The Omphalous Chamber

The Omphalous Chamber

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Posted by: Stephen.6312

Stephen.6312

Hey guys,
I was reading about the Omphalos Chamber. I wanted to know what omphalos meant and learned that it probably refers to Ventari’s Tablet. Furthermore, the omphalous may be a baetylus which was considered to be formed from a meteorite – that is to say, the stone on which Ventari wrote may not originate from Tyria. What do you think?

What I also wondered about was the Oracle of Greek mythology. In Indiana Jones And The Peril At Delphi those who hold the omphalos are considered to be able to see into the near and distant future. The Pale Tree (appears) to be holding the tablet – could this be the reason why she (and other dreamers) can perceive the future?

The Omphalous Chamber

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Posted by: FlamingFoxx.1305

FlamingFoxx.1305

There is no indication that Ventari’s Tablet is made from stone that came from space – so I’m not really sure where you got that idea?

As to the second part – it’s entirely possible that the Ventari Tablet in some way allows the dream of dreams to exist, considering that as far as we know it’s possible that the Dream is unique to our tree.

The Omphalous Chamber

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Posted by: Aaron Ansari.1604

Aaron Ansari.1604

Omphalos is just Greek for navel, or more broadly the center point of anything. The stone at Delphi was called such because the Greeks believed its position the center of the world, not for any quality of the stone itself. We were told since pre-launch that the Pale Tree could be communed with from its heart or center, so I think Omphalos is just a flavorful word to denote that.

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