VMs: Re: The castles

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dana,

>    When I examine these nine "circles" in the VMS I start with the 
> premise that
> everything depicted is meaningful and significant. The author of the VMS 
> exerted
> a great deal of effort and imagination to illustrate the perceived world and
> universe. It may very well be that the castles, walls, roads, and towers drawn
> in these circles are in part extentions of the author's imagination and inner
> and outer universe.

My understanding of every picture in the Voynich (with only one exception) 
has followed the general pattern of moving from incomprehensible --> 
tangible --> literal.

Even the astrological nymphs - if you look at the diagrams as a set of 
pregnancy outcome predictors - are completely literal. The eyes in the 
roots - occhio and finocchio. Again, very literal.

The only exception to this trend has been Stan Tenen's spiral - but I 
believe that that plant was probably copied from elsewhere (probably an 
Egyptian source).

I therefore believe that the map page is probably a literal representation 
of some physical geography - and that we should first seek to test literal 
interpretations.

This is not to say that there might not be a metaphorical or spiritual 
subtext to it - rather, that the VMS' author(s) would appear not to be 
relying on that kind of mindset as their primary modality.

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....