John Dee and Edward Kelley

John Dee (1527–1608/09) was an English mathematician, astrologer and adviser at the court of Elizabeth I; Edward Kelley (1555–1597/98) was his scryer.

Established Dee owned one of the largest private libraries in England at Mortlake and wrote on mathematics and navigation. From the 1580s he recorded sessions in which Kelley reported messages from angels seen in a crystal.^[1] Tradition / belief The sessions produced what Dee recorded as an angelic language, later called "Enochian".^[2] Scholarly debate Whether Kelley was sincere, self-deceived or fraudulent is debated by historians.^[3]

References

↑ Meric Casaubon (ed.), A True & Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee ... and Some Spirits (1659). public domain; Internet Archive.
↑ Casaubon (1659).
↑ Casaubon's hostile preface (1659); Deborah Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels (1999). Cited only.

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[1] Meric Casaubon (ed.), A True & Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee ... and Some Spirits (1659). public domain; Internet Archive.

[2] Casaubon (1659).

[3] Casaubon's hostile preface (1659); Deborah Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels (1999). Cited only.

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