Glimpses of the Left..

Kelly's background was shrouded in ."..,,"' .. ,,"',
IIbout him before his meeting of information.
Kelly viewed himself as an alchemist. He published three alchemical
works: The Stone of the The Humid Way, and The Theatre of
'l'errestrial Astronomy. He a great interest in the
nmtemporary demonic was familiar with the most
famous grimoires. In his Dee that Kelly often
complained about the and he probably did not
stop practising demonic in the scrying
sessions. It is also he contacted during these
sessions were not since some of things they told Kelly
questioned their "heavenly" status. most famous example was the wife-
swapping incident - an he and Dee should exchange
wives and share them in common, which did. That was probably one
of the reasons why Dee decided to break his with Kelly soon
after. It is also the example to the messages
from spirits were mere There are, of
rourse, more similar instances of the messages. Once,
the angel Uriel appeared to and ordered Dee to his "faithful
assistant" a of 50 his diary Dee
writes that the spirits
"- That Jesus was not God.
- That no prayer ought to be made to
- That there is no sin.
- That mans soul doth go from one body to another childes quickening or
animation.
- That as many men and women as are now, have always been ( ... )
- That the of mankind from Adam and Eve, is not an History,
but a writing which has another sense.
- No Holy Ghost
would not him to but would rebuke
that he robbed
But Kelly was indeed a
experiments with Dee and
they split. As he often
voices he were not
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assistant. He devoted much of his time for
with him throughout many years until
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he was aware that the visions and
lIangels". On the contrary - he