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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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John d'S Alchemy
Edward Kelly worked for John D., a polymath who was obsessed with the angels. The pair spent hours every day talking to them, transcribing their names and language. Dee's wife Jane Fromund distrusted her husband's work as an angel-conjuring partner. But Queen Elizabeth needed gold, not angel talk, so they kept working on it.
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