This is the second episode exploring Dr. John Dee’s famous 1564 Monas Hieroglyphica. In this episode we continue our discussion of Dee’s Semiotic-Ontology (his link of Representation with Being) by exploring his early theories of alchemy and Cabala. Dee was a maverick in both fields. In alchemy, Dee sought to pursue the “Mercury Alone” theory while maintaining a relationship with traditional alchemy and introducing novel Paracelsian elements. In the field of Cabala, Dee employs traditional Jewish techniques for the manipulation of the Hebrew language to transform the Monad itself. When Dee combines the talismanic, alchemical, and cabalistic he will seek a “Cabala of Being” which will reform reality itself – the topic of the third episode.
These episodes represent a more introductory version of my thesis on the Monas Hieroglyphica prepared at the University of Amsterdam.
You can read the entire thesis here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iShqG1gJavUXVKVnk2d1UzQVE/view?usp=sharing
Standard text and translation of the Monas Hieroglyphica – C. H. Josten, Ambix, 12:2-3 (1964): 82-221
I’ll provide more recommended readings on the Monas Hieroglyphica in the third episode.
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