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ForumLurker · Decorated Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 165

Posting on behalf of Pony...

**Posted:** Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:43 pm

ArchaicDome

It's Aramaic! Of course! Joseph of Aramathea! It reads, 'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of uuggggggh'.

He must have died while carving it.

Perhaps he was dictating.

Sorry. Couldn't resist a Monty Python reference there. It's not really Aramaic. That looks like Hebrew.

This be what I've got out of it:

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Pony · Veteran Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 73 Location: Idaho

ArchaicDome

*raises hand*

I didn't notice the Q in QPST, but I'm fairly sure the last word in the second line is OISMEATSS.

**Posted:** Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:15 pm

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redct · Entrenched Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 1233

Here's what I got:

**Posted:** Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:21 pm

ForumLurker · Decorated Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 165

Nice Red...

Here's a website with that picture on it... lots of text to try to find the keyword...

http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/staffhome/gehall/XTOLOGY4.htm

ETA:

Here a better one..
HERE

Item Description
Painting of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
(no news there)

**Posted:** Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:46 pm

Jubilus · Decorated Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 195

The font looks a lot like a variant of the Agency font. And since we're all comparing notes, this is what I got out of the text:

CRT SBHISME ACD SBH -
CRA ZEH B OISMEATSS.
YHMT,
ETWNATB,
QPST.

ASAI OSD AN WQQ SV FSASI APPG, EPA VB MOPV ASA BCNER -
SD CH ZAGE CSA XHDAT AAGA VDQL LTBL IPN GTCBSAB.R

**Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:49 am

gambler · Boot Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 43

Deciphered

**Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:20 pm

Jubilus · Decorated Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 195

That seems very plausible.

The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail is the name of a book written by Margaret Starbird.

I found some info here: http://www.ubcmn.org/sermon20040307.htm

**Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:03 pm

ArchaicDome

I was right. This IS a grail legend game. Dammit.

I actually own The Woman with the Alabaster Jar and I've studied the Magdalene a lot. I've not yet gotten a copy of the Gnostic gospels, which would contain the Gospel of Mary. I suppose that's where we need to look, because "it's what she wrote that will carry us farther."

Here's the link to the Gospel of Mary:
http://www.gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm

Of note:
5:9... Blessed are you that you did not waver at the sight of Me. For where the mind is there is the treasure.

**Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:08 pm

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TwistedLadder53 · Boot Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 14

**Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:36 am

gambler · Boot Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 43

Has anyone sent the text to Brent? I didn't get round to it last night.

ETA: Since no-one's replied I guess you're all busy! I've sent Brent the decrypted message and said we think it might have something to do with Mary Magdalene. He didn't reply to my last email though, so I wouldn't like to guarantee it'll get through. Maybe someone could IM it to him?

**Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:49 am

analogwatch

Gambler, I talked with him on my way home from work today, so I was on AIM on my cell phone. I told him our Mary Magdalene speculation and he said he'd look for mention of her name.

We'll see...

edit: Since I'm the only one reading this forum, apparently... (Brent's worried, nobody's talking to him but me Razz

)

So, Gnosticism is generally considered heresy...

But so is Witchcraft.

... and it's beginning to look like both are involved here. Hm.

**Posted:** Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:12 am

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nbnewell · Unfettered Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 548

some good gnostic reference:

http://www.languedoc-france.info/1201_beliefs.htm
http://www.gnosis.org/
http://www.maryofmagdala.com/GMary_Text/gmary_text.html
http://www.novus.org/home/index.cfm

mostly, not all gnostics beleive the same things.....but the main theme is the persuit of knowledge is the path to God.

**Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:25 am

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**Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:14 am

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