Elias Ashmole's 17th-century transcript of the spiritual diaries of John Dee and Edward Kelley, including the angelic "actions", the conferences with angels later printed by Casaubon, and the Enochian language. British Library, Sloane MS 3677.

It opens with Ashmole's own memorandum describing how, in August 1672, he came into possession of "a parcell of Dr: Dees Manuscripts, all written with his owne hand".

A historical English occult source, public domain by age. This is a diplomatic transcription of the text only; the copyrighted British Library facsimile and microfilm are not reproduced. Uncertain readings are marked [?], illegible and blank leaves are identified and never reconstructed without notice, and where the secretary hand or Enochian tables prevent a reliable reading, the page says so explicitly. Transcription CC-BY 4.0.

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