Lantern Slide - The Holy War; 'The Captain's Petition to Shaddai'; 1850-1910; Painted lantern slide depicting a winged man writing in front of an angel: 'The Captain's Petition to Shaddai'. Shaddai is sovereign of the universe and creator of the fictional town of Mansoul. One of a series of 12 printed lantern slides depicting the story of The Holy War; originally written in 1682 by John Bunyan. together in a wooden