The Mystery of the Copiale Cipher 

a lot of old cryptic ciphers usually turn out to be kinda boring, but one that describes the initiation into a secret society of 18th century German eye doctors is pretty cool.

The writer had no idea that it would take a magical computing machine 250 years in the future to crack the code.

i was terrified of the symbols being said, that deep voice freaks me out

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this guy has the perfect accent for every single word that he says, including german.

This will be a large channel if you stick to these kind of intellectual topics. Good luck!

Year 3040: *Deciphering the phrase "Reject Modernity, Embrace Monké"*

Whelp, the Zodiac Killer's cypher got cracked a few weeks or so ago.

The weird sound that represents the symbols starting at 6:08 is the word "Lacuna" (a blank space or a missing part - deriving from Latin) in reversed and lowered pitch :)

As a member of a collegiate secret society, this text reads very much like the "secret" text of our organization although ours is written in plain English and copies have leaked all over the internet. So, when I saw the first page with the symbols yet to be clarified, these word associations naturally popped to my mind: star - secrets; circle with a dot -order or group; lip (eye) - member; triangle with lower dot - meeting or assembly; triangle with upper circle - officer. Feel free to share these proposed associations with anyone involved with further evaluation of the text. It's certainly a fascinating story on the decryption of the original text. Thanks! Danke Schön!!!

This was wonderful to watch, I love this kind of content so much. Your channel reminds me of a time much earlier in the 2000s, when people made things for the sake of making them, and curiosities were shared and exchanged online like stories round a campfire. This campfire story was particularly satisfying - few ever have so mysterious but concrete a conclusion. Great editing and love your voice and cadence. Excellent work again!

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I think the difference between the Copiale Cipher and the Zodiac Ciphers (one of which was solved recently, but the codebreaker admitted it was mostly luck) is that CC was MEANT to be deciphered. It was meant to be passed on from generation to generation, potentially hundreds of people read the text before the Oculists became mostly history. Each symbol or combinations of symbols had a direct equivalent in the German language. The Zodiac Ciphers, on the other hand, were meant to cement an egomaniacal killer's legacy as a man of mystery. They were written for one man and one man only, only he would know what they said. Zodiac intentionally misspelled words to make it harder to decipher and made mistakes in the cipher too, but it's unclear if those were intentional obstacles or if he just wasn't as smart as he thought he was. The same could be true for the Voynich Manuscript. While it might be an instructional handbook, in all likelihood we'll never know what it says because we never were supposed to.

Just finished reading “The Secret History of the World”, and this story fits right inside of it. So much going on under the surface, another world existing beside ours. Thanks for posting this.

This is fuel to my inspiration. I'm an illustrator and focus my art on symbology and ''old knowledge''.

The garbled names when you were reading the translation really scared me! I was watching this at night 😅 Moreover, the ending with the surprise garbled voice made me jump! That being said, wow. This topic and the way you presented it was amazing. Love your videos! 👍🏻

2:50 You sneaky bastard. :D

The sounds of the symbols literally freaked me out. Especially at the end.

Omg I rarely ever see a RU-vidr who adds his sources!! Love it!

Honestly, the „Nacht, Licht, Macht“ was the best german pronounciation I ever heard in any RU-vid video.

This video is amazing, the letter sounds like an ordinary man entering a masonic group.

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(9:43) One of the Zodiac's most cryptic coded letters (called the "340 cipher") was deciphered just a year ago (51 years after it was sent!) by an international team of three: 1. A Belgian computer programmer 2. An American computer programmer 3. An Australian mathematician Some say that similar methods can be used to crack two more of Zodiac's coded letters. According to what I have read about the deciphering process the group used, it sounds very similar to the deciphering process used by Professor Knight. He went through the document looking for repeating patterns, vowels, etc.

6:30 First symbol (triangle with dots): "ceremony", second symbol (triangle with umlaut): "highest rank", third symbol (lemon): "novice", fourth symbol (circle with dots): "order", fifth symbol (star): "secrets".

In before my dude blows up- this whole channel is what RU-vid excels at. Awesome video thanks for sharing, I thought I heard all the good cypher stories

I know a few freemasons irl. The Enlightenment-Era philosophy at the end of the book is rather normal for these societies. For Masons for example, it's "building oneself" or something, which is closely connected to the mystery rites they practise. It shouldn't be that surprising this group had a section on their philosophy at the end of the book.

