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:* Angels are able to maintain their vessels without food, water, or sleep, and to heal them after they are injured. Lucifer healed Nick's body after he was shot by [[the Colt]]. Castiel has healed his vessel, [[Jimmy Novak]]. Their vessels also appear resistant to disease. However, when Castiel is on the verge of becoming mortal, [[Pestilence]] is able to infect him.<ref name="five21">[[5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight]]</ref> Possessed vessels do not seem to age. Also, weakened angels in vessels can become drunk, but it takes an extremely large amount of alcohol. This was the case with Castiel. An angel's ability to maintain and heal its vessel can be used to repair fatal damage that even their healing power can't fix.
* [[Sedation]] - As displayed by Castiel & Michael, angels have the ability to make humans unconscious by placing two fingers on their foreheads.
* [[Smiting]] - Angels have the ability kill [[demons]] by placing a hand on the forehead of a possessed individual. Extremely powerful demons are immune to the touch of lower-level angels, e.g. [[Alastair]].<ref name="four10" /> This works on monsters like [[vampires]] too, as displayed by Castiel in [[6.19 Mommy Dearest]]. Humans can also be killed by this power.<ref>[[9.09 Holy Terror]]<name="nine09" /ref> A special class of angels called the Rit Zien, like [[Ephraim]], can use this to kill mortally-wounded angels and humans, but when they do, the being it is used on near-instantly explodes in a painless death.<ref>[[9.06 Heaven Can't Wait]]<name="nine09" /ref> The collective Host of Heaven can pool their powers together and perform mass-smitings.
* Supernatural perception - Angels are able to see objects and beings that are invisible to humans, for e.g. [[reaper]]s, [[hellhounds]] and [[Enochian sigils]].
* Telepathy - Angels have the ability to communicate using their minds.
:* [[Joshua]] resurrects Sam and Dean;<ref name="five16" /> Zachariah resurrects [[Adam]].<ref name="five18">[[5.18 Point of No Return]]</ref>
:* Castiel resurrects Bobby<ref name="five22" />
:*[[Gadreel]] resurrects Castiel<ref>[[9.03 I'm No Angel]]</ref> and [[Charlie Bradbury]]<ref>[[9.04 Slumber Party]]< name="nine04" /ref>:*[[Metatron]] resurrects a young woman hit by a car<refname="nine23">[[9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?]]</ref>
* Other Forms of [[Telekinesis]]
:* Biokinesis - Zachariah gives Dean stomach cancer and removes Sam's lungs.<ref name="five01" /> He also injures Adam, causing him to cough up blood.<ref name="five18" /> Castiel uses this ability, similar to demon exorcism and the pyrokinetic power used by Michael on Anna, on [[Lenore]] to kill her in [[6.19 Mommy Dearest]]
:* Pyrokinesis - Michael has shown the ability to kill another angel by setting her ablaze.<ref name="five13" /> Gabriel also demonstrated this when he lighted some candles.<ref name="five19">[[5.19 Hammer of the Gods]]</ref> and incinerated the [[Prince of Hell]] [[Asmodeus]].<ref name="thirteen18">[[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]]</ref> Castiel ignited and burnt [[Crowley]]'s bones.<ref name="six10">[[6.10 Caged Heat]]</ref>
:* Electrokinesis - Raphael can manipulate and control electricity. When Raphael first appeared before Dean and Castiel, electricity arcs away from him while he was manifesting in his vessel for the second time.<ref name="five03">[[5.03 Free to Be You and Me]]</ref>
:* Cryokinesis - Lucifer proved capable of freezing objects by breathing on them; this occurred while he was manifesting in his vessel.<ref name="five22" />
