Angelology

Angels in Space

by Leo Ruickbie

Paranormal, 56 (February 2011), pp. 54-57

Concerns the conceptualisation of unknown aerial phenomena, the role of rumour in modern media and the verification of... more Concerns the conceptualisation of unknown aerial phenomena, the role of rumour in modern media and the verification of sources.

Su Michele arcangelo e la viverna

by Ruggero Barberi

Anatomy of a Cargo Cult: Virginity, Relic Envy, and Hallowed Boxes

by Ryan Byrne

Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus, eds. Ryan Byrne and Bernadette McNary-Zak (University of North Carolina Press, 2009) pp. 137-186

When Going on a Heavenly Journey, Travel Light and Dress Appropriately - by Carla Sulzbach

by Carla Sulzbach

Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha - 19 (2010)3: 163-193

How is it that when people on earth encounter heavenly beings these consistently appear in human guise; yet, when, in... more How is it that when people on earth encounter heavenly beings these consistently appear in human guise; yet, when, in turn, humans enter the celestial world these selfsame human visitors seem to take on qualities of angelic beings? Could it be that the properties of the very different environments profoundly affect the nature of both residents and visitors? To answer these questions this article looks at the various texts dealing with epiphanies and heavenly journeys and descents from the perspective of the spaces that form the settings of these narratives. The sample texts will shed light on the correlation between the nature of heavenly angelic/divine and earthly human beings, on the one hand, and the substances that both realms are thought to consist of, on the other. The analysis of the texts will enable us to indicate a structure through which to create a paradigm by which other narratives of human—divine encounters may be tested and understood. In addition, this paradigm will be able to better explain the mechanics of both boundary crossings and transgressions.

John Dee and Edward Kelley's Great Table, Part III - Teresa Burns and J. Alan Moore

by Teresa Burns

"John Dee and Edward Kelley’s Great Table Part III: How Edward Kelley’s Visions Shaped Color, Directional, and Elemental Correspondences of the Watchtowers" by Teresa Burns and J. Alan Moore. Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition No. 20, Vol. 2. Vernal Equinox 2011.

John Dee and Edward Kelley's Great Table Part I- Teresa Burns and J. Alan Moore

by Teresa Burns

"John Dee and Edward Kelley’s Great Table (or, What’s This Grid For, Anyway?)" by Teresa Burns and J. Alan Moore. Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition No. 19, Vol. 2. Autumnal Equinox 2010

New Research on Mani’s Book of Giants

by Enrico Morano

published in Der östliche Manichäismus - Gattungs- und Werksgeschichte
Vorträge des Göttinger Symposiums vom 4./5. März 2010
Edited by Zekine Özertural, Jens Wilkens
DE GRUYTER
2011
Pages: 101-112

“Manichaean Middle Iranian incantation texts from Turfan”, in D. Durkin-Meisterernst, S.-C. Raschmann, J. Wilkens, M. Yaldiz, P. Zieme (edd.), Turfan Revisited. The First Century of Research into the Arts and Cultures of the Silk Road, Berlin: Reimer 2004, pp. 221-227.

by Enrico Morano

"The Likeness of Heaven": The Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham

by Andrei Orlov

" Many Lamps Are Lightened From the One": Paradigms of the Transformational Vision In Macarian Homilies

by Andrei Orlov

Metatron as the Prince of the Presence

by Andrei Orlov

"Lightless Shadows: Symmetry of Good and Evil in Early Jewish Demonology"

by Andrei Orlov

Introduction to Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology (Albany: SUNY Press, 2011).

John Dee and Edward Kelley’s Great Table Part III

by J. Alan Moore

by Teresa Burns and J. Alan Moore

Chaos and Identity: Onomatology in the Hekhalot Literature

by Michael Miller

forthcoming in Bamidbar vol 3, issue on "Jewish Nominalism"

This paper investigates the Hekhalot literature's use of angelic and divine names in order to establish that the... more This paper investigates the Hekhalot literature's use of angelic and divine names in order to establish that the multiple angelic stratifications which some scholars have seen as representing a severely compromised monotheism, may also be read as a sophisticated onomatology. Utilising Saul Kripke's theory of names as an initial basis of analysis, I hope to provide some original insights into the relationship between naming and identity which is evident in the tradition.

John Dee and Edward Kelley’s Great Table (Part I)

by J. Alan Moore

by Teresa Burns and J. Alan Moore

“A Golden Storm: Attempting to Recreate the Context of John Dee and Edward Kelley's Angelic Material"

by Teresa Burns

Can we get past 400 years of misunderstanding the angelic workings of John Dee and Edward Kelley… or at least sift truth from legend?

Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition No. 14 Vol. 2, Autumnal Equinox 2010.

Cutting the Shoots: Metatron as the Human Face of God

by Michael Miller

To be presented at Angels and Demons conference (Canterbury, June 2010)

This paper examines the archangel Metatron, 'Prince of the Presence'. Following the Hekhalot literature, the role of... more This paper examines the archangel Metatron, 'Prince of the Presence'. Following the Hekhalot literature, the role of Metatron as guide or paradigm for the Merkava mystic, and his confusing similarity with God are compared in order to establish his nature as either, or both, or neither, human and God. I argue that Metatron's identity is defined by his conflicting integration and negation of human and divine identity, thereby forming an epistemological portal through which the two can interact.

An Encomium on the Archangel Gabriel of Unknown Authorship

by Alin Suciu

The Role of Angels in Medieval Philosophical Inquiry

by Martin Lenz

Co-authored with Isabel Iribarren

Why can't angels think properly?

by Martin Lenz

Published in: Angels in Medieval Philosophical Inquiry: Their Function and Significance, Isabel Iribarren and Martin Lenz (eds.), Aldershot: Ashgate 2008 (Ashgate Studies in Medieval Philosophy).

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