The Wicca Book of Days for July 13 – Dee and Murray

The Wicca Book of Days for July 13

Dee and Murray

July 13 commemorates the births of two Britons who have significance to Wiccans:  John Dee (1527 – 1608) and Margaret Murray (1863 – 1963). As well as being Queen Elizabeth I’s astrologer, John Dee counted alchemy and divination among his numerous talents and interests, and is regarded as the founder of Enochian Magick, a mystical means of communicating with angels and spirits. As for Margaret Murray, she was an academic, Egyptologist, and the author of Witch-cult in Western Europer (1921) and The God of the Witches (1933), whose research led her to the conclusion that witchcraft is descended from an ancient Pagan religion.

Try Scrying

John Dee was a renowned scryer who used a rock crystal and an obsidian “shew-stone” in which to view the visions that he later interpreted. Prepare your own speculum (anything with a reflective or transparent surface) today.