Excerpts from Tobias Persson's "Book of True Magicks"

[Scott of Hyperborea]

Just a way I've been amusing myself lately. I don't have a lot of confidence in my transliteration scheme for writing Words of Power in English. Tell me if you can think of a more elegant idea, or if there are holes in mine.

In the name of the Maker and all angels, I invoke all the Powers named herein to take mercy on my task of clearly expounding the magicks that support creation, and to grant all aid to the learner in his studies of these things. All that I record here, I record in glorification of the Maker and in profound reverence for his work. Amen.

Though this book be written in human speech, its subject matter is the actions of angels and spirits, who communicate in different modalities entirely. Neither the essence of things nor the nature of the life-force may be understood independently of the language of angels, with which their True Names are written. Therefore, I begin this work with a description of the primary angelic language. Unto the angels themselves it is nameless, but I hope I do not presume in referring to it as "the Runes of Creation", for it is by this speech that all the various substances and creatures come to be.

The Alphabet of Creation as envisioned in the mind of the Maker contains an infinitude of runes, but of these only ninety form the created world. Nine of these are blasphemous runes, used only in demonology. The permutations of the remaining eighty-one are responsible for the entirety of creation and all objects within it.

Gematria, the root of the True Kabbalah, is the numerology of the Runes of Creation. Kabbalists assign a numerical value to each rune, starting with ys, the rune of water, and proceeding to ouranos, the blasphemous rune of universal destruction. The kabbalistic value of a Word is the sum of the kabbalistic values of its component runes. Thus water, whose True Name is spelled ys-aer-ys has a kabbalistic value of 1+16+1=18. Performing gematria on the True Names of essences is a necessary first step in casting spells upon them.

Runes of Creation combine to form words. The vast majority of these words are nonsensical or blasphemous, and burst into flame and consume themselves upon being spoken. But a small subset of such words are Words of Power, the True Names of essences, which upon being spoken take shape and become those essences. In zoemancy, certain complex Words of Power are also the True Names of certain angels, who are summoned when the Word is spoken.

The First Rule of Summoning is that speaking the True Name of an essence summons that essence. Yet this rule must not be misinterpreted. The various poor imitations we mortal men make of the Runes of Creation are not the Runes themselves. They are only attempts to render the Runes in human languages and alphabets. Thus, when we write that the True Name of the essence called ambrosia by the zoemancers is dasedasesir'as'irad'aras'esid'aseras'id'aseras'id'aserasi'', it must not be presumed that speaking this word aloud with the human voice box will create ambrosia. This power belongs only to the Maker. The only power permitted humans is to break down other Words for their Runes, and rearrange the Runes into the True Name of ambrosia. These Runes, having already been spoken by the Maker, will then summon ambrosia rather than whatever essences they summoned before.

Our own alphabet is writ from left to right; that of the Yehudi and Mahometans from right to left; that of the Serians from top to bottom, yet the Alphabet of Creation is more difficult than all of these, for it can be written in all directions at once.

In order to transliterate the Alphabet of Creation into English, we take certain liberties with its structure. We interpret the ninety runes of the Alphabet as English consonants, or in the case of the less common ones, as syllables containing only the vowel 'u'. We interpret the four different directions in which runes can follow other runes as vowels. For example, the True Name of flammifer, the vapour which spews forth from vents in the ground, has the rune adamante at the center, and an ys rune on each side. Adamante is transliterated as "d", and ys as "s"; therefore the True Name of flammifer can be written "dasesisos'" - that is, a "d", followed by an "s" in the "a" position, an "s" in the "e" position, and so on.

Longer, more complex Words must be written such that entire strings of Runes are in a certain position. From this difficulty we derive our tradition of closing each rune (except those like ys and natros which take only the "a" position) with a stop. Triflammifer is a vapour closely related to flammifer, but its True Name has three adamante runes and eight ys runes. Its True Name is dasesisod'asesid'asesis. Closing each rune with a stop is proper runic grammar, and vital in preventing confusion between similar essences.

In certain Words, the runic speech actually loops back upon itself, so that the True Name can be read as an endless circle. In this case, two runes close at the same time, and we include two stops. In others, the same rune has two different positional relations. In this case, we include both vowels to form a dipthong. The substance called oleum by physiomancers is a good example of both cases. Its True Name is dasedaseid'ased'aseid'ased'asei''.

Let he who has understanding prove himself by naming dasedasesir'as'irad'aras'esid'aseras'id'aseras'id'aserasi'' according to his own tongue (in this example, "r" represents the rune aer)

[dr-spangle]

ooh
I'll have a glass of dasedasesir'as'irad'aras'esid'aseras'id'aseras'id'aserasi'' with some rases if it's going?

or just some cubes of it?
demarara if possible :P

because dasedasesir'as'irad'aras'esid'aseras'id'aseras'id'aserasi'', my freinds, is glucose



Just for fun, here are my notes:

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runes are elements, 90(91) naturally occuring, 9 radioactive
ys = hydrogen
aer = oxygen

The Alphabet of Creation as envisioned in the mind of the Maker contains an infinitude of runes, but of these only ninety form the created world. Nine of these are blasphemous runes, used only in demonology. The permutations of the remaining eighty-one are responsible for the entirety of creation and all objects within it.

90 (91) naturally occuring elements, 9 radioactive


Gematria, the root of the True Kabbalah, is the numerology of the Runes of Creation. Kabbalists assign a numerical value to each rune, starting with ys, the rune of water, and proceeding to ouranos, the blasphemous rune of universal destruction. The kabbalistic value of a Word is the sum of the kabbalistic values of its component runes. Thus water, whose True Name is spelled ys-aer-ys has a kabbalistic value of 1+16+1=18. Performing gematria on the True Names of essences is a necessary first step in casting spells upon them.

