{"product_id":"john-dees-conversations-with-angels-cabala-alchemy-and-the-end-of-nature-paperback-9780521027489","title":"John Dee's Conversations with Angels; Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521027489","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJohn Dee's Conversations with Angels\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is about Elizabethan England's most famous 'scientist' or natural philosopher John Dee and his 'conversations with angels'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDeborah E. Harkness (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521027489, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.375 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a truly remarkable story and merits telling for its own sake.  Harkness's version is beautifully written with rich footnoting and a good command of the sources.  That she has told it unflinchingly and with sensitivity to its subject only adds to its value.\"    Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn Dee's angel conversations have been an enigmatic facet of Elizabethan England's most famous natural philosopher's life and work. Professor Harkness contextualizes Dee's angel conversations within the natural philosophical, religious and social contexts of his time. She argues that they represent a continuing development of John Dee's earlier concerns and interests. These conversations include discussions of the natural world, the practice of natural philosophy, and the apocalypse.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations and conventions\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Genesis: 1. The colloquium of angels: Prague, 1586\u003cbr\u003e 2. Building Jacob's ladder: the genesis of the angel conversations\u003cbr\u003e 3. Climbing Jacob's ladder: angelology as natural philosophy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Revelations: 4. 'Then commeth the ende': apocalypse, natural philosophy, and the angel conversations\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'The true cabala': reading the book of nature\u003cbr\u003e 6. Adam's alchemy: the medicine of God and the restitution of nature\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000388800792,"sku":"9780521027489","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521027489i_eee7be4f-e34a-43b3-b0ee-0278b2b07860.jpg?v=1694964753","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/john-dees-conversations-with-angels-cabala-alchemy-and-the-end-of-nature-paperback-9780521027489","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}