02820nam 2200637 a 450 991097402190332120240417032057.097814384419241438441924(CKB)3170000000046076(OCoLC)802047459(CaPaEBR)ebrary10570790(SSID)ssj0000581995(PQKBManifestationID)11381613(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000581995(PQKBWorkID)10540034(PQKB)11516977(MiAaPQ)EBC3407048(MdBmJHUP)muse14329(Au-PeEL)EBL3407048(CaPaEBR)ebr10570790(DE-B1597)682443(DE-B1597)9781438441924(Perlego)2674026(EXLCZ)99317000000004607620110524d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrArguing with angels Enochian magic and modern occulture /Egil Asprem1st ed.Albany SUNY Pressc20121 online resource (234 p.)SUNY series in Western esoteric traditionsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781438441917 1438441916 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Historical perspectives -- pt. 2. Major trends in Enochian magic.This fascinating work explores John Dee's Enochian magic and the history of its reception. Dee (1527–1608/9), an accomplished natural philosopher and member of Queen Elizabeth I's court, was also an esoteric researcher whose diaries detail years of conversations with angels achieved with the aid of crystal-gazer Edward Kelley. His Enochian magic offers a method for contacting angels and demons based on secrets found in the apocryphal Book of Enoch.Examining this magical system from its Renaissance origins to present day occultism, Egil Asprem shows how the reception of Dee's magic is replete with struggles to construct and negotiate authoritative interpretational frameworks for doing magic. Arguing with Angels offers a novel, nuanced approach to questions about how ritual magic has survived the advent of modernity and demonstrates the ways in which modern culture has recreated magical discourse.SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.Enochian magicHistoryOccultismHistoryEnochian magicHistory.OccultismHistory.133.4/309Asprem Egil1666852MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974021903321Arguing with angels4368524UNINA