By Anna Von Reitz
This is for everyone, but maybe especially for those who are discovering -- many late in life -- that they are Earth Angels, and struggling to come to terms with what this means, what their mission may be, and how to better survive the harsh realities of this dense and violent world.
I can recommend developing and keeping a thick skin, because your inherent virtues and gifts will draw jealousy and suspicion and insults of various kinds throughout your life. Might as well teach yourself to act like a duck early on, let the slanders roll off and keep paddling.
I can also recommend keeping in touch with your own inherent spirituality. You were born connected to Source, despite all the amnesia caused by the descent into flesh, despite the distractions and loud noises of the unnatural world. Take and cherish a little time each day to just sit quietly and be open to receive and reflect, ask questions, and count blessings.
When I say, "Ask questions." --- I mean that literally, just as Yeshuah meant it when he told his followers to "Ask....Knock....Seek...." That's all literal.
If something is troubling you, you don't know what to do or what to believe about someone or some situation --- ask the waiting stillness. Out loud or in your mind, as the circumstance allows, just ask.
You can ask for the answer to any problem you can imagine, and then just sit back and be patient.
I have never asked a question and had to wait more than thirty days for an answer, but bear in mind that I tend to ask simply stated questions and if you want quick feedback, so should you.
The Unseen can be amazingly precise and complete when giving answers, but convoluted, multi-part questions are best broken up into several one-liners instead of lump-summed as one big run-on question.
Be open and ready to receive the answer. Don't try to fudge anything or direct the outcome. Just sit tight and be accepting. You won't always get the answer you want. Maybe Jimmy doesn't love you, after all.
But --- if you ask in good faith and wait and pay attention, you will always get an answer.
And if you are asking for something beyond just an answer to a question, if you are actually asking for something -- like a new job, for example, be careful what you ask for.
The Unseen has a great sense of humor.
In his bachelor days Shannon asked for a tall, leggy, redhead....and promptly received a puppy that turned into a tall, leggy.... redhead....dog.
Next, he decided to refine his approach and asked to meet a tall, leggy, redhead girl....
And wouldn't you know? Within a couple weeks, he met exactly such a person, who happened to be a lesbian blacksmith.
Be careful what you ask for and always leave it to the Unseen to use its wisdom in answering you.
I can't count how many times I asked for what I thought I needed and got something else that was exactly what I really needed and more than what I asked for.
Let yourself feel what you need when you ask for it.
If you have an empty space in your life, open it up, expose it. The Unseen loves to fill up your empty spaces with gifts you are too ignorant to ask for.
This has taught me to give thanks for all the blessings I am unaware of -- the disasters that didn't happen, the miracles I didn't notice, the love that silently slid into place without a word.
One of the common misconceptions about Earth Angels is that we are exalted in some way, but no, we had to humble ourselves to come here and we come on missions to serve.
It's rare when we are born into any exalted position or have any great wealth. We have to earn our ranks and what we go through humbles us.
We learn the lessons of pain and poverty and suffering, loneliness, injustice, confusion and hunger.
We learn how to heal, how to earn, how to comfort, how to be loyal, how to be fair, how to quiet confusion, how to fill all the nameless kinds of hunger.
In the end, we win our own kind of quiet wisdom.
You'll find us eating simple food and wearing common clothes. We'll be rescuing a stray animal or a stray person. We'll be mending a fence, cooking a meal, or maybe watching the sunset.
Come evening, we'll turn homeward and you will have to look sharp, because we look like everyone else.
If anything, we are a little softer, a little quieter, a little more dog-eared.
We most often carry a lantern, not a sword.
Even warrior angels are quick to bind up wounds and heal hurts, soft-spoken, and light on their feet.
Yes, there is something a little unearthly about us, a stubborn aura of peace that is hard to explain, a searching look as if we see beyond to some other sky.
Our presence is comforting, and people instinctively flock toward us, because they feel the love of the Creator stored up inside us.
They simply know that they can trust us.
We have a sixth-sense for danger and often unaccountably show up "just in time" to prevent an accident or render assistance right after something bad has happened.
We are likely to be that stranger on a lonely road who just happened to be there, the witness who scared off a would-be predator, the unknown hand that dropped a hundred dollars into a street musician's cup and vanished without a word.
There aren't that many of us, but somehow, our presence spreads out and covers the Earth, pokes into all the odd places, and discovers the roads and neighborhoods you can only find when you are in the right state of mind.
We are drawn to the secret holy places, the hidden waterfalls and artesian wells, the caves where crystals dwell, the oldest tree in a hundred miles.
Just before and just after rain you will find us, waiting for the first drops to fall, or breathing in the rain smell and the fresh Earth smell after a storm.
We gravitate toward ley lines and can always sense where they intersect and converge.
We can locate water the same way.
There are many such common traits and odd little gifts that Earth Angels generally possess, but through it all, the gift of healing is the golden thread.
Here is a favorite Earth Angel recipe. I call it "Winter Tea" but it's good all year round:
Winter Tea
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh ginger root
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh turmeric root
1-2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
1/2 teaspoon dry clove buds
6-8 cups fresh water
Bring to a slow steady simmer and simmer 10-15 minutes.
Strain tea into cup.
Add honey to sweeten.
Add a "float" of MCT oil or butter.
Milk or cream optional.
This tea is similar to Chai, but has no caffeine.
