Dr. John Dee (1527-1608 / 9) was the foremost scholar of his day, whose influence on the intellectual currents of Europe was far-reaching and profound, his work leading to the Rosicrucian manifestos, the rise of empiricism and the foundation of the Royal Society. However, as a neo-Platonist, his highest aim was to receive true wisdom from God; and so he is perhaps best known for the records of his "Actions with Spirits" which resulted from his association with the scryer Sir Edward Kelley, wherein is contained a system of classification of the universe based upon figurative, mathematical and linguistic lines.
Contains a biography of John Dee by Charlotte Fell Smith (1909), and a thesis entitled "John Dee Studied as an English neo-Platonist" by I.R.F. Calder (1952). www.johndee.org
A detailed essay on John Dee's contacts and possible involvement with the secret societies of the Elizabethan era, originally published in The Hermetic Journal. www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1896/johndee.html
This paper deals with the English rejection of the Gregorian calendar in 1583 and John Dee’s proposal for calendar reform, seeking to set this episode in its cultural, political and intellectual context. www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud/jdee.html
A chapter from a book on astronomy and astrology, which discusses aspects of John Dee's "Hieroglyphic Monad" from a mathematical perspective. gfisher.org/chapter_10.htm
An article from the Elizabethan Review concerning John Dee's assertion of the right of the British Crown to lay claim to lands in North America, as put forward in his "Brytannici Imperii Limites" manuscript. www.ramtops.demon.co.uk/madocdee.html
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