"Steganographia is Trithemius' most notorious work. On the surface it is a system of angel magic, but within is a highly sophisticated system of cryptography. It claims to contain a synthesis of the science of knowledge, the art of memory, magic, an accelerated language learning system, and a method of sending messages without symbols or messenger. In private circulation, the Steganographia brought such a reaction of fear that he decided it should never be published. He reportedly destroyed the more extreme portions (presumably instructions for prophecy/divination) but it continued to circulate in mss form and was eventually published posthumously in 1606." (Twilit Grotto: Archives of Western Esoterica, dd. 29/12/2016)
Johannes Trithemius, Steganographia: Ars per occultam Scripturam
animi sui voluntatem absentibus aperiendi certu (Secret Writing), 1500
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