Gustav Davidson (–1971)

This is a wonderfully comprehensive reference, well-annotated. It's if anything a bit *too* comprehensive - many of the entries are simply a name and a citation, and perhaps a little more commentary would be nice. But it's worth the shelf space just for the appendices, which are an amazing sourcebook of angelic/Enochian magic.

Growing up Protestant I didn't know much about angels. Who knew they were like smartphone apps of the heavens? Seriously, there's an angel for practically anything and everything. I really enjoyed this book and found it an incredible resource as I wrote an angel related original fiction last year. Comprehensive and easy to use, it was useful as a starting point to help me do further research certain characters. I think anyone who's interested in the supernatural will find this a handy show more addition to their collection. show less

A bit confusing, the same angel has so many names and duties and titles and then some of the jobs are attributed to others. Looked at from the point of view of a non-theist, it is interesting how the human race has created this huge pantheon of imaginary creatures to worship or fear.

This is one of my favorite time waster books. It is a fascinating, detailed, and exhaustive treatment on the subject of angels and spirits of Judaic, Christian, and Islamic mythologies. The Abrahamic religions I might say. I found the Kabbalah research interesting. It seems that Jewish scholars had an angel for everything, one for every hour of the day and a demon for every hour of the night. That sort of thing; a full delineation of the Powers and Thrones emanating from the all powerful show more God. Very interesting book, highly recommended. show less