Subjects in the Letters

The letters were directed to the Khazar leaders "Miss Mania Koza" and later on to her son "Sust," or sometime Ora used the diminutive form of his name "Sus." In addition to the above names, the Ora camp also accused Miss Mania's mother "Lila Koza" of masterminding this fight. With time, to help the Khazar leaders, the Median army, with their leader Ponta, joined the Khazars against the Ora forces.

Because the letters were written by Ora's camp, it is, there-fore, fair to state that, in these letters, Ora presented a one sided picture of this dispute. He always presented his side as a righ-teous one and the Khazars' side as a wrong side. He criticized the Khazars' approach to freedom and religion, but in no place of this manuscript did he state his own philosophy as to freedom and religion. In spite of the above facts, from these letters, it can be easily established how the Khazars conceived their religious philosophy and approached the question of freedom. The Ora's view on the philosophy of religion and freedom has to be opposite to the Khazars'; otherwise, there would not be cause for fighting. Although, the names seems to be strange to history, nevertheless, their ideology and symbols of them are preserved to the present time. After presenting the translated text I will make a short remark on this subject. At that time in the book, the reader will have more information on this subject.

Both sides had a claim to be legal rulers of Rus. Obviously, the Ora's party considered that their religion and their leader Ora had a legal and righteous ideology for Rus. They believed, trusted, and died for him. Who was he? The manuscript does not say much of him or the philosophy he represented as a leader. Maybe in the future, I will be able to say more about him, but, at the present time, I will define only the meaning of his name and his followers.

To define the meaning of the name "Ora," I will start with the word ''orat," which can be found in the Ukrainian and many other Slavic dictionaries.

Orat means; to plow (plough); hence, Ora means: one who plows. But Ora was the name of the leader; therefore, as a custom that survived to the present time, the people who follow him and divide the same philosophy will be known as "Oriany." The word Orjany is written in plural form, according to the definition of a sounds given in a previous chapter. But if I had to use a different approach in presenting Ukrainian sounds, I would write Orjan = Oryan in singular form. Without going deeper into the subject of etymology, I like to point out that in some Slavic languages it is written Oryan and pronounced Aryan. This form of spelling the word Aryan one can find in all English diction-aries. The meaning of the word Aryan has a different meaning than I am giving below. Because etymologically I derived the word Aryan = Orjan from a root word Ora, therefore, the meaning of the word Orjan is: a person who belongs to a party or ideology of people that plow; in short, farmers.

The Khazar leaders were Miss Mania Koza and her son Sust. However, in some letters, Ora also mentioned her mother Lila and Median leader Ponta. Primarily, the letters were directed to Miss Mania, where Ora refered to her as ''panna Koza or Kosa, panna Mania, panna Marusia, or just panusia." The titles of "pan, pani, and panna" are used to the present time in many Slavic languages. In the Voynich manuscript, all three title words are used with the same meaning as they are used today. The equivalent meanings of the title words are:

Pan = Mr., Lord, nobleman
Pani = Mrs., Lady, married woman
Panna = Miss a young unmarried girl, and, in religion, Virgin.

The first name of Mania and Marusia, as used in this man-uscript, are diminutive names for Maria. Both diminutive names for Maria are widely used among many Slavic nations to the present time.

The meaning of the last name of Miss Koza is "goat," of feminine gender, that is, she-goat.

The first name of Miss Mania Koza's, son, Sust, is unknown to me at the present time. However, the diminutive name of Sust can be read as Sasha, Sus, or Isus. But Sasha is a diminutive name for Alexander, therefore, it is quite different from Sust. Taking this into account and the fact that in no place in this letter I found the name Alexander, unless I misread, therefore, it can be stated that Sus or Isus are the diminutive names for Sust. Due to the fact that both names can be found, Isus in religion and Sus in old songs, I decided to decode letters (ss) as Sus because of the following;

1. In the Ukrainian language, Isus is equivalent to Jesus and is use strictly in the Christian religion. Because the fight took place when the Median country was strong, it, therefore, had to be at least five centuries before the Christian era. Hence, the name Isus was unknown not only to Rus but to all Slavic countries. The name came with Christianity and much later than the time at which the fight took place.

2. The name Sus. although infrequently, is used in old Christmas carols. Due to the fact that many pre-Christian melodies that were used to sing to pre-Christian God, known as a God Giver, were converted to Christmas carols, hence, it can be assumed that the name Sus was used by habit instead of Isus. Some carols with the name Sus survived to the present time. Also, many songs from the pre-Christian era are popular at the time of Christmas or New Year but are not considered by the Christian church as Christmas carols. For example, one of the song melody that survived from pre-Christian era and was widely used in Ukraine is known in the United States as a Christmas song, the ''Carol of the Bells.''

What was the fight all about? In short, for Rus. Both parties probably had a legitimate pretense to be rulers of Rus. It is difficult to judge the historical past when all the information is written by one side (Ora) only. Maybe, in the future, the letters written by Miss Koza or her son Sust will be found; then one can draw objective conclusions. For now, I will describe briefly what the manuscript is all about. In the steppes of Rus (now Ukraine), sometime before the Christian era, Lila Koza, mother of Miss Mania, lost the chance to renovate Oko's (Eye's) religion in Rus. Obviously, she left Rus after the fight, which she lost. But she lost not only the religious fight but also her chance to be ruler of Rus. According to bits of information quoted from Miss Koza's letters by Ora, the Eye's religion was conceived in the steppes by a man named Oko (Eye) long time ago. On page 58R, Lila Koza claimed that the Eye's religion was conceived 3,606 years before by Oko Ora. The time should be referenced to the time at which the fight took place. But Ora disagrees on such antiquity and list either dynasties or numbering leaders of the past that were involved in forming or destroying the religions of the past.

