1st Edition
John Dee's Actions with Spirits (Volumes 1 and 2) 22 December 1581 to 23 May 1583
By Christopher Whitby
Copyright 1988
1048 Pages
by
Routledge
1048 Pages
by
Routledge
1048 Pages
by
Routledge
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This was originally a two volume set which is now bound as one.
Here is presented an investigation of the nature of the earliest extant records of the supposed communication with angels and spirits of John Dee (1527-1608) with the assistance of his two mediums or 'scryers', Barnabas Saul and Edward Kelly. Volume 2 of this work is a transcription of the records in Dee's hand contained in... Read more
Volume 1 Part 1: Introduction 1. The Manuscript 2. Biographical Details 3. Magic and Scrying 4. Fraud and Cryptography 5. The Magical System 6. Motives 7. Conclusion Part 2: Commentary
Volume 2 1. Conventions and Usages in the Transcription 2. The Transcription 3. Appendix – The Holy Table 4. Bibliography
Biography
Whitby, Christopher
