“Birth of an Angel” photographed by Daniel Ilinca.
I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise; this they do with a confident insolence…
Asia Argento.
Once I saw a Devil in a flame of fire, who arose before an Angel that sat on a cloud. And the Devil utter’d these words, “The worship of God is: Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God.”
… When he had so spoken, I beheld the Angel, who stretched out his arms, embracing the flame of fire & he was consumed and arose as Elijah.
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This Angel, who is now become a Devil, is my particular friend: we often read the Bible together in its infernal or diabolical sense, which the world shall have if they behave well.
I have also The Bible of Hell — which the world shall have whether they will or no.
(William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell excerpt.)
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