Queen Elizabeth, like most  of the people of her time, was very superstitious, and believed in black-magic. She was very interested in the works of John Dee, an astronomer and astrologer who delved into the occult. Once when a doll of the Queen was found in a  field in London,  pierced through the heart with a pin, Elizabeth  was so afraid that she summoned John Dee to neutralise the death spell it was believed had been cast upon her.