" I suppose you could temporally divide the act of turning to another page. "

" The first half-step is reading the text and the second half-step is looking at the picture. Boom "

" I don't see how a step could be meaningfully divided into fractions in this context. "

" If it only takes sixteen steps to complete the journey, then (hypothetically speaking) that would entail that it could also be finished in thirty two half-steps, right? "

" There is another masonic symbol that may have been missed here. I believe the spiral in the corner (curl) of the map represents the golden ratio or golden section. This ratio is an irrational number ( 1.61803.....) represented by the Greek letter phi (circle with... "

" I don't think this has been mentioned before regarding the overall aesthetics of room 26. I believe the imagery in this room is strongly influenced by 19th-century Féerie theater (fairy plays). This was a type of fantastical theater performed with elaborate mechanized stage productions, utilizing... "

" I have to agree with your points. Ultimately, we don't know unless we had some verification from Manson himself. As I've been going through the MAZE, I do feel there are "rules" here, but tendencies are probably a better description. It prevents the headache of... "

" SEAT "

" SHEET SUIT SIT "

" It's hard to confidently postulate puzzle rules that Manson followed in constructing Maze, because 1) we have too limited an understanding of most of the book to know how robust an observed tendency is, and 2) it's similarly difficult to falsify suggested rules, because even... "

" It might not be linear, but I still think there is a method to the madness. My Hunch for solving the rooms this way is because I believe Manson has a set of "rules" for his visual puzzles. I think others may have pointed this... "

" Honestly, if I learned anything from our little Loop-crunch, it is that connecting clues across rooms is one of the most frustrating undertakings in this entire book when it isn't linear. It's like the confusion of a bunch of tangentially related objects in one room... "

" There's an idea Aria can have some fun with! I agree with your last paragraph, and that has been a significant shortcoming in most of our attempts to understand the book: We looked at things one room at a time. We've made an effort to... "

" why? "

" I have an alternative solution for this room, which may also solve room 5 which is interconnected here. Much of this work has already been done previously by others in the comments. However, I have two additional points to make... 1. The watch in the... "

" I think another connection between Room 4 and Room 29, one that has already been mentioned before I'm sure, is the torches in 4 and the staff/doorknob juxtaposition in 29. I don't think the similarity between the hands holding the torches, with their circular bulbs,... "

" There is a complementary clue that exists between rooms 4 and 29 depicting an action sequence. In the center of this room is an unlit candle with a slightly opened matchbox next to it—both the candle and matchbox point in the direction of room 29.... "

" It's an interesting idea. I think most of the interpretations for room 26 have merit. However, this is the problem with room 26! I think it has multiple overlapping themes. I still have a sneaking suspicion that there exists a more straightforward solution that unifies... "

" well, stop it "

" Oh my gosh you can have so much fun with this one. Chord/cord (ropes hanging from ceiling) -- "Holding their ears" -- the doors representing piano keys and you play the first and last -- intentions = in-tension (this chord causes tension). I'M JUST HAVING... "

" I love it when a proposed solution gets me googling and I learn something new. The NPR has a very nice article/short talk/playlist about the devil's interval. (Just search on "npr" and "devil's interval" to find it.) Anyway, I think this is a neat idea,... "

" It'd be funny to edit a mazecast to make Vince agree with Sara the entire time "

" I would never say such a thing. "

" See if you can edit older clips of Vince into the newer, Vinceless episodes at appropriate moments, saying things like, "Ha ha! Good joke!" and "You know, that's very astute!" "

" blargh "

" yes "

" Vince, you talk about Mazecast like it's some strange form of torture... "

" Good god, do it. Maybe you can edit new episodes to make them bearable, too. "

" (Also, new episode in the works -- anyone interested in joining us just let us know here or at info mazecast dot com.) "

" I can't speak for everyone but I think that would be a hoot! Glad we are keeping you company. :) "

" Mazecast crew, would it be alright with you all if I made a video compilation of my favorite Mazecast moments? I've been watching it a lot lately in my freetime and I'm making it my goal to get every single one down... and there are... "

" I think you're onto something. You throw salt over your LEFT shoulder for spilled salt...which is what the fake devil in doing here. "

" I believed I found one more clue pointing to room 30. The two slacked ropes in the upper left corner would suggest the fake devil and planet Saturn are being lowered into the scene. So this is a performance with explicit action. The fake devil... "

" My interpretation of this room is that it has many references to musical tones in both the picture and text. I've always thought the 3 devils in the center represent musical notes. Even the stage with the three trapdoors somewhat resembles a keyboard. Then it... "

" "Not 100% satisfied by the existing solutions" is a good default. "

" Thanks! I totally see what you're getting at there. I was thinking of the umbrella shadow and drawing as 'images' of the umbrella and that's how I was grouping them. So one real umbrella stem and then two image umbrella stems. But I can see... "

" Hello, Rose! Your post outlines a couple ways of thinking through this book. You've got object counting, object representation and text correlation. Beware when using objects as stand-ins for numerals in a way such as "umbrella + fake umbrella + shadow = 12." Anything with... "

" The way I got to room 26 was a bit mathematical. If you add all the letters together (a=1, b=2, etc.) the only one that equals its corresponding door is Fable (FABLE=26, STORY=97, TALE=38, YARN=58). "

" I dont know what that means, Im just going to believe it "

" What is that supposed to mean? "

" wait is this real? "

" Fair enough. I just really don't like the solution of getting x out of SiGN. So I understand that getting i isn't much more helpful but at least it's more mathematically correct! :) "

" However, it is the type of story in Manson's wheelhouse. Welcome to the Abyss, by the way. "

" As they say, with every spring comes a new batch of Mazers! "

" There are 45,600,000 results from "doctor and clown" on Google, and because the terms are vague enough, applying it to a single joke is a stretch. I just don't see Manson signalling the story that way. "