August 1 - Sir Edward Kelley, angels, alchemy and the Philosopher’s Stone

2019-08-01

On this day in history, 1st August 1555, Sir Edward Kelley, apothecary, alchemist and medium, was born in Worcester. Kelley was a fascinating man. He worked with Dr John Dee and the men believed that they communicated with angels. Kelley also claimed that he was an alchemist and he wrote a treatise on the Philosopher's Stone. Find out more about Kelley and his work in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society. You can read Kelley's treatises at ht...

On this day in history, 1st August 1555, Sir Edward Kelley, apothecary, alchemist and medium, was born in Worcester.

Kelley was a fascinating man. He worked with Dr John Dee and the men believed that they communicated with angels. Kelley also claimed that he was an alchemist and he wrote a treatise on the Philosopher's Stone.

Find out more about Kelley and his work in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.

You can read Kelley's treatises at https://ia902704.us.archive.org/19/items/AlchemicalWritingsOfEdwardKelly1893/Alchemical-Writings-of-Edward-Kelly-1893.pdf
Dr John Dee video - https://youtu.be/A5hy__pKZuQ

You can find Claire at:

https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com
https://www.tudorsociety.com
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https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles
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