#ancientmedicine #voynich #ancientmagic A portion of the "Hallowed Herbs" lecture by Erica Reiner in 1988. Based on her book "Astral Magic in Babylon".
How the magic of ancient healers employed a similar system to the alchemists of metallurgy and chemistry by employing coded language.
Phrases such as Lion Fat not being th literal ingredient of fat from a lion but a simple herb. This led to th priests of temples having to explain the real meanings on statues so that the people wouldn't take the names of ingredients literally, as described in the Leyden (Leidun) papyrus.
The Voynich Manuscrpt laregly being depictions of important herbal plants as well as apothecary jars and astronomical inllustrations.
The illustrations appearing eerily simlar to early versions of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides.
The Johnson Papyri, Leyden and London Magical Papyri.
Hallowed Herbs lecture- Erica Reiner
Astral Magic in Babylonia by Erica Reiner
A Dictionary of Assyrian Chemistry and Geology by R. Campbell Thomson
Voynich Manuscript
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