John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature

by Deborah E. Harkness and Deborah Harkness

Book Overview

Elizabethan England's most famous natural philosopher John Dee recorded his reflections on the natural world, the practice of natural philosophy, and the apocalypse in a series of conversations with angels, which have long been an enigmatic facet of his life and work. This book makes extensive use of Dee's library and annotations to clarify this mystery by providing a detailed analysis of these conversations. Professor Harkness contextualizes Dee's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521027489
• ISBN13: 9780521027489
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"