John Dee, Monas Hieroglyphica: Monas Hieroglyphica and the Alchemical Egg
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John Dee (1527 to 1608) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He was also an early popularizer of applied mathematics, and was instrumental in planning the British Empire.
Following the alchemical formula, “solve et coagula,” the above illustration from John Dee’s Monas Hieroglyphica shows the symbol broken up into its constituent parts, and re-combined within the alchemical egg.