Angels: An Endangered Species

by Malcolm Godwin

Book Overview

Explaining the celestial hierarchy, this divine guide explores many types of angels--from seraphim and cherubim to Metatron and Gabriel. Explicando la jerarqu?a celestial, esta gu?a divina explora... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671706500
• ISBN13: 9780671706500
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 2.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Angels, An Endangered Species

Received in a very timely manner in excellent condition. Very pleased with the service even more than what I or my husband who it was for had expected. Thank you very much!

Amazing Research & Beautiful Illustrations

The Angel book caught my eye on a library shelf. After I checked it out 3 times, I decided it was time to buy my own copy. Thankfully, I found booksellers here with copies because it is out of print. With all the writings on angels from all the world's religions it is a large topic but Godwin explains and demonstrates the angelic hierarchy and histories extremely well. The book covers angels from heaven and hell, the hierarchy, modern angel encounters -- old and new -- name it and it's there. If you enjoy mythology or comparative religion then you probably will treasure this book as I do. The writing is punctuated throughout with a beautiful collection of angelic art, diagrams and illustrations. ENJOY!

Excellent and diverse.

This book is hardly a book based on atheism. Rather, it takes into account historical documents and broad usage from different religions and how they viewed angels. This book is for someone who is interested in different backgrounds of the origin of angels. It takes cultural historic accounts into context, and leaves the restrictions of the holy bible behind. This book is definitely not for close minded Christians.

Beautifully illustrated, solid information.

This book is absolutely gorgeous and has been incredibly helpful in my personal research. It deals with sensitive subjects without bias, but not without humor. I find myself using only the first half of the book, the sections about Archangels, the Nephilim, and the like, but the second half looks to be very interesting and just as well written. This and _A Dictionary of Angels_ by Gustav Davidson are the two books you simply MUST have if you are interested in angels.

Anyone interested in angels must buy this book!

Malcolm Godwin is our guide to identifying and explaining the existence of angels to us curious mortals. The book contains two parts: the first reviewing the myths and legends of the celestial spirits, the second speculating on the origins of these mysterious entities and their absence in contemporary faith (hence the subtitle "An Endangered Species"). I love this book for the "Treasure of Angelic Lore" which provides an interesting perspective of both heaven and hell and covers the more notable names of the celestial hierarchy. I recommend this book to anyone studying the subject of angels.