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Reflections of Ibn Schacabao (AKA "Reflections", "Reflections of Ibn Shacabao", etc.) is statted out in the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook, and originates in an unknown source (probably Call of Cthulhu (RPG), from referenced by H.P. Lovecraft to Ibn Schacabao in "The Festival (fiction)").

Description

The nethermost caverns are not for the fathoming of eyes that see; for their marvels are strange and terrific. Cursed the ground where dead thoughts live new and oddly bodied, and evil the mind that is held by no head. Wisely did Ibn Schacabao say, that happy the town at night whose wizards are all ashes. For it is of old rumor that the soul of the devil-bought hastes not from his charnel clay, but fats and instructs the very worm that gnaws; till out of corruption horrid life springs, and the dull scavengers of earth wax crafty to vex it and swell monstrous to plague it. Great holes secretly are digged where earth’s pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl.
—H.P. Lovecraft, "The Festival (fiction)", quoting the Necronomicon quoting Ibn Schacabao....

Said to contain conversations with the "Jinn"; provides some source material for the Necronomicon and other related tomes.

Arabic Version

• author: Ibn Schacabao
• language: Arabