Computer scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'

University of Southern California ^ | October 25, 2011

[Captain Beyond]

This is really cool how they decoded it. Plus it is nice cipher.

Here is a link for the english translation of the cipher if anyone is interested.

http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~bea/copiale/copiale-translation.txt

[Winstons Julia]

Quick ... someone go back in time and tell them that in the future the LASIK will wear off in 8 years....

[decimon]

Thanks.

Copying that into Wordpad helps. Here’s the first part:

Copiale cipher. Translation from German (August 2011).

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## PAGE 1
: of
the book of law of the venerable *lip* *o* secret part.
First paragraph
Secret lessons for the apprentices. First title.
Ceremonies of initiation.
If the security of the *tri* is ensured by a doorkeeper and the *tri* is opened by the conducting *nee* by putting his hat on, the candidate is taken from another room by a younger doorkeeper and lead by hand to the table of the conducting *nee*, he asks him:
first of all if he desires to be *lip*, secondly to subject himself to those regulations of *o*

## PAGE 2
and without any recalcitrance to endure the period of apprenticeship.
Thirdly, to conceal the *star* of the *o* and to pledge himself, to obligatory keep the secrecy.
The candidate answers yes. Fourthly: if he is already part of another secret *o*, for example amongst those *bigx* thieves or similar to this, in comparison to confessing to honor and reputation, he must answer: yes, so
the conducting *nee* asks him:
Fifth: if he has not promised his previous brothers to disclose the *lip* to them.
He may answer here whatever he pleases, so he must repeat the following which the conducting *nee* is saying
“however big the obedience and loyalty

## PAGE 3
“ is, which I promised to them ... “ so then shall this honorable *lip* cross “ I promise not to come to any disadvantage “ except the one *lip* I pledge commitment to “ I will not excess during the oath which I “ ... took for them, so that I will be equally faithful to the *lip* *o* “ as faithful, and it is possible, even more faithful than the ... is “ and to happen in such a way as all punishment according to ... “ the oath to be carried out “ if I will reveal in any way even the smallest part of the *lip* rey “ to the ... .
The conducting *nee* speaks thereupon to the ceremony *nee*: “ Hereby I pass to the brother the can

[wildbill]

Password phrase for the secret society: I’ll keep an eye out for you.

[americanophile]

Nice work SC.

[patton]

9780399 1560450 010210 010301 021016 021017

[Beowulf9]

“...reveals the rituals and political leanings of a 18th-century secret society in Germany. The rituals detailed in the document indicate the secret society had a fascination with eye surgery and ophthalmology, though it seems members of the secret society were not themselves eye doctors...”

sounds like Obama care to me.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ROTB.