" Actually, carrying this over to the room's text, we get... something, maybe? There are no 'with's or 'right's in the text. But the fourth word? That's 'Are,' which is the first letter in 'right'. And the fourth space (if we treat the ellipsis as a... "

" Simply reading the words on the sign aloud, one would hear "Forthwith, Forthright, Forthward, Forth." That third entry, "forthward," could easily be interpreted as "fourth word," given that it's the least common of the bunch. Carry that logic forthward and you get "Fourth With Fourth... "

" Most things suggested on this website are completely bonkers--including things I've suggested, and things listed as accepted solutions above. Don't be fooled by the standard of lunacy embraced here! That's not really what this book is about, that's just what we end up wallowing in... "

" "Chopping block" is certainly an object metaphorically associated with elimination. I like this suggestion! "

" Going back through the old posts here, I see an incredible amount of effort poured into mathematically computing the correct path forward, as well as measurements and angles of celestial objects and the justifications for flipping them, and a significant stretch of non sequitur *somethings*...... "

" In the directions it says 'Clues in a series of rooms may relate to one another, and may indicate a path.' The pitchfork points to room 38 and that is a possible indication not to enter that room. There is another pitchfork (technically a trident)... "

" Also remove S an A from Satan and you got TN, which could indicate Ten. 3 real devils times 10 = 30? "

" Two letters are visible. S and A. Remove SA from SALT and you got LT that could indicate Left. Remove SA from the planet Saturn and you are left with Turn. LT Turn or Left Turn? "

" The axe chopping wood kind of seems like a "process of elimination" to me. Could this be a clue that the doors behind the axe are correct? "

" It's an interesting thought process, but it seems farfetched that Manson intended the Guide's stating "you can count on me" to indicate that you should add the digits of the number of the door the bear is pointing at--an operation that involves neither the Guide... "

" I solved this one without looking at the answer. Didnt find the way i thought about it in here. The bear says "sinners this way" so its not door 30, and we know that because we came from there. But then he says "saints that... "

" This might be a stretch, but approaching the room from a tarot mindset you have three staves (or wands) without heads and one with. The 3 of Wands card implies preparation for exploration into the unknown, while the 4 of Wands implies harmony and balance,... "

" how dare you "

" Well, be careful with what you consider "confirmed solutions." The conclusions embraced by this website are the opinions of the creator/owner, not Christopher Manson. "

" There is also a lot of foot imagery which is the same length and has the first 2 starting letters as four if we wanna be more general. This seems more in line with some other confirmed solutions. "

" I think this is an intriguing suggestion. I'm not sure it's the intended meaning, but it's certainly one of the better suggestions. Part of the difficulty in determining how meaningful this possibility is is that there are a lot of words that start with for/fore/four,... "

" That's just vewatkin's abysmal humor! We all object to his tone ;) He's actually one of the founders of MazeCast. "

" It's amazing how much the context of a question can be ignored when the urge to write something caustic gets the better of one. Again, the book is not available for purchase online from any website, and traveling from the other side of the world... "

" Could one possible clue be an elephant never (four)gets? "

" It looks like the light source is coming down from above, as if the fireplace is breathing down fire. "

" My eyes weren't good enough to spot the faintly drawn eye or "mane", but this is interesting! 9 It could be a reference to the minotaur, since you have a painting of what is now essentially the body of a man with what could be... "

" What role does the hair play in indicating "toadstool"? toadstool, toedstool, toad's tool, sarcophagus, sarco-fungus... Several ways to connect these things, but no good explanations for why they're here. "

" The "untrustworthy furniture", frog, and mushrooms in the trough and the hair all add up to "toadstool" for me. What does that mean? I don't know. Trap maybe? "

" The minotaur seemed obvious to me. He describes his parents as one being quite lowborn (bull), the other as 'close to a king' (the queen). In the room where they remark upon a portrait not being a very good likeness, there is a mirror with... "

" You'll probably have better luck coordinating illegal activity on the MazeCast discord than here. Those people have no scruples whatsoever. "

" I actually wrote some code myself before stumbling on this thread. I found some more solutions. FIRST HALF (4 solutions): 1: [1, 26, 30, 42, 4, 29, 17, 45] 2: [1, 20, 5, 30, 42, 4, 29, 17, 45] 3: [1, 26, 30, 15, 37,... "

" Hey, Meg. I hope this is a fair question, but could you please share a digital copy of the book with me? I understand that this is borderline copyright infringement, but the book simply isn't available for purchase online. "

" Guys, tell me where I can download/buy the book? It is not available for purchase on Amazon, and I could not find a single digital copy (pdf / djvu) on the entire Internet. "

" 9*4=36, 9*5=45 "

" I don't remember seeing that anagram before, though probably someone ran that phrase through an anagram generator at some point. (I just did, and got over 7000 results, so I'm doubting that anyone scanned through all of them.) "Benign portal" is a more plausibly applicable... "

" That's probably a good illustration of the dangers of unrestricted arithmetical solutions: you can always find something to count or multiply or combine to get the number you want to get. I noted a solution listed above, about counting F in the text and then... "

" Reading your comment again, I realize you may have already understood all that--you were just suggesting a reason for why we don't go the way the puzzle is indicating. That's fair enough too--the Eden theme and the discussion of door 34's elegance speak to the... "

" This is one of the few puzzles in the book we have a pretty good understanding of--the assemblage of objects in the center of the room indicates "F HOUR TREE," which is an anagram of THREE FOUR. That doesn't mean that the associations you cite... "

" Wow. When I first saw this page, I was excited and knew I would play it. I figured it would be a niche little indie game, not due to any doubt of its quality but just what I knew of MAZE fans at the time.... "

" The salt shaker could be a reference to, when salt is spilled, one throws the salt over one's left shoulder (to blind the devil). In other words, take the door on the far left. "

" "Plangent Brio" anagrams to "Benign Portal" (I couldn't see this in any old comments, but maybe that is old news to you all). "

" This seems really basic so it might be wrong: I see the left and right side of the room having some opposing concepts. At the top we have “all or none.” In the middle we have an open eye and then on the wall across... "

" It’s fruit from the true of knowledge. If there’s “No Eve” to tempt Adam then he remains naive. And the fruit of knowledge is fake so it offers false wisdom. And the clock is broken making it not a reliable source of information. Unsure if... "

" I don't recall anyone drawing a connection between the A in 26 and the DCBA in 1 before. An intriguing possibility! Because the A is involved in the contest solution, we know what it means in the context of its puzzle. But, the backwards alphabet... "

" The opening of the bell is pointing at the correct door. I am unsure if this is correct, but based on the door symbols in room 1 suggesting the first four letters of the alphabet in reverse, I assume that as the left and center... "

" I don't know that we're meant to make that assumption. It's a reasonable thought, but it doesn't look like each vistor interacts with the door their statements surreptitiously reference. Only one door is opened (prior to their leaving, by a door of our choice), but... "

" The mathematical allusions in the fourth paragraph are hard to ignore, though we've never had a good theory for why they're there. Connecting it with the geometry of the archtecture is reasonable, though we end up with an image that reflects the text and text... "

" Also. Please note that capital Pi is used in mathematics to represent the product in pi notation (Which is a mathematical operarion for repeated multipy operation). As stated in room 17 (just previous to the center). "If you think the maze as a machine, confusion... "

" The third child who said "late" opened the "tale" door. This door is the bottle door which is the only item that can be opened. He may left it open as in the book cover this door is still open. "

" I think no one pointed to this idea. The monstruous walls are pages. I could not relate it to any clue either. "The monstrous walls rise up and run away as far as the human eye can see, circling and dividing." -> What are the... "