It does not matter when the religion was formed, but the fact is, the Eye proclaimed himself to be God's and, hence, ruler of the whole world. Everything was God's and, hence, his. For that, he got the name Eye of God. But by forming his religion, he displaced another one that was, obviously, superior to his according to Ora. This religion was Oijan religion. But, in time, Eye's religion failed, and the people of Rus returned again to the old one. Now the religion was in existence for many thousands of years, where the head of the religion, it seems to me, always had the name Ora. What the religion was all about I do not know, but Ora bitterly objected to the Eye of God religion and especially to the method of renovation.

Whether Miss Mania Koza was born in Rus or not is dif-ficult to say from the letters. Her son was either conceived or born outside Rus, probably in Media. In a few places, it is stated that Miss Mania and her son lived in "Kyja Ora" (Orjan Kiew).

Because the mother of Miss Mania, Lila Koza, renewed the Eye of God religion, she, therefore, automatically became head of the movement. By the same token, she got the name Eye of God. It is very difficult to say at the present time whether she named herself Eye of God or the opposite side gave the name to her, but the letters written by Ora referred to her and, later on, to all the Khazars leaders, as Eye of God.

The mother's title, Eye of God, helped Miss Mania to fulfill the requirements for renovation of the Eye religion. She gave birth to a son, whom she named Sust. Because her mother was known as Eye of God, Miss Mania was God's and her son, obviously, was the son of God, whom the Ora camp called Baby God (Bozia). It is very difficult to pinpoint whether Miss Mania with her son, Baby God, returned to Rus or was in Rus, but she again organized Eye's religion around her son Baby God and, with time, the fight.

How the religion was organized in Rus the letters do not tell. As far as I could reason out, the Eye religion in Rus was never dead. The religion was practiced may be not by majority but by minority in Rus and probably in Media. Whenever there is more than one religion in any country, it is highly suggestive that the country has some sort of democracy. But the Khazars, especially Miss Mania Koza, claimed (per quote by Ora) that the "Kozar" did not have freedom. Obviously, Ora objected to such a statement as follows;

"Because of freedom you were able to renovate your religion and this fight" or, in other places, "Because only in freedom you were free to look for freedom." In many places in this letter Ora asked, "Why are you in freedom looking for freedom?" To that, Miss Mania objected. She claimed that she was the one who was carrying to Rus "one religion and one freedom." To such a statement, Ora answered: "Where is one religion there is one slavery."

The demands by Miss Mania from Ora was great. She demanded to accept One Eye of God religion and their form of freedom that would be given by Baby God (Bozia) when he grow up. Her demand was justified by the fact that she and her son Sus were God's. Her mother wrote to Ora and claimed "These steppes are miss's and God's and now belong to Eye of Baby God." When Sus grew up, the Ora asked him, "What are you fighting for?" He answered; "For that which belongs to God." The Ora quoted the above stated question and then answered as follows: "Son, every thing is God's. Do not fight for it. If you are God's, take it.'' When the victory was on Miss Mania side, the demands were firm. This inferior position of Ora is reflected in his answers to Miss Mania. He demanded the truth, like; "Where did you diaper? Miss, what did you diaper, and what did you renew? How and why did you diaper? Why are you slanting the diapered mistake? Do you remember the ghost?" and so on. This kind of questions Miss Mania or the heads of Eye of God religion did not like. They probably gave similar answers to Ora's questions, which he did not like, and that is why, probably, he was not quoted. But, judging by the answers on such letters, he was angry. In many letters, he gave the following answers: "You are God's female dog. Why are you mad? In behalf of heaven, you are writing, but where are you fighting? Did he cut out holy miss's mind?" and so on.

Many letters that Ora writes to Miss Mania are very similar in content. When Miss Mania objected that he gave almost the same answers, the Ora answered, "Why do you have the same demands?"

At that time, it was common knowledge why they were fighting, that is why the letters do not give more information or clarify the statements. But, today, it is a different story. One has to read many letters and piece the meaning together. By doing this, it seems to me, both sides were involved in twisting the meaning of the dispute. When Medians came to help the Khazars, there was some concession on Miss Mania's part. This fact was used by Ora to his advantage. He claimed that Miss Mania was slanting (kose) her initial objective. With time, the slanting became known to every one, and the support for her religion dropped among the people of Rus and probably in Media. Again, Ora used the fact to his advantage and gave her a new name, Miss Kosa, or, in English, Miss Slant. From that time on, everyone in the Eye of God hierarchy was called ''Slant," sometimes with titles like: Mr., Mrs., Lady, Miss, or just ''God's Slant.''

The fight started when the Baby God was just a baby and continued until he became a grownup man and participated in wars. The Ora hoped that when Baby God grew up. he would find the truth as to "How he was diapered." But Baby God grew up in war torn country Rus and did not acquire the noble manners of God. He continued fighting and, it seems to me liked fighting and the title Eye of God. The Ora was disappointed because he complained to Miss Mania and her mother about Sust's brutality against Ora's people. Obviously, he did not get any satisfaction, and the fight (and probably the brutality) against each other continued.

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