Holy Drek, divinity in the shadows Options

[Crimson Jack]

I recently played in my friend's game in which we ran into a priest/bounty hunter who was working for the Catholic church. Knowing what MitS states about the origin of power, being just another form of the same magic source that all magicians tap into, we all assumed that there was nothing particularly weird about his magic other than his trappings. It wasn't until we came into contact with these ethereal angelic guardians of his that things got a little strange. Having three magicians in our group (mage, wujen, and me the houngan), and each of our characters with a decent to above average knowledge base on spirits and elementals, we thought it would be a cinch to figure out what type of spirit this was.

Well, as it turns out, the GM was writing these creatures in the game as something outside of the rules. Non-canon, no biggie. They were described well and their powers weren't broken. They were just divine... not magical. It struck me that I've never introduced the divine into Shadowrun. Mainly because it doesn't seem like the place for it, despite the fact that religion plays a role in the game world.

So, I guess my question to all of you out there is have you run across or GM'ed in the divine, in any form? I don't necessarily just mean a Judeo-Chistian God, but any divine form at all (Allah, Krishna, Greek/Roman Mythos, Norse gods, etc.). And for that matter, have you run across or GM'ed anything having to do with demons and devils or Old Scratch himself? Keep in mind that I'm not asking whether you believe in such things; rather, have they ever played a role in your games?