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Bloom, Harold. Omens of millennium : the gnosis of angels, dreams, and resurrection / Harold Bloom. - New York : Riverhead Books, 1996.
255 p. ; 24 cm. Content notes : Visions of angels -- Their current debasement -- Metatron, who was Enoch -- The Catholic angelic hierarchy -- The fallen angels -- Angels, miracles, and America -- The answering angel -- The nature of dreams -- Sigmund Freud's dream book -- Prophecy and dreams -- The "near-death experience" -- Shamanism : otherworldly journeys -- The astral body : the zelem -- Immortality and resurrection -- The resurrection body -- The hermetic corpus : divine man -- Christian Gnosticism : Valentinus and resurrection -- Sufism : angel of earth and garment of light -- The Kabbalah : Metatron, the lesser Yahweh -- The Kabbalah : Luria's transmigration of souls -- American centuries -- Gnosis of the world to come -- Coda : not by faith, nor by the angels : a Gnostic sermon. 1573220450 (alk. paper) 9781573220453 (alk. paper) * Bloom, Harold. * Gnosticism. Angels - Comparative studies. Dreams - Comparative studies. - Religious aspects Future life - Comparative studies. Resurrection - Comparative studies. Millennialism - Comparative studies. Gnosticisme. Engelen. Dromen. Bijna-dood-ervaringen. Derde millennium. Religion. * United States - Religion. USA.