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Author:
Dee, John, 1527-1608.
Title:
John Dee's five books of mystery : original sourcebook of Enochian magic : from the collected works known as Mysteriorum libri quinque / Joseph H. Peterson, editor.
Publisher:
Weiser Books
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
xiv, 479 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Enochian magic.
Other Authors:
Peterson, Joseph H.
Notes:
Originally published: The five books of mystical experience. [S.l.] : A. Megan, 1985, in the series: Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks. Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-462) and index.
Summary:
Discovered in a hidden compartment of an old chest long after his death, the secret writings of John Dee, one of the leading scientists and occultists of Elizabethan England, record in minute detail his research into the occult. Dee concealed his treatises on the nature of humankind''s contact with angelic realms and languages throughout his life, and they were nearly lost forever. In his brief biography of John Dee, Joseph Peterson calls him a ""true Renaissance man""-- detailing his work in astronomy, mathematics, navigation, the arts, astrology, and the occult sciences. He was even thought.
ISBN:
1578631785 (alk. paper)
9781578631780 (alk. paper)
LCCN:
2002151947
Locations:
WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

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