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A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Years Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits

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The first printed edition, from 1659, of John Dee's angelic diaries, edited by the classical scholar Meric Casaubon, printing the forty eight Enochian Calls received through the medium Edward Kelley in 1584. As a primary historical document, the earliest published record of this material, it sits at this atlas's top tier for documenting what Dee's own diaries recorded, not for confirming that the angelic communications were what Dee believed them to be. It is the strongest available source for the actual content and sequence of the Enochian Calls. This system is unrelated to the separate Greek Magical Papyri tradition, and a claim about that different body of material needs its own separate source.

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The first printed edition of John Dee's own angelic diaries, a primary text edited by a seventeenth century classical scholar, cited as the documented historical record of the sessions themselves.
Notes
The first printed edition of Dee's angelic diaries, edited by Meric Casaubon (son of the classical scholar Isaac Casaubon, a different person, separately catalogued in this atlas). Prints the forty eight Enochian Calls (Claves Angelicae) received through Edward Kelley in 1584. Dee's own angelic informant, Illemese, describes the first nineteen calls as entrances into the knowledge of the mystical tables, the four Elemental Watchtowers. This entry does not draw on the Greek Magical Papyri for Enochian material, a separate and unrelated tradition.
Citation
Author
John Dee, edited by Meric Casaubon
Publisher
T. Garthwait
Printed by D. Maxwell for T. Garthwait, London.
Publication Year
1659
URL
https://archive.org/details/truefaithfulrela00deej
Source Type
primary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (802 claims)

This source backs 802 claims across the atlas. As facts: 535 well-attested. As cited relationships: 101 holds, 2 connected. Plus 164 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Enochian Calls, 324 claims: 207 well-attested, 98 holds, 19 general references.
  • Enochian Governors, 273 claims: 182 well-attested, 91 general references.
  • Enochian Aethyrs, 90 claims: 60 well-attested, 30 general references.
  • Articles, 46 claims: 45 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Heptarchic Royalty, 28 claims: 14 well-attested, 14 general references.
  • Historical Figures, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
  • Open Questions, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Esoteric Texts, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Scripts & Magical Alphabets, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Artifacts & Relics, 1 claims: 1 general references.
  • Realms, 1 claims: 1 general references.

Well-attested

535

Articles

A Scholar's InheritanceCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Eighteenth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Eighth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Eleventh CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Fifteenth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Fifth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Fourteenth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Fourth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Ninth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Seventeenth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Seventh CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Sixteenth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Sixth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Tenth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Third CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Thirteenth CallCasaubon's Printing And Later Use Of The Twelfth CallManuscripts This Atlas Already CitesPublishing John Dee's Angelic DiariesReceived, Not ComposedThe Eighteenth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Eighth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Eleventh Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Fifteenth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Fifth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe First Call In The Angelic LanguageThe First Call: Opening The Claves AngelicaeThe Fourteenth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Fourth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Nineteenth Call And The Forty-Eight Key CountThe Ninth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Second Call In The Angelic LanguageThe Second Call: Opening The Claves AngelicaeThe Seventeenth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Seventh Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Sixteenth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Sixth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Tenth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Third Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Thirteenth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Twelfth Call And The Four Elemental WatchtowersThe Word "Enochian" Is Not HisWhat an Enochian Call Entry Covers

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