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22 December 1581: First surviving angelic action

22 December 1581; Angelic conversations

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22 December 1581: First surviving angelic action - Biography. The first surviving spirit action began Dee's extant record of angelic conversations, framed by prayer, discernment, and the search for divine wisdom.

Summary

The first surviving spirit action began Dee's extant record of angelic conversations, framed by prayer, discernment, and the search for divine wisdom.

Essay

The first surviving spirit action began Dee's extant record of angelic conversations, framed by prayer, discernment, and the search for divine wisdom.

This marks the documentary beginning of the angelic project that later scholarship treats as central, not peripheral, to Dee's natural philosophy.

Bibliographical reference: Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 35-42

Date

22 December 1581

Category

Angelic conversations

Significance

This marks the documentary beginning of the angelic project that later scholarship treats as central, not peripheral, to Dee's natural philosophy.

Bibliography

Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 35-42

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