John Dee’s Actions with Spirits (Volumes 1 and 2): 22 December 1581 to 23 May 1583)

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by  Christopher Whitby

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ALCHEMY
JOHN DEE'S ACTIONS WITH SPIRITS

JOHN DEE'S ACTIONS WITH SPIRITS
22 December 1581 to 23 May 1583
Volumes I and II
CHRISTOPHERWHITBY
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John Dee's
Actions
With Spirits
22 December 1581 to
23 May 1583
Volume I
Christopher Whitby
GARLAND PUBLISHING, INC.
NEW YORK & LONDON 1988
Copyright © 1988
Christopher Whitby
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Ubrary of Congress Cataloging-In.Publlcation Data
Whitby, Christopher.
John Dee's actions with spirits: 22 December 1581 to
23 May 1583 : volume I, volume II / Christopher Whitby.
p. cm. - (Garland publications in American and
English literature)
Thesis (ph.D.)-University of Birmingham, 1981.
Bibliography: p.
ISBN 0-8240-6399-6
1. Dee, John, 1527-1608. 2. Spirit writings. I. Title. II.
Series.
BF 1598.D5W47 1988
133.9'3-dc 19 88-16428
Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper
Manufactured in the United States of America
Abbreviations
Calder :.H.F. ':1l1der, 'John Dee Studied as an
i:nglish Heo-Platonist', unp"blished Uni. vero;i ty
of London Ph.D. dissertation, 1952.
'The Coapendious Rehearsall t,f John Dee his
Dutifull ~claracion,and Proof of the Course
a~d Rac~ of h~s Studious Lyfe', Autobiographi:al
T:-acts of .!U:. John ~, Wardel! of lli Collee!:
of Manchester, edited by Jamel Crossley,
Che~)ociety Publications, vol. XXIV
(Manchester 1851), pp. 1-45.
The Private Diary of .!U:. John f~, edited by
James O. Halliwell, Camden Society publications,
vol. XIX (London 1~'~2).
The Dictionary of tTati:)nal Biography, 21 vols
(LOndon, later ~xford, 1885-1109).
John ~, General anq !~ ~als Pertayn~n,
to the Perfecte Arte .2.! Navigatic!! (~ondon
15775: faCSHlile edition, Tn.: Jo:ngi.ish Experic1cc
'10. 62 (Amsterdam and He.,.. York l(l.ie).
Josten,Ash:uole Elias !~, ~ Auto~iograDhic&! ~
Historical ~, hi:; Corre~~ond~nce, ~ ~
Contemporary Sources Relatinc to k~ L.lfe and
Work, edited by C.Ii. Josten, 5 vol,; (Oxford
rm;).
Josten, '~nknown
Charter' . 'An Unknown Chapter in the Life of .Tohu Dee'.
edited by C.H. Josten, JWCI, 28 09(;5), pp. 223-
257.
John Dee, Monas hieroglj!Jhic.l, translated by
C.H. Josten, AlIlbix, XII (196,.), pp. 3;.-221.
Occ. Ehll. Henry C'Jrn.,11u8 Agrippa, Three Boo'~s of Occul t
Phiiosoph~, translated by J(~e6lrFTrenc~­
(London 1 51).
! ~ i::nelish Dictionary .2!! HiGtorica:', Prinei~
edited by Jallles A.H. Murray et al., 10 volF;
(Oxford 1884-1928). -- --
John Dee, 'Mathematical1 Preface' to!~ Elements
of Geometrie of lli ~ Auncient Phll,)sopher
~'~ .2.! Megara, translated by Sir H'lnry'
B1l~ing81ey (London 1570)
Merie Casaubon, ! ~ ~ Faithful Rel~
of!!!.!.! ~ .!£! fu!& ~ Be tween fr: :!2!!!!
Dee ••• and ~ Spirits (London 1659).
Aobrevi&tions (2)
Walker D.P. 'al~er, Spiritual ~ Demonic ¥.agic fro.
Ficino to Camnanella (London 1958, reprint~d
lY6'9'). -
Contents
Volume I
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter I The Mi'lnuscript
3.) Provenance 1
b) Physical Characteristics 7
e) Missing Leaves 10
Notes 16
Chapter II aiogral'hlcal Details
a) John Dee 19
b) Edward Kelly ,+3
c) Other Scryers 49
Notes 55
Chapter III Kagic and Scrying
a) Maeie 63
b) Serying 75
94
~otes
Chapter I V FraUd and Cry ptograuhy 101
Notes 113
Ch~pter V The Magical Syste~ 116
a) The Angels 117
b) The Sigillum Dei 118
c) The Forty-Nine Spirits 1211
d) The L~ine 129
e) The Ring 131
f) The Ro d I El' 132
g) The Seven Ensigns of Creation 134
h) The Show-Stones 137
i) Magi cal Books 141
j) The Holy Table 149
Notes 155
Chapter VI Motives 157
Notes 178
ConclUsion 180
COCllllentary 183