Angels A to Z

James R Lewis, Evelyn Dorothy Oliver

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A thorough, comprehensive guide to the world of angels

Angels, whose principal employment is the protection and encouragement of human beings, are more popular than ever. In this age of uncertainty, it is easy to understand why the concept of angels is so comforting. While much has been written about angels throughout history, no single source examines them as thoroughly or as thoughtfully as Angels A to Z.

Written by an “angel expert” and a recognized authority on nontraditional religious movements, this enlightening resource is one of the most comprehensive books on angels and angel-related topics currently available. More than 300 entries, drawn from multiple religions, such as Christianity, Islam, and Hindu traditions, as well as from pop culture, are included.

Celebrity angels, obscure angels still waiting for their big break, classifications of angels, guardian angels, fallen angels, biblical figures associated with angels, angels in art and architecture, and angels in the media and literature, how ancient, contemporary, and pop cultures represent angels in their mythology, folklore, architecture, art, literature, religion, and so much more.

Angels A to Z explores a wide assortment of topics, including …

Gabriel, Michael, Lucifer, and other biblical angels

Angels in various religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism)

Different classifications of angels such as the Valkyries from Norse mythology and Hafaza from Islamic tradition

Fallen angels, guardian angels, obscure angels, and angels across religious traditions

Authors who write about angels, including Frank Peretti, Joan Wester Anderson, Eileen Freeman, Terry Lynn Taylor, and others

Artists who depict angels such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Glenda Green, and Karyn Martin-Karl

Beloved fictional characters like Clarence from the film It’s a Wonderful Life

If you want to know more about the rich and important history of these spiritual beings, Angels A to Z is the answer to your prayers. With more than 130 photos and illustrations, this riveting read is richly illustrated, and its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Spirit guides
• Christian Theology
• Unexplained Phenomena
• Guardian angels
• Body (disambiguation)
• Guardian angel
• Spirituality
• Angels in art
• Angels

