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Author Rees, Valery, 1947- author.
Title From Gabriel to Lucifer : a cultural history of angels / Valery Rees.
Imprint London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Description xv, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-253) and index.
Summary For skeptics, angels may be no more than metaphors: poetic devices to convey, at least for those with a religious sensibility, an active divine interest in creation. But for others, angels are absolutely real creatures: manifestations of cosmic power with the capacity either to enlighten or annihilate those whose awestruck paths they cross.
Contents Angels : universal and archetypal -- Filling the space between earth and heaven -- Angels and demons -- Wings or no wings? : angels as messengers -- The great protectors -- Constant praise -- The chariot and the throne -- Angels and archangels -- Angel guides in the world to come -- Angel guides in this world -- Fallen angels -- Angels of retribution and redemption.
Subject Angels.
Angels -- History.
ISBN 9781848853720 (hbk.)
1848853726 (hbk.)
OCLC # 823282250
827953275