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Arguing with Angels: Enochian Magic and Modern Occulture

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Egil Asprem's history traces the documented reception of John Dee's angelic system across four centuries, from its Renaissance origins in Dee and Kelley's own manuscripts, including De Heptarchia Mystica, through the Victorian occult revival and the Golden Dawn's own Enochian curriculum into present-day occulture, working from that named documentary chain rather than treating Enochian magic as timeless. This record states its real scope honestly: the book covers the Heptarchia's place within Dee's own system and its later reception, but does not carry the manuscript-transcription detail of a dedicated primary edition for every named Heptarchical king and prince, which is why it is cited here as supplementary alongside the primary Sloane manuscript edition rather than as sole authority. Use it for the documented reception history of Dee's angelic system across these named periods.

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Egil Asprem's State University of New York Press history of the reception of John Dee's angelic system, from its Renaissance origins including Dee and Kelley's own manuscripts through the Victorian occult revival and the Golden Dawn's Enochian curriculum to present-day occulture. Cited here as a supplementary account of the Heptarchia's later reception rather than for manuscript-level transcription detail, which the primary Sloane manuscript edition carries instead.
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History of the reception of John Dee's angelic system from its Renaissance origins (Part One, including Dee and Kelley's own manuscripts, among them De Heptarchia Mystica) through the Victorian occult revival and the Golden Dawn's Enochian curriculum to present-day occulture. Scope note: covers the Heptarchia's place in Dee's own system AND its later reception; does not itself carry Peterson-level manuscript-transcription detail on every named Heptarchical King and Prince, which is why it is cited here as SUPPLEMENTARY alongside the primary Sloane MS 3191 edition rather than as sole authority.
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Author
Egil Asprem
Publisher
State University of New York (SUNY) Press
Publication Year
2012
URL
https://sunypress.edu/Books/A/Arguing-with-Angels
Source Type
academic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (49 claims)

This source backs 49 claims across the atlas. As facts: 44 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Articles, 32 claims: 31 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Disciplines, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Artifacts & Relics, 2 claims: 2 holds.

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