Brought to you by OBS staff member Annabell Cadiz

Synopsis: What are angels? Are they loving, winged messengers of heaven, peaceful, caring beings spreading love? Or are they mighty warriors, fearsome and ferocious? Are they to be revered or simply feared?

From guardian angels and fallen angels to the Angel of Death, here you’ll find all manner of angels and discover their place in the heavenly host.

Learn the story of the attempt by Lucifer to seize God’s throne, and the subsequent War in Heaven; the ancient story of Tobit and the angel; plus contemporary tales of remarkable human encounters with angels.

Meet the archangels: Metatron, the highest ranking archangel; Michael, the warrior angel; Gabriel, the supreme messenger; Raphael, the great healer; and Uriel, the carrier of wisdom. With them, discover the cherubim and seraphim, who sit at the foot of God’s throne and are powerful protectors of the Lord.

All your angel questions will be answered–and all your fallen angel fears revealed.

Review: For a book which is comprised of only eighty pages, there is a good amount of knowledge to be read about both the angels and the their fallen brethren. As a believer in angels as well as an avid lover, I was very impressed by the compact size handbook. The illustrations were beautifully done. They are very intricate and vivid. I also really enjoyed the texture of the pages. Glossy and strong.

I learned more about angels than I had known before. I have done a great deal of research on angels and the fallen so I was pleasantly surprised to learn some bits of information I hadn’t learned yet. Foe example, how the Jewish mystical tradition doesn’t refer to different levels of angels as “beings” but instead as sephirot which means “enumerations.” I also did not know about the Book of Tobit.

For believers and lovers of all things angel related, The Handbook of Angels and the Fallen Angels is a nifty little book to add to the shelf.