{"product_id":"hieroglyphic-monad","title":"Hieroglyphic Monad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in thirteen days in 1564 by the renowned Elizabethan magus, Dr. John Dee, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexplains his discovery of the unity underlying the universe as expressed in a hieroglyph, or symbol. His monad represents the alchemical process and goal of the Magus who, in partaking of the divine, achieves that gnostic regenerative experience of becoming God, and thus furthers the redemption and transmutation of worlds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEverything. Dee states, is dependent upon the circle and the straight line, which, in turn, are formed from the point. From this point revolve Sun and Moon, intersected to suggest their conjunction and generative faculty. These rest uon a cross, ther ternary and quaternary, and all are mounted upon two connected half circles, the original fire of creation. The key to the glyph is in the meditation and study of it, and all it suggests to the \"creative memory.\" It is not surprising that Dee's contemporaries in the universities chose to ignore this valuable treatise on a key to the universe, thus causing him to have engraved upon the frontispiece, \"Who does not understand should either learn or be silent: -an admonition as true today as it was then. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct Details:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN# 9781578632039\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 96 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Weiser Books, Published: January 2001.\u003cbr\u003eSize: 5.5 x 0.22 x 8.25 inches, Weight: 0.30 Lbs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. John Dee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/4583\/1187\/files\/dee_john_dr.jpg?v=1790791343\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Dee was an Anglo-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, and occultist, but mostly he was an alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Queen Elizabeth I, but spent much of his time on alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/4583\/1187\/files\/breakimage.avif?v=1770569579\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aquarius Rising","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67569619173651,"sku":"9781578632039","price":13.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/4583\/1187\/files\/HieroMonad441.png?v=1790789539","url":"https:\/\/aquariusrising.net\/products\/hieroglyphic-monad","provider":"Aquarius Rising","version":"1.0","type":"link"}