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==Work with Edward Kelley== | ==Work with Edward Kelley== | ||
[[File:John-Dee-Evoking.jpg|400px|thumb|John Dee and Edward Kelley performing [[necromancy]]]] | [[File:John-Dee-Evoking.jpg|400px|thumb|John Dee and Edward Kelley performing [[necromancy]]]] | ||
By the early 1580s, Dee was discontented with his progress in learning the secrets of nature and his diminishing influence and recognition in court circles. Failure of his ideas concerning a proposed [[Gregorian calendar|calendar]] revision, colonial establishment and ambivalent results for voyages of exploration in North America had nearly brought his hopes of political patronage to an end. He subsequently began to turn energetically towards the supernatural as a means to acquire knowledge. He sought to contact spirits through the use of a "[[scrying|scryer]]" or crystal-gazer, which he thought would act as an intermediary between himself and the [[angel]]s. | By the early 1580s, Dee was discontented with his progress in learning the secrets of nature and his diminishing influence and recognition in court circles. Failure of his ideas concerning a proposed [[Gregorian calendar|calendar]] revision, colonial establishment and ambivalent results for voyages of exploration in North America had nearly brought his hopes of political patronage to an end. He subsequently began to turn energetically towards the supernatural as a means to acquire knowledge. He sought to contact spirits through the use of a "[[scrying|scryer]]" or [[crystal]]-gazer, which he thought would act as an intermediary between himself and the [[angel]]s. | ||
Dee's first attempts with several scryers were unsatisfactory, but in 1582 he met [[Edward Kelley]] (then calling himself "Edward Talbot" to disguise his conviction for forgery), who impressed him greatly with his abilities. Dee took Kelley into his service and began to devote all his energies to his supernatural pursuits. These "spiritual conferences" were conducted with intense [[Christianity|Christian]] piety, always after periods of purification, prayer and fasting. Dee was convinced of the benefits they could bring to mankind. The character of Kelley is harder to assess: some conclude that he acted with cynicism, but delusion or self-deception cannot be ruled out. Kelley's "output" is remarkable for its volume, intricacy and vividness. Dee records in his journals that [[angel]]s dictated several books to him this way, through Kelley, some in a special angelic or [[Enochian]] language. | Dee's first attempts with several scryers were unsatisfactory, but in 1582 he met [[Edward Kelley]] (then calling himself "Edward Talbot" to disguise his conviction for forgery), who impressed him greatly with his abilities. Dee took Kelley into his service and began to devote all his energies to his supernatural pursuits. These "spiritual conferences" were conducted with intense [[Christianity|Christian]] piety, always after periods of purification, prayer and fasting. Dee was convinced of the benefits they could bring to mankind. The character of Kelley is harder to assess: some conclude that he acted with cynicism, but delusion or self-deception cannot be ruled out. Kelley's "output" is remarkable for its volume, intricacy and vividness. Dee records in his journals that [[angel]]s dictated several books to him this way, through Kelley, some in a special angelic or [[Enochian]] language. | ||