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=== Books ===
'''Logbook of Olof Hjalmarsson: Diaries, ''' ''A copy of the logbook of the reclusive lighthouse keeper Olof Hjalmarsson''
'''Before reading:''' ''Olof kept a record of each ship he could see from his lighthouse, their sizes, their speeds, and their paths. Olof suffered from deliberating headaches, and practiced psychography during these migraines to keep himself sane.'' '''After reading:''' ''Olof was not an occultist, but nonetheless the occult seeps into his work like light through clouds. He speaks at length of the scorching light of the winter sun, and of the things he sees below the midwinter sea-ice, recording them as carefully as he records the movements of ships in summer. Towards the end of the book, as the sun sets, Olof claims that the northern lights are nothing but the reflections of nephrite lamps deep below the sea. The book ends abruptly, with an account of Olof smashing the lighthouse lantern during a violent migraine.'' '''Yields: {{Aspect|Lantern}} 6, Fascination, Shattered-Glass Rite''' '''The Lament in Glass:''' '''Before translation:''' ''An account of a burglary. In Aramaic.'' '''After translation:''' ''A highly allegorical story, telling the tale of a scarred burglar.'' '''Before reading:''' ''The first part of the tale describes the journey of the unnamed glazierburglar from a land lit by lamps of black nephrite to a mountaintop monastery where the monks are writing down a record of all that exists. The burglar covets a glass orb kept by the monks, for reasons never revealed.'' '''After reading:''' 's account 'The burglar breaks into the monastery, finding the monks dead at their writing-desks. As he searches for the orb he reads through the writings of the monks, who have been prophesying the arrival of the burglar. The monks are revealed to have died from fear of the burglar and his arrival, as they were recording it. At the end of the book, the burglar finds his travel orb, only to smash it to pieces before absconding.'' '''Yields: {{Aspect|Winter}} 8, Shattered-Glass Rite'''
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