "benevolent higher intelligences," or "forces of the Universe that represent goodness," removing Yahweh from the picture altogether. Eclectic neopagans may incorporate angels into their custom-picked personal pantheon. Occultists who work with angels alongside other beings, such as pagan gods or even LHP-aligned spirits such as Satanael and the Goetic demons, may claim that the incompatibility of certain spirits is merely a human invention born from the projection of human tribalism onto divine beings, or that it is perfectly reasonable to worship both angels and demons as long as they are not invoked at the same time. This eclectic mixing of angelatry with neopaganism and other occultism has become increasingly common in recent times.
Angelators often characterize ideas about angels that they disagree with as being introduced by human error or deliberate misinformation campaigns driven by human corruption. It is not uncommon for them to blame the Catholic Church for these supposed alterations of the truth, even though records of angels' loyalty to Yahweh and hostility to all non-Yahwist belief systems predate Christianity by thousands of years.
Actual involvement of angels
The worship of angels, as opposed to their mere invocation and veneration, is forbidden by Yahwism due to the prohibition on worshipping any being other than Yahweh. Angelatry in itself is therefore undesirable to Yahweh, especially in New Age forms that display a high degree of divergence from the Yahwist conception of angels. However, in the long term, angelatry benefits Yahweh: it provides a small additional stream of naphsha for him to collect, but more importantly, it frequently serves as a stepping stone to actual Yahwism — especially Christianity. Many occultists who would never convert directly to Christianity are much more willing to explore angelatry. Once they become interested in angels and welcome them into their spiritual practices, angelic influence nudges them away from other beings, and they become much more likely to convert to some form of Yahwism, even if it is a slightly deviant one such as esoteric Christianity. Yahweh therefore allows his angels to actively engage with these practitioners, even those who do not presently worship him.