Martian Plants and Language

[Dennis <ixohoxi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Theodore Flournoy, *Des Indes a la Planete Mars: Etude sur un
Cas de Somnambulisme avec Glossalalie [From the Indies to the
Planet Mars: Study of a Case of Somnambulisme with Glossalia]*,
Slatkine Reprints, Geneve, Paris, 1983 [original 1899].
[I definitely don't think that Martian is glossalalia!]

 Mlle Helene Smith produced, under various states of hypnosis
and altered consciousness, drawings of plants, villages, persons,
and scenery on Mars.  She also produced, orally and in writings,
messages in a Martian language.

 Words in phrases in Martian have a one-to-one correspondance
with the words in the French translation.  This fact convinced
Flournoy that the drawings and texts were not "really" from
Mars.

 This shows that a person can produce a new language and script,
unknown to them, in an altered state of consciousness.
Martian is certainly based on French; one could call it
a French pidgin or creole.  That Kelley did the same
thing to create Enochian has always been my pet theory.
If any Enochian lovers would like to see more, I could
accommodate them.  To me the parallels are quite
striking.

 Martian has been discussed quite a few times before
on the list.  I don't know whether Voynichese could
be a similar case.

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 Helene Smith's drawings of Martian plants:

p. 163:

"Martian Plants and Flowers - No trace of green.

http://www2.micro-net.com/~ixohoxi/voy/martian/MARS15.JPG

"Fig. 15: Brown/clear yellow trunk and leaves; two-lobed, bright red
flowers, from which
emerge kinds of yellow stamins with black netting.

http://www2.micro-net.com/~ixohoxi/voy/martian/MARS16.JPG

"Fig. 16: large brown/clear yellow leaves; flowers with purple petals,
with black
stamins, and black stems covered with little leaves that are purple like
the
petals.

http://www2.micro-net.com/~ixohoxi/voy/martian/MARS17.JPG

"Fig. 17: large violet fruit with black spots, with a yellow and violet
plume
on top; a brown, black-veined trunk, with ten branches that are similar
but end in a
yellow hook; brick red ground.

p. 181:

http://www2.micro-net.com/~ixohoxi/voy/martian/MARS20.JPG

"Fig. 20: Martian ornamental plant.  Fire-red flowers, gray leaves
streaked with
violet."

 They look Voynich-like to me.  As I've noted before, Voynich pictures
are
visionary art and therefore resemble other visionary art, like these.

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 Also, here is the Martian language's alphabet, p. 201:
http://www2.micro-net.com/~ixohoxi/voy/martian/MARS24.JPG
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 Here is a sample Martian text, Fig 32, p. 222:
http://www2.micro-net.com/~ixohoxi/voy/martian/MARS32.JPG
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And its transcription into Latin letters, and
translations into French and English (p. 222):

Martian: Ramié, pondé  acâmi      andélir    téri  antéch
French:  Ramie, savant astronome, apparaîtra comme hier
English: Ramié, learned astronomer, will appear like yesterday

Martian: iri     é vi  anâ.         riz vi  banâ  mirax  ti Ramié ni
French:  souvent à toi maintenant.  Sur toi trois adieux de Ramié et
English: often to you now.  Upon you three farewells of Ramié and

Martian: Astané.  évaï divinée..
French:  Astané.  Sois heureux!
English: Astané.  Be happy!

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Dennis