19-07-2022, 06:45 AM
I don't think time should be wasted trying to identify the Voynich plants. The authors probably drew some realistically although many more were invented. I don't think herb identification was his concern.
The fundamental idea that they wanted to convey, as we can deduce from the imagery of the book, is that medicinal herbs owe their therapeutic virtues to celestial influences.
It is natural magic that for them meant the same as science for us. The way to express that magic is the Voynich script.
The fundamental idea that they wanted to convey, as we can deduce from the imagery of the book, is that medicinal herbs owe their therapeutic virtues to celestial influences.
It is natural magic that for them meant the same as science for us. The way to express that magic is the Voynich script.