Texts by, for, and about preachers from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries reveal an intense interest in the preacher's human nature and its intersection with his "angelic" role. Far from simply denigrating embodiment or excluding it from consideration, these works recognize its centrality to the office of preacher and the ways in which preachers, like Christ, needed humanness to make their performance of doctrine effective for their audiences. At the same time, the texts warned of the preacher's susceptibility to the fleshly failings of lust, vainglory, deception, and greed. Preaching's problematic juxtaposition of the earthly and the spiritual made images of women preachers, real and fictional, key to understanding and exploiting the power, as well as the dangers, of the feminized flesh. Addressing the underexamined bodies of the clergy in light of both medieval and modern discussions of female authority and the body of Christ in medieval culture, Angels and Earthly Creatures reinserts women into the history of preaching and brings together discourses that would have been intertwined in the Middle Ages but are often treated separately by scholars. The examination of handbooks for preachers as literary texts also demonstrates their extensive interaction with secular literary traditions, explored here with particular reference to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Through a close and insightful reading of a wide variety of texts and figures, including Hildegard of Bingen, Birgitta of Sweden, and Catherine of Siena, Waters offers an original examination of the preacher's unique role as an intermediary—standing between heaven and earth, between God and people, participating in and responsible to both sides of that divide.

Before the flood that covered the earth darkness overwhelmed the earth. In Atlantis a machine is being made that can turn humanity into mindless slaves. War is coming to the earth, and the survival of humanity is called into question. As the nephilim, the offspring of angels and humans create odd hybrid creatures like werewolves, vampires, and mermaids, a small outcast group takes the treacherous journey to Atlantis in order to try and shut off the machine before humanity is lost. Dark are the times, and dark is the earth. Evil is everywhere, and hope is but a faint light lost in a storm. Who will win in the battle for the earth? The end is near, but flood waters are rising, and soon heaven will be forced to act. The flood is coming.

Today more than ever before in human history, the dependency for comfort along with the indispensable necessity of moral, emotional and spiritual encouragement is in conflict with the iniquitous disposition of this present day society. The spirit of this world continues to resist and debilitate the divinely instilled organic appetite that is part of human original nature, personality and character. Even though the surrounding world tries to convince us as if we are unlovable, worthless and unforgivable, this volume will inspire our sensibleness so as to persist with the needed confidence, for finding or seeing the respectable extent of our own worth on the supreme pedestal of God’s given image and moral strength. We are exquisitely designed and divinely designated to remain everlastingly precious in love, goodness and reassurance. Even though our own heart tends to discourage and condemn us, this comforting volume will empower our vision to discern the true meaning and purpose of human existence, by authenticating the greatness of our value with eternity in view. The structure of human nature, character and personality would not be reliable pertaining to fundamental moral strength, lasting comfort and true happiness, unless exist a supreme purpose to appreciate the reason of holding on to such an objective. In actual fact, without this perpetual purpose along with love, faith and hope that galvanize our mind, heart and soul, there would not dwell the needed optimism for the author to initiate such painstaking descriptive work with the view to put in paper the proceeding five volumes of Authenticity, Comfort, Love, Perception and Dedication.

A real Heavenly Angel named Lay Lay talks about what really happened in the Garden of Eden between Adam, Eve, and the Serpent and why the Serpent never talked to Adam.

What if I told you that no human died in the great flood? Would that change the story a bit? What about that story where God asked his friend Abraham to sacrifice his son? Why do I ask these questions about the Bible? Because these questions need to be answered if I am to believe a God of love authored this book. If you want to join me on this journey, you won't look at God or the Bible the same again. And yes, there are aliens in here too.

What if the revelation of a single, ancient secret had the power to restore a sense of identity, purpose, and freedom from fear to all who seek? What if all that was standing between you and a life of bliss was simply a change in your perception? EARTH ANGEL: Find Your Power, Shine Your Light is your invitation to uncover the clues to your divine nature and ignite the radiance of your soul. A fresh perspective on the everyday stories that surround us and unique insight into ancient spiritual texts address the myths and misperceptions that have trapped the world in a collective web of fear for centuries, offering a positive path forward filled with healing and grace for all humankind. This higher level of understanding can help you create a much brighter life by forever changing how you view yourself and your role in the world. Practical exercises, affirmations, visualizations, and channeled messages can help you: Understand the reason for the re-emergence of angels in our world. Find your unique spiritual gifts and use them as a positive force in the world. Heal your fear and self-doubt to claim a life of grace, compassion, and self-acceptance. This is a journey of remembering, putting together the pieces of an ancient puzzle to create a new vision of what an angel is and what it means to be an earth angel in the modern world. Dare to be inspired, healed, and fulfilled by the vibration of the angels as the words within these pages resonate with the wisdom of your soul.

The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron offers the latest in critical thinking about the poet that defined the Romantic era across Europe and beyond. The volume presents forty-four groundbreaking essays that enable readers to assess Lord Byron's central position in Romantic traditions and his profound and far-reaching influence on British, European, and world culture. The chapters are organized into five sections-'Works', 'Biographical Contexts', 'Literary and Cultural Contexts', 'Afterlives', and 'Reading Byron Now'-that guide readers through the most important issues and frameworks for interpreting Byron. 'Works' presents original readings of Byron's key works and many of his lesser-known ones, giving space to extensive studies of his great epic, Don Juan, and the poem that brought him fame, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. 'Biographical Contexts' invites readers to consider Byron's life through key themes and patterns. 'Literary and Cultural Contexts' sets out the most important intellectual traditions from which Byron's work emerged and in which it developed. 'Afterlives' shows readers the extent of Byron's influence on literature, art, music, and politics in Europe and beyond. 'Reading Byron Now' advances the critical agendas that are shaping Byron Studies today. The Handbook tackles key themes associated with Byron including the Byronic Hero, cosmopolitanism, liberalism, sexuality, mobility, scepticism, the Gothic, celebrity culture, and much more. For new readers of Byron, the volume provides an excellent grounding in his life and work, and for specialists, it opens up exciting new approaches to an icon of Romantic literature.