The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee (Esprios Classics)

John Dee (13 July 1527 - 1608 or 1609) was an Anglo-Welsh mathematician astronomer astrologer teacher occultist and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for and advisor to Elizabeth I and spent much of his time on alchemy divination and Hermetic philosophy. As an antiquarian he had one of the largest libraries in England at the time. As a political advisor he advocated for the founding of English colonies in the New World to form a British Empire a term he is credited with coining. Dee eventually left Elizabeth's service and went on a quest for additional knowledge in the deeper realms of the occult and supernatural. He aligned himself with several individuals who may have been charlatans traveled through Europe and was accused of spying for the English crown.