Second World War. The 80,000 manuscript pages written by Frau Bitterlich came into
existence within a period of only two months: [See Note below] Opus Angelorum retreat
masters state: "an angel stood behind her and commanded: 'Write!'...The angel didn't give
her a moment's peace, and she had to write almost continuously for the entire time."Attracted to the various retreats and days of recollection sponsored by the Opus
Angelorum, the unsuspecting faithful are led more and more deeply into a spirituality
which is quasi-Masonic in its degree-based structure--from the promise to the guardian
angel at the lower end to the angelic consecration in the middle to the consecration of
atonement at the upper level. The goal is to become an "alter angelus." Consecration
requires a ―spiritual marriage‖ with an angel that a name is assigned to probably from the
list of names given to Bitterlich in her two months of revelations...
The fast growth of Opus Angelorum over 20 years is due to great devotion to Adoration,
very reverent priests at Mass, good Confessors, and both priests and nuns dress according
to the old laws before Vatican II. The outward signs are good, just like Pius X Society,
but the disobedience and secret rituals are the problems... Gabriele Bitterlich (1896-
1978), a Tyrolean housewife who originally came from Vienna, is greatly venerated by
the organization as "The Mother". But Bitterlich‘s background shows a family steeped in
spiritualism and esoteric literature, above all occult Jewish Kabbala teachings. Some of
"Mother" Gabriele's angels bear the names of cabalistic Sefirot...
By making use of the occult practice of "mystical marriage with the angels" - an idea, by
the way, which is traceable to the Jewish Gnostic Kabbala - Opus Angelorum was
involved in a pertinacious way in violating the consciences of its members. [What is being
described is the alchemical wedding familiar to Gnostics and associated with Christian
Rozenkreutz... The mysterious Arab Abramelin transmitted to the equally mysterious
Abraham of Worms, a nebulous recipe for the compilation of personal rituals that are to
lead to a communication/communion with the personal Holy Guardian Angel. By these
means one becomes firstly befriended with the Angel and secondly, the master of the
demons. The process seems to be reciprocal: Human and Angel become One and together
forge a bridge to the divine...
In 1945, L Ron Hubbard became involved with Crowley's acolyte, Jack Parsons. Parsons
wrote to Crowley that Hubbard had "described his angel as a beautiful winged women
(sic) with red hair, whom he calls the Empress, and who had guided him through his life
and saved him many times. In the Crowleyite system, adherents seek contact with their
"Holy Guardian Angel". ("Factnet: Hubbard and the Occult")...
―The Work of the Holy Angels (Opus Angelorum for short) arose through the
instrumentality of Gabriele Bitterlich (b. 1897), who from early childhood had enjoyed a
singular intimacy with her own Guardian Angel, who conversed with her visibly,
counseled and guided her. This grace remained a very personal and private matter until the
latter part of the 1940‘s when the intensification of this charism, together with her
obedience to her spiritual director led to the initiation of the Work of the Holy Angels at
Innsbruck, Austria. From the beginning of this charism, the focus of the angels was
always upon the greater glorification of God and the salvation and sanctification of souls,
particularly of priests. Only from this perspective could the apocalyptic proliferation of
the angelic mission within the Church be properly understood...
OPUS ANGELORUM - Satanism and Disobedience By Richard Salbato, 2 - 16 - 2007