Elizabethan Magic: The Art and the Magus

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Shaftesbury, UK: Element Books, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xvii +190pp. Maps, frontis, bibliography, index, b&w illustrations. With contributory material by Patricia Shore Turner and Robin E. Cousins. Illustrated by Charles H. Cattell and Jane O'Reilly. Elizabethan Magic provides the reader with precise renditions and translation fo the most important magical tracts of the Tudor era. Complete with extensive commentaries, it offers a fascinating insight into the colourful and often intriguing personalities of the time. Nearly half the book is devoted to extensive and important commentaries on John Dee and his magic, the rest to Simon Forman et al. The first and (to date) only edition. Contents Acknowledgements Foreword by Colin Wilson Introduction I John Dee: The Sage of Mortlake II The Angelic Manuscripts III Commentaries on the Angelic Manuscripts of John Dee IV Simon Forman: Physician, Astrologer and Necromancer V Robert Fludd: Hermetic Philosopher and Medical Practitioner VI Thomas Jones of Tregaron: In the Shadow of the Hawk by Patricia Shore Turner VII Robert Turner of 'Holshott' or The Astrological Botanist and the Books of the Elizabethan Magi by Robin E. Cousins Appendix A: Edward Kelly: Seer, Conjuror and A1chemist Appendix B: Explanatory Diagrams to Dee Texts Appendix C : The Physical Location of the Ninety-One Parts of the Earth named by Man, as detailed in the Liber Scientiae Auxilii et Victoriae Terrestris of John Dee by Robin E. Cousins Appendix D: Guide to the Maps Bibliography Index