Publius | 24.07.1994
>>>>>>>>> A N E W M E S S A G E <<<<<<<<<
Here's just a fragment of the post:
[…]
I will also provide some new data to work with:
My friends,
* A recipe for a solution
Review the division bell material
Orient yourselves a first time, then
Open your minds again a second time to truly move ahead
Notice everything that has been presented
since all the necessary Evidence has been supplied
Direct yourselves with communication
: and two more -
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
(this clue has already been posted, but has not yet been
thoroughly addressed)
A question: what exactly is a division bell and where could
this lead your thoughts?
[…]
First, let's start by considering the capitalised letters only from the asterisk on.
A-R-O-O-N-D
I've excluded the capitalized E, which is in the middle of the sentence and the M from "My friend".
Note that these two letters form the word "ME".
So let's get back to the other letters and see what we can get from them:
A-R-O-O-N-D
AN ODOR
A DONOR
O RADON
ORDO NA
DOOR NA
Talking only the first two acronyms and combining them with the word "ME":
AN ODOR ME
A DONOR ME (Gilmour is a known philantropist)
Adding the missing letters "L" & "A":
AN ODOR MEAL I
ANIMAL E-DOOR
A MENIAL DOOR
AMOR ODE LAIN
A MODEL NO AIR
A MODERN OIL A
MORE ON DALAI
A MORON IDEAL
ROMAN ODE AIL (Publius Ovidius Naso composed poems when in exile in Romania...)
ROMANIA LODE - ROMANIA DOLE
Of course, the most plausible anagram is "I MAROONED LA = AN EMAIL DOOR"
Here's something else:
* A Recipe for a Solution = ARS (ART in latin)
Review the Division Bell Material = RDBM
Orient Yourselves a First Time, then = OYFT
Open your Minds Again a Second Time to Truly Move Ahead = OMASTMA
Notice Everything that has been Presented = NEP
Direct Yourselves with Communication = DYC
ARS RDBM OYFT OMASTMA NEP DYC
ARS BOY OF DRAMA MYST PEN DCMT
DRAMA OF MYSTERY ON PAST DBCM
MYSTERY OF DRAMA ON PAST DBCM
Just more useless guessing... but who knows.
Considering all, I suspect the author of the Enigma to be well versed in the art of poetry.
The stylistic figures that have been used in the messages are all taken from poetry.
It is also very interesting that "A recipe for a solution" is being
presented as an acrostic! A lot has been done on trying the interpret
the meaning of the "I MAROONED LA" acrostic, but nothing has been done
to see if the acrostic form could lead us to something meaningful.
Publius | 11.06.1994
MY PAIL RTCIP (I CRYPT MAIL?)
Publius | 15.06.1994
M IB SSY PAIL RTC IP (the "M" which disappeared from the first message was may be added to the message title...)
M IB SSY PAIL RTCIP – PICTR LIAP YSS BIM (backwards)
MAP PICTR BLISS YI
I TRY MAP PIC BLISS
MY IP PICTR A BLISS
MY TRIP A PIC BLISS
MY TRIP'S A PIC LIBS
RB PICT IS MAY LIPS, MAY RB PICT IS LIPS, IT MAY PIC RB'S LIPS
Could it be a reference to SEVERAL SPECIES OF SMALL FURRY ANIMALS
GATHERED TOGETHER IN A CAVE AND GROOVING WITH A PICT? (So the
"password" to open the door of the "CAVE" could be "CLAYMORE"...)
Publius | 23.06.1994
SBYIRID = I R SYD B I (I, Richard "SYD" Barrett, the first, or Richard SYD Barrett the Second))
Looking for direction
How and Where?
The Division Bell
Listen again
Look again
As your thoughts will steer you
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
Lyrics, artwork and music will take you there
Taking all the capital letters:
HWTDBLLALL
Applying A=Z, B=Y transposition:
SDGWY OOZOO
I can only find this:
SYD GO OZ WOO
So let's work once more on the artwork.
Page 8-9: Marooned. Motive of red fighting dolphins or whales (?)
printed on the sand + several seashells. The word "OTTO" (italian word
for 8) is printed white on a red little face on page 8.
Concepts of isolation, exile from home, desert island. Publius Ovidius
Naso was exiled from Rome (Italy) by emperor Augustus. He landed on
TOMIS (now Constanta), a coastal city of the Black Sea, now situated in
Romania... Ovidius was a good OBSERVER of the Roman Life.
MAROONED contains the AMOR/ROMA anagram. Rome was considered as the
city of Love since the Roman era. In his Art of Love, Publius Ovidius
Naso celebrates Roman women as the most beautiful.
The music of MAROONED has a very nostalgic tone. It could well express
the notion of Exile/Separation from home/Remoteness that is implicitly
suggested by the title.
Ovidius was assigned to this remotest outpost of the Roman Empire after
having an argument with the emperor, who was displeased by his book,
the Art of Love (Ars Amatoria).
Interestingly, the coat of arms of Romania contains, among other symbols, a pairs of dolphins.
At the beginning, we hear waves and seagulls. The city of TOMIS/CONSTANTA is a famous place on the Black Sea since Antiquity.