The Morogyad Libram

The Morogyad Libram is a short book speculatively attributed to the pseudo-historical thaumaturge Morogyad. One of the problematic texts of the Esoterica of Morogyad, it is written in Oluzpek and purports to be a catalogue of all of Morogyad's works, though its accuracy, and indeed authorship, is frankly suspect.

Contents

Despite its name The Morogyad Libram is more of a document than a book, being only a handful of pages long, even in annotated post-Wesmodian translations. After a short discussion about the nobility of left-handed magic the meat of the book is a collection of short discussions of fourteen other books, purported to constitute an complete catalogue of Morogyad's works. These books are as follows:
* Phardys Horodyas Karanrad, which is presented here as an instruction manual for left-handed magic.
* Zarph Mograyn, discussed as a methodological manual on smithing, rather than a dissertation on the social and cultural consequences of the practice.
* Gon Desryem, described fairly accurately as a discussion of kinesis as a dynamism in the placement of bodies.
* Horod pal Terenys, explained as a discussion of the likeness of all matter to water.
* The Blue Metal, which is discussed as a compilation of formulae for metallurgical fluxes used in the creation of the titular metal.
* Upon Returning to the Ocean, in which the author accurately itemises the various adventures Morogyad describes in the book.
* The Ennoblement of Fluid is very broadly described as a discussion of the applications of left-handed magic in medicine.
* Sinister Mathematics is very briefly described as a practicum on left-handed magic.
* Gesturing to My Father is presented as a further instruction manual for left-handed magic, containing many examples drawn from Phardys Horodyas Karanrad and Sinister Mathematics.
* Opsen Passen Yellebroas is described as a long narrative poem on life as a fish, attributed with grand philosophical insights. 
* Articles of Alchemy is described as a practical epitome of The Ennoblement of Fluids, which is not strictly accurate.
* On the Stars that Rise Over the Ocean is described as a manual on navigating the sea by means of telekinesis. It is not known to have survived to the current day.
* Zargyod and His Works is described as a philosophical treatise on the worship of Morogyod's purported father Zargyod. It is not known to modern scholars. 
* Zarphord Qandryas is also not known to modern scholars but is described here as a compilation of stories about Zargyod, with moral and thaumatological glosses. 

Commentary

The authorship of this book is widely disputed. Although it accurately describes all eight generally-accepted books of the Esoterica and some of the disputed works, this in itself is not accepted as evidence that this particular book was written by anyone with more than a creditable understanding of the canon. The author also describes some of the problematic works of the pseudo-canon, such as Articles of Alchemy, in terms that could only be described as very broadly accurate; many thaumatologists agree that it is hardly credible that Morogyad, having purportedly written these books, would describe them in such terms.
Having said this, the libram is the only known, remotely credible pre-Wesmodian catalogue of Morogyad's writings, and it is widely agreed that the otherwise-unknown works discussed in the book must once have existed. The possibility that they may still exist constitutes an abiding influence on research into the tradition of left-handed magic.

Availability

The brevity of this book makes it one of the easiest thaumatological books in the Eleven Cities to copy and distribute. Scribes in most cities possess master copies and can whip up copies in a matter of a few days, usually for very reasonable fees.