Reading this page from Wikipedia really explains all the lyrics, I guess. Much of them are anyway not grounded in reality, they talk in metaphores about many mystical things and amazing accomplishments (I have dealt in mysteries, looked into the abyss, I shame the mirror in my sight etc etc).
However, the more specific parts of the lyrics refer to historical events; for example, Dee's companion, Edward Kelley, told him that an angel appeared and told him that the two should share their respective wives (hence all the anger against Kelley in the lyrics, and the reference to sleeping with his wife), and Dee had his house with a wonderful library by Mortlake, that one day burned down.
Well, that's essentially it, lyrics about the life and works of John Dee with a lot of "magical" imaginery thrown in.
This song is about the english mathematician and, well, alchemist John Dee:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee
Reading this page from Wikipedia really explains all the lyrics, I guess. Much of them are anyway not grounded in reality, they talk in metaphores about many mystical things and amazing accomplishments (I have dealt in mysteries, looked into the abyss, I shame the mirror in my sight etc etc).
However, the more specific parts of the lyrics refer to historical events; for example, Dee's companion, Edward Kelley, told him that an angel appeared and told him that the two should share their respective wives (hence all the anger against Kelley in the lyrics, and the reference to sleeping with his wife), and Dee had his house with a wonderful library by Mortlake, that one day burned down.
Well, that's essentially it, lyrics about the life and works of John Dee with a lot of "magical" imaginery thrown in.