One of the most talked about entities at Rennes le Chateau is the statue of the devil which greets a person entering the small church in France. Although some may consider him an unsettling welcome, his position, just to the left of the door, was chosen by the past Priest, …
One of the recurring numbers which appears while researching the many topics surrounding the Maranatha puzzle or Rennes le Chateau is the number 17. From the puzzle’s introduction on the story of Nicolas Flamel, to the continued study of mystery, one seems to keep encountering this number. Many times it is …
The Maranatha Puzzle contained a total of 69 alchemical or planetary symbols dispersed across the seven images. The images themselves were based from the legendary lost book of Nicolas Flamel, but the addition of the symbols was more prominent to the Maranatha book. The symbols are assumed to hold some bearing for the finding of …
The Maranatha-Et in Arcadia Ego Puzzle text was first encoded by using a code known as the Pigpen Cipher. The letter R in the puzzle’s title on the front cover uses the equivalent pigpen symbol and hints readers to the deciphering method for inside the book. Thirty pages of text in format …
The Maranatha puzzle competition and series came to a close before all of the initially planned puzzle books were published and released. Two puzzle books; one in search for a Key and the other in search for the Holy Grail (using the Key) were originally intended. Each of these was …
After the recent translation and publication of a lost and forgotten text by Brent Landau, one has to wonder what else remains hidden in the Vatican Library. In 2010, Landau, an expert in ancient biblical languages, published a revealing English translation of the wise men’s journey to Bethlehem, entitled Revelation …
One of the few un-debated discoveries of the Maranatha Puzzle book was an anagram found by a forum member (under the username of Synchronicity) of the tweleve website. On page xiii in the original version of the book were the words set aside from the rest. They were as follows: …
A Talmud Legend relates the remarkable tale of how Alexander the Great searched for and found the gates of Paradise on Earth. Upon his appearance, however, he was not greeted knowingly by the Guardian of the Gate. The story reveals that even the most powerful, well-known or ‘great’ men need to be humbled, just …
The Unicornis Manuscripts is a beautifully illustrated text which takes a reader on a mystical journey. As a reader passes through the pages, he learns about the mysterious history and truth behind the legendary and fascinating unicorns. A fictional tale shares the work and journal of a learned man, Magnalucius, …
The Maranatha Puzzle included seven images within its encoded text. After five encrypted pages the first image appeared. This was immediately followed by three more. The fifth, sixth and seventh image appeared after the first, second, and third chapters, respectfully. With the permission in order to do so, they are included below. …
