Grainne's Grimoire

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Elemental master: Water, Mokosh, air, fire, beginning spirit
When did they begin studying Amare? June 2015
What elementals have they contracted with? Pinky, a water elemental
Have they used Amare rolls? 2
What types of magical things does your character love to do? Magical potions, minor protection spells, practicing rituals from home

The pages of the grimoire Grainne received from Gloria are written in a strange script, based on the Early Celtic/Pre-Proto-Q-Celtic variety, altered to be able to flow more readily and written more easily.

Anything she has done previous to receiving this grimoire is written down in a loose bound selection of pages she had been making into a home grown grimoire.

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The Spirit Book

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The delivery of the book came as a surprise to Grainne, but she lost no time in poring over the pages and attempting at using the key to translate. She's really a very poor translator, as some of her notes are... off. For example: instead of Ishdra's fiery passion, she wrote Ishdra's fiery ardor.

Anyone could have made that mistake though because Eros.

Part 1

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An old book. It's age shown in the coloring of the languages and the archaic, Erosian dialect. The cover itself, made of soft, well-worked leather, looks as good as new. With it, the maid also give Grainne a small key book to help her translate it.

The first few chapters talk much about Spirit and recommends meditation exercises, chants, and other practices that are all about becoming in tune with oneself and ones place in the world.

Some excerpts from the book are as follows:

Spirit binds, spirit holds.

In us is everything. Ishdra's fiery passion, Ordrell's endless patience, Ganok's flowing calm.... We are tied and to the gods we give our thanks. Praise be to Koriim and his wisdom.

Can spirit ever be truly 'mastered'. It is obvious when we gain control of the other elements. However, I submit that spirit is never truly mastered. Instead we become intensely aware of ourselves and the world around us. We recognize when to be still and when we change. Control comes not from rigid adherence to who we were but acceptance of the changes yet to come, that we will strive to understand.

And finally -

I am the master of my own heart.

There are many references a well to Koriim, the importance of loving in all ways, and the reincarnation cycle on Eros.

Part 2

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Due to Grainne's diligence in translating, she has recovered the following passages from the book:

The realm of Spirit is: of promise, of paths not yet taken, of unformed mysteries, of everything and nothing.

An entire universe exists in a single cell and we, comprised of so many, blossom with potential. Should we tap into it and understand ourselves, we reach not only Spirit but true knowledge of the vast wonders Koriim gives.

Spirit is both projective and receptive. We get and we give, combining all other elements into a single, perfect spark that is life itself.

Though spirit is about us and our place with all things around us. There are those who would take such a gift and shroud it in darkness and despair. In doing so, they become terrible, powerful, and pitiful. For those people, no matter how hard they try, will never understand what it is to truly be alive in the vastnss of creation.

She will also find a number of meditative practices meant to connect oneself to the earth, sky, and all things, even the more malleable concepts of the heart, mind, and soul.

Part 3

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Grainne makes steady progress through her translation. The next few chapters will be finished in a week or two, depending on how much time she devotes to her study. These expand upon the notion of spirit as a connectedness, as a cycle, as a system with such statements as:

It's all connected.

Fire scalds the earth to make way for new growth.

There is a breathing exercise in one of the chapters. It's purpose is to draw the focus inward toward the self and to be aware of the entire body and the space it occupies. The second part of the exercise requires someone to sit in the center of a spell circle. The circle draws all elements to oneself and provides an awareness of the world. We must be aware both of ourselves and our link to the world to truly understand.