“She is both sister and bride, and more precious than rubies. All the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”

And they each take a key: and lock opposite ends of the chest.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

John Dee buried many of his papers—including those relating to the so-called angel seances—in the fields around his home in Mortlake in the early 1600s. While Sir Robert Cotton dug up a substantial haul of them, it is doubtful that they were ever fully recovered. His sadly scattered book collection remains a mystery to trace and volumes occasionally turn up in unexpected places.

In December 2004, a crystal ball belonging to Dr. John Dee was stolen from the Science Museum in South Kensington. During the time of writing this, it has been recovered, together with two Renaissance portraits from the Victoria and Albert Museum. The case has not yet come to court, and further information is as yet unavailable.

Giordano Bruno has recently been considered as a possible figure for beatification, and a memorial to his importance stands in the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome where he was burned at the stake.

The apocalyptic Rapture fiction, which has created a vast following of believers in its prophecies, is selling in the millions across the world, particularly in the United States where it counts a president among its readers.

“Cellular memory” is undergoing research at a sophisticated level. No consensus has so far been reached as to whether it is an aberration, an explainable phenomenon, or a myth based on misinterpretation of the “effects.”

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