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From Gabriel to Lucifer

By Valery Rees

From Gabriel to Lucifer

By Valery Rees

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For sceptics, 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. Valery Rees offers the first comprehensive history of these beautiful, enigmatic and sometimes dangerous beings, whose existence and actions have been charted across the eons of time and civilization.Whether exploring the fevered visions of Ezekiel and biblical cherubim; Persian genii; Arab djinn; Islamic archangels; the austere and haunting icons of Andrei Rublev; or Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire and the more benign idea of the watchful guardian angel, the author shows that the ubiquity of these celestial messengers reveals something profound, if not about God or the devil, then about ourselves: our perennial preoccupation with the transcendent.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2015-10-20
Publication Date:
2015-10-20
Publisher:
I.B. Tauris
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1784534315
ISBN13:
9781784534318
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
468 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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