Encounters With Death: A Compendium of Anthropomorphic Personifications of Death from Historical to Present Day Phenomenon

by Leilah Wendell

A Unique Compendium of Anthropomorphic Personifications of Death from historical to present day phenomenon, including traditional and non-traditional Death encounters told in the words of those who have experienced this growing pehomenon. Gathered from research through The Azrael Project over the past 20 plus years; Chapters Include; The Meaning of Anthropomorphic Personification, Select Cross-Cultural & Historical Personifications of Death, Some Common Precursors to Manifestation, Atmospheric Similarities During Encounters With a Death Entity, Selected Published Encounters with Death from the Azrael Project Archives, The Angel of Our Imaginings; Death Personified in Literature & Film, Ars Moriendi; Images of Death in Art, and many others. Prior to this compendium, if one were seeking information on the Death entity, you would literally need to research thousands of books and pour through stacks of research papers. With this project, you need look no further than one book to begin your journey.

Genres: Death, History

123 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Rachael · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book was fine up until part two. honestly, it should have ended at page 64. part one is all about mythology and historical, religious, and cultural manifestations of death, various forms of anthropomorphism in regards to death, anthropology, etc. then the book drops off the deep end and the author adds in her own little pet project with letters 'people' wrote about their own experiences with 'azrael', or 'the angel of death'. it sounds like people when they get together and talk about area 51 and little green/grey/bug-eyed men/alien encounters - if they truly are different people and not just her, the author, posing to be other people as the writing all sounds the same. honestly i couldn't finish the letters portion, it was that horrible. the book would have been decent, though some parts were a bit off, if it had just been part one, and an expansion upon part one. her little project ruined the whole thing, and how she managed to get supposedly grown men from texas to write like waify teenage goth chicks is beyond me.

[Isis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not even worthy of one star. The "author" not only gets various mythologies about death wrong, but she also shared "encounters with death" that are pointless and belong on an Ancient Aliens-style show. What a waste of my money.

I wish I'd skimmed through more of this book before purchasing it from The Strand. It isn't worthy of any bookstore's shelves.

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun thing if you do not expect a rational death studies research

[Itsmarinada · Rating 3 out of 5]

Idk what yall saying that’s a very easy read with cool info and pictures. I really enjoyed it, it has the actual points without additional details and i liked that. Also the encounters at the end were very interesting !!