From Gabriel to Lucifer (e-bog) af Valery Rees, Rees
Valery Rees, Rees (forfatter)

From Gabriel to Lucifer e-bog

200,69 DKK (inkl. moms 250,86 DKK)
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 ...
E-bog 200,69 DKK
Forfattere Valery Rees, Rees (forfatter)
Forlag I.B. Tauris
Udgivet 4 december 2012
Længde 288 sider
Genrer HBTB
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780857721624
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.