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hi all, myself and john bowers recently done an exhibition where we recreated john dee and edward kelley's table of practice accompanied by some enochian-ish performances.i will upload all the photos and audio recordings and post the link here when its up.for now there's 1 photo, only on facebook :/http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150287041850649&set=t.536330528&type=1&theater r http://ryanjordan.org/ "these practitioners practice dark hypnosis in psychoactive hyperventilation clubs" > Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:45:12 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Doctor Dee > To: [log in to unmask] > > Melissa, fantastic ... Could you give us a review for the list? I think that it has been lazy journalism to suggest that it's operatic - Monkey certainly was not - and from what I've seen in the way of previews Albarn provides a narrative chorus on an acoustic guitar. I hope that it's good x > > Dave > > Dr Dave Green > > Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK > > Society for the Academic Study of Magic (SASM): > > http://www.sasm.co.uk > ________________________________________ > From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Melissa Harrington [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 01 July 2011 12:09 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Doctor Dee > > We're going, I absolutley hate opera, but am intrigued enough sit through > this, hoping Albarn will make the music more palatable than real opera. We > are going with members of our Enochian group, on a trip organised by my > Dee/Kelley obsessed husband. He was happy to be left alone with free range > of the magical rooms with their wax works standing on a carpet printed with > the sigillum dei Ameth in the tourist office in the tower at Charles Bridge > in Prague recently, where they are well feted. Although Dee had a glittering > life he died poor and somewhat perplexed, the angels told him he would be > remembered world wide forever, (is this any recompense I wonder), and this > seems to be true; as well as the centuries that Enochia has not died away > in, and its influence on literature and occulture, this year I have read > reviews in main stream papers of two kids books that feature Dee, and he > seems to be popping up more each year. > > regards > > Melissa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Green" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 9:47 AM > Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Doctor Dee > > > Dear all, > > I am not sure that there has been any discussion on the list of Damon > Albarn's (of Blur fame) new musical based on the life of John Dee and due to > open in Manchester, UK, around now. Here is a short interview with Albarn: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8606376/Damon-Albarn-interview-for-Dr-Dee-opera-Manchester-International-Festival.html > > I liked Monkey a lot, but not so convinced about this ... > > Dave x=