Category Archives: Rosicrucianism

The Sources for the Voynich Forgery

Posted on April 12, 2021 by proto57

In my second to last post, I explained the reasons I believe that the popular quasi-historical 1904 work The Follies of Science at the Court of Rudolph II served as the “primer” used to create the Voynich Manuscript. Although the … Continue reading →

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The Antikythera Mechanism of Manuscripts

Posted on May 27, 2012 by proto57

As I came away from the recent Voynich 100 Conference at the Villa Mondragone in Frascati, Italy, I found myself thinking of some old problems in new ways. Probably most useful to organizing my thoughts was my interview by Lisa … Continue reading →

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The Chymical Wedding: Parallel Work?

Posted on July 8, 2009 by proto57

The 1616 book, The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, is the third of the first three defining works of the Rosicrucian movement. It describes the progression of the fictional Rosenkreutz through a series of allegorical events, while encountering fantastic people, … Continue reading →

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The Book M, John Heydon, and the Book of Solomon

Posted on June 20, 2009 by proto57

The Rosicrucian Fama Fraternitatis makes reference to several important works. The “Book M” is one of these. From meta-religion.com: “In Damcar, the Fama recounts the learned men ‘to whom Nature was discovered’ received the precocious boy ‘not as a stranger … Continue reading →

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There’s No Place Like Utopia

Posted on June 15, 2009 by proto57

As I pointed out in my It’s Fantastic! post, the Tower in the Hole from the rosettes page is often (always?) bypassed by those seeking a match of a building from the page to some real structure. But then, the … Continue reading →

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Aura of the Ancient Tome, circa 1611

Posted on May 21, 2009 by proto57

Another recycled VMS-list post, from August of 2009: I hope I get my across here correctly and understandably. I am not proposing that the VMs IS a prop book, although that was an idea I was working on. I see … Continue reading →

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