The Hieroglyphic Monad [Paperback]

Dr. John Dee (Author)

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Publication Date: January 12, 2001

Written in thirteen days in 1564 by the renowned Elizabethan magus, Dr. John Dee, The Hieroglyphic Monad explains his discovery of the monad, 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Red Wheel / Weiser (January 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157863203X
• ISBN-13: 978-1578632039
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,810,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the very best esoteric masterpieces, March 14, 2009

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xul "xul010" (milky way galaxy) - See all my reviews

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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."

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The monad, June 27, 2008

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Richard Walker "dragonman" (GA,usa) - See all my reviews
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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.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Lost Key, August 22, 2006

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Mr. G. N. Lewis "Denny" (Exeter, Devon) - See all my reviews
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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.