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Azsecond Edition ANGELSANGELS toto AZAZ SECOND EDITION Evelyn Dorothy Oliver and James R. Lewis about the author Evelyn Oliver, Ph.D., has an impressive, thirty-year track record as a crisis intervention therapist. In every case of remarkable healing, she credits the assistance of angels. She is the author of Afterlife Journeys and Dream Yourself Awake for Women. James R. Lewis, Ph.D., has taught in the University of Wisconsin sys- tem since 1999. His publications include The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements and Legitimating New Religions. He is also the author of the Visible Ink Press titles The Dream Encyclopedia and The Astrology Book. Angels Ato Z i A LSO FROM V ISIBLE I NK P RESS Armageddon Now: The End of the World A to Z by Jim Willis and Barbara Willis ISBN: 1-57859-168-6 The Dream Encyclopedia by James R Lewis ISBN: 0-7876-0156-X Encyclopedia of Christmas by Tanya Gulevich ISBN: 0-7808-0455-4 The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena by J. Gordon Melton ISBN: 1-57859-209-7 The Handy Religion Answer Book by John Renard ISBN: 1-57859-125-2 The Religion Book: Places, Prophets, Saints, and Seers by Jim Willis ISBN: 1-57859-151-1 The Spirit Book: The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, Channeling, and Spirit Communication by Raymond Buckland ISBN: 1-57859-172-4 The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism by Raymond Buckland ISBN: 1-57859-114-7 Please visit us at visibleink.com. ANGELS Ato Z ANGELS AAto ZZ SECOND EDITION Evelyn Dorothy Oliver and James R. Lewis Detroit Angels Copyright © 2008 by Visible Ink Press® This publication is a creative work fully protected by all applicable copy- right laws, as well as by misappropriation, trade secret, unfair competition, AtoZ and other applicable laws. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or web site. All rights to this publication will be vigorously defended. Visible Ink Press® 43311 Joy Rd. #414 Canton, MI 48187-2075 Visible Ink Press is a registered trademark of Visible Ink Press LLC. Most Visible Ink Press books are available at special quantity discounts when purchased in bulk by corporations, organizations, or groups. Cus- tomized printings, special imprints, messages, and excerpts can be produced to meet your needs. For more information, contact Special Markets Direc- tor, Visible Ink Press, www.visibleink.com, or 734-667-3211. Managing Editor: Kevin S. Hile Art Director: Mary Claire Krzewinski Typesetting: Marco Di Vita Front cover image courtesy of Planet Art. Backcover image courtsey of iStock.com. ISBN 978-1-57859-212-8 Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Oliver, Evelyn Dorothy. Angels A to Z / Evelyn Dorothy Oliver and James R. Lewis. — 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-57859-212-8 (alk. paper) 1. Angels—Dictionaries. I. Lewis, James R. II. Title. BL477.L45 2008 202’.1503—dc22 2008001285 Printed in Malaysia by Imago All rights reserved 10987654321 We lovingly dedicate this book in honor of our gorgeous daughter Nicole and her magnificent husband, Leonardo D’Amico. Their fantastic Italian wedding also reunited Evelyn with her two beautiful cousins, Dorotea and Agata Rinella, and with the families of Palmisano and Grisafi. contents Introduction xiii Acknowledgments xxiii A . 1 B . 57 Abaddon • Abdiel • Abraham • Balaam • Battlefield, Angels on the • Abraxas • Acts of the Holy Angels • Beelzebub • Beliar • Beliel • Belphe- Adam • Adramelechk • Advertising, gor • The Bible, Angels in • Birds • Angels in • Aeon • Africa • Ahri- Blake, William • Bodhisattva • Bodies man (Angra Mainyu) • Ancient of of Angels • • Bogey-Man • Book of Days • Anderson, Joan Wester • Jubilees • Brownies • • Buddhism • Angel Clothed in a Cloud • Angel Burnham, Sophy Hair • Angel of Death • Angel of Fire • Angel of the Furnace • Angel of the Lord • Angel of Peace • Angel of the Presence • Angel Stores • Angel C . 77 Times • Angelica • Angelico, Fra • Camael • Channeling • Cherubim • Angelolatry • Angelology • Angelo- Cherubim and Seraphim Society • phany • Angelos • Angels • Angels Choirs • Christianity • Circle • of Mons • Angels of Punishment Clarence Oddbody • Collective Angels of the Seven Churches • Unconscious • Color, Angels and • Angel’s Trumpet • AngelWatch Communication with Angels • Con- Newsletter • Apocalypse Apocrypha stellations • Contemporary Angel and Pseudepigrapha • Appolion • Artists • Cottingley Fairies • Cupid Apsara Archangels • Architecture, Angels in • Archon • Ariel • Art, Angels in • Asmodeus • Astaroth • Astrology, Rulership, and Angels • D . 101 Asura • Azazel Daemon (Daimon) • Dante Alighieri • Day, Leonard C. • Days of the Week (Angels and the) • Dead Sea Scrolls • Deathbed Visions • Dee, John • Angels Ato Z ix Demiurge • Devas • Devidasi • Dev- ils, Demons, and Fallen Angels • J . 