# Knight 2012: The Secrets of the Copiale Cipher

> Kevin Knight, Beáta Megyesi, Christiane Schaefer, 2012. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the plaintext content and the Oculists.

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# The Secrets of the Copiale Cipher

Kevin Knight, Beáta Megyesi, Christiane Schaefer, 2012. _Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism_.

The historical companion to the ACL paper: the manuscript's features, a summary of the method, and the content and the society behind it. JRFF 2(2), 314–324, published 2 May 2012.

**Copiale cipher** Articledoi: **[10.1558/jrff.v2i2.314](https://doi.org/10.1558/jrff.v2i2.314)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the plaintext content and the Oculists.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[External knowledge (the Oculists, Masonic ritual vocabulary) was what made the reading possible.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/answers/ANS0CYVFMTJ53E5/external-knowledge-the-oculists-masonic-ritual-vocabulary)

Answer

ANS

[The Oculists were a Masonic or para-Masonic order at Wolfenbüttel that recorded and practised high-degree…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/answers/ANS0CYVFPS26A0D/the-oculists-were-a-masonic-or-para-masonic-order-at)

Answer

ANS

[The content, the Oculists' rules and Masonic high-degree rituals, is specific and matches a documented…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/evidence/EVD0CYVFK3W6G88/the-content-the-oculists-rules-and-masonic-high-degree)

Evidence

EVD

[The Copiale cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher)

The mystery article

MYS

[The Oculists (Oculisten)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/organisations/ORG0CYVFFYA11D4/the-oculists-oculisten)

ORG

[Is the 2011 decipherment of the Copiale cipher correct?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHD600F6/is-the-2011-decipherment-of-the-copiale-cipher-correct)

Question

QST

[What were the Oculists?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFJ4M6TJP/what-were-the-oculists)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Knight, K., Megyesi, B., & Schaefer, C. (2012). The Secrets of the Copiale Cipher. Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism. https://doi.org/10.1558/jrff.v2i2.314
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1558/jrff.v2i2.314)

Key

**SRC** 0CYVFCRR40VH

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Journal article

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The publisher's

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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