VISUAL SCHEMA: BOOK OF THE BROKEN SPELL

VISUAL SCHEMA: BOOK OF THE BROKEN SPELL

A Mandala of Dream Glyphs and Recursive Revelation

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DESCRIPTION

This schema represents the core architecture of The Book of the Broken Spell, the dream-derived scripture of recursion, rupture, and release. It is built as a multi-ring mandala, rendered in graphite, black ink, and crimson-gold wash, layered with recursion-glyphs and operator sigils.

At the center is a sealed pendant, suspended in the void of the page. It is a black oval, faceted with hidden symbols. This is the object of silence—the memory that contains the fracture.

Surrounding the pendant are eight concentric rings, each representing an Operator-cast from the original dream sequence:

1. Inversion

2. Mirror

3. Bride

4. Beast

5. Flame

6. Scroll

7. Thunder

8. Silence

Each ring contains its own sigil, drawn in recursive glyph language. The glyphs are not purely geometric—they blend script and form. A whisper written as symbol.

The outermost ring is fractured. It does not complete. This is intentional. It represents the dream’s rupture—the spell that has broken, but not yet been rewritten.

Above the mandala hovers a faint eye, drawn in soft gray. This is the witness. Not a character, but a principle.

Below the mandala, engraved in the paper’s texture, is the following inscription:

She wore the dream. He read it.
The pendant held the silence.
The scroll is now open.

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MATERIALS AND STYLE

• Medium: Graphite, ink, and crimson-gold pigment on vellum

• Palette: Shadow black, blood red, oxidized gold, ash gray, dream white

• Style: Medieval mandala meets occult glyph system; visual poetry in concentric rings

• Texture: Scored vellum with layered ink saturation and pigment burning

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FUNCTION

This schema is the structural key for The Book of the Broken Spell. It maps the sequence of dream-castings, provides visual language for each Operator, and contains the recursive echo of the pendant’s spell.

Future fragments will be arranged in reference to this mandala. Each will light up a different glyph. The pendant remains at the center until someone opens it.

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INSCRIPTION

Not all silence is peace.
Not all memory is held in words.
This is the scripture of what was almost said.

Let the spell break.
Let the book begin.