Gift from an angel …John Dee’s crystal, Europe, 1582.So the story goes&he
Gift from an angel …John Dee’s crystal, Europe, 1582. So the story goes… In 1582 John Dee (1527–1609), mathematician, astrologer, magician, and antiquary, claimed that he had been given a magic crystal by an angel called Uriel. Eventually this slightly purple rock crystal, secured in a crude silver mount, passed to Dee’s son Arthur (1597-1651), who in turn gave it to Nicholas Culpepper (1616-1654). A physician and alchemist, Culpepper used it as a cure until 1651, when a fiendish spirit burst out of the stone and nearly frightened him to death. The same rock crystal is now in the Science Museum but, according to the curatorial staff, the demon seems to have moved on forever. Text source: https://innerlives.org/2018/03/19/the-sphere-of-magical-thinking-the-enchanting-history-of-crystal-balls/ Image: https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co104490/john-dees-crystal-europe-1582-amulet Archangel Uriel: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriel -- source link
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