“ Mandrakeseeker was studying this secret society’s rituals, so they obviously had something to do with the BL. If we can figure out the ritual, we can probably learn more about the beast!
The Society seems to have conducted their rituals at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Studying this ritual might be helpful. I found a modern map of the Met which appears to match the strange constellation patterns this journal entry describes. It might be best to view this large image on a full-size computer screen, by the way. These constellations are important: I know it! It looks like each contains a single significant star… Are they connected to the landmarks on the map somewhow? ”
-Jesse
HINTS
Tech Advice
The MetKids map is a big image! Make sure you drag the map around to view the full thing. You can also scroll or use the +/- buttons to zoom in and out.
Hint 1
Do the “stars” of the constellations in the journal remind you of anything on the MetKids map?
Hint 2
When you locate each constellation on the map, note the ("non-magical") name of the artwork that corresponds to the emphasized star.
Hint 3
Do you notice anything about the lengths of the magical and non-magical star/artwork names?
Hint 4
When you line up each pair of names, do you see any letters that align across the two phrases?
Hint 5
When you have twelve bigrams (letter pairs), you can use their first letters to put them in order.
FINAL ANSWER (SPOILER!)
The answer is ROSE HIPNOSIS.