Subsections
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G1. Occasion And Addressee
G1. Occasion And Addressee - Subsections. The apologetical letter is addressed to ecclesiastical authority and responds to accusations against Dee's reputation.
G2. Schedule Of Printed Works
G2. Schedule Of Printed Works - Subsections. Dee lists printed works and known accomplishments to establish public credibility.
G3. Schedule Of Unprinted Works And Projects
G3. Schedule Of Unprinted Works And Projects - Subsections. The unprinted works show the scale of Dee's ambitions: British imperial claims, natural philosophy, navigation, historical collections, calendar and mathematical work, and other projects.
G4. Library, Manuscripts, And Losses
G4. Library, Manuscripts, And Losses - Subsections. Dee invokes the size and value of his library, including manuscripts in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.
G5. Defense Against Slander
G5. Defense Against Slander - Subsections. The heart of the letter rejects the reputation of conjurer.
G6. Epilogue And Appeal To Judgment
G6. Epilogue And Appeal To Judgment - Subsections. The epilogue asks that Dee be judged by his writings, services, and known piety rather than rumor.
E1. Casaubon's Title Page And Publication Frame
E1. Casaubon's Title Page And Publication Frame - Subsections. Casaubon publishes the material as a "true and faithful relation" but frames it as religious warning.
E2. Casaubon's Preface: Reality Of Spirits And Danger Of Delusion
E2. Casaubon's Preface: Reality Of Spirits And Danger Of Delusion - Subsections. Casaubon argues that the relation proves the reality of spirits while warning Christians against mistaking false spirits for angels of light.
E3. Casaubon On Dee's Sincerity
E3. Casaubon On Dee's Sincerity - Subsections. Casaubon repeatedly distinguishes sincerity from correctness.
E4. Casaubon On Kelley
E4. Casaubon On Kelley - Subsections. Casaubon treats Kelley much more suspiciously, associating him with conjuring, magical books, deceit, and unstable conduct.
E5. Reprinted Apologetical Material
E5. Reprinted Apologetical Material - Subsections. Casaubon's volume includes Dee's own apologetic material to show the reader Dee's self-defense against charges of conjuring.
E6. Transition From The Five Books To The Continental Actions
E6. Transition From The Five Books To The Continental Actions - Subsections. The later actions continue after the early Mysteriorum sequence.
E7. Liber Peregrinationis Primae / The First Book Of Travels
E7. Liber Peregrinationis Primae / The First Book Of Travels - Subsections. This travel section follows Dee, Kelley, and their households into continental movement.
E8. Cracow Actions And The Development Of Angelic Language
E8. Cracow Actions And The Development Of Angelic Language - Subsections. The Cracow period is crucial for the maturing angelic language material, including calls and revealed structures.
E9. A Doctrine For You Only
E9. A Doctrine For You Only - Subsections. This phase emphasizes secret doctrine, selective audiences, and the tension between universal reform and restricted revelation.
E10. Audience Of The Emperor
E10. Audience Of The Emperor - Subsections. Dee's hoped-for imperial audience with Rudolf II brings the angelic project into direct contact with European power.
E11. Catholic Scrutiny, Nuncios, And Confessional Danger
E11. Catholic Scrutiny, Nuncios, And Confessional Danger - Subsections. The later diary material repeatedly intersects with Catholic officials, Jesuits, papal nuncios, and questions of orthodoxy.
E12. Prophecy, Universal Reform, And The Fate Of Rome
E12. Prophecy, Universal Reform, And The Fate Of Rome - Subsections. The angels deliver or encourage expectations of religious and political transformation.
E13. Tables, Calls, Governors, And The Mature Angelic System
E13. Tables, Calls, Governors, And The Mature Angelic System - Subsections. The later actions supply the most elaborate technical angelic material: calls, tables, governors, airs, names, and revealed books.
E14. Sacrifice, Obedience, And Testing
E14. Sacrifice, Obedience, And Testing - Subsections. A recurring motif in the later actions is obedience under strain.
E15. The "Communion Of Wives" Crisis
E15. The "Communion Of Wives" Crisis - Subsections. The most infamous crisis concerns angelic commands involving the sharing of wives.
E16. Kelley Ascendant And The Strain On Partnership
E16. Kelley Ascendant And The Strain On Partnership - Subsections. As the later actions unfold, Kelley gains independent status through alchemy, patronage, and his indispensable role as seer.
E17. Alchemical Promises And Laboratory Ambitions
E17. Alchemical Promises And Laboratory Ambitions - Subsections. The later records intertwine angelic revelation with alchemical hopes.
E18. Later Fragments And 1607 Actions
E18. Later Fragments And 1607 Actions - Subsections. Casaubon includes later fragmentary records, including material from 1607.
