Yes, but in deference to Dee, we seem to delight in whiling away the hours
studying a manuscript that we neither fully understand and in most cases have
not seen, though I do not think it is all for naught. We delight in the
challenge and in unraveling the mysteries of this enigmatic document as a
hopefully pleasurable though often frustrating pastime. There is a great
deal to learn on the path to discovery which is really not a waste of our
time when one considers the rewards of new knowledge concerning our own
past. This is at least one of the ways in which I justify my pursuit of the
hidden mysteries and treasures that challenge our combined knowledge,
intellect, and abilities in unraveling the divers gems within the VMS.
Hopefully our efforts, however meager they may be, will contribute to future
understanding and insight into a solution of the VMS.
Regards,
Dana Scott
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 1:53
PM
Subject: VMs: Whole crypto book is on
line now
http://uair01.xs4all.nl
Including the
decryption treatise of Sicco (sic!) Simonetta - in Latin. Just
three pages
long.
I think I've once seen a website with an on-line library of old
crypto books
(like Vigenére etc.). I could send the stuff to them if
someone knows the
URL. Or do I remember something that doesn't exist
at all?
My next step will be scanning the book on ancient Papal /
Vatican
cryptograhy. Are you still interested? But that's more than 100
pages, so it
will take a bit longer.
>whole generations and many
big minds have wasted their time on this
(alchemy)
>I suppose
that Petr Kazil considers himself to have a bigger mind than the
"big
minds" he mentions.
I read a serious study on Dee and it left me
depressed to see how a
brilliant person got stuck in his own theories and
let his life and talent
go to waste. Since then I haven't had much fun
reading books on Alchemy. But
that's just my personal
impression.
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