HIEROGLYPHIC MONAD by J Dee.pdf

The

Hieroglyphic

Monad

John Dee, London,

MAXIMILIAN,

by God’s Grace

Most Wise Emperor

Rome, Bohemia, and Hungary

The Hieroglyphic Monad

By John Dee

Originally published in London, England, 1564

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The Hieroglyphic Monad

THEOREM I

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.

THEOREM II

Neither the circle without the line, nor the line

without the point, can be artificially produced. It is,

therefore, by virtue of the point and the Monad that

all things commence to emerge in principle. That

which is affected at the periphery, however large it

may be, cannot in any way lack the support of the cen-

tral point.

THEOREM III

Therefore, the central point which we see in the

centre of the hieroglyphic Monad produces the Earth,

round which the Sun, the Moon, and the other plan-

ets follow their respective paths. The Sun has the

supreme dignity, and we represent him by a circle hav-

ing a visible centre.

John Dee

The Hieroglyphic

Monad

THEOREM IV

Although the semicircle of the Moon is placed

above the circle of the Sun and would appear to be

superior, nevertheless we know that the Sun is ruler

and King. We see that the Moon in her shape and her

proximity rivals the Sun with her grandeur, which is

apparent to ordinary men, yet the face, or a

semi-sphere of the Moon, always reflects the light of

the Sun. It desires so much to be impregnated with

solar rays and to be transformed into Sun that at times

it disappears completely from the skies and some days

after reappears, and we have represented her by the

figure of the Horns (Cornucopia).

THEOREM V

And truly I give the completion of the idea of the

solar circle by adding a semicircle for the Moon, for

the morning and the evening were the first day, and it

The Hieroglyphic Monad

was therefore in the first (day) that the Light of the

Philosophers was made (or produced).

THEOREM VI

We see here that the Sun and the Moon are sup-

ported upon the right-angled Cross. This Cross may

signify very profoundly, and for sufficient reasons in

our hieroglyph, either the Ternary or the Quaternary.

The Ternary is made by the two straight lines having a

copulative centre.

The Quaternary is produced by the four straight

lines enclosing four right angles. Either of these ele-

ments, the lines or the right angles, repeated twice,

therefore, afford us in the most secret manner the

Octad, which I do not believe was known to our pre-

decessors, the Magi, and which you should study with

great attention. The threefold magic of the first

Fathers and the wise men consisted in Body, Soul and

Spirit. Therefore, we have here the first manifested

Septenary, that is to say, two straight lines with a com-

mon point which make three, and the four lines which

converge to form the central point in separating the

first two .

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