Never heard of it
myself. Might be a garbled transmission.
Jungians play notoriously fast and loose
with alchemy symbols.
Could be we're talking about some
physical alchemy operation where the
material in question has a solar
attribution?
There's also that book of "Rosey-Crucian
Secrets" by pseudo-Dee, which might be a
source for some strange "RC" spiritual
alchemy.
There are plenty of great places to look
on Dee's alchemy. Ambix has done a whole
journal volume, there have been
conferences:
http://www.ambix.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42&Itemid=15
Forshaw's article on post-Dee alchemical
reception of Dee's monas is here
http://www.john007dee.com/alchemical_monas.pdf
I would recommend to any interested
student the books by Clulee (on Dee's
science) and Clucas (ed.
interdisciplinary essays)
http://www.amazon.com/John-Dees-Natural-Philosophy-Religion/dp/0415031222
http://www.springer.com/philosophy/book/978-1-4020-4245-4
Also the great book by Deborah Harkness
(review here
http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/Reviews/harkness-review.html
)
Also Clulee's article in Newman and
Grafton "Secrets of Nature" --
"astronomia inferior: legacies of
trithemius and dee"
On
Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Aaron
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wrote:
I just got
the following request for
info. I have yet to
encounter a mention of Dee
creating an artificial sun
via alchemy (or describing
how to do so). Anyone have
any ideas for further
reference? Or has anyone
even heard of this one?
LVX
Aaron
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wrote:
From: Wendrich artHouse
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Subject: Dee
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Date: Friday, October 1,
2010, 4:10 PM
Dear
Aaron,
I’m
looking for some
pointers to a
book with
reference to Dee
’s alchemical
work which
produces an
artificial sun.
I found this
reference in
Jung and the
Alchemical
Imagination
(Jeffrey Raff).
There is a
reference given,
but I’m
wondering if
there are any
other sources,
preferably from
Dee ’s own
writings.
If
you are able to
suggest
anything, I
would be very
grateful.
Love,
Harry
Wendrich
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