This image depicts John Dee, Queen Elizabeth's personal astrologer, passing a lantern symbolizing the esoteric tradition to Francis Bacon. Dee was one of Bacon's tutors in cyphers,nd a possible model for the character of Prospero in The Tempest, and for the 007 coor Ian Fleming's James Bond.
This image depicts John Dee, Queen Elizabeth's personal astrologer, passing a lantern symbolizing the esoteric tradition to Francis Bacon. Dee was one of Bacon's tutors in cyphers, and a possible model for the character of Prospero in The Tempest, and the original historical 007 that Ian Fleming based his James Bond insignia number from.
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