You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed The message — indeed devilish — describes God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit as "dead weights," the researcher said has for centuries defied every attempt at understanding its meaning you cannot ignore the psychological profile of the writer We needed to know as much as possible about this nun," Ludum Director Daniele Abate told Live Science born Isabella Tomasi (she was an ancestor of Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa) entered the Benedictine convent when she was only 15 years old "The letter appeared as if it was written in shorthand We speculated that Sister Maria  created a new vocabulary using ancient alphabets that she may have known," Abate said the researches first tested the software they used with some standard shorthand symbols from different languages They found that the nun's letter contained a mix of words from ancient alphabets such as Greek Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox "We analyzed how the syllables and graphisms [or thoughts depicted as symbols] repeated in the letter in order to locate vowels and we ended up with a refined decryption algorithm," Abate said He said the team did not have great expectations for the outcome "We thought we could just come out with a few words making sense But the nun had a good command of languages," he said adding "the message was more complete than expected." Rambling in nature and not entirely understandable in addition to calling the Holy Trinity "dead weights," goes on to say that "God thinks he can free mortals .. Styx is the river separating the netherworld from the world of the living Abete said the letter suggests that Sister Maria suffered from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder "The image of the devil is often present in these disorders We learned from historical records that every night she screamed and fought against the devil," Abate said For the church of that time, the letter was instead considered the outcome of her struggle against "innumerable evil spirits," according to a written account about the occurrence by Abbess Maria Serafica According to Serafica's account of the nun's behavior written shortly after the incident the devil would have forced Sister Maria (who was later blessed) to sign the letter She heroically opposed the demand by writing which is the only comprehensible word in the letter The research has not been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal Original article on Live Science.  Science news this week: International blackouts and 'T 'Dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra': Mathematicians devise new way to solve devilishly difficult equations Astronomers identify first 'good' candidate for controversial Planet Nine deep in our solar system Daniele AbateSister Maria Crocifissa della Concezione’s letter was written in an unknown language a 31-year-old nun named Sister Maria Crocifissa della Concezione penned a letter “from the devil” as she struggled with an alleged demonic possession in Palma di Montechiaro Sister Maria was found that day lying on the floor of her cell and there was a letter nearby containing 14 lines written in an unknown language The nun claimed that the letter had been written by the devil who’d tried to convince her to abandon God Though the letter was written using strange symbols researchers took a crack at deciphering it in 2017 They used modern-day software to study the 341-year-old letter and were able to untangle its meaning Archenzo/Wikimedia CommonsA church in Palma di Montechiaro the Italian town where Sister Maria Crocifissa della Concezione penned her letter According to Live Science the research team theorized that Sister Maria had created the foreign script based on actual languages that she knew they found that her letter contained words from ancient Greek “We analyzed how the syllables and graphisms [or thoughts depicted as symbols] repeated in the letter in order to locate vowels and we ended up with a refined decryption algorithm,” Daniele Abate Abate’s team found that Sister Maria’s jumble of ancient symbols did include coherent messages One passage read: “God thinks he can free mortals… The system works for no one… Perhaps now Styx [the river that separates the dead and the living] is certain.” Another passage referred to the Holy Trinity “dead weights.” the church considered Sister Maria a victim of demonic possession and her mysterious letter from the devil evidence of “innumerable evil spirits.” She was blessed soon after writing it leaving the meaning of her demonic dispatch unknown for three centuries a whole city was remodeled so Dolce & Gabbana introduced the Haute Couture collection 400 Milan-based fashion houses traveled to Sicily a source of inspiration for Dolce & Gabbana This is the third time that famous designers choose Sicily to introduce such a collection after the presentation in Taormina (2012) and Palermo (2017) Sicily - a place chosen for the birthplace of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa the writer of "The Leopard" - was presented a collection of precious jewels with diamonds There were many residents throwing pink petals out of the balconies while visitors were enjoying the high fashion magic and the exclusive D & G works composed of the rarest and the most expensive Dolce & Gabbana Haute Couture was first introduced on July 5 and will continue today and the next two days Created by Join the news democracyWhere your votes decide the Top 100 Reasons for you to sign up to our newsletter here Sister Maria Crocifissa della Concezione of the Monastery of Palma di Montechiaro awoke She claimed she had been possessed by Satan who forced her to write a message in letters The letter was written in a jumbled archaic alphabet the monastery offered a month-long vacation to anyone who successfully translated the message it seems like software has achieved what humans could not Daniele Abate, director of the Ludum