A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels

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 addition to their collection.

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 God. Very interesting book, highly recommended.

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.

I used to carry this book around with me. It's just endlessly pleasing. A great reference book.

An amazingly complete collection of angels from all over the world. Also included are some of the more well known demons (such as Lillith).

There's also appendexs' which cover material from angelic invocation to the angelic alphabet. And the book is worth it for the bibliography alone.

All in all, the most comprehensive book on the subject (and an interesting read).

This book is the go-to reference for anyone wanting to find information on angels. I have several other angel themed "dictionaries" and "encyclopedias", but none are as useful and interesting as Davidson's-- in fact, many get most of their information from this very book anyway. If anyone is seriously interested in angels and angelology, this is a must have reference. The book is worth the price simply for the appendices and bibiography, and the main dictionary makes it even better. This is probably one of the most often used books on my shelf.