From: s.johnson107@genie.geis.com

The Lost Books of...

	When King James commissioned the creation of his Great Bible,
gathering together all of the appropriate ancient books.  His Commissioners,
firmly under the guiding hands of various Technomantic factions, brought
together, translated and created the bible.  However they left out a number of
Books.
	Some of these Books were lost, difficult to find or unnecessary to the
purposes of the Commission.  A great many however were of paramount importance
to the various supernatural forces then and since loose in the Darkness of the
World.  The best known is, of course, the Kindred's Book of  Nod.  Supposedly
penned by Caine himself.  Of lesser renown but perhaps equal importance are
the various Books of the Shadow, dealing as they do with the various Clans and
the eternal Jyhad.
	Many mages and scholars seek these lost books in order to piece
together the fragmented understand currently held of the world before the
current era and seek clues as to the eventual future towards which humanity
and others are headed.  Little is known of some of these Books beyond the fact
of their existence, others are presumed lost while a handful have been taken
from mortal eyes and must be sought out in the Shadowlands, the Deep Umbra or
even more difficult and terrifying places.  Many of the volumes I list below
have little more then their name known, others are eagerly sought after,
others shunned by all but the Nephandi.  Beware in seeking out these Tomes of
lost lore, for often the price of acquiring them is much more then a mage
believes it to be.
	The Book of Lilith - Only a handful of ancient texts mention this
Book, and then only with references to it's being condemned by The One, The
Name, God, Gaea, The Goddess as containing too much knowledge for mere mortal
eyes to see out minds to comprehend.  For many mages, especially those who
have read even a part of the Book of Nod, this Book is an almost irresistible
temptation.
	The Book of Able - It is said that after Caine slew his brother and
then fled that God wept tears  which rained down on the body of Able and
resurrected him to see God in all his full majesty, glory and power.  What
happened next is unknown but a great many mages would like to discover the
rest of the text in order to find out.
	The Book of Eve - The contents of this Book are a great mystery,
especially since it is generally held that Eve could neither read nor write.
It is rarely mentioned as well in other texts of the era or subsequently, just
enough so that it's known that it did exist.
	The Book of Gaea -  Amongst ancient Garou Theurges there is a
tradition that shortly after the sundering of the world into it various parts
and the rise of the Gauntlet,  long before humanity invented agriculture but
shortly before the War of Changers.  Gaea herself appeared at a Caern during a
most holy ritual and spoke to the assembled elders.  The oral tradition of
what Gaea said, including the Ritual of Inviting Gaea into the World, were
passed down by word of mouth until some time shortly after humanity invented
agriculture.  With agriculture came writing and human Kinfolk copied down the
oral traditions of the ancient Theurges to create the Book of Gaea.  Then came
the Impergium and those Kinfolk who knew of the Book hid it away from their
Garou brothers and sisters as an act of defiance, only to die when questioned.
In the modern era their is a legend that the Book of Gaea contains the secret
of victory in the fast approaching apocalypse.  Thus ancient Theurges seek
clues as to where the Book might be hidden, sending young packs of Garou on
obscure quests in attempts to find fragments of the Book.  Also many mages
that know of it  seek it as well.
	The Book of Ialdabaoth - The Dark Book of utter damnation, though many
mages wish that all copies of this Book had been destroyed it is obvious that
some must still survive.  It is rumored that a mage risks her Avatar simply by
opening the Book, reading it is grounds for a Gilgul.  According to Order of
Hermes and Celestial Chorus mages as well as ancient records the book is a
primer on evil and  contains a ritual to summon Ialdabaoth to the person
foolish enough to perform it.  Both the Traditions and Technocracy expect a
mage to vigilantly seek and destroy and copies they discover.
	The Book of The Name - In the beginning there was the One, few mages
or scholars knowledgeable enough to know that disagree on that single fact,
it's everything else that followed which creates the often violent arguments.
All would like to find this Book, but none have.  According to legend  The One
was sundered by the act of recognizing something apart and distinct from
itself and in the act of naming it brought about the sundering.  This is, of
course, the subject of violent debate amongst those who count themselves as
knowledgeable on the subject, but all agree that, in theory, at the instant of
the sundering The One discovered the The Name for itself as a whole.  Since
that time in the Deep Umbra there have existed rumors and legends of The Name,
an Umbrood of extreme power who has kept itself separate from all others save
carefully chosen lesser being which it grants the rare visit too.  The true
standing of The Name in the Court of Shadows in it's various guises is unknown
but those rare mages which have achieved some standing in the Court of Shadows
have reported disturbing things.  Currently the Book of the Name is rumored to
be in fragments scattered throughout the Umbra.  What is in the Book is
unknown, but a great many mages would like to find out.
	The Book of Names - In some early belief systems the power of Names
was held supreme and with the spread of such beliefs throughout the ancient
world such a Book was created though how is still a matter of some question.
Finding The Book of Names is also a matter of some question, though many mages
seek to find it because through the use of and magic of the true name
contained within the Book it is believed that all true magick becomes
coincidental as regards paradox.
	The Book of Judgment - This is rumored to have existed long before
humanity created writing and will exist long after the Tellurian has been
changed beyond all current recognition.  In theory the Book of Judgment will
contain the written record of all creatures great and small throughout the
Tellurian, they're lives past, present and future.  The existence of the book
of Judgment is a rumored amongst mages because of a number of cryptic remarks
between Oracles recorded by certain Celestial Chorus mages during the Mythic
Age and two unconfirmed reports from Dreamspeaker sources.  No mage, short of
an Oracle, has ever seen the Book of Judgment much less touched it.  Many
mages would like to peruse it's pages however.
	The Book of Ibrahim - Tradition has it that Ibrahim (Abraham) handed
to his son Joseph a written record which became the basis of the five books of
Hebrew history that Moses penned while wandering in the desert with the tribes
of Israel.  Beyond that little is known of the Book of Ibrahim, but many
Postulants and hopeful Postulants have been recorded as seeking the Book of
Ibrahim.
	The Book of Daenna - This is the story of the Romani, the Gypsies and
thus is almost completely unknown to those outside of Gypsy Blood.  A handful
of mages of Gypsy Blood Awakened within the Traditions have spoken of so it is
known to exist.  But if in a written form or still as part of an oral
tradition is unknown to outsiders.  Since many Gypsies know many of the
players, powers and secrets of the supernatural and other things outside the
comfortable blindness of the sleepers it must be presumed any record of theirs
would contain astonishing insights.  The problem of extracting such a record
from the Romani is another matter entirely.