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JohnDee'sangelconversationshavebeenanenigmaticfacetofElizabethanEngland'smostfamousnaturalphilosopher'slifeandwork.ProfessorHarknesscontextualizesDee'sangelconversationswithinthenaturalphilosophical,religiousandsocialcontextsofhistime.ShearguesthattheyrepresentacontinuingdevelopmentofJohnDee'searlierconcernsandinterests.Theseconversationsincludediscussionsofthenaturalworld,thepracticeofnaturalphilosophy,andtheapocalypse.