1)ys = hydrogen
92)ouranos = uranium
8)aer = oxygen    = atomic mass 16 (really 15.999)


Runes of Creation combine to form words. The vast majority of these words are nonsensical or blasphemous, and burst into flame and consume themselves upon being spoken. But a small subset of such words are Words of Power, the True Names of essences, which upon being spoken take shape and become those essences. In zoemancy, certain complex Words of Power are also the True Names of certain angels, who are summoned when the Word is spoken.

Most compounds would be explosive or unstable


In order to transliterate the Alphabet of Creation into English, we take certain liberties with its structure. We interpret the ninety runes of the Alphabet as English consonants, or in the case of the less common ones, as syllables containing only the vowel 'u'. We interpret the four different directions in which runes can follow other runes as vowels. For example, the True Name of flammifer, the vapour which spews forth from vents in the ground, has the rune adamante at the center, and an ys rune on each side. Adamante is transliterated as "d", and ys as "s"; therefore the True Name of flammifer can be written "dasesisos'" - that is, a "d", followed by an "s" in the "a" position, an "s" in the "e" position, and so on.

flammifer = methane>
adamante = carbon
a position = north
e position = east
i position = south
o position = west


Longer, more complex Words must be written such that entire strings of Runes are in a certain position. From this difficulty we derive our tradition of closing each rune (except those like ys and natros which take only the "a" position) with a stop. Triflammifer is a vapour closely related to flammifer, but its True Name has three adamante runes and eight ys runes. Its True Name is dasesisod'asesid'asesis. Closing each rune with a stop is proper runic grammar, and vital in preventing confusion between similar essences.

natros = sodium?
triflammifer = propane = dasesisod'asesid'asesis


In certain Words, the runic speech actually loops back upon itself, so that the True Name can be read as an endless circle. In this case, two runes close at the same time, and we include two stops. In others, the same rune has two different positional relations. In this case, we include both vowels to form a dipthong. The substance called oleum by physiomancers is a good example of both cases. Its True Name is dasedaseid'ased'aseid'ased'asei''.

endless circles = benzene rings?
two letters = double bond


The substance called oleum by physiomancers is a good example of both cases. Its True Name is dasedaseid'ased'aseid'ased'asei''.

oleum = benzene
d = carbon
s = hydrogen
r = oxygen






dasedasesir'as'irad'aras'esid'aseras'id'aseras'id'aserasi''


dasedasesir'as'irad'aras'esid'aseras'id'aseras'id'aserasi''

which reminds me that you're incorrect.

there are 91 runes :P
hydrogen to uranium except

ah, except technetium AND promethium
I missed promethium there hiding in the Lathanide series :P
anyways, i do like this system, so i shall attempt to build a molecule in reply for you to identify :P

here's a warmup for you:
dasesisodaseras'is
I think that's correct, it's an easy little molecule
Shaped like a dog!


I've got some problems with making this one runic, If I use square brackets hey will be around [Ad(first rune) ... a/e/i/o(the bond back to the first rune in square brackets)''A]

there will be capital letters next to the square bracket so you can see which it goes back to :P

I haven't posted my return challenge yet, it will be edited in when complete

[dr-spangle]

Here is my challenge to Scott

[Adaseida[C[Ddeda[Bdadasesidazadasesis'edasesidadaerizadasesidasesis'edasesidasesis'esidasei''D]'esi''C]'eidazasedae''B]'edaseidase''A]

It is constructed from adamante(d), aer(r), ys(s) and azoti(z)

You haven't mentioned the azoti rune before, it gives life to land where previously life would not emerge in the words of creation such as zasesisos+ but can be used in spells like k+-ranaer'ir to take life away. Kalilli happens to have properties similar to natros, but stronger.

kalilli(k)




I do hope we can build up their whole alphabet with this, if you already have it would be awesome to have a copy, also if you have, sorry for picking random names and letters for azoti and kalilli

[dr-spangle]

Well, scott apparently read this and didn't bother to decode it because I got way to obsessive and encoded a way too complex molecule for this simple system :/

oh well
for those who wondered, the molecule is LSD!

[Aurangzeb Khan]

Argh, this thread as gone John Dee trippy on me.

[Käthbad jënRöijanin]

headline: Dr. Spangle Drops Acid in Straylight

[Aurangzeb Khan]

Being Spangle, he's more likely to drop acid on Straylight.

[dr-spangle]

A lot of Straylight is underwater, so dropping acid on it is likely to just end in it dispersing away...

unless, I convert the entire micran seas into acid...

as technical administrator, I control the weather systems! Acid rain for 40 days and 40 nights!

[Käthbad jënRöijanin]

you had to go give him the idea

[Ari Rahikkala]

I still don't get the rules on stops. Take how glucose starts with "dasedasesir'as"... why is it not "dased'asesir'as"? Aren't you supposed to add a stop at any time you stop adding stuff around one atom and move on to the next?

[Scott of Hyperborea]

I recently learned about "OntoGlyphs", an attempt to represent proteins as hieroglyphic type symbols. It's supposed to be a way for protein researchers to communicate the structure of a protein easily in an intuitive way, but I think it's really just an excuse for them to make neat-looking glyphs. In any case, it is strong Perssonite magic, for certain:

http://bond.unleashedinformatics.com/do ... hFlyer.pdf