23-08-2026, 06:01 PM
Linda, you're right. There comes a point where I get lost in the whole tangle of texts.
Yesterday, I posted something describing and explaining the central rosette—the sphere of the fixed stars. You replied that you agreed with me until I mentioned the common medieval belief that the healing properties of herbs came from the stars. But what I am saying is not some strange, esoteric doctrine; it is the doctrine of Saint Albert the Great, who, in De vegetabilibus (Book V), explains the natural forces acting upon plants as well as occult forces, such as the virtus caelestis. It is this latter force—the one provided by the stars—that leaves a cosmic imprint on every herb, along with its healing virtue.
Healing power comes from God through the celestial spheres. No one in the Middle Ages thought about chemical processes or photosynthesis. And this entire—perfectly orthodox—concept is what, in my opinion, is conveyed in the central sphere of the Rosettes, with those sumptuous vessels that seem to gather that virtus caelestis of which Saint Albert the Great speaks.
ololololo, I never said that nonsense about stars shaped like tubes. What I said is that the authors of the Voynich use the tubes to channel the influence of the stars.
I do not present my interpretations as indisputable truth. What I do is formulate probable hypotheses, using the intelligence we all possess to draw inferences based on what we know. I have always maintained that one does not need to see a manuscript like the Voynich with clear text to understand the message conveyed by its images.
Yesterday, I posted something describing and explaining the central rosette—the sphere of the fixed stars. You replied that you agreed with me until I mentioned the common medieval belief that the healing properties of herbs came from the stars. But what I am saying is not some strange, esoteric doctrine; it is the doctrine of Saint Albert the Great, who, in De vegetabilibus (Book V), explains the natural forces acting upon plants as well as occult forces, such as the virtus caelestis. It is this latter force—the one provided by the stars—that leaves a cosmic imprint on every herb, along with its healing virtue.
Healing power comes from God through the celestial spheres. No one in the Middle Ages thought about chemical processes or photosynthesis. And this entire—perfectly orthodox—concept is what, in my opinion, is conveyed in the central sphere of the Rosettes, with those sumptuous vessels that seem to gather that virtus caelestis of which Saint Albert the Great speaks.
ololololo, I never said that nonsense about stars shaped like tubes. What I said is that the authors of the Voynich use the tubes to channel the influence of the stars.
I do not present my interpretations as indisputable truth. What I do is formulate probable hypotheses, using the intelligence we all possess to draw inferences based on what we know. I have always maintained that one does not need to see a manuscript like the Voynich with clear text to understand the message conveyed by its images.