2011 1st Edtn (Thus) Ltd Edtn 162/200 Signed by Author(s) DOCTOR JOHN DEE'S SPIRITUAL DIARY, 1583-1608 By Stephen Skinner Good Esoteric

2011 1st Edition (Thus) , 
DOCTOR JOHN DEE'S SPIRITUAL DIARY, 1583-1608
being a contemporary new and reset edition of A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed From Many Years Between Doctor John Dee and Some Spirits
By Stephen Skinner
Dr. Stephen Skinner, Ph.D. (Classics, University of Newcastle, 2014) author, editor, publisher, and lecturer. He is known for authoring books on magic, feng shui, sacred geometry, and alchemy. He has published more than 46 books in more than 20 languages.

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Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
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Published By: Golden Hoard Press Ltd, Singapore

quarto (4to 9+1⁄2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 678

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Being a Completely New & Reset Edition of A True & Faithful Relation Of What Passed For Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits Being British Library Cotton Appendix MS XLVI, parts I & II Out of the Original Copy, Written with Dr. Dee's Own Hand, Kept In the Library of Sir Thomas Cotton, Knight Baronet. With additional material from Bodleian Ashmole MS 1790. Preface by Meric Casaubon. Reset In Modern Typeface, With Introduction, Supplementary Text, Additional Illustrations, Timeline, Corrections, Notes, and Appendices.
Signed limited edition, number 142 of 200 copies signed by the editor. This is Skinner's comprehensive revision of his 1974 facsimile edition of Meric Casaubon's compilation of the Elizabethan occultist's communications with spirits, first published in 1659. Dee and Casaubon disagreed on whether the messages Dee had received originated from angels or from demons.
Meric Casaubon (1599-1671) was a classical scholar and steadfast advocate of the Church of England; his edition of Dee's journals, first published in 1659, sought to discredit the dissenting religious radicals of the Civil War and Interregnum periods. Casaubon perceived the supernatural spirits that Dee had communed with as demons, and argued that they not only served as proof of the existence of God, but also demonstrated the necessity of an established church to interpret spiritual messages. The present work is the most comprehensive edition available, and reproduces Casaubon's text along with an introduction, appendix, timeline, and textual footnotes.
John Dee (1527-1608/9) was an English astronomer, mathematician, and occultist. He is best known for his position as court astronomer and advisor to Elizabeth I, and for his interest in the Hermetic and esoteric arts of alchemy, divination, and astrology. He was particularly enthusiastic about establishing contact with angels, whom he believed held beneficial knowledge that could improve mankind. Dee and his scryer, Edward Kelley (1555-1597/8),



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