Science Center, told the Times: which we believe is used by intelligence services for codebreaking and Latin to de-scramble some of the letter and show that it really is devilish The letter continues to try to convince the nun to abandon her faith and that religion is the invention of man Abate told Italian news Radio 105: My theory is that this is a precise alphabet invented by the nun with great care by mixing symbols she knew Each symbol is well thought out and structured perhaps an intentional and perhaps unconscious initiative The stress of life in the monastery was very strong HT IFL Science More: The historical evidence that Jesus didn't exist Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications A devilish letter written by a 17th century nun has been translated Sister Maria Crocifissa della Concezione, a 31-year-old nun living at the convent of Palma di Montechiaro in Sicily was said to be possessed when she wrote the letter she was found on the floor of her cell with her face covered in ink clutching a letter which was a strange mix of symbols and letters Historical accounts have suggest that Sister Maria claimed this was a letter from the devil, who was attempting to turn her away from God and towards evil and archaeologists have tried to decipher the meaning for centuries and finally have started to make improvements Talking to Live Science Ludum Director Daniele Abate said: “When working on historical decryption “We needed to know as much as possible about this nun.” Historians have said that Sister Maria was just 15 when she decided to devote her life to God Abate continued: “The letter appeared as if it was written in shorthand “We speculated that Sister Maria created a new vocabulary using ancient alphabets that she may have known.” To be sure about what exactly this letter was written in researchers used software which scanned shorthand symbols from different languages They found that the nun’s letter contained words from ancient alphabets such as Greek Abate said: “We analyzed how the syllables and graphisms [or thoughts depicted as symbols] repeated in the letter in order to locate vowels and we ended up with a refined decryption algorithm “We thought we could just come out with a few words making sense But the nun had a good command of languages The message was more complete than expected." In addition to calling the Holy Trinity ‘dead weights’ the letter also said: “God thinks he can free mortals Abate says the letter shows strong indications that Sister Maria was suffering from mental health conditions He said: “The image of the devil is often present in these disorders “We learned from historical records that every night she screamed and fought against the devil.” Topics: World News, Weird There is a legend that dates back to the 17th century about an Italian nun who claimed to have written a number of letters during an episode of demonic possession believed that the Devil himself wrote the letters while attempting to steal her from God Only one of Sister Maria’s letters has survived Nobody at the time could translate the 14 lines of writing because it was apparently written in unknown language and occultists joined forces to decipher it with a code-breaking software found on the Dark Web The Dark Web is that place on the Internet where you find anything and everything that might otherwise be forbidden But there are also brilliant applications that can be used for productive aims such as deciphering a 17th-century letter director of the Ludum science museum in the Metropolitan City of Catania told The Times of London that thanks to an intelligence-grade code-breaking system they could finally learn the meaning of the mysterious jumble of archaic script the Runic alphabet and Latin to descramble some of the letter and show that it really is devilish,” said Abate “The letter appeared as if it was written in shorthand We speculated that Sister Maria created a new vocabulary using ancient alphabets that she may have known We analyzed how the syllables and graphisms [thoughts depicted as symbols] repeated in the letter in order to locate vowels and we ended up with a refined decryption algorithm.” Sister Maria had joined the Benedictine convent when she was 15 She was well known and liked by the other sisters and the abbess one August day in 1676 when Sister Maria was 31 years old she was found on the floor of her quarters her face covered in ink and the letters clutched in her hands the nun claimed that she was possessed by Satan who made her sign the letters but she resisted and wrote only “Ohimé” (oh me) And although the letter has recently sparked people’s curiosity worldwide the research team at Ludum science museum hasn’t released the complete text yet saying that it speaks of the nature of God’s relationship with man They have confirmed that the letter says: “God thinks he can free mortals … this system works for no one.” It also speaks about God and Zoroaster as inventions of the people; of the River Styx the River Styx separates the world of the living from that of the dead who took the souls to the Underworld where they waited to be born again Charon was happy to do his job if the dead paid the fee to cross the river their family buried them with coins laid on their eyes so that the soul of their beloved ones would safely cross Styx Abate did try to discover more logical explanations about the nature of the letter Sister Maria was intelligent and well educated but she probably suffered from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder The mishmash of languages she used to write the letter were ones that she is likely to have learned during her time in the convent As for her claims that voices spoke to her and told her what to do (write the letters) this supports Abate’s theory that the nun suffered from a form of schizophrenia You can usually find me in coffee shop somewhere in Europe facebook.com/aleksandra.andonovska.77 Join 1000s of subscribers and receive the best Vintage News in your mailbox for FREE