brooklyn_born wrote:
1. Why did not the author just merely state: "Angels do not invade the human mind?"
They are referring to the sanctity of free will. One cannot exercise free will without being conscious of the options available for choice. Free will is a power attribute of personality but it requires the mind for execution or expression.
(377.4) 34:3.8 One is free to choose and act
only within the realm of one's consciousness.(150.3) 13:4.5 The determiner of the differential of spiritual presence exists in your own hearts and minds and consists in the manner of your own choosing, in
the decisions of your minds, and in the determination of your own wills. This differential is
inherent in the freewill reactions of intelligent personal beings, beings whom the Universal Father has ordained shall exercise this liberty of choosing.
(194.6) 16:8.6 Self-consciousness consists in intellectual awareness of personality actuality; it includes the ability to recognize the reality of other personalities. It indicates capacity for individualized experience in and with cosmic realities, equivalating to the attainment of identity status in the personality relationships of the universe.
Self-consciousness connotes recognition of the actuality of mind ministration and the realization of relative independence of creative and determinative free will.