DR. JOHN DEE., - The Mathematical Dr. Dee: Hieroglyphic Monad: The Monad, Hieroglyphically, Mathematically, Magically, Qabalistically & Anagogically Explained. Mathmatical Preface to Euclid's Elements of Geometry. Private Diary & Catalog of Dee's Library of Ma

Sacred Science Institute, 2006. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt, No Jacket, New. ¶ Exact Facsimile Reprint of Original Edition Published: 1921, 1564, 1570, 1583. 76p., 64p., 90p. This Collection Contains Four Very Interesting And Important Selections Of The Great Magus, Cosmologist, & Astrologer Of Queen Elisabeth. Included Is Dee's Excellent Preface To The 1570 First English Edition Of Euclid's Elements Giving Of The Best Overviews Of The Esoteric-Scientific Doctrine Stemming From The Pythagoreans. Also Included Is Dee's Private Diary & Catalog Of Manuscripts In His Library For A Deeper Insight Into This Enigmatic Character. Part I: This Work Written In 13 Days In 1564 Explains Dee's Discovery Of The Key To The Universe, The Monas, Or Unity Underlying The Cosmos, As Expressed In A Hieroglyph, Or Symbol. The Monad Represents The Alchemical Process & Goal Of The Magus, Who In Partaking Of The Divine, Achieves That Gnostic Regenerative Experience Of Becoming God. Everything Is Dependant Upon The Circle & Straight Line Which Are Formed From The Point. From This Point Revolve Sun & Moon Resting Upon A Cross, Then Upon Two Half-Circles, The Original Fire Of Creation. The Key To The Glyph Is In The Meditation & Study Of It And Its Suggestions To The Creative Memory. Part II: A Very Fruitful Preface Made By M. I. Dee, Specifying The Chief Mathematical Sciences, What They Are Disclosed Certain New Secrets Mathematical & Mechanical Until These Our Days Greatly Missed. Contents: Intent Of Preface; Number, Point, Line; Magnitude; Arithemetic; Qualities Of Elements; Number; Geometry; Art Mathematical Derivative; Mechanic; Vulgar Geometry; Geographie; Chorographie; Hydrographie; Stratarithmetrie; Astronomie; Musike; Cosmographie; Astrologie; Light; Cubes; Anthropographie; Trochilike; Pneumatithmie; Menadrie; Hypogeoidie; Horometrie; Zographie; Architecture; Navigation; Archemastrie; Groundplate Of My Mathematicall Paeface Categorizing All Sciences & Artes Mathematicall. Part III: The Private Diary Of Dr. John Dee Taken From The Margin Notes Of His Almanacs, beginning in 1554 & The Catalog Of His Library Of Manuscripts, Made By Himself in 1583, Before His House Was Plundered By The Populace. Dee Is Said To Have Expended In This Collection The Sum Of 3,000 Pounds, A Very Large Sum In The Sixteenth Century For A Person Of Limited Income.