This Rough Magic
Astrology has become commonplace in modern culture, whether you check your horoscope in the newspaper or ask someone's sign while you're on a date. This week we meet one of the people responsible for astrology's popularity, Dr. John Dee, and examine his contributions, his life, and his legacy.
Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with the voice talents of Kiernan Angley, Kit Baker, John Pippen, and Randy Wylde and original music by Purple Planet.
Music
Purple Planet - Midnight Bell
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - 7. Badinerie
Purple Planet - Seventh Curse
Purple Planet - Redemption
Purple Planet - Troposphere
Purple Planet - Sense of Loss
Purple Planet - Shadowlands
Sources
Primary
Dee, John. “Instructions from Angels: John Dee’s Diaries.” In The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment, edited and translated by Brian Copenhaver, 432-434. New York: Penguin Books, 2015.
Secondary
Camden, Jr., Carroll. “Astrology in Shakespeare's Day.” Isis 19. No. 1 (April 1933): 26-73.
Collins, David J., S.J. “Learned Magic.” In The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West: From Antiquity to the Present, edited by David J. Collins, S.J., 332-360. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Dunn, Richard. “John Dee and Astrology in Elizabethan England.” In John Dee: Interdisciplinary Studies in English Renaissance Thought, edited by Stephen Clucas, 85-94. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2006.
Harkness, Deborah. “Dee’s Angelic Conversations and Library.” In John Dee: Interdisciplinary Studies in English Renaissance Thought, edited by Stephen Clucas, 275-282. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2006.
Larkey, Sanford V. “Astrology and Politics in the First Years of Elizabeth’s Reign.” Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine 3. No. 3 (March 1935): 171-186.
Parry, Glynn. The Arch Conjuror of England: John Dee. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012.
Szönyi, G. E. “Paracelsus, Scrying and the Lingua Adamica.” In John Dee: Interdisciplinary Studies in English Renaissance Thought, edited by Stephen Clucas, 207-229. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2006.
