THE BOOK OF FALLEN ANGELSThe Book of Fallen Angels Contents Introduction (Chapter One From Apes to Angels Chapter Two ‘The Tree of Gnosis Chapter Three The Fallen Ones Chapter Four ‘The Myths ofthe Great Flood CChaptor Five Lady ofthe Evening Star Chapter Six Avatars of Light Chapter Seven The Children of Cain Chapter Bight ‘The Teaching Angels Appendix A A Lover's Call tothe Angel of ‘Witehbood Appendix B An Address to the Master at the Throne ‘of God Bibliography 16 26 89 #2 105 123 143 167 183 188 191Other titles by Michael Howard, also published by Capall Bann: Angels and Goddesses Mysteries of the Runes ‘The Sacred Barth Guide ‘The Pillars of Tubal Cain (with Nigel Jackson) Roebuck in the Thicket (with Bvan John Jones & Robert Cochrane) ‘The Robert Cochrane Letters (with Evan John Jones & Robert Cochrane) ‘The Pickingill Papers (with B. Liddell) Fairy Beasts and Animals of Legend Introduction ‘There are special times in life, especially when you are walking the occult path, when you meet a person who changes ‘your perspective completely. As the old esoteric maxim says: ‘When the pupil is ready, the teacher will come” Such an ‘epiphany occurred to the writer in August 1967 when he met the Taromancer, astrologer and magus Madeline Montalban (1910-1982). Tt was through her that he was first introduced to the concept ofthe fallen angels and their legends. In today's age of media witches, cloak-flappers and magical wannabes it is dificult to find someone in the occult world who shuns the Limelight of publicity. Madeline was such a person and, although she was described as ‘the best ceremonial magician in London’ (and probably in the country), she could have walked into the Atlantis or Watkins oecult bookshops in the ‘capital and passed unrecognised by the browsing consumers. Madoline did not write any major occult books (her only book ‘on the Tarot was compiled hy a friend and colleague and published after her death. See Logan 1983) and her public Appearances at esoteric gatherings were rare. When the writer met here in the late 1960s she was a virlual recluse, ‘even though she lived in an apartment a stone's throw from the bustling West End of London. Madeline, however, did weleome selected visitors and the parties she threw for her ‘students and friends (who were often one and the same) were lavish affairs, Because Madeline refused to jump on to the ‘occult merry-go-round, and beeause she held belies that were not even acceptable to many of her fallow oecultists, an aura ‘of mystery and myth grew up around her. She deliberately ‘encouraged this to the extent that sometimes even her closest 5