I don't know if this even relates to it, but I do have some thoughts. Take it as you will. Whenever I read the phrases ''the light hand'' and ''oculists'' my mind instantly went to magick and the occult. The light hand could be a reference to white magick, also known as the right hand path in some circles. I've also noticed that in occult circles, eye related imagery is heavily present. Whether it be the evil eye, or just symbolism for omnipotence and ''seeing all'', it does tend to show up. I'm going to read the English copy, and return to edit this if I have any new theories :) edit: I have read the english translation, and only feel that this furthers my theory. Multiple references are made to the importance of the right hand and the right eye. In this case, the hands could represent a vessel- the human body, while the eye represents occult wisdom. There are also instructions on how to properly construct a meeting place, with specific details about what should face east or west in the room. Cardinal directions are heavily important in magick. Furthermore, reading this, it struck me how similar a lot of the writing and instructions were to that of The Golden Dawn. But it gets better- The ''big X'' symbol seems to represent a previous group, which was founded in England. The founder of the group that The Copiale originates from was said to be part of it, but broke off. The book is theorized to have been written in the 1730's-1740's, and The Freemason's were founded in England in 1717. I don't know how I would piece any of this together, or what it would mean. Either way, this is genuinely intriguing.

That voice distortion effect awakens some kind of primal fear inside me.

0:39 - 🙂 that was smooth

This was beautifully terrifying, but I got profound positive knowledge from this as well. Incredibly fascinating to see someone crack a code like that. Very advanced technology...

Its kind of mind blowing when you learn about the origins of groups of people, like how eye surgeons were part of a weird secret cult society, or the developments of guilds from medieval times turning into modernized organizations. Super interesting stuff. Currently bingewatching the channel😅

I came from your "what angels are supposed to look like" video, and I just wanted to say that I'm genuinely interested in your content, and that I really hope to see more videos from you! (also, yes, ive subbed ^_^)

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your german pronounciation was really good, well done. A fascinating video, thank you for creating it;) keep up the good work

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I keep watching these videos about ancient books written an unknown languages or codes. The only thing that comes to mind from me is when my mom told me my handwriting is so bad an archaeologist wouldn't be able to transcribe my diary

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Am I the only one who sees the Stargate symbol for "Earth" in one of those letters ?

I've learnt so much more on this channel about things that actually matter than I have ever in any school.

0:38 2:50 I like how he put subscribe there 🤣

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I love how you bring lots of effort in researching the content of your video.

This kinda reminded me of a series of unfortunate events. Great content! looking forward to binge watch your future vids :)

I think a rag tag team of decypherists has since untangled the Zodiac code. Nice job on your video - it told the story without over-simplifying things but without getting bogged down. Well done!

ive been practicing cryptography and codecraft since i was 7, i specifically avoid learning about historical conventions and practices relating to it, to not fall into patterns, this demonstrates why nicely as the cypher was so easily broken because its similarity to so many before it. it probably came from the neccesity if multiple people having to be able to read it. if you truly want something hidden, the best way is the concept of the eternity code. you must first create a language able to convey any concept you can think of that only you understand with as few similarities to your native language as you can manage, a good way to do this is have single words hold the meaning of whole sentances or concepts. then create a cypher and write in that language encoded. so theoretically even if the cypher is broken it will still appear as nonsence to anyone unfammiliar to the language, leading them to believe they made a mistake or that its hidden under a second cypher, both conclusions would be wrong of course leaving them stuck, assuring your secrets follow you to your grave.

I normally watch these videos to fall asleep, and definitely got spooked at all the "awroo" noises standing in for proper nouns 😭

In case you haven't heard, the Zodiac cipher has finally been decoded. The Voynich Manuscript has been partially decoded and is believed to be an old dialect of Turkish.

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The initiation on the first page sounds very close to initiation of becoming a Knight of Columbus in the catholic church. It's supposed to be kept secret, but it's very reminiscent of how their initiation ritual starts. (Edit) The circular symbol might be representing Knight. The circle with the dot is God. The star is the ritual. The triangular symbol is the Grand(?) Knight. It seemingly says the candidate who wishes to become a knight is led to the grand knight and asked a series of questions: if he wants to become a knight, if he submits to the will (rules) of God, and must keep the initiation ritual a secret. The part about volunteering himself could stem from their charity work.

