23-02-2020, 04:57 PM
To think that advances in the power of computers, artificial intelligence and new algorithms will solve the VM is for me something like Science fiction. It can help but not in the essential.
In my experience, study in depth the medieval and early Renaissance culture is what is helpful. I have come to the conclusion that despite its rarity, the VM fits perfectly in the culture of its time.
In his work De Occultis Operibus Naturae, a saint and doctor of the Church like Thomas Aquinas says that the movement of the stars is the one that forms the minerals and makes the plants grow on Earth. And a religious man like Roger Bacon goes further and believes that it is possible to channel the hidden powers of nature.
The VM is an example of that astrological magic. But the stars don't work miracles. They can't grow herbs in winter. That's why there are no Capricorn or Aquarius in the VM. They were never drawn. The author doubled the signs of spring, Aries and Taurus, when herbs grow more.
Logically, the script corresponds to the message of the work. Is it phonetic? I doubt it. It would make no sense.
What do words need if it is a matter of correlating stars or stellar configurations with herbs?
The logical thing is that the script is an alphabet made of astronomical symbols and that it is a kind of game.
In my experience, study in depth the medieval and early Renaissance culture is what is helpful. I have come to the conclusion that despite its rarity, the VM fits perfectly in the culture of its time.
In his work De Occultis Operibus Naturae, a saint and doctor of the Church like Thomas Aquinas says that the movement of the stars is the one that forms the minerals and makes the plants grow on Earth. And a religious man like Roger Bacon goes further and believes that it is possible to channel the hidden powers of nature.
The VM is an example of that astrological magic. But the stars don't work miracles. They can't grow herbs in winter. That's why there are no Capricorn or Aquarius in the VM. They were never drawn. The author doubled the signs of spring, Aries and Taurus, when herbs grow more.
Logically, the script corresponds to the message of the work. Is it phonetic? I doubt it. It would make no sense.
What do words need if it is a matter of correlating stars or stellar configurations with herbs?
The logical thing is that the script is an alphabet made of astronomical symbols and that it is a kind of game.