We live in an infinitely complex cosmos, more alive and chaotic than any of us can ever imagine. Throughout human history, the great mystery of our existence has been rendered to us mortals through certain messages. These messages and the ones bearing them have seemingly been contextualized in many ways through many cultures. Here in the western world, we have given them a name- Angels. These figures have not lost any of their influence throughout the centuries; basically everyone knows what an Angel looks like. Yet, most people do not know exactly what they are, or what they supposedly do. If there is one entity which has been sanitized and overly familiarized to us, it is the Angel. We must look closer.
There is a companion piece to this Episode on my Patreon.
My Top 4 Angel Grimoires
Show Notes & Book Recommendations
- I have already done an episode about the Origins of Angels with Dr. Mika Ahuvia. Well worth listening to and the show notes there are definitely worth a gander as well
- The development of Jewish ideas of angels : Egyptian and Hellenistic connections, ca. 600 BCE to ca. 200 CE by Annette Henrietta Margaretha Evans
- Angels: The Concept of Celestial Beings : Origins, Development and Reception edited by Friedrich Vinzenz Reiterer, Tobias Nicklas, Karin Schöpflin – If you can find a copy of this, it is an exceptional volume and extremely informative
- Jewish Concepts: Angels & Angelology
- ANGELOLOGY at the Jewish Encyclopedia
- The Dead Sea Scrolls – Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice aka The Angelic Liturgy
- Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism by Howard Schwartz – This is just an amazing book and the stories within are fantastic
- A Gathering of Angels: Angels in Jewish Life and Literature by Morris Margolies
- Biblical Study of Angels: Introduction & Qualities
- Seraph
- The Origin and Evolution of the Seraph Symbol by Nissim Amzallag
- Cherub: A History of Interpretation
- Invoking Angels: Theurgic Ideas and Practices, Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries edited by Claire Fanger – Outstanding book. Must Read
- From Gabriel to Lucifer: A Cultural History of Angels by Valery Rees – I quite liked this book
- The Book of Enoch translated by R. H. Charles – Grab copy here
- In Our Times – Angels – BBC
- How Angels found their Wings
- Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever’s Search for the Truth about Everything by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Sepher ha-Razim: The Book of Mysteries trans. Michael Morgan – Buy a Copy Here
- The Ars Nororia – The Method Version B trans. Stephen Skinner
- The Sworn Book of Honorius trans. Joseph Peterson – Buy a copy here
- Angels : An Endangered Species by Malcolm Godwin – A idiosyncratic book that I found quite fun. And I absolutely love the title
- Dr. Justin Sledge and his ESOTERICA YouTube channel has some videos on interesting Jewish books of Angel Magic • The Sefer HaRazim • The Sword of Moses
- The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet by Matthew Fox & Rupert Sheldrake
- Angelarium – Very cool visuals here
- Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination by Keith Thompson
- Before Me, Raphael: Sacred Magic and the Four Archangels
- Sam Block and the Angelic Ritual of Conjuration
- The Natal Guardian Angel(s) & Other Astrologically-Derived Angels
- The Angels of God – A very personal website with some interesting info on it
- Operators and Things: The Inner Life of a Schizophrenic by Barbara O’Brien – A brilliant book
- Encyclopædia Goetica by Jake Stratton-Kent • The True Grimoire • Geosophia – The Testament of Cyprian the Mage
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