205 Dionysius the Areopagite • Directions Contents Jacob Wrestles with an Angel • Jacob’s (Angels of the) • Djibril • Dominions Ladder • Jehoel (Jehuel) • Jinn • Joan (Dominations) • Dragons • Dubbiel • of Arc • John the Baptist • Judaism • Dwarfs Jung, Carl Gustav . 125 E . 219 Egypt • Elementals • Elijah • Elohim K–L • Elves • Enoch, Book of • Enochian Kakabel • Kemuel • Lahash • Lailah Magic • Eros • Eschatology • Ethn- • Lakey, Andy • Language of Angels • archs • Evangelical Authors • Evolu- Leprechauns • Leviathan • Lilith • tion of Angels • Ezekiel Lipika (Lords of Karma) • Literature, Angels in • Lucifer • Lunar Mansions . 141 F . 231 Fairies • The Fall of the Angels • M Familiars • Final Judgment • Findhorn Magic, Invocations, and Prayers • • First Church of Angels • Fravashi • Mala’ika • Malik • Mammon • Man Freeman, Eileen Elias • Fylgir Clothed in Linen • Manna • Mara • Mary • Mastema • Melchisedek • Mephistopheles • Merkabah Rider • Mesopotamia • Metaphysics and G . 153 Angels • Metatron • Michael • Gabriel • Gandharvas • Gender of Michelangelo • Middle Ages Mikhail Angels • Ghosts and Angels • Giotto • Millennialism • Milton, John • • Gnomes • Gnosticism • Goblins • Ministering Angels • Mithra • Graham, Billy • Greece (Ancient) • Moloch • Months (Angels of the) • Gremlins • Guardian Angels • Mormonism, Angels in • Moroni • Guardian Spirit (Shaman; Spirit Guide; Movies, Angels in the • Muhammad • Tutelary Spirit) Munkir and Nakir • Muses • Music, Angels in H . .175 Hadraniel • Hafaza • Halo (Nimbus; N–O . 285 Aureole) • Harps and the Music of The Nature of Angels • Near-Death Heaven • Harut and Marut • Hayyoth Experience • Nephilim • Nergal • • Healing, Angelic • Heaven and Hell New Age, Angels in the • Nike • • Hermes • Hierarchy of Angels • Hin- Nimrod • Nuriel • Occult • Origen • duism • Hocus Pocus • Holidays, Angel Orisha • Holy Immortals (Amesha Spentas) • Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) • Houri • Hours (Angels of the) • Hypnos P . 295 Padre Pio • Patristic Angelology • Peretti, Frank E. • Pestilence Angel • I . 193 Peter and the Angel • Pixies (Pigsies Iblis (Eblis) • Iconography of Angels • or Piskies) • Planets (Angels of the) Imps • Incubi and Succubi • Indo- Powers • Principalities • Prophet, Eliz- Europeans • Islam • Israel • Israfil • abeth Clare • Psychopomps, Angels as Izra’il • Puck • Purgatory, Angels of x Angels Ato Z Tobit • Torment of the Damned • R . 311 Traffic Angels • Trolls • Twain, Mark • Twenty-Eight Angels, Inc. Raguel • Rahab • Ramiel • Raphael • Contents Raphael (Sanzio) • Rashnu • Raziel • Rembrandt U . 369 UFOs and Angels • Undines • Uriel • S . 321 Urim • Usiel Salamanders • Sammael • San- dalphon • Sariel • Satan • SÈances • Seasons, Angels of the • Sefiroth • . 375 Semyaza • Seraphim • Seven Heavens V • Sex and Angels • Shaitans • Shake- Valkyries • Victor • Virtues • Vohu speare’s Concept of Angels • Shem- Manah • Voodoo hazai and Azazel • Sons of God • Sophia • Spiritualism • Sraosha • Stamps, Angels on • Steiner, Rudolf • . 379 Suffix Angels (Nominal Angels) • W Swedenbˆrg, Emanuel • Sylphs War in Heaven • Watchers (Grigori) • Wings • Wisdom Literature • Wormwood T . 351 Talmud • Taylor, Terry Lynn • Tech- nological Angels • Television, Angels Y–Z . 387 on • Thanatos • Theosophy • Yazatas • Zadkiel • Zagzagel • Zodiac Thomas Aquinas • Thoughtforms • (Angels of the) • Zohar • Zophiel • Threshold Guardians • Thrones • Zoroastrianism Index 395 Angels Ato Z xi Introduction he appeal of angels is easy to understand. In an age of uncer- tainty and upheaval, it is extremely comforting to believe in Tthe existence of spiritual beings whose principal employment is the protection and encouragement of human beings. In the words of Ps. 91:10–11: He will give his angels charge of you, To guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, Lest you dash you foot against a stone. In point of fact, far and away the great majority of contempo- rary angel books focus on stories in which people are helped by angels in some way. Typical of this literature is the kind of encounter reported in Eileen Elias Freeman’s book, Angelic Healing. Freeman relates that she had an encounter with an angel in the guise of a hospital nurse. On the night before Eileen’s cancer surgery, she was unable to sleep. She prayed and received the sacra- ments of the church, but she was still crying into her pillow and shaking with fear. Suddenly, a voice next to her said, “Can I help?” She felt a warm hand on her shoulder. She turned over to see a nurse sitting by her bed. Eileen told him she was scared, that she
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