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 neutralize the death spell it was believed had been cast upon her.