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==With John Dee== | ==With John Dee== | ||
Kelley approached [[John Dee]] in 1582. Dee had already been trying to contact angels with the help of a [[scrying|scryer]], or crystal-gazer, but he had not been successful. Kelley professed the ability to do so, and impressed Dee with his first trial. Kelley became Dee's regular scryer or medium. Dee and Kelley devoted huge amounts of time and energy to these "spiritual conferences". From 1582 to 1589, Kelley's life was closely tied to Dee's. In those seven years, they conducted conferences or seances. Dee also believed that the [[angel]]s held knowledge that would aid the English in their discoveries of new and uncharted lands on Earth. | Kelley approached [[John Dee]] in 1582. Dee had already been trying to contact angels with the help of a [[scrying|scryer]], or [[crystal]]-gazer, but he had not been successful. Kelley professed the ability to do so, and impressed Dee with his first trial. Kelley became Dee's regular scryer or medium. Dee and Kelley devoted huge amounts of time and energy to these "spiritual conferences". From 1582 to 1589, Kelley's life was closely tied to Dee's. In those seven years, they conducted conferences or seances. Dee also believed that the [[angel]]s held knowledge that would aid the English in their discoveries of new and uncharted lands on Earth. | ||
About a year after entering into Dee's service, Kelley appeared with an alchemical book (''The Book of Dunstan'') and a quantity of a red powder which, Kelley claimed, he and a certain John Blokley had been led to by a "spiritual creature" at Northwick Hill. With the powder (whose secret was presumably hidden in the book) Kelley believed he could prepare a red "tincture" which would allow him to transmute base metals into gold. He reportedly demonstrated its power a few times over the years, including in Bohemia (present Czech Republic) where he and Dee resided for many years. | About a year after entering into Dee's service, Kelley appeared with an alchemical book (''The Book of Dunstan'') and a quantity of a red powder which, Kelley claimed, he and a certain John Blokley had been led to by a "spiritual creature" at Northwick Hill. With the powder (whose secret was presumably hidden in the book) Kelley believed he could prepare a red "tincture" which would allow him to transmute base metals into gold. He reportedly demonstrated its power a few times over the years, including in Bohemia (present Czech Republic) where he and Dee resided for many years. | ||