As a side note, to those interested in learning more about John Dee and occultism in the Renaissance I would like to recommend Frances Yates' "The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age".
Yates is a very serious scholar in a field that is often marked by not so rigorous "believer" types.
The book itself covers Dee in detail, as well as the general intellectual environment at a time when modern science was just starting to catch shape.
Yates is a very serious scholar in a field that is often marked by not so rigorous "believer" types.
The book itself covers Dee in detail, as well as the general intellectual environment at a time when modern science was just starting to catch shape.