On Future Dynamic Forms

A rambling academic work about ontology, written by an unnamed author about 200 years ago. Unlike other books of its kind, it does not have an aura of magic. The text discusses three categories of 27 primal entities - divined equally into dynamic, static, and entropic forms - and how each manifests as real on Otherwhere. The largest chapter is about the dynamic forms, "the public face of each land, its persona," adaptable in constant change and often expressed as feminine ("and thus such daughters of creation may hide in plain sight"). The nine static primal spirits are said to be masculine and prone to wander from their lands, while the nine entropic spirits may be male, female, both, or neither, and often remain hidden.

A summary of current and past dynamic manifestations by land...

• The First Forever Land: Currently assumes the form of Abeona, Roman goddess of outward journeys; previously took the form of the sacred eagle, and before that, the mugwort shrub. Truename Bellavel.
• The Second Subconscious Land: Now appears as The Fairy Queen of legend; before that, the unicorn, and earlier, a field of poppy. Truename Kawina.
• The Third Fire Land: As Isis, the Egyptian goddess of love and family; before then, cows, scorpions and snakes, and earlier, the juniper bush. Truename Annira.
• The Fourth Water Land: As Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, crafts, and warfare; before then, the sacred owl, and earlier, the willow tree. Truename Dardan.
• The Fifth Air Land: As Guanyin, Chinese goddess of mercy and compassion; previously, the sacred dragon, and further in the past, the ginseng plant. Truename Asera.
• The Sixth Rock Land: As Sif, the Norse goddess of fertility and grain; earlier, the sacred boar and a field of clover. Truename Devina.
• The Seventh Wood Land: As Rhiannon, the Celtic goddess of forgiveness, rebirth, the moon; before, the sacred horse, and a wreath of bay laurel. Truename Ganiel.
• The Eighth Numbers Land: As Seshat, the Egyptian goddess of writing, record keeping, measurements; earlier, the sacred leopard, and earlier, the sacred olive tree. Truename Moniver.
• The Ninth Shadow Land: As Nyx, Greek goddess of the night; before, the sacred raven, and going back, the sacred cypress tree. Truename Helgeth.

The book also records a divination on what forms the dynamic primal entities will take in the future, written in the form of an annotated poem of some sort:

[1]
With love we sleep
With doubt the vicious circle
Turns and burns
Without you, oh, I cannot live...
[2]
So all you lady haters don't be cruel to me
Don't you crush my velvet, don't you ruffle my feathers neither
I said I'm crazy, I'm wild,
I said I'm nasty
[3]
Fire won't burn, water is dry
And it snows in July
Fire won't burn, water is dry
And I, I never cry...
[4]
Tears will hold holy water
Crying for us all
Every son and every daughter
Rise up before we fall
[5]
If I could reach the stars
I'd give 'em all to you
Then you'd love me, love me
Like you used to do...
[6]
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Much mistrust, love's gone behind...
[7]
She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless...
[8]
We're charging our battery
And now we're full of energy
We're functioning automatic
And we are dancing mechanic
[9]
We found you hiding, we found you lying
Choking on the dirt and sand
Your former glories and all the stories
Dragged and washed with eager hands...

The book concludes with speculation about "the third doom" coming to Otherwhere and a secret army of corrupted souls "the likes of which not seen in the lands since the age of Mulgurd the Necromancer."