A True & Faithful Relation: Casaubon preface and framing
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A True & Faithful Relation: Casaubon preface and framing - Primary Sections. Casaubon frames Dee's diaries as a cautionary publication about spirits, credulity, demonic deception, and the risks of unlawful curiosity.
Summary
Casaubon frames Dee's diaries as a cautionary publication about spirits, credulity, demonic deception, and the risks of unlawful curiosity. His preface is not Dee's voice, but it strongly shapes the printed reception of the diaries. It argues over whether the events should be believed, how they relate to possession and revelation, and why publishing them might serve religious warning.
Published 1659; framing Dee records
Conversations with spirits
Keep Casaubon's interpretive agenda separate from Dee's diary entries. The OCR in the full volume is older and noisier than the excerpt PDFs.
- John Dee_ Meric Casaubon True faithful relation of what passed for many years between Dr John Dee and some spirits Kessinger Pub.pdf
- John Dee True and Faithful Relation (excerpts) - intro by C.pdf