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The 'Monas Hieroglyphica' (or ''Monad Hieroglyphic'') is an esoteric symbol invented and designed by Dr John Dee, the Elizabethan Magus and Court Astrologer of Queen Elizabeth the First of England.
The Hieroglyphic embodies Dee's vision of the unity of the Cosmos and is a composite of various esoteric and astrological symbols. Dee wrote a commentary on it which serves as a primer of its mysteries. However, the obscurity of the commentary is such that it is believed that Dee used it as a sort of textbook for a more detailed explanation of the Hieroglyph which he would give in person. In the absence of any remaining detail of this explanation we may never know the full significance of the Glyph.
The existence of the Hieroglyph links Dee to the Rosicrucian Movement but in what way remains obscure. On the title page of the Rosicrucian treatise ''The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz'' the Hieroglyph appears beside the text of the invitation to the Royal Wedding given to Rosenkreutz who narrates the work. It is possible that Dee showed the Glyph to Johannes Valentinus Andreae, the author of the treatise, or an associate during one of his visits to Central Europe.

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★ Text of Monas Hieroglyphica in English

★ Text of Monas Hieroglyphica in French

References

★ ''The Hieroglyphic Monad'' by John Dee. Weiser Books 1975. ISBN 1-57863-203-X

★ ''Monas Hieroglyphica'' Dr Dee. Kessinger Publishing Co 2003. ISBN 0-76614-744-4

See Also

★ Alchemy

★ Astrology

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★ Astrological symbols

★ The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

★ Dr John Dee

★ Esotericism

★ Occult

★ Rosicrucianism

★ Rosicrucian Manifestos