Print version: Rees, Valery. From Gabriel to Lucifer : a cultural history of angels. London : I.B. Tauris, 2013 xv, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm ISBN 9781848853720
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-253) and index
Forsceptics, 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..