E19. TFR Reading Warnings
E19. TFR Reading Warnings - Subsections. The full Kessinger/Casaubon PDF has noisy OCR and seventeenth-century typography.
B1. Editor's Introduction And Manuscript Status
B1. Editor's Introduction And Manuscript Status - Subsections. The editor presents De Heptarchia Mystica as a transcription from Dee's own manuscript, Sloane 3191, and explains its relation to the larger angel diaries.
B2. Title, General Contents, And Testimonies
B2. Title, General Contents, And Testimonies - Subsections. The opening sections justify the text's authority and summarize its scope.
B3. The Heptarchical Kings And Princes
B3. The Heptarchical Kings And Princes - Subsections. The central system organizes seven angelic kings and their associated princes.
B4. Ministers And The Forty-Twofold Pattern
B4. Ministers And The Forty-Twofold Pattern - Subsections. For each heptarchical king/prince complex, ministers or subordinate spirits are named and assigned.
B5. The Holy Table, Lamens, Sigillum, And Ritual Space
B5. The Holy Table, Lamens, Sigillum, And Ritual Space - Subsections. The ritual furniture is described or invoked as necessary to the heptarchical work.
B6. Invocations And Orations
B6. Invocations And Orations - Subsections. The practical heart of the work consists of prayers and invocations to the heptarchical powers.
B7. Practical Use And Constraints
B7. Practical Use And Constraints - Subsections. The manual implies that angelic aid can be sought for knowledge, protection, governance, and practical needs, but only under proper conditions.
F1. Introduction
F1. Introduction - Subsections. The introduction frames Dee at the height of his reputation in 1577 and explains how later spirit diaries damaged his posthumous image.
F2. The Philosopher Of Mortlake
F2. The Philosopher Of Mortlake - Subsections. This section covers Dee before the angelic crisis: a scholar at Mortlake with a major library, visitors, court connections, navigational interests, astrological practice, household concerns, and experimental curiosity.
F3. The Timely Help Of Some Wise Man
F3. The Timely Help Of Some Wise Man - Subsections. The section captures Dee's hunger for reliable wisdom and the early movement toward spirit mediation.
F4. Welcome To The Good Creature
F4. Welcome To The Good Creature - Subsections. This section marks the arrival and early significance of Edward Kelley/Talbot.
F5. Magic Of The Fifth Type
F5. Magic Of The Fifth Type - Subsections. Here Dee's practices move into a form of angelic magic that Fenton distinguishes from ordinary astrology, alchemy, natural magic, or learned mathematics.
F6. New Worlds Shall Spring Of These
F6. New Worlds Shall Spring Of These - Subsections. This section emphasizes expansion, reform, prophecy, and hidden knowledge.
F7. The Danish Treasure
F7. The Danish Treasure - Subsections. This section follows material hopes, treasure-seeking, and the worldly consequences of angelic claims.
F8. How Pitiful Is It, When The Wise Are Deluded
F8. How Pitiful Is It, When The Wise Are Deluded - Subsections. This section tracks suspicion, reputation, and the perception that learned men can be deceived.
F9. A New Saviour
F9. A New Saviour - Subsections. The section moves into heightened religious and prophetic expectation.
F10. Liber Peregrinationis Primae
F10. Liber Peregrinationis Primae - Subsections. This section corresponds to the beginning of the continental journey.
F11. A Doctrine For You Only
F11. A Doctrine For You Only - Subsections. This section focuses on secret or restricted revelation.
F12. An Audience Of The Emperor
F12. An Audience Of The Emperor - Subsections. This section concerns Dee's attempt to bring his message before Rudolf II.
F13. Who Are You, That You Require Science?
F13. Who Are You, That You Require Science? - Subsections. This section centers on challenges to Dee's authority and entitlement to divine knowledge.
F14. To Salute A Strange King
F14. To Salute A Strange King - Subsections. The section follows courtly and diplomatic movement around unfamiliar rulers and patrons.
F15. Sacrifice And Survival
F15. Sacrifice And Survival - Subsections. This section emphasizes personal cost: displacement, financial stress, spiritual testing, and the pressure placed on Dee's household.
F16. The Baiting Of The Trap
F16. The Baiting Of The Trap - Subsections. The section suggests increasing danger and entanglement.
F17. A Communion Of Wives
F17. A Communion Of Wives - Subsections. This section covers the most ethically explosive episode in the diary tradition.
F18. Kelley Ascendant
F18. Kelley Ascendant - Subsections. Kelley rises in status through alchemical promise and patronage while Dee's dependence on him deepens.
F19. Master Of A Full Poor Cell
F19. Master Of A Full Poor Cell - Subsections. This section presents Dee's declining fortunes after the grand hopes of the continental mission.
F20. Adieu To The Court And Courting
F20. Adieu To The Court And Courting - Subsections. The section concerns Dee's fading court hopes and the exhaustion of patronage-seeking.
