Origins of the Magic of Names

Origins of the Magic of Names is a book found in the Port Saiid Library.

Part I: Prefatory Remarks
"'By dividing the human soul from itself, the early magicians found the way to allow for the possibility of a sort of secondary birth.'"

Part II: Historical Musings
"'Before this time, magic was a set of rules for the privileged, and the same name for everyone. But the new 'Naming magic.' will give each his own stake in the balance between the material and spiritual realms.'"

Part III: Practical Considerations
"'All who know their true names may tap into the power that the stars and moon shine down upon us. Perhaps the dawn of a new great age is upon us. One in which humans themselves become like unto the dragons! Yet woe be unto him who is sundered from his spirit-self.'"

Part IV: Dangers
"'and cast away from the celestial realm. it will thereafter roam the physical world. rending everything it touches. until it achieves a spiritual reunion.'"