Movement from the center of Side 1 to Side 2 is simple. Cross over to the center of Side 2 and back via the 4th level spirals on both sides. The matching connecting line segments direct the movement from Side 1 to Side 2 but also prevent travel in the outer spirals on both sides. So, you can move back and forth on these wave spirals freely but the maze is not solved until the outer spirals are incorporated into this movement.

To solve the maze (left, Phaistos Disk with pictographs removed), incorporate the spirals by merging them. Overlap the perfectly aligned connecting line segments by dragging the bottom image onto the top image to create the secret bridge. Now all the spirals are connected, the movement of the Figure 8 Shield is discovered, and the maze can be traversed via the bridge through all the spirals and thus is solved.

Start at the center of Side 1 and trace the spiral around to the 4th level, cross the bridge to the outer spiral on Side 2, cross the bridge again from that outer spiral to the outer spiral on Side 1, cross the bridge from the outer spiral on Side 1 into the 4th spiral on Side 2 and travel to the center. Then make the same journey in reverse, each time creating the movement of a figure 8. This explains, in part, the symbology of the mysterious, Minoan Figure 8 Shield that also perhaps represents the renowned Maze of Daedalus, which we may have just solved. Possibly, the Minoan Figure 8 shield may represent the concept of "star group or constellation."

When you combine the front and the back of the disk by connecting them at the matching connecting line segments and creating the bridge, you get a design that matches the Minoan Figure 8 Shield and a Minoan Wave Spiral, art with a geometric orientation commonly found throughout the ruins of their civilization. Below, the secret bridge is highlighted by a circle on the Minoan Figure 8 shields.

Figure 8 shields with the bridge circled (above, left).

Bridging the Worlds

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