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Arguing with Angels
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Pages: 235
Authors: Egil Asprem
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-02 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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This fascinating work explores John Dee's Enochian magic and the history of its reception. Dee (1527–1608/9), an accomplished natural philosopher and member o
Invoking Angels
Language: en
Pages: 408
Authors: Claire Fanger
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-01 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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"A collection of essays examining medieval and early modern texts aimed at performing magic or receiving illumination via the mediation of angels. Includes disc
John Dee's Conversations with Angels
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Deborah E. Harkness
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-11-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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John Dee's angel conversations have been an enigmatic facet of Elizabethan England's most famous natural philosopher's life and work. Professor Harkness context
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Language: en
Pages: 834
Authors: Steven Pinker
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-25 - Publisher: Penguin Books

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Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling autho
Angels in Late Ancient Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Ellen Muehlberger
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Ellen Muehlberger explores the diverse and inventive ideas Christians held about angels in late antiquity. During the fourth and fifth centuries, Christians beg