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Written in 13 days in 1564 by the renowned Elizabethan magus, Dr. John Dee, the "Hieroglyphic Monad" explains his discovery of the monas, or unity, underlying the universe as expressed in a hieroglyph, or symbol. Dee called the Hieroglyphic Monad a "magical parable" based on the Doctrine of Correspondences which lies at the heart of all magical practice and is the key to the hermetic quest. Through careful meditation and study of the glyph, its secrets may be slowly revealed.
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It is by the straight line and the circle that the first and most simple example and representation of all things may be demonstrated, whether such things be either non-existent or merely hidden under Nature's veils. Read the first page
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29 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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Dee's divinely inspired genius shines through this hermetic masterpiece. Like his other works, especially the Heptarchia Mystica, the Monas Hieroglyphica is the product of long and intense study and practice, and emerges from the rich soil of his personal piety. Dee is searching for the one God, pure and simple, and this glyph is his roadmap. There is no more powerful guide than John Dee, England's greatest Magus. To study his book patiently and with humility, is to drink from the same waters that nourished his soul and intellect, from Hermes Trismegistus to Agrippa and Paracelsus. It is to practice an ancient and true alchemy. This is not dancing round a fire in the woods or dressing up for a quick evocational spin round the temple. This is complex and obscure, in other words, hard work. And deliberately so, to put off those who like to play the magician. It is spiritual transformation for only the most determined. The work of years not hours. This is no how-to-get-what-you-want manual for weekend wiccans. It is ambitious, perhaps too ambitious, but then so was Dee. My advice would be to stop playing with fire, and buy this book. Visualise its glyph, powerfully and often. Study its correspondences. Dig deep into the world around it - the world of the renaissance magi - soak up their philosophical and theological mindset and make it yours. Then you will have begun at last, the first serious and irreversible steps towards contact with the Divine.
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One of the very best esoteric masterpieces
14 Mar 2009
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Note: Amazon has perhaps easy for them but in this reviewer's humble opinion sub-optimal practice of copying reviews of one edition of a book to all other editions. This reviewer has the Red Wheel / Weiser paperback edition including an introduction and comments, the latter after the text.
From the frontispiece: "Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat." (Who understands not should either be silent or learn.)
Dr. John Dee, according to the short biography included, lectured when 23 years old on Euclid in Paris, "which caused a sensation in the intellectual circles of the continent." The Hieroglyphic Monad is the esoteric complement to Euclid's "Elements" in pure Hermetic Tradition with extremely little theological addition, this little to help avoid persecution.
The "keys" are within one's Self. The reader will understand exactly what he is "entitled" to. The introduction and comments are at times helpful but of course not exhaustive.
Dr. John Dee has manifested a true traditional masterpiece. It is symptomatic of our times (end of the iron or dark age) that the French translation is currently out of print. As the introduction states, "... the Dons and men of academic degrees ... are neither concerned nor interested."
From the frontispiece: "Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat." (Who understands not should either be silent or learn.)
Dr. John Dee, according to the short biography included, lectured when 23 years old on Euclid in Paris, "which caused a sensation in the intellectual circles of the continent." The Hieroglyphic Monad is the esoteric complement to Euclid's "Elements" in pure Hermetic Tradition with extremely little theological addition, this little to help avoid persecution.
The "keys" are within one's Self. The reader will understand exactly what he is "entitled" to. The introduction and comments are at times helpful but of course not exhaustive.
Dr. John Dee has manifested a true traditional masterpiece. It is symptomatic of our times (end of the iron or dark age) that the French translation is currently out of print. As the introduction states, "... the Dons and men of academic degrees ... are neither concerned nor interested."
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The monad
27 Jun 2008
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This is an excellant book and it covers the philosophorum calculus.All you need is in the symbolizm of this monad but I suggest also getting the hieroglyphica monas which is the original latin version which omitts nothing like this book jones omitts the letter to maxamillian that its acential to have because dee argues his points of his monad.When studying
stuff like this you need as much of the information as you can.But trust me no key is left out you just have to search right and with open eyes
these symbols will tell there own story.But its worth the effort for those interested in the philosophers stone.
stuff like this you need as much of the information as you can.But trust me no key is left out you just have to search right and with open eyes
these symbols will tell there own story.But its worth the effort for those interested in the philosophers stone.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
The Lost Key
22 Aug 2006
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A very interesting and unique work by Dr John Dee. The problem with this work is that there is no "key" to the interpretation of The Hieroglyphic Monad! Although there are 2 instances where Dee explained it, the instructions are lost to it. The book therefore contains ingenious interpretive fancies and intuitions in the extensive commentary following the main work "Dee's Monad" which I could not logically accept.
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