Heavenly Bridegroom

A human falls deeply in love with an angelic being: what is the ultimate nature of their relationship? The ancient church not only held these Borderland relationships to be the source of a feminine substrate of arts and science, but feared that these romances were imbued with a demonic evil. The great suffragette, theologian, and occultist Ida Craddock took a different view. She pours ambiguity over the Christian categories of good and evil, tracing the potential and pitfalls of celestial eroticism.

2018