Ain Soph Aur

Ain Soph Aur is a book and quest item and provides information on the Mage's tower in the Swamp. It is requested, along with The Secret Gates, by Kalkstein as part of A Mysterious Tower as the two books hopefully contain some information on how to open the tower.

This is a quest item, and as such it can not be sold.

Contents[]

Ain Soph Aur

"Ten worldly elements, ten corner stones. All emerged from these ten. Seeker, lift your eyes, search your past and you shall find.

He who knows your course holds Wisdom and will share it when asked.

Another has gained uncountable riches, yet has Compassion in his heart.

Your heart, in turn, does not harbor Love, but it is with one who knows mercy, one able to love.

Once blind, now plunge into your mind, your memory. Dark and dangerous is the path from enslavement to the promised Kingdom.

A goddess thrice over — Virgin, Mother, Old Woman. Three faces, three graces: Understanding, Power, Glory. Achievable through sacrifice and prayer.

The Foundation lies in the deep. Be not tempted by the errant fires. Defeat death and you will be rewarded.

Victory is gained only by fighting its sentry.

He who leads through labyrinthine mysteries will offer you the Crown of consciousness.

At your path's end, Awareness will be yours, you will comprehend. What is locked will open before you.

The ten names are: Wisdom — Chocc'mah, Understanding — Veen'ah, Love — Kezath, Compassion — Tipperath, Power — Ghe'vrath, Victory — Neh'tza, Glory — 'Oth, Foundation — Y'esath, Kingdom — Maal'kad, Crown — Keth'aar."

Journal entries[]

• Location: Mage's tower

Associated quests[]

• A Mysterious Tower
• Monoliths
• Strangers in the Night, indirectly
• Vizima Confidential

Locations[]

• Golan Vivaldi in Little Mahakam (the non-human district) of the Temple Quarter has a copy, which he will sell to Geralt. If Geralt had to bail Vivaldi out of jail, depending on the choice made in Chapter I regarding whether or not to kill the Scoia'tael who come for Haren Brogg's crates, then the dwarf gives him this book along with The Secret Gates.
• A copy of this book that can be found in an old bookcase in Gramps' hut in the Swamp.

Notes[]

• The book is requested by Kalkstein as background material to help open the Mage's tower in the swamp.

Trivia[]

• Ain Soph Aur is understood as infinite divinity. "Ein Sof" is the divine origin of all created existence: this is in contrast to the "Ein" (or Ayn), which is infinite. The ten Sephirot are aspects of the divine.