Håkansson

Håkansson opens with the Madini episode to dramatize Dee's angel conversations as problems of language, vision, books, and spiritual authority.

Håkansson reviews and reassesses the historiography of early modern occultism before turning to Dee.

Håkansson argues that Dee's occultism depends on traditions linking the Word of God, human languages, the Book of Nature, ancient wisdom, Baconian grammar, and reformation.

Håkansson analyzes hieroglyphics, emblems, mimetic signs, kabbalah, Pythagorean creation, mathematical symbolism, mens adepta, alchemy, and magical theology.

Håkansson turns to magic and religion, medieval ritual magic, natural and celestial magic, Propaedeumata, Monas, theurgy, magical language, medicina Dei, and apocalypse.

Håkansson closes by drawing together the book's account of Dee as a thinker of word, symbol, magic, and spiritual transformation.