Dee meets Kelley

1582 Two of Britain’s best-known magicians, the astrologer/mathematician Dr John Dee and necromancer Edward Kelley, met for the first time.

Dee, when spying abroad for Queen Elizabeth I, signed his letters ‘007’ - perhaps a prototype for Ian Fleming’s James Bond?

See also John Dee’s friendship with the mapmaker Mercator

Tagged: alchemy, astrology, occult, magick