The Angel of the West Window
The Angel of the West Window

Author: Gustav Meyrink

Publisher: Ariadne Press (CA)

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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A complex and ambitious novel which centres on the life of the Elizabethan magus John Dee, in England, Poland and Prague, as it intertwines past and present, dreams and visions, myth and reality in a world of the occult, culminating in the transmutation of physical reality into a higher spiritual existence. John Dee, through his 20th century descendent, is led by the Green Angel to the Other Side of The Mirror.

Tiffany's Swedenborgian Angels
Tiffany's Swedenborgian Angels

Author: Mary Lou Bertucci

Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780877853398

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In 1902, a Swedenborgian church in Glendale, Ohio, commissioned a set of seven stained-glass windows -- each representing an angel from one of the churches in the book of Revelation -- as a gift for a sister church in Cincinnati. Made by the studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany, the windows are a vibrant example of his stunning glasswork. After the church was torn down, the windows were put into storage and forgotten. Recently rediscovered, they have been restored to their former glory and are now part of a traveling exhibition called In Company with Angels. This companion book gives the history and the biblical background to the angels as well as insight into the lessons these angels can teach us today.

John Dee's Conversations with Angels
John Dee's Conversations with Angels

Author: Deborah E. Harkness

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-11-13

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780521622288

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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 contextualizes Dee's angel conversations within the natural philosophical, religious and social contexts of his time philosophy, and the apocalypse, and argues that they represent a continuing development of John Dee's earlier concerns and interests. These conversations include discussions of the natural world, the practice of natural philosophy, and the apocalypse.

The Angel in the Glass
The Angel in the Glass

Author: Alys Clare

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2018-10-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1780109849

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'A thought-provoking plot, and an affecting and powerful conclusion make this one of Clare's best' - Booklist Starred Review Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner uncovers dark secrets in his small Devon village in the second of this intriguing historical mystery series. June, 1604. When the emaciated body of a vagrant is found on the edge of the moor, it’s the verdict of physician Gabriel Taverner that the man died of natural causes – but is all as it seems? Who was the dead man, and why had he come to the small West Country village of Tavy St Luke’s to die cold, sick and alone? With no one claiming to have known him, his identity remains a mystery. Then a discovery found buried in a nearby field throws a strange new light on the case ... and in attempting to find the answers, Gabriel Taverner and Coroner Theophilus Davey unearth a series of shocking secrets stretching back more than fourteen years.

The White Dominican
The White Dominican

Author: Gustav Meyrink

Publisher: Dedalus European Classics

Published: 2021-03-26

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 9781912868384

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The White Dominican is Meyrink's most esoteric novel, and draws on the wisdom of a number of mystical traditions, the most important of which is Tao. It is set in a mystical version of the Bavarian town of Wassserburg which sits on a promontory surrounded on three sides by the river Inn. The novel describes the spiritual journey of the simple hero, who, guided by a number of figures including his eccentric father, the spirit of of a distant ancestor, the protecting presence of his dead lover and the mysterious figure of the White Dominican, escapes the 'Medusa head' of the world to a transfiguration, through which he joins the 'living chain that stretches to infinity'.

News of the Black Feast and Other Random Reviews
News of the Black Feast and Other Random Reviews

Author: Brian Stableford

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2009-03-01

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 143440336X

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This new collection gathers together 45 of Stableford's best critical reviews on works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, decadent literature, and nonfiction books about these topics. His comments are witty, intelligent, and full of insight. Complete with comprehensive index.

Stained Glass in England During the Middle Ages
Stained Glass in England During the Middle Ages

Author: Richard Marks

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-01-16

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1134967500

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First published in 1993. The first modern study of the medium, this book considers stained glass in relation to architecture and other arts, and by examining contemporary documents, it throws valuable light on workshop organisation, prices and patronage.