26-04-2020, 01:26 PM
I agree with you René. I almost always agree with what you write. In the examples you put, more than logic I see a lack of common sense. For me the Tucker and Janick book it's a monument to a lack of common sense.
But speaking of logic, since I entered the forum I have been saying what is my deepest conviction about the VM: that we use reasoning and analysis methods that are not valid for this genuine cultural object.The greatest proof that it is an authentic document is that a forger would have made the same mistakes as us when trying to decipher it: He would have tried to hoax with a more o less understandable meaning.
The weird imagery and the weird script of the VM allude to hidden powers, natural magic, one of the medieval sciences. I believe that without this perspective the VM cannot be understood. Therefore it is a magical logic that must come into consideration. The script is governed by rigid rules but its meaning does not respond to our logic.
But speaking of logic, since I entered the forum I have been saying what is my deepest conviction about the VM: that we use reasoning and analysis methods that are not valid for this genuine cultural object.The greatest proof that it is an authentic document is that a forger would have made the same mistakes as us when trying to decipher it: He would have tried to hoax with a more o less understandable meaning.
The weird imagery and the weird script of the VM allude to hidden powers, natural magic, one of the medieval sciences. I believe that without this perspective the VM cannot be understood. Therefore it is a magical logic that must come into consideration. The script is governed by rigid rules but its meaning does not respond to our logic.