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Friendships are made among human beings, but friendships are also made in the heavenly world. It is deeply significant when an ascending being manages to gain the friendship of a higher spirit of God, because such a friendship brings special advantages in the soul’s ascent. A higher spiritual friend will act as an ascending spirit’s guide and may also stand by his side as a guardian spirit during his human life on earth. Even exalted angels of heaven can interest themselves in an individual human being’s life and exert their influence on him if they see that this can help promote his ascent. In the lectures of this themed issue, spirit-teacher Joseph gives several examples of such spiritual friendships, and he explains how a human being can gain an angelic friend and the opportunities that arise from it.