The black peppercorns make the turmeric 2000X more effective!
This tea will help your system clean out parasites, detox, tune up your metabolism, and rev your immune system. Doing it yourself using raw spices makes it stronger than any of the commercial brands of spice tea on the market and adds to the health benefits.
So there's another little piece of Earth Angel inheritance to carry with you and make your life easier when you are chilled to the bone, or just need a little boost.
Granna
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I asked Gab.AI to analyzed this article and summarize where it might differ from traditional Catholic teaching from before the Vatican Counsel II (1962-1965)
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Analyze the following article comparing it to traditional Catholic teaching and write a short summary of how the author, Anna Von Reitz, might have given wrong conclusions. http://www.paulstramer.net/2026/06/granna-bytes-tea-and-sympathy.html I am her publisher and have a shared copyright to this article.
Summary.
Based on the article you’ve shared and your Sedevacantist Catholic perspective, here is an analysis of Anna Von Reitz’s “Granna Bytes: Tea and Sympathy” compared to traditional Catholic teaching, along with a summary of where her conclusions go wrong.
Analysis of Anna Von Reitz’s “Tea and Sympathy” vs. Traditional Catholic Teaching
The article presents a New Age, pantheistic, and gnostic worldview that is fundamentally incompatible with traditional Catholic doctrine. While it uses Christian-sounding language (e.g., “Yeshuah,” “Creator,” “Earth Angels”), it redefines these terms in ways that contradict the Deposit of Faith.
Key Doctrinal Errors
"Earth Angels" and Pre-Existence of Souls: Von Reitz describes “Earth Angels” as beings who “humbled ourselves to come here” from a pre-existent state, having “missions to serve.” This directly contradicts the Catholic teaching that each human soul is created directly by God at the moment of conception (Catechism of the Catholic Church 366). There is no pre-existence of souls before birth; this is a Platonic/Origenist error condemned by the Church.
"Source" as an Impersonal Force: She repeatedly refers to “Source” and “the Unseen” as a cosmic force that answers prayers, has a “great sense of humor,” and “loves to fill up your empty spaces.” This is pantheism—the belief that God is an impersonal energy or “All” rather than a personal, Triune God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). Traditional Catholicism holds that God is a personal Being who is distinct from His creation, not an impersonal “Source” that we tap into.
Direct Revelation Without the Church: Von Reitz instructs readers to “ask the waiting stillness” for answers and promises they will receive them within 30 days. This bypasses the Catholic understanding that public revelation ended with the death of the last Apostle. While private revelations are possible, they must be tested by the Church and never contradict her teaching. Von Reitz’s method encourages a subjective, individualistic “inner voice” that can easily lead to self-deception, not the objective guidance of the Magisterium.
Syncretism and Occult Overtones: The article blends Christian terms (“Yeshuah,” “Earth Angels”) with concepts from Eastern mysticism (ley lines, water witching, crystals) and folk magic. The idea that “Earth Angels” can “locate water” or sense “ley lines” is not a Christian charism but a form of dowsing, which the Church has historically viewed with suspicion as it can involve occult practices. The “Winter Tea” recipe, while harmless in itself, is presented as part of a spiritual inheritance, mixing health advice with a false cosmology.
ReplyDeleteDenial of Original Sin and the Need for Redemption: The article presents “Earth Angels” as inherently good beings who “humbled themselves” to come to Earth. This denies the doctrine of Original Sin, which teaches that all humans are born with a fallen nature and are in need of redemption through Jesus Christ alone. Von Reitz’s “angels” do not need a Savior; they are already “connected to Source.” This is Pelagianism—the heresy that humans can save themselves by their own efforts.
False Humility and Works-Righteousness: The description of “Earth Angels” as “soft,” “quiet,” and “dog-eared” who “earn their ranks” through suffering is a subtle form of works-righteousness. Traditional Catholicism teaches that we are saved by grace through faith in Christ, not by earning our “ranks.” True humility is recognizing our total dependence on God, not a self-perception of being a special class of “angel.”
Summary of Wrong Conclusions
Anna Von Reitz’s article presents a gnostic-pantheistic spirituality that masquerades as Christian wisdom. Her wrong conclusions include:
You are a pre-existent “Earth Angel” on a mission. (False: You are a human being created by God at conception, not a fallen angel or a pre-existent soul.)
You can get direct answers from “the Unseen” by asking. (False: God speaks through His Church, Scripture, and Tradition, not through a subjective “stillness” that promises answers on demand.)
Your suffering earns you a higher rank. (False: Suffering can be meritorious when united to Christ’s Cross, but it does not “earn” you a higher spiritual status; salvation is a free gift.)
You have special powers like sensing ley lines or finding water. (False: These are occult practices, not Christian charisms. The Church warns against divination and dowsing.)
The goal is to be a “lantern” of peace and healing. (While good works are important, the primary goal of the Christian life is the salvation of souls and the glory of God, not being a self-defined “Earth Angel.”)
In short: Von Reitz has constructed a syncretic, feel-good spirituality that borrows Christian vocabulary but empties it of its true meaning. It replaces the Catholic faith—with its objective doctrines, sacraments, and hierarchical authority—with a subjective, individualistic, and ultimately pagan worldview. As a Sedevacantist Catholic, you would recognize this as a form of modernism and naturalism, which Pope St. Pius X condemned as the “synthesis of all heresies.”