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[Khaos]

[sapagoo]

ready for a stretch?

baetylus di-loo ompha labyrinth

di-loo as in loop-di-loo

[Canzonett]

Another stretch - more than just a stretch, actually: "diloo" might be the misspelled transcription of a Greek word. The island of Delos - Δήλος - where Artemis and Apollo were born according to the myth, is pronounced "Dilos" in modern Greek. The genitive form would be Δήλου - pronounced "Diloo".

Although the combination of a Latin form (baetylus instead of baitylos) and a Greek genitive seems somewhat strange, that word combination might mean "The Baetyl of Delos".

Delos is the central island of the "Cyclades" island group in the Aegean Sea - "Cyclades" = "Ring Islands", since they are grouped like a ring around the sacred island of Delos.

Most interesting, don't you think?

[Khaos]

[Canzonett]

Maybe it's supposed to be read as a pun, since "Bethel" not only means "sacred stone", but also "House of God"?

[Khaos]

So if we follow this way... we got :

1 - a temple
2 - Delos
3 - An ompha labyrinth

Here is the shape of Delos temples : http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/images/b/b5/Delos-1.jpg

Think we can find a labyrinth shape there ?

[unagi]

The words "try to follow 7 circuits" have been used, so the remaining words "the up down no no start to weave cause" might convert the phrase "baetylus diloo ompha labyrinth" into another phrase.

[RiotGrrl]

From Encyclopedia Britannica:

"Sometimes the stones were made into a more regular shape by forming them into pillars or into groups of three pillars. Such columns were sometimes placed before a shrine; others were used as mileposts and often shaped into human form. The baetylus became the parent form for altars and iconic statuary."

Also, I researched a little on James Swinnerton. Don't know if it has anything to do with anything, but he was the creator of the comic strip, and that particular series was one of his more famous works.
http://www.bluecoyotegallery.com/JamesSwinnerton.htm

[Canzonett]

Maybe that phrase does not refer to the scrambled letters on that page, but on what to do with the "baetylus diloo omphalabyrinth" (Which might translate as "Omphalos labrinth at the temple of Delos")?

[GT43X3]

[Khaos]

[Khaos]

Here is another view of the Delos Island : http://home.nordnet.fr/~ajuhel/Delos/Delos_Plan_Gen.JPG

[unagi]

[Khaos]

My desynchronization partner sent a e-mail to theo, to let him know that we have decoded the scrambled letters but without giving any info on the text revealed.

We hope this will give us a clue as to what we seek exactly (a hidden artifact ? a place to put a labyrinth ?)

[AUZ505]

The Codex was written 1918 which means that Jorge and his six are the group that 1920 would have been around and used that Olympic event to leave our world.

This means that Kelly, Micha, Jules, Jorge, Akira or Rakhee was left behind and is the founder of Theo

I also assume that "baetylus" is a clue that these kinds of stones are much older than Greek mythology and that the true meaning of omphaloi can not be understood by studying Greek history. That the truth might be found in much older days.