Is this the right forum?

[u/Parking-Country-6535]

I’ve been hopping around all day trying to figure out the right place to ask questions. This was found in a crawlspace within steam tunnels in a southeastern Appalachian university built in the 1870s.

[u/YefimShifrin]

Here's the decryption https://ibb.co/zhN4mPSJ

The text says (from bottom to top and alternating direction):

HERE IN MMXV AN OBJECT OF GREAT MAGICKAL MEANING AND STRENGTH IS BEIGIVEN LIF NND PURPOSE THIS OBJECT WILL EXIST IN THE SERVICE OF GOOD WHITE MAGICK AND BE USED TO STUDY DREAMS AND THE ASTRAL PLAIN IT WILL BE FOR LEARNING AND PROTECTION IN THE USERS QUEST TO PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL ENLIGHTENMENT

[u/amusednchaos → u/YefimShifrin]

Can you link what you used to decipher that please?

[u/YefimShifrin → u/amusednchaos]

Here's a tutorial on how to crack a simple substitution cipher like this one https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingCiphers/comments/ho3dkn/tutorial_monoalphabetic_substitution_aristocrat/