Merlins Geheimnis

Ich habe nun in den weiten des Netzes nochmals nach einer Lösung gesucht und bin fündig geworden...

Hier ein paar Zitate:

Zitat:

Nobody managed to solve the puzzle by the deadline of 31 December 2001.

Es ist wirklich UNMÖGLICH...

Zitat:

A group of puzzlers at www.schatzsuche.com put in a super-human effort, and solved pretty much all of it. Although they had solved each of the solids, they could not see how to put it all together, and did not get as far as drawing the 3D lines and finding the 75 objects.

Immerhin...

Zitat:

The full, official solution originally posted at www.merlinmystery.com extends to 10 A4 pages, but in summary, entrants had to locate 75 different objects from the borders of the book’s pages, and put them into the correct order.

Die Nadel im Heuhaufen ist dagegen einfach zu finden...

Zitat:

As an example of how the puzzle was structured, here are the first 16 objects, and their meaning:

Full Moon
(blank)
Pointing Hand
Compass with N in gold
III
Ballet foot
Salt pouring
Circle
Diagram of path around a sphere
Piece of wood
Pointed star
Framed picture of oak leaf
Framed picture of ash
Framed picture of rowan
Framed picture of hawthorn
Framed picture of elm

You were to interpret this list as follows:
On a night with a full moon, face north and make a salt circle around a 5 pointed star made out of pieces of oak, ash, rowan, hawthorn and elm.

Merkt ihr, wie leicht die Nadel im Heuhaufen zu finden ist? ~Hahaha! :o) Bruder Tuvok zeigt sich dir sehr amüsiert~

Zitat:

There were 7 puzzles that had to be solved. These puzzles were structured around the seven solids sitting on a shelf on the second double page spread[...]Scattered throughout the book, one could find these solids linked by a gold ring to some other object. Elsewhere in the book, that other object
was linked by a gold ring to a final object.

Da mal drauf zu kommen...

Zitat:

In summary:

The pyramid puzzle demonstrated that there was a zodiac running around the borders
The cone puzzle showed you how to reorder the 12 alchemy symbols.
The cube puzzle showed you how to move from one double page spread to another
The sphere puzzle represented the page location of each of the 75 objects
The cylinder puzzle showed you how to move around the border to arrive at the right object
The cuboid puzzle told you how to put the 75 objects in the right order
The diabolo puzzle told you to turn to the next double page spread and do all this again.

So, und wer von euch jetzt noch die Lösung wissen möchte: Hier wird er sie finden...

Anmerk.: Ich entschuldige mich für die Englische Fremdsprache, aber auf Deutsch war es leider nicht zu finden.