25-03-2016, 10:38 PM
Latest news from the field of Voynich phallic studies:
I took another look at this plant, and some things are starting to make sense. Remember that I said the ancients liked their penises small and slender. Overly large, erect members were usually reserved for fertility gods or barbaric types, like satyrs. Google "satyr phallus" or something and you'll see.
So anyway, I had a look at the label, which I read as (o)snap. We'll ignore the initial "o" as usual, which leaves us with /snap/, the plant name. If this plant follows the general system, the mnemonic (= hidden secondary image) should sound a bit like this plant name /snap/.
So what sounds like /snap/ and has a large penis? Satyr? Pryapos? Some god that also doubled as a fertility deity like Hermes? No, no, no.
There's a famous story about the satyr You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., or alternatively Pan, who entered a music contest with Apollo. The Satyr played the flute, while Apollo used his trusted lyre. Eventually Apollo won by turning his lyre upside down and playing the same tune, something the satyr couldn't do on the flute.
Marsias doesn't sound like /snap/ either.
But what about Pan? snap-pan-snap-pan. Let's turn the word upside down, like the lyre. NAP. SNAP. Getting closer?
Enter MP: What is this nonsense about lyres and phalli and turning stuff upside down? This has no explanatory power! Why not turn the picture upside down, now that you're at it?
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I took another look at this plant, and some things are starting to make sense. Remember that I said the ancients liked their penises small and slender. Overly large, erect members were usually reserved for fertility gods or barbaric types, like satyrs. Google "satyr phallus" or something and you'll see.
So anyway, I had a look at the label, which I read as (o)snap. We'll ignore the initial "o" as usual, which leaves us with /snap/, the plant name. If this plant follows the general system, the mnemonic (= hidden secondary image) should sound a bit like this plant name /snap/.
So what sounds like /snap/ and has a large penis? Satyr? Pryapos? Some god that also doubled as a fertility deity like Hermes? No, no, no.
There's a famous story about the satyr You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., or alternatively Pan, who entered a music contest with Apollo. The Satyr played the flute, while Apollo used his trusted lyre. Eventually Apollo won by turning his lyre upside down and playing the same tune, something the satyr couldn't do on the flute.
Marsias doesn't sound like /snap/ either.
But what about Pan? snap-pan-snap-pan. Let's turn the word upside down, like the lyre. NAP. SNAP. Getting closer?
Enter MP: What is this nonsense about lyres and phalli and turning stuff upside down? This has no explanatory power! Why not turn the picture upside down, now that you're at it?