Thursday, September 8, 2011
Free Mason Pig Pen Cipher
One very famous society that is often associated with secrets and ciphers is the group of the Freemasons. The Freemasons are simply members of a fraternal organization. This group though has been known to use symbols and ciphers in communicating with one another, thus adding their reputation as very secret society. One of the ciphers used by the Freemasons was the pig-pen cipher. This cipher was a simple substitution cipher where symbols are substituted for words. Here is a picture of the Freemasons key from Wikipedia:
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I do not know why the actual cipher picture did not show up in my post. My bad. If you type pig pen cipher and look on Wikipedia, it is the first picture on the right of the webpage.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a very interesting cipher. The Freemasons have managed to keep many secrets throughout history which means they must have strong codes. I noticed that it was a relatively old cipher too. I wonder if anybody still uses it?
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