Thank you Jenna for sharing this with us. What a lovely warm, open, non-judgemental essay this is. i find spirituality and the various belief systems of the world fascinating too.

I think of the three things you were curious about, I would also have to say 'B' actually. Angels, or variations thereof, are found in the lore of a lot of different faiths aren't they. I find that/them to be a curious notion.

When you mention the important of 'struggle' to spiritual self-discovery, my immediate thought was of Mao's takeover in China and the 'struggle sessions' - sadistic public interrogations - that were held. Interesting that the two ends of the scale there both find value in struggle to some degree.

Also an interesting