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1659: Casaubon publishes A True & Faithful Relation

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1659: Casaubon publishes A True & Faithful Relation - Biography. Meric Casaubon published Dee's angel diaries within a cautionary frame about spirits, delusion, and unlawful curiosity.

Summary

Meric Casaubon published Dee's angel diaries within a cautionary frame about spirits, delusion, and unlawful curiosity.

Essay

Meric Casaubon published Dee's angel diaries within a cautionary frame about spirits, delusion, and unlawful curiosity.

Casaubon's edition powerfully shaped later perceptions of Dee by making the angelic records public as a warning text.

Bibliographical reference: Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 251-267; György E. Szőnyi, John Dee's Occultism: Magical Exaltation through Powerful Signs (SUNY Press), pp. 241-281

Date

1659

Category

Reception

Significance

Casaubon's edition powerfully shaped later perceptions of Dee by making the angelic records public as a warning text.

Bibliography

Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 251-267; György E. Szőnyi, John Dee's Occultism: Magical Exaltation through Powerful Signs (SUNY Press), pp. 241-281

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