I summarized the climax of this novel in Gods And Demons but did not mention that a radiant winged being appears and dispels bodies, blood and fleeing demons with a wave of his hand. Ginny identifies him as:
"'Cambiel...
"The fifth archangel.
"He who watches over discoverers.'" (p. 438)
I cannot find Cambiel and different names answer to "fifth archangel."
His parting words are:
"-Farewell...Blessings." (ibid.)
Similarly, at the culmination of Poul Anderson's Time Patrol series, a Danellian addresses Everard and Wanda, then:
"A hand lifted. 'Blessing.'
"Everard and Tamberly stood alone."
-Poul Anderson, The Shield Of Time (New York, 1991), PART SIX, 1990 A. D., p. 435.
All's well that ends well. Or something.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I've tried to find out something solid about Cambiel, but only came across things like him being the angel of magic, or that he figured in the Tarot. I had also wondered if Cambiel was from one of the gnostic or rejected, apocryphal books.
The Catholic Church recognizes and prays to only the three angels named in the Scriptures: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.
Ad astra! Sean
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