Informations

• Publié par: Visible Ink Press
• Date de parution: 01 mai 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781578592579
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Evelyn Oliver, Ph.D., has an impressive, thirty-year track record as a crisis intervention therapist. In every case of remarkable healing, she credits the assistance of angels. She is the author of Afterlife Journeys and Dream Yourself Awake for Women .
James R. Lewis, Ph.D., has taught in the University of Wisconsin system since 1999. His publications include The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements and Legitimating New Religions . He is also the author of the Visible Ink Press titles The Dream Encyclopedia and The Astrology Book.
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Oliver, Evelyn Dorothy. Angels A to Z/Evelyn Dorothy Oliver and James R. Lewis.—2nd ed.     p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-57859-212-8 (alk. paper) 1. Angels—Dictionaries. I. Lewis, James R. II. Title. BL 477.L45 2008 202’.1503—dc22
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We lovingly dedicate this book in honor of our gorgeous daughter Nicole and her magnificent husband, Leonardo D’Amico. Their fantastic Italian wedding also reunited Evelyn with her two beautiful cousins, Dorotea and Agata Rinella, and with the families of Palmisano and Grisafi.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Acknowledgments
A
Abaddon
Abdiel
Abraham
Abraxas
Acts of the Holy Angels
Adam
Adramelechk
Advertising, Angels in
Aeon
Africa
Ahriman (Angra Mainyu)
Ancient of Days
Anderson, Joan Wester
Angel Clothed in a Cloud
Angel Hair
Angel of Death
Angel of Fire
Angel of the Furnace
Angel of the Lord
Angel of Peace
Angel of the Presence
Angel Stores
Angel Times
Angelica
Angelico, Fra
Angelolatry
Angelology
Angelophany
Angelos
Angels
Angels of Mons
Angels of Punishment Angels of the Seven Churches
Angel’s Trumpet
AngelWatch Newsletter
Apocalypse Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Appolion
Apsara
Archangels
Architecture, Angels in
Archon
Ariel
Art, Angels in
Asmodeus
Astaroth
Astrology, Rulership, and Angels
Asura
Azazel
B
Balaam
Battlefield, Angels on the
Beelzebub
Beliar
Beliel
Belphegor
The Bible, Angels in
Birds
Blake, William
Bodhisattva
Bodies of Angels
Bogey-Man
Book of Jubilees
Brownies
Buddhism
Burnham, Sophy
C
Camael
Channeling
Cherubim
Cherubim and Seraphim Society
Choirs
Christianity
Circle
Clarence Oddbody
Collective Unconscious
Color, Angels and
Communication with Angels
Constellations
Contemporary Angel Artists
Cottingley Fairies
Cupid
D
Daemon (Daimon)
Dante Alighieri
Day, Leonard C.
Days of the Week (Angels and the)
Dead Sea Scrolls
Deathbed Visions
Dee, John
Demiurge
Devas
Devidasi
Devils, Demons, and Fallen Angels
Dionysius the Areopagite
Directions (Angels of the)
Djibril
Dominions (Dominations)
Dragons
Dubbiel
Dwarfs
E
Egypt
Elementals
Elijah
Elohim
Elves
Enoch, Book of
Enochian Magic
Eros
Eschatology
Ethnarchs
Evangelical Authors
Evolution of Angels
Ezekiel
F
Fairies
The Fall of the Angels
Familiars
Final Judgment
Findhorn
First Church of Angels
Fravashi
Freeman, Eileen Elias
Fylgir
G
Gabriel
Gandharvas
Gender of Angels
Ghosts and Angels
Giotto
Gnomes
Gnosticism
Goblins
Graham, Billy
Greece (Ancient)
Gremlins
Guardian Angels
Guardian Spirit (Shaman; Spirit Guide; Tutelary Spirit)
H
Hadraniel
Hafaza
Halo (Nimbus; Aureole)
Harps and the Music of Heaven
Harut and Marut
Hayyoth
Healing, Angelic
Heaven and Hell
Hermes
Hierarchy of Angels
Hinduism
Hocus Pocus
Holidays, Angel
Holy Immortals (Amesha Spentas)
Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost)
Houri
Hours (Angels of the)
Hypnos
I
Iblis (Eblis)
Iconography of Angels
Imps
Incubi and Succubi
Indo-Europeans
Islam
Israel
Israfil
Izra’il
J
Jacob Wrestles with an Angel
Jacob’s Ladder
Jehoel (Jehuel)
Jinn
Joan of Arc
John the Baptist
Judaism
Jung, Carl Gustav
K—L
Kakabel
Kemuel
Lahash
Lailah
Lakey, Andy
Language of Angels
Leprechauns
Leviathan
Lilith
Lipika (Lords of Karma)
Literature, Angels in
Lucifer
Lunar Mansions
M
Magic, Invocations, and Prayers
Mala’ika
Malik
Mammon
Man Clothed in Linen
Manna
Mara
Mary
Mastema
Melchisedek
Mephistopheles
Merkabah Rider
Mesopotamia
Metaphysics and Angels
Metatron
Michael
Michelangelo
Middle Ages Mikhail
Millennialism
Milton, John
Ministering Angels
Mithra
Moloch
Months (Angels of the)
Mormonism, Angels in
Moroni
Movies, Angels in the
Muhammad
Munkir and Nakir
Muses
Music, Angels in
N-O
The Nature of Angels
Near-Death Experience
Nephilim
Nergal
New Age, Angels in the
Nike
Nimrod
Nuriel
Occult
Origen
Orisha
P
Padre Pio
Patristic Angelology
Peretti, Frank E.
Pestilence Angel
Peter and the Angel
Pixies (Pigsies or Piskies)
Planets (Angels of the) Powers
Principalities
Prophet, Elizabeth Clare
Psychopomps, Angels as
Puck
Purgatory, Angels of
R
Raguel
Rahab
Ramiel
Raphael
Raphael (Sanzio)
Rashnu
Raziel
Rembrandt
S
Salamanders
Sammael
Sandalphon
Sariel
Satan
Sèances
Seasons, Angels of the
Sefiroth
Semyaza
Seraphim
Seven Heavens
Sex and Angels
Shaitans
Shakespeare’s Concept of Angels
Shemhazai and Azazel
Sons of God
Sophia
Spiritualism
Sraosha
Stamps, Angels on
Steiner, Rudolf
Suffix Angels (Nominal Angels)
Swedenborg, Emanuel
Sylphs
T
Talmud
Taylor, Terry Lynn
Technological Angels
Television, Angels on
Thanatos
Theosophy
Thomas Aquinas
Thoughtforms
Threshold Guardians
Thrones
Tobit
Torment of the Damned
Traffic Angels
Trolls
Twain, Mark
Twenty-Eight Angels, Inc.
U
UFOs and Angels
Undines
Uriel
Urim
Usiel
V
Valkyries
Victor
Virtues
Vohu Manah
Voodoo
W
War in Heaven
Watchers (Grigori)
Wings
Wisdom Literature
Wormwood
Y—Z
Yazatas
Zadkiel
Zagzagel
Zodiac (Angels of the)
Zohar
Zophiel
Zoroastrianism
INTRODUCTION
T he appeal of angels is easy to understand. In an age of uncertainty and upheaval, it is extremely comforting to believe in the existence of spiritual beings whose principal employment is the protection and encouragement of human beings. In the words of Ps. 91:10–11:

He will give his angels charge of you, To guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, Lest you dash you foot against a stone.
In point of fact, far and away the great majority of contemporary angel books focus on stories in which people are helped by angels in some way. Typical of this literature is the kind of encounter reported in Eileen Elias Freeman’s book, Angelic Healing . Freeman relates that she had an encounter with an angel in the guise of a hospital nurse. On the night before Eileen’s cancer surgery, she was unable to sleep. She prayed and received the sacraments of the church, but she was still crying into her pillow and shaking with fear. Suddenly, a voice next to her said, “Can I help?” She felt a warm hand on her shoulder. She turned over to see a nurse sitting by her bed. Eileen told him she was scared, that she would never get through her illness, that she would die, and that the cancer had already spread too far.
“Get a hold of yourself,” the man said quietly. “None of what you say is true. There’s a purpose in everything that happens. You just haveto get through this and learn from it. Whatever happens, God won’t abandon you. Don’t give in to the fear.”
Eileen looked at the man in amazement, as this was the same message she had been receiving in response to her prayers. She asked him if he was an angel. His response was, “I suppose I am. After all, we nurses are sometimes called ‘angels of mercy,’ aren’t we? You’d better try to get some sleep or your real angel will be put out.” Eileen closed her eyes fo