magictransistor:John Dee and Edward Kelley employing Magic Circle ritual to invoke a spirit in a c
magictransistor: John Dee and Edward Kelley employing Magic Circle ritual to invoke a spirit in a church grave yard (The Astrologer of the Ninetenth Century), circa 1825. Alas! The text of The astrologer of the nineteenth century says this isn’t Dee, but rather Paul Waring, with Kell(e)y (pp 228-9): ‘The most remarkable instance of necromancy in former times is that related by Weaver, in his “ Funeral Monuments.” He there records that Edward Kelly, a magician, with one Paul Waring (who acted in the capacity of companion and associate in all his conjurations), went together to the church-yard of Walton-le-dale, in the county of Lancaster, where they had information of a person being recently interred, who was supposed to have hidden or buried a considerable sum of money, and to have died without disclosing to any person where it was deposited. He proceeds to state, that they entered the church-yard exactly at twelve o'clock at night; and, hav- ing had the grave pointed out to them the preceding day, they exorcised the spirit of the deceased, by magical spells and incantations, till it appeared before them ; and not only satisfied, their wicked desires and inquiries, but delivered several strange predictions concerning persons in that neighbourhood, which were literally and exactly fulfilled.’ (The Internet Archive version, from Yale, does have a lovely coloured version of the picture though.) Weever’s Antient Funeral Monuments (1767) does indeed discuss Kelley, although he names his companion Peter, and not Paul, Waring. -- source link
Tumblr Blog : magictransistor.tumblr.com
#john dee#edward kelley#reblog#peter waring