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Just an hypothesis in my mind.
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Just an hypothesis in my mind.
A.R.B.C.J > Yesterday, 12:49 PM
Hi everyone, I'm new here! Please keep in mind that this is purely a contextual hypothesis/theory rather than a definitive linguistic solution, but I wanted to share a scenario I've been developing.
I would like to propose a contextual hypothesis regarding the Voynich manuscript’s origin that addresses both its fluent, multi-scribe creation and its sudden erasure from the historical record. I hypothesize that the manuscript originated within a small, highly exclusive, and wealthy esoteric cult led by a charismatic visionary experiencing religious psychosis. The bizarre illustrations represent the leader’s divine, symbolic visions of a cosmocentric, non-Abrahamic theology, dictated aloud to the members. To preserve the "holiness" of these revelations, the affluent members funded the expensive vellum and developed a fluid, uniform writing system—acting as a sacred literacy barrier over their native spoken tongue. To maintain spiritual purity for divination, the group took a strict vow of total isolation, misleading their neighbors into believing they were simply moving away. Upon eventually being discovered by hostile outsiders, the group executed a desperate pact, dissolving their auxiliary records in chemical acid and self-destructing to preserve their secrets, leaving only this single holy book behind with a trusted child bound by a strict divine curse. Generations later, a final descendant fulfilled the vow by trading the text to an influential figure (likely entering the court of Rudolph II) before vanishing entirely, perfectly explaining the manuscript's internal consistency alongside its absolute lack of early provenance.
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RE: Just an hypothesis in my mind.
ololololo > Yesterday, 03:14 PM
(Yesterday, 12:49 PM)A.R.B.C.J Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I hypothesize that the manuscript originated within a small, highly exclusive, and wealthy esoteric cult led by a charismatic visionary experiencing religious psychosis.
If this cult was wealthy, it could afford scribes, artists, and other professionals of the highest quality.(Yesterday, 12:49 PM)A.R.B.C.J Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The bizarre illustrations represent the leader’s divine, symbolic visions of a cosmocentric, non-Abrahamic theology, dictated aloud to the members.
I assume you mean Quire 13. Well, perhaps, but then it’s unclear what the purpose of all the other illustrations is, unless they have some hidden meaning (be careful — pseudo‑theorists love hidden meanings!).
(Yesterday, 12:49 PM)A.R.B.C.J Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.To preserve the "holiness" of these revelations, the affluent members funded the expensive vellum and developed a fluid, uniform writing system—acting as a sacred literacy barrier over their native spoken tongue.
What does it mean? Do you mean a cipher, a conlang, or magical writing?
(Yesterday, 12:49 PM)A.R.B.C.J Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Upon eventually being discovered by hostile outsiders, the group executed a desperate pact, dissolving their auxiliary records in chemical acid and self-destructing to preserve their secrets, leaving only this single holy book behind with a trusted child bound by a strict divine curse.
It is unknown when the VMS slipped away from the owner. But we know that she could have made a detour from Northern Italy through France to Bohemia. Most likely, she wasn’t stolen, but rather sold.
(Yesterday, 12:49 PM)A.R.B.C.J Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Generations later, a final descendant fulfilled the vow by trading the text to an influential figure (likely entering the court of Rudolph II)
This influential person may be Jacob de Tepenecz. He definitely owned this book, but it’s unclear where he got it from. -
RE: Just an hypothesis in my mind.
A.R.B.C.J > 4 hours ago
Hello to anyone who is reading this
Just as an update to clarify what I mean about the writing system—I think it’s a unique, non-phonetic system that was never meant to be spoken aloud. The symbols probably represent silent spiritual concepts or divine forces, which acts as a visual barrier.Also, the reason I don't think standard decoding works is because of the alphabet structure. For example, here in the Philippines, our historical script, Baybayin, is an alphasyllabary where a single character can represent a whole syllable or change sounds based on marks. If this cult engineered their own script with compound letters or custom structural rules like that, it would completely break standard 26-letter Western code-breaking systems.
I look forward on your thoughts about this!
(Im still new to this so correct me if theres any information that i might've incorrectly said)