Edward Kelley
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Edward Kelley was a 16th-century English occultist and medium best known for allegedly communicating with angels and collaborating with the mathematician and magus John Dee in developing the Enochian magical system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Kelley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6341049 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Edward Kelley Context triple: [John Dee, associatedWith, Edward Kelley]
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Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
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B.
William Wynn Westcott
William Wynn Westcott was a British coroner, occultist, and key co-founder of the influential late 19th-century magical society the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
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C.
Walter Hubbard
Walter Hubbard was a prominent local figure and benefactor after whom Hubbard Park was named, likely due to his significant contributions to the surrounding community.
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D.
Lyman Cornelius Smith
Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who founded the religion of Thelema and became one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western esotericism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Edward Kelley Target entity description: Edward Kelley was a 16th-century English occultist and medium best known for allegedly communicating with angels and collaborating with the mathematician and magus John Dee in developing the Enochian magical system.
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A.
Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
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B.
William Wynn Westcott
William Wynn Westcott was a British coroner, occultist, and key co-founder of the influential late 19th-century magical society the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
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C.
Walter Hubbard
Walter Hubbard was a prominent local figure and benefactor after whom Hubbard Park was named, likely due to his significant contributions to the surrounding community.
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D.
Lyman Cornelius Smith
Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who founded the religion of Thelema and became one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western esotericism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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alchemist ⓘ medium ⓘ occultist ⓘ |
| allegedPractice |
production of gold
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transmutation of metals ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Edward Kelly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Talbot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hermeticism
NERFINISHED
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Renaissance magic ⓘ Western esotericism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1555 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | injuries sustained while attempting to escape imprisonment ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 16th century ⓘ |
| claimedAbility |
communicating with angels
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scrying ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | John Dee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborationPeriodWithJohnDee | circa 1582–1589 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1597 ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Kelley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
controversial figure
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suspected fraud by some contemporaries ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century occult revival
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later ceremonial magic traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
angelic conversations
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collaboration with John Dee ⓘ role in development of Enochian magic ⓘ spirit communications ⓘ |
| legalIssue | imprisonment in Bohemia ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
claimed reception of angelic Enochian calls
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participation in Dee’s angelic conferences ⓘ |
| occupation |
alchemist
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medium ⓘ occultist ⓘ |
| patron |
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vilém of Rožmberk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian esotericism ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biographical studies on Enochian magic
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occult literature ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Bohemia
NERFINISHED
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Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traveledWith | John Dee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | shew-stone ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Enochian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn | Enochian magical system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Edward Kelley Description of subject: Edward Kelley was a 16th-century English occultist and medium best known for allegedly communicating with angels and collaborating with the mathematician and magus John Dee in developing the Enochian magical system.
Referenced by (1)
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