F21. The Final Journey
F21. The Final Journey - Subsections. The final section follows Dee toward the end of his life and reputation.
F22. Epilogue, Lost Diary, Chemical Experiment, And Reference Apparatus
F22. Epilogue, Lost Diary, Chemical Experiment, And Reference Apparatus - Subsections. The appendices and reference materials provide documentary context: the lost diary problem, a chemical experiment, symbols, glossary, gazetteer, biography guide, bibliography, and index.
A1. Editorial And Manuscript Orientation
A1. Editorial And Manuscript Orientation - Subsections. The editions introduce the surviving early angel diaries as records of "mystical exercises" beginning in late 1581 and continuing into 1583.
A2. Dee's Foundational Prayer For Wisdom
A2. Dee's Foundational Prayer For Wisdom - Subsections. The opening prayer establishes the devotional and epistemic ground of the conversations.
A3. December 22, 1581: First Surviving Action At Mortlake
A3. December 22, 1581: First Surviving Action At Mortlake - Subsections. The first surviving action records Dee with Barnabas Saul as scryer.
A4. Barnabas Saul And The Problem Of The Scryer
A4. Barnabas Saul And The Problem Of The Scryer - Subsections. Saul's role reveals that Dee's angelic work is collaborative from the beginning.
A5. March 1582: Edward Kelley/Talbot Enters The Work
A5. March 1582: Edward Kelley/Talbot Enters The Work - Subsections. Kelley's arrival transforms the enterprise.
A6. The Book Of Soyga And Desire To Read Hidden Tables
A6. The Book Of Soyga And Desire To Read Hidden Tables - Subsections. In early Kelley actions, Dee discusses the Book of Soyga/Aldaraia and his desire to read its tables.
A7. Mysteriorum Liber Primus: Discernment, Authority, And First Instruction
A7. Mysteriorum Liber Primus: Discernment, Authority, And First Instruction - Subsections. Liber Primus as a whole is exploratory.
A8. Mysteriorum Liber Secundus: Seal, Names, And Ritual Furniture
A8. Mysteriorum Liber Secundus: Seal, Names, And Ritual Furniture - Subsections. Liber Secundus deepens the formal apparatus of the work.
A9. Mysteriorum Liber Tertius: Order, Obedience, And Angelic Hierarchy
A9. Mysteriorum Liber Tertius: Order, Obedience, And Angelic Hierarchy - Subsections. Liber Tertius continues to organize the communications around rank, office, names, and procedure.
A10. Mysteriorum Liber Quartus / Cuartus: November 1582 Return And Ceremonial Intensification
A10. Mysteriorum Liber Quartus / Cuartus: November 1582 Return And Ceremonial Intensification - Subsections. After a break in the diary record, the November 1582 actions show renewed intensity.
A11. Liber Mysteriorum Quintus: March-May 1583 Culmination Of The First Phase
A11. Liber Mysteriorum Quintus: March-May 1583 Culmination Of The First Phase - Subsections. The fifth book gathers the early work into a more mature system: angelic hierarchies, offices, tables, names, future revelations, and Dee's providential role.
A12. Early Angelic Corpus: LLM Reading Warnings
A12. Early Angelic Corpus: LLM Reading Warnings - Subsections. The early conversations are highly repetitive, multilingual, and visionary.
D1. Editorial Frame And Relation To Later Angelic Corpus
D1. Editorial Frame And Relation To Later Angelic Corpus - Subsections. Liber 84 is presented as a compact revealed-text witness associated with the later Dee/Kelley angelic system.
D2. Elemental Tablets And Seniors
D2. Elemental Tablets And Seniors - Subsections. The opening material concerns tablets, elemental arrangements, lesser angles, and senior figures.
D3. The Forty-Eight Keys Or Calls
D3. The Forty-Eight Keys Or Calls - Subsections. The Calls are ritual utterances associated with angelic language and access to specific angelic domains.
D4. Governors, Airs, And Angelic Geography
D4. Governors, Airs, And Angelic Geography - Subsections. Liber 84 gestures toward the system of airs, governors, and terrestrial/elemental governance.
D5. Notes, Cross-References, And Textual Instability
D5. Notes, Cross-References, And Textual Instability - Subsections. The edition includes notes comparing tables, variants, and later printed or manuscript witnesses.
C1. Diagrammatic Contents
C1. Diagrammatic Contents - Subsections. These one-page witnesses preserve the names, letters, numbers, and arrangement of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth.
C2. Function In The Angelic Work
C2. Function In The Angelic Work - Subsections. The Sigillum functions as a holy seal and support for the shew-stone and table apparatus.
C3. Reading Warning
C3. Reading Warning - Subsections. The OCR/text extraction scrambles parts of the spatial layout.