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In an acclaimed work, one of America's foremost literary and cultural critics examines some of society's "New Age" obsessions. "An awesomely learned and, at times, touchingly personal discussion of the ancient origins of such New Age marvels as angels, prophetic dreams and near-death experiences". "Newsday".
Publisher Description
In this impassioned, erudite, and provocative work, Harold Bloom, bestselling author and America's foremost literary and cultural critic, examines society's "New Age" obsessions: angels, prophetic dreams, and near-death experiences. Omens of Millennium traces these cultural phenomena from their ancient and traditional origins to their present-day, millennial manifestations. In addition, it is a personal account of Bloom's Gnosticism. Certain to educate, challenge, and entertain, Omens of Millennium is as fascinating as it is timely.
Author Biography
Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of the Humanities a
Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of the Humanities a
Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of the Humanities a
Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of the Humanities a
Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professot Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professot Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professot Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professot Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor a
Table of Contents
Introduction Prelude: Self-Reliance or Mere Gnosticism I. Angels Visions of Angels Their Current Debasement Metatron, Who Was Enoch The Catholic Angels Hierarchy The Fallen Angels Angels, Miracles, and America II. Dreams The Answering Angel The Nature of Dreams Sigmund Freud's Dream Book Prophecy and Dreams III. Not Dying The "Near-Death Experience" Shamanism: Otherworldly Journeys The Astral Body: The Zelem Immortality and Resurrection The Resurrection Body IV. Gnosis 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 V. Millennium American Centuries Gnosis of the World to Come Coda: Not by Faith, Nor by the Angels: A Gnostic Sermon Acknowledgments
