A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels
by Gustav Davidson
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Author: Gustav DavidsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-10-01
ISBN: 002907052X
Number of pages: 386
Publisher: Free Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
This scholarly and fully referenced, yet not dull or boring, informative book is a treasuretrove of angelic lore information. It doesn't commit itself to any particular religious tradition. You find entries for Judeo-Christian, Islamic, Eastern, Mesopotamian, Gnostic, Kabbalistic, and many more origins and types of entitities. The author does not stay away from non-canonical areas, such as magickal lore angels, celestial hierarchies, the demonic realm, etc. He both welcomes or is skeptical of various characters, mostly depending on the degree of consistency or lack of such in the available literature on each particular subject. Something one learns even in the Introduction is that the field of angelology is full of opposing, sometimes openly contradictory understanding, definitions, specifications, correspondences, and purposes attributed to the angels. An angel who is a benign helper in a certain context might be an evil demon in another tradition or system of beliefs. Eventually, this has something to teach about what dualistic, good-vs-evil mentalities can result in. Please note that humans are the ones who both devise and have such mentalities; the angels are the way they are. It's the phenomenologic principle of "if something is really true, it will be so regardless of whether I believe in it or how I believe in it." However, with angels sometimes one wonders, on the basis of the fascinating information in this book, if one might not be assisting in their creation, or at least the creation of their "public image," their myths (as in Jungian archetypes). There are various highly useful appendices going further into some areas that benefit from further detail (example: the differences in angelic hierarchies based on different systems and authors). This work is for those who truly relish as much information as they can find when their topic of interest is angels. It's not likely to be cherished by clerics or the pious. Those with less committed interests, or with decidedly esoteric or occult interests, will find it a treasure to keep and refer to time and again. It contains numerous highly relevant illustrations. Where history is of help, or other types of documentation, it's included in the text of each topic's definition and information.
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In the midst of the remarkable revival of interest and belief in angels comes this handsomely illustrated reference work--the fruit of 16 years of research in Talmudic, gnostic, cabalistic, apocalyptic, patristic, and legendary texts. "A wacky and wonderful compendium of angelic lore".--Time. Illustrations.Theology Books
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