Re: Magic languages was Re: Trying GMail
From: | Mark P. Line <mark@...> |
Date: | Thursday, August 26, 2004, 22:08 |
Jörg Rhiemeier said:
>
> And then there's of course Enochian,
> used by the 16th-century magicians John Dee and Edward Kelley
> who claimed it was revealed to them by angels, which certainly
> means they made it up, i.e., it is a conlang - and they weren't
> the only ones to use a conlang for magical purposes.
I've begun work on an artlang to go with one of our online RPG's (in
prep). It's called Arcanian in English.
I also once developed an English-based cryptolect, but that's for actual
use in magical practice.
-- Mark