A central text of occult literature, now in a deluxe Weiser Ankh hardcover edition with new ancillary material (a new introduction, corrections to the text, appendices, and other enhancements) by renowned scholar Joseph Peterson. - Three-piece quarter binding with black cloth spine and blue cloth over heavy boards
- Gold and black foil stamping on case with blind frame, front and back; gold stamping on spine
- Headbands, ribbon marker, and marbled endpapers
- Printed on quality, archival (acid-free), 55# natural-colored paper, with sewn signatures and reinforced spine
This book is not just a fancier version of the older edition. Anyone interested in Renaissance magic or Enochian magic will want this on their shelf.
Jason Miller, author of Consorting with Spirits and other books and courses Mysteriorum Libri Quinquethe
Five Books of Mysterieswritten by John Dee in the 16th century, remains to this day one of the most important core texts of occult literature and a comprehensive guide to Enochian magic, encompassing language, symbolism, rituals, and practical techniques. This deluxe Weiser Ankh edition is a compilation of John Dees secret spiritual treatises and was prepared from the original manuscript (preserved in the British Library) in Dees own handwriting.
These secret writings were discovered long after John Dees death (c. 1609); they had been tucked away in a hidden compartment of an old wooden chest and were remarkably spared from destructionuncovered only a few years before the Great Fire of London in 1666. In these five secret treatises, John Dee, one of the most renowned scholars of the Elizabethan era, records in minute detail his research into the occult.
Throughout his life, Dee had kept concealed his writings on the nature of humankinds contact with angelic realms and languages. In this comprehensive work, Joseph Peterson
