Welcome to episode 98 and part two of The History of Divination! After leaving the Ancient Romans in part one, we fast forward to the Tudors and the Elizabethan Era. We'll meet Dr. John Dee, who was Queen Elizabeth I's trusted seer and learn about the attitudes around magic and divination before Elizabeth's successor begins his witch hunts. We'll also uncover the secrets of the tarot, and step into the shadowy parlors of the Victorians with their flickering candlelit séances and spirit (Ouija) boards.
After all the history, we spend time with our guest, Saundra, a psychic medium and intuitive tarot reader. She answers our burning questions about being a psychic medium and does a collective reading for the Smoke Circle which...whoo! gave us a whole lotta feels.
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Mentioned in the Episode:
Episode 91: A History of Witches
Episode 90: Werewolf Trials of Europe
John Dee's Private Diary (free online)
John Dee's Spiritual Diaries (PDF)
John Dee's Five Books of Mystery
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Source Materials--
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=history_honors
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-magical-life-of-dr-dee-queen-elizabeth-i-s-royal-astrologer
https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/tarot-2
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/strange-history-tarot-cards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasseography
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/oujia-board-history
https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Age-movement
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Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/