A book of angels : reflections on angels past and present and true stories of how they touch our lives / [electronic resource]
Sophy Burnham.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Ballantine Books, c1990.
- xiv, 295 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
I: Angels & ghosts I have known: Angels & ghosts I have known -- Angels unawares -- Turn a stone/start a wing -- II: Angelology, or the knowledge of angels: Sons of God -- Thunder like drumming -- Battle of heaven & Princes of Hell -- Angelic doctors -- III: Images & dreams: Wings of silence -- My black angel & others -- IV: Letters on angels.
This intriguing book tells the extraordinary stories of present-day encounters with angels, traces the appearance of angels in various cultures, and explores how writers--such as Dante, Milton, and Shakespeare--have responded to angels throughout history.