Most books are hand-copied by scribes, and thus expensive. The printing press has not yet been developed, though wood-carved presses do exist and can be used to create prayer sheets and picture books.
The Great Books
There are four mythical books of the wisdom of ages, one of light and three of darkness. Two have names that were old when the ancients were young, in a language long unspoken.
The book of light is the Testaments of God: the Bible, and its many Remembrances.
The remaining three are Shadows of the Lightbringer (Delomelanicon, Book of Ebony Delight); Images of the Lost (Necronomicon); and Yellow Crawlers of the Road (The King in Yellow; The Queen’s Maze, Insects of the Ultramesh).
The motto of Shadows of the Lightbringer is sic luceat Lux: a tree at a crossroads split by lightning and a coiled snake, insects eating at the roots.
Books of magic
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Under the name Lewis Carroll, Charles Dodgson’s strange and wonderful creations are, in bowdlerized form, available in many well-to-do households. However, these works, including the legendary unexpurgated Alice’s Adventures Underground, contain secrets to some of the ritual required to create a pocket domain, as well as allegorical teachings on the use of illusion and phantasmal forces.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland can be found at FireBlade Coffeehouse, http://www.hoboes.com/FireBlade/Fiction/Carroll/.
The Hidden Fullness of Fragmentary Evidence
Hidden Fullness is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers as well as in Illustrious Castle.
Interpretation and Control of Somnambulist States of Being
Isaiah’s Somnambulist States is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Involuntary Reactions to Imaginary Stimuli
Charles Dodgson’s Imaginary Stimuli is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Magical Auras and their Identification
Measure’s Magical Auras is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Morpheus Somnium
Of the many books lost when the Astronomers disappeared, this is perhaps the most legendary. Morpheus Somnium contained dream spells known only to the Order. You can find more information about Morpheus Somnium in the adventure The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Phantasmal Realities
Charles Dodgson’s Phantasmal Realities is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Residual Auras of Human Writing
Lawrence Bisson’s treatise on extracting meaning from unknown writings is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Ring Magic of the Traveling Romans of Great Bend
Ring Magic is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Survey of Classical Sorcery in Western Highland
Classical Sorcery in Western Highland is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Wise Words about Magical Research
Charles Dodgson’s Wise Words is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
The True Family
Discussing Lesser Families
This introduction to the True Family for Family novitiates is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
More When Doors Mow Spun Gifts
Perhaps the most obscure and difficult of the True Family texts, More When Doors is mentioned in Illustrious Castle. An excerpted text is available in Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
The Fit May Rule
This teaching guide for True Family initiates is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
Lord Thew’s Family Tales
This True Family book is disguised as a series of inscrutable children’s stories. Lord Thew’s Tales is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
Books of Highland: Histories
History of the Pre-Christians
An attempt at reconstructing the history of “the Jews” that are mentioned so often in biblical remembrances. History of the Pre-Christians is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
The Holy Bible
No full copy of a Holy Bible is known to have survived the Cataclysm. Every church has a Remembrance, which is a collection of biblical stories written down after the Cataclysm. Some Remembrances are more trusted than others. There are also apocryphal bibles, bibles that are known to be incorrect but are presented as “close to” the true bible or even as handed from heaven.
Reconstructing Eden
This theoretical discussion of what Eden must have been like was written by Community of Calling founder Alvon Peter before he founded the Community. It includes many sides on topics such as “Did predators eat meat or were they vegetarian?” It also discusses whether God will allow humans to try to rebuild an Eden, whether that is humanity’s purpose, whether suffering is humanity’s purpose, or whether humanity does not know its purpose. Reconstructing Eden is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
Survey of Possible Geographies of the Holy Roman Empire
Geographies of the Holy Roman Empire is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
The Travel West
This is an account, written in the Ancient tongue, by Astix Morellus, advisor to the abbot who brought the Illustrators across the mountains in 1558. It is available in an Anglish translation also. The Travel West is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
Natural science
Brewing Barley and Wheet
A theoretical and practical manual on brewing beer and ale from grains. Brewing Barley and Wheet is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
Gems and Mineral Lodes in the High Divide
Gems and Mineral Lodes in the High Divide is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Herbal Lore of the Celts
A collection of in-person studies of Celtic herbal lore and plant magic. Herbal Lore is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
The Known Heavenly World
The Known Heavenly World is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Life-Cycle of the Giant-Kin
This short, somewhat inaccurate, anthropological study of goblins, hobgoblins, ogres, and trolls paints a picture of cannibalism, in-fighting, and inbred hatred. Life-Cycle of the Giant-Kin is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
Planets and Stars: A Comparative Study
Planets and Stars is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
Plant Cycle of the Chaotic Mist
This collection of drawings and suppositions about the plants that exist in the strange unworldly mists is unfinished. It was authored by the scholars of The Stigmas di Cristo. Plant Cycle of the Chaotic Mist is mentioned in Illustrious Castle.
Spices of the Phoenix: A Catalog
Spices of the Phoenix is mentioned in The Lost Castle of the Astronomers.
