Re: Voynich research needs (automatic writing)

[Brian Moroz <bmoroz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-does the act of writing make
> "automatic writing" fundamantally different in
> content and/or statistical
> properties then spoken glossolalia?
> 
> -Adams


I'm new to the list, but I'm going to jump right in on
this one and hope I don't repeat anything already
mentioned.  
The act of automatic writing, as I have ever seen it
performed, does not produce letters or ideograms of
any discernable variety.  It produces a series of
lines and curves that are almost totally random.  It
is the act of emoting through the pen.  The mss is
clearly written by someone who uses an alphabet, and
sentence structure.  Statistics cannot be used to
analyze automatic writing, unless you look at the
ratio of curves to lines or some equally esoteric
statistic method. 

 Personally (and I'm about as far from an expert on
this as one can be), I think that one can count out
automatic writing when referring to the VMs.  As for
hoaxes, great and small, I believe the paper sold for
quite a sum in it's youth, and there's always a
powerful, wealthy fool looking for more power.  Were I
a poor but intelligent scribe I might have concocted a
scheme one night...

I for one hope the manuscript can be broken one day,
and is not a pure hoax.  The fact that there is a
motive ($), the means (any creative person with some
time on their hands),  and the inability to crack the
thing lead one to at least consider the possibility,
though.

-Brian
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