Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:18:10 -0500
To: Karl Kluge <kckluge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, voynich@xxxxxxxx
From: Big Jim <bigjim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: site
While EVA 'a' and 'i' look somewhat like those Roman characters, the EVA 'd'
is the Currier/Frogguy/FSG/SSG '8', and in fact looks like an '8' -- ie, the
association of 'd' with that character is to a degree arbitrary on the
part of
the designers of EVA. Therefore the DAIN example above is flawed. How
many of the other Hebrew "readings" are based on other somewhat arbitrary
choices ofletter in EVA?
Karl,
If it was flawed...it would not have worked at all. From what I have
seen, the Eva script worked because Eva is VISUAL. All of what he does is
VISUAL. The Eva script was the best idea yet to apply to this because you
are playing in his ballpark. You are playing by HIS rules. He never meant
to keep people out of this manuscript forever...I believe this because of
what he did to the words themselves. He knew eventually SOMEONE would get
it right. And when they did he had more tricks waiting...all visual.
Try to understand...I want you all to do this. I dont want to spend the
rest of my life looking up words. I want you all to understand what I see
so that you can take this and run with it. But in order to do this you
are going to have realize that this guy is coming at you with his right
brain, not his left. You have to SEE IT not rationalize it.
Jim