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Excerpts taken from Dawkins; 'Francis Bacon & The Rosicrucians' lectures 1 & 3, Cooper's; 'Scarlet & The Beast 5' broadcast & Hall's; 'New Atlantis' lecture. Please visit my website @https://www.vinnysblogbookcom.com. 'Indeed, one of the most obvious sentiments that gives rise to secret societies is that of revenge, but good & wise revenge....' Charles Heckethorn - Secret Societies Of All Ages (1873).
'How Doctor Dee brought the Devil to Manchester
Astrologer, courtier, alchemist, scientist, theologian, magician, spy. To describe John Dee, the subject of Dr Dee, Damon Albarn's opera for the Manchester International Festival, in one sentence is not easy. He was an Elizabethan polymath and his investigations and experiments would lead him into the highest echelons of Tudor society and the lowest opinions of its people.
Born in 1527, he was one of the era's greatest minds, dabbling in everything from philosophy to physics. But it was his fascination with magic that would lead to his arrival in the North West in his latter years..... Summoning the devil
Despite his work with the occult, Dee was a deeply pious man and on his arrival involved himself with church life.However, the rumours that had caused him to have to move to Manchester followed him to the city. Dee lived in Chetham's School - then Christ's College, home to the priests of the Church - and a table from Dee's time there still exists in the Audit Room. It bears evidence of a story which blew up around Dee and eventually put paid to his term as warden. Upon it is a circular burn mark - a mark which, it is said, was made by the hoof of Satan, after Dee summoned him to seek advice and wisdom. Whatever the truth of the story, the stain on Dee's character, like the mark on the table, was immovable. He found his position untenable; his congregation wanted rid of him, not only because of the rumours, but because they disliked his sermons and choice of curates too. He petitioned the new king James I, but his request was denied and he had to leave Manchester in 1603 in disgrace, returning to his family home in Mortlake, Surrey.' - BBC 2 July 2011
Excerpts taken from Dawkins; 'Francis Bacon & The Rosicrucians' lectures 1 & 3, Cooper's; 'Scarlet & The Beast 5' broadcast & Hall's; 'New Atlantis' lecture. Please visit my website @https://www.vinnysblogbookcom.com. 'Indeed, one of the most obvious sentiments that gives rise to secret societies is that of revenge, but good & wise revenge....' Charles Heckethorn - Secret Societies Of All Ages (1873).
'How Doctor Dee brought the Devil to Manchester
Astrologer, courtier, alchemist, scientist, theologian, magician, spy. To describe John Dee, the subject of Dr Dee, Damon Albarn's opera for the Manchester International Festival, in one sentence is not easy. He was an Elizabethan polymath and his investigations and experiments would lead him into the highest echelons of Tudor society and the lowest opinions of its people.
Born in 1527, he was one of the era's greatest minds, dabbling in everything from philosophy to physics. But it was his fascination with magic that would lead to his arrival in the North West in his latter years..... Summoning the devil
Despite his work with the occult, Dee was a deeply pious man and on his arrival involved himself with church life.However, the rumours that had caused him to have to move to Manchester followed him to the city. Dee lived in Chetham's School - then Christ's College, home to the priests of the Church - and a table from Dee's time there still exists in the Audit Room. It bears evidence of a story which blew up around Dee and eventually put paid to his term as warden. Upon it is a circular burn mark - a mark which, it is said, was made by the hoof of Satan, after Dee summoned him to seek advice and wisdom. Whatever the truth of the story, the stain on Dee's character, like the mark on the table, was immovable. He found his position untenable; his congregation wanted rid of him, not only because of the rumours, but because they disliked his sermons and choice of curates too. He petitioned the new king James I, but his request was denied and he had to leave Manchester in 1603 in disgrace, returning to his family home in Mortlake, Surrey.' - BBC 2 July 2011
