VMs: RE: John Dee's "Tuba Veneris"...?

["Joseph H Peterson" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I posted the rest of Tuba Veneris for those who are interested.  The reason
I speculated that it might be an example of Ars Steganographiae is that the
invocations do not seem consistent with other magical texts I've examined,
and seem more like those of Trithemius in Steganographia.  Plus the fact
that Dee was a cryptographer, and was very excited when he finally secured a
copy of Steganographia.  I don't have anything more concrete than that, and
am not aware of anyone testing the theory.
-Joe P.
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Subject: VMs: John Dee's "Tuba Veneris"...?


Hi everyone,

Just a quick thought: when referring to John Dee's early "Tuba Veneris"
(Warburg MS FBH 510)...

	http://www.esotericarchives.com/dee/tubaven.htm

...the page author (presumably Joseph Peterson?) mentions that it may be an
example of Trithemius' "Ars Steganographiae".

The reason I found the Tuba Veneris ("The Trumpet of Venus") interesting
was that if you scroll to the bottom of the abovementioned URL, you'll see
a three-ring magic circle, not entirely dissimilar to VMS' f57v. I've been
looking at a lot of these recently. :-)

Does anyone know why Peteron thinks the Tuba Veneris may contain a code?
And if so, has it been cracked? Or even really assaulted?

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