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Wow, and not long after, the Zodiac cypher was solved! I'd love the voynich manuscript to be solved next, its always been so fascinating to me

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Great video! Greetings from Germany

At about 3 minutes in : frequency analysis. It's called that because in a substitution cipher you can determine which native language the cipher translates to by the patterns. In English we dont have double letters at the start of words , and if there is a single glyph its likely to be I or A , most common glyph is E and so on. Three letter words like THE and AND then become apparent, and it starts to fall into place .

8:33 missed opportunity for "there is more to them than meets the EYE"

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Cool topics, definitely well researched. Looking forward for more, cheers bud!

Fantastic video. I have never heard of the Copiale Ciphor. Very surprising that this has not been a much bigger story, one can only assume that it is because it is not full of enough fabricated ghouls and monsters for the general public, which is precisely why we can trust this story. Thank you.

8:13 "hey, that's the wrong eye!"

That version of "silent night" is haunting and beautiful. Glad it only played during the introduction.

I love the subliminal “subscribe” messages lmao. Such attention to detail in these videos.

You gained a subscriber! The production on your videos are outstanding! I hope you get bigger and bigger soon.

This reminds me of the series of unfortunate events

The first page sounds like a beginning of a confusing and tiring thriller about a young man who got involved in something strange and uncomfortable for the sake of a promise of a better life. Probably written by Kafka.

Watched this after your Biblical angels video. You create stunning content. Please release more similar videos. All my best, a new subscriber. :)

Love the "holy night" song playing in the background at the beginning! ✝️🕊

Cool video, ty :) The symbols left in the text after deciphering aren't names of people. They are another code, which can't be deciphered with logic/machine, but are memorized and passed down to apprentices. Different rites have different symbols, but the words behind are pretty much the same. Not gonna say more, I already feel the sting in my heart ;) Have a good day y'all :)

I love the masked voice-over of the untranslated characters. This story was really cool

3:39 is likely the closest this channel will come to a "roll credits" moment

Just discovered your channel (3/9/21) and love it! This was a beautifully made and informative video. I loved the ones about the angels in the OT too, as I'm aware that our modern day ideas of angels have been far too 'sanitised' over the centuries. It's amazing how much of the OT is reminiscent of what scholars know about Babylonian and other religions in the area. So keep doing what you do, it *is* worthwhile! A pat on the back, from Katherine in Kent 😉

Oh, the voynich got solved a few years ago, was a coded portuguese medical and recipe herbal notes

Oh the old Wellington Cipher. That hasn't been used in probably a hundred years. The Wellington Cipher, a lesser-known historical encryption method, was named after Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington. Used in the early 19th century, this cipher was employed during the Napoleonic Wars for secure military communications. The cipher itself hasn't been in use for around 100 years, largely due to advancements in cryptographic techniques and technology.

Your German pronunciation was very really good 👀 especially when pronouncing -cht

I was listening to this while falling asleep and the deep voice at 6:08 completely scared the shot out of me 🥲

Aside from MKultraing a sub from me, great video. the “Zs” symbol that was a Z with a cross and little bottom squiggle looks like the Zoso symbol from Jimmy Page on LedZep IV album.

An hour ago I was just scrolling peacefully when I saw your video about angels. Now, I’m a big fan.

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There's more to them than meets the *eye* huh *wink wink

A cipher I’ve never heard of before??? YES PLEASE

8:11 er, i'm pretty sure those guys are doing surgery on the wrong kind of "eye."

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I’m here at 28k subs, this will very soon sky rocket so even though I’m not OG OG I have that evidence🔥

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Anyone else here at 2am scared for their lives ?

Whoa. You just helped clarify a large question for me I'm also with people's names thank you so much I can't even find the words to explain how grateful I am that you've posted this amazing story

What was that noise at the end? 😮🤔

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Interesting -- and most definitely not the first case of a magickal alphabet emplyed by a secret soceity. It's almost a shame the book was discovered -- whomever lost it was certainly kicking themselves for that blunder (to put it very lightly)..

Love your work, thank you! How about a video about the decipherment of Linear A and Linear B from the Minoans (Crete). . .