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Angels: The Complete Mythology of Angels and Their Everyday Presence Among Us
This book describes the history and mythology of angels, highlighting their unique position in our world and tracing their angelic transformation from lionheaded birds into the serene, powerful celestial messengers we know today. Illustrated in full-color, this powerful book is informative and a stunningly beautiful addition to any library.
Since ancient times, stories abound of heavenly figures who appear at times of great crisis, bringing hope and saving lives, only to disappear without a trace seconds later.
Angels investigates the mythology of angels and examines angel encounters throughout history in order to inform budding angelologists, and provide you with the tools you need to commune with your own guardian angel.
Since ancient times, stories abound of heavenly figures who appear at times of great crisis, bringing hope and saving lives, only to disappear without a trace seconds later.
Angels investigates the mythology of angels and examines angel encounters throughout history in order to inform budding angelologists, and provide you with the tools you need to commune with your own guardian angel.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published July 30, 2011
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Charlotte Montague
14 books22 followersCharlotte Montague is an author specializing in maritime history. Her father was a naval office, and as a child, she travelled the world with her family. She travels for most of the year, but returns frequently to her home, a remote 18th century cottage close to a famous smuggler's cove on the Cornish coast.
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September 23, 2021
A lot of information about angels from just about any venue you could imagine - from the angel from heaven to the angel on earth and the angel of hell - various religious beliefs, cultural, concepts of what an angel is, encounters, those who communicate with them and on and on. There was obviously a large amount of research that went into it and the pictures were pretty neat to look at. That being said - it was beyond what I was interested in, some of the print was difficult to read. I am sure it is right up some one's alley, but not mine.
August 8, 2019
I wasn't sure how to rate this one. I enjoyed the read on the over all but there were many errors, mostly in the parts on history, and at one point in the beging it confused the Hayyoth and the Cherubim, and also some how the Seraphim. This combined with other errors just kept me from rating it higher.
February 29, 2016
I really hoped that it would have spent more time on the angels themselves instead of showing us where they are mentioned in literature, art, and movies. Also, this book ends abruptly without a conclusion. It talks about how an angel is depicted in a TV show and then just ends after the plot of the show is discussed.
The first part of the book (pgs 6-11)talks about angels in general including what each religion has in terms of angels and modern day belief.
The second part (pgs 14-67) talk about real life experiences of people seeing angels and those that did charity and are therefore considered angels. It was a neat mini autobiography of these people but not quite what I was thinking would be in the book since I thought it would talk more about the angels that are mentioned in religious texts.
Third section (pgs 70-115) discusses the history of how the current vision of how angels look came to be and also talks about the angels themselves including many religions not just Christian.. I liked this part of the book although the part about fairies being considered angels was a little far fetched for me. The authors explain it as "...like the Christian angel, fairies also have an input into our daily lives, often foreseeing, or influencing, human destiny." (pg109) Overall it was interesting to read about the different types of angels but it was very basic information.
The fourth section (pgs 120-137) discusses how you can communicate with the angels and how they communicate to you via dreams or symbols. There is also brief mention about Angelologists in there as well. If you are not into meditation, tarot, or crystal usage, you might want to skip this section.
The last sections (pgs 140-185) I clump together as they are discussing how angels are depicted in various media including paintings, literature, sculpture, and movies. Some of this was interesting but largely, I could have done without this section. An art history book would have been more thorough I feel but then again, this is a relatively short book so....
Overall there are things I liked and then there are things that I didn't. It was not bad but it was not the best. This book will give you very basic information so this would not be used as a complete mythology book that it states in the title.
The first part of the book (pgs 6-11)talks about angels in general including what each religion has in terms of angels and modern day belief.
The second part (pgs 14-67) talk about real life experiences of people seeing angels and those that did charity and are therefore considered angels. It was a neat mini autobiography of these people but not quite what I was thinking would be in the book since I thought it would talk more about the angels that are mentioned in religious texts.
Third section (pgs 70-115) discusses the history of how the current vision of how angels look came to be and also talks about the angels themselves including many religions not just Christian.. I liked this part of the book although the part about fairies being considered angels was a little far fetched for me. The authors explain it as "...like the Christian angel, fairies also have an input into our daily lives, often foreseeing, or influencing, human destiny." (pg109) Overall it was interesting to read about the different types of angels but it was very basic information.
The fourth section (pgs 120-137) discusses how you can communicate with the angels and how they communicate to you via dreams or symbols. There is also brief mention about Angelologists in there as well. If you are not into meditation, tarot, or crystal usage, you might want to skip this section.
The last sections (pgs 140-185) I clump together as they are discussing how angels are depicted in various media including paintings, literature, sculpture, and movies. Some of this was interesting but largely, I could have done without this section. An art history book would have been more thorough I feel but then again, this is a relatively short book so....
Overall there are things I liked and then there are things that I didn't. It was not bad but it was not the best. This book will give you very basic information so this would not be used as a complete mythology book that it states in the title.
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