12-04-2016, 03:53 PM
(12-04-2016, 12:48 PM)Davidsch wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Quote:Koen gh
....These are reasons why I lean towards a fully symbolical interpretation for this page. ...
is my posting invisible, or am i ignored ?
Hi Davidsch,
neither ignored nor invisible! I didn't mention you by name in my reply about medicinal pinecone extract (should have in hindsight) but this was intended as a response to your post, since you said "it could easily be a pinecone".
With respect to the question of the whole scene being related to elixir of life and or ritual bathing, why not? I didn't reply to that part because the angle is already discussed in the thread you linked to and in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. started by Marco P, and doesn't really help us elucidate the objects we are examining here. How do pinecones fit into elixir of life/ritual bathing? They seem to be more related to urinary/stomach problems according to Dioscorides.
As for the link you posted relative to the pineal gland... this is based on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. theories, which is a cultish pseudoscientific philosophy born in the USA in the 1950's, and I would definitely not base any interpretation of the Voynich on anything they say unless it s confirmed by a more reliable source. Descartes also saw the pineal gland as a bit mystical but he's way too late to be of relevance to the Voynich.
Regarding the "tree of life" part, well, perhaps more of a shrub or bush of life? I don't see a trunk on these things.