nablator wrote in Post #325:
"So the VMs can be seen as the ultimate evolution in the "book of secrets" genre, removing the inconvenient revelation of unworkable principles of natural philosophy (theorica) and recipes (practica) altogether, keeping only the distilled essence of mystery."
How will we be able to distinguish such a person as the creator of this VMs section from some idiosyncratic nutter way out on a limb?
It's going to consist of fictional imaginings explained in allegories and euphemisms either way, isn't it?
Remember the pelican.
"So the VMs can be seen as the ultimate evolution in the "book of secrets" genre, removing the inconvenient revelation of unworkable principles of natural philosophy (theorica) and recipes (practica) altogether, keeping only the distilled essence of mystery."
How will we be able to distinguish such a person as the creator of this VMs section from some idiosyncratic nutter way out on a limb?
It's going to consist of fictional imaginings explained in allegories and euphemisms either way, isn't it?
Remember the pelican.