Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

Morten, the four-legged scorpions from England are different from the VMS "scorpion".

You seem to have assumed in your extensive research that the VMS is an original work redacted during the period 1404 to 1438. I do not reject the radiocarbon results but I am convinced the current VMS merely copies drawings and glyphs made much earlier.

My reasons for thinking so are as follows:

1. The general lack of blatantly visible errors or corrections might be more suggestive of a copying effort than original creation.

2. The VMS lacks stylistic similarities with other manuscripts of the 14th and 15th centuries, such as ruled lines for writing, elegant drawings, etc, which suggests authorship in a more remote time or place.

3. There is evidence of authorship by Cathars who were long extinct by the 15th century.

SUMMARY OF REASONS FOR BELIEVING THAT THE VMS WAS CREATED BY CATHARS

1. Depiction of administration of the sacrament of consolamentum on folio 80v

2. Depiction of an aversion to procreation on folio 80r

3. Depiction of the teaching of parchment-making on folio 80r

4. Depiction of a castle that may be the Cathar fortress at Montsegur on folio 86+ foldout

5. Astrological councils comprised of both men and women (rare for medieval Europe, women held equality with men in Catharism)

6. Predominance of women in the biological section (again reflective of female independence unique to Catharism in that epoch)

7. Lack of depictions of soldiers, military armor or weapons like swords commonly seen in medieval manuscripts (to be expected as Cathars were a peace-loving people opposed to violence and warfare)

8. Lack of biblical or religious imagery such as angels, monks, saints, etc. often seen in medieval manuscripts (to be expected as Cathars rejected the Old Testament as well as the idols and rites of Catholicism)

9. Need to employ encryption due to severe persecution by the Inquisition (it is understandable that the Cathars would want to keep their sacred writings from Inquisition eyes)

10. Lack of identifiable sources for zodiacal and other drawings due to widespread destruction of their literature by the Inquisition

I think this last one has hurt you severely in your research: You cannot find what no longer exists.

Let me also mention that there is an allusion to Cathars in Rosicrucian esoteric literature and references to Cathars in non-esoteric Rosicrucian legends (by theory, the Rosicrucians published the VMS recipes). Overall, I'm confident that Cathars wrote the original version of the VMS during the late 13th century.

Where, and by whom, was a copy made 1404 to 1438? If not by native Americans on buffalo hide, then a hundred baby cows belonging to whom?