Tower - Room 68

After stepping through the strange door, you emerge in a brightly-lit hall. A recess in the wall leads to a golden sarcophagus. Above this alcove, a row of stained glass windows presents a pictorial narrative. There is a robed man focusing his attention on two red rings spinning together. On closer scrutiny, he is controlling them in this way. He side-eyes you and speaks:

Pondering the images in those windows, are you? They say each one represents a great event in our own mythology. While numbered sequentially, the story told in each window is out of order. Visualizing the correct chronology is said to unlock a hidden path. My attempts to solve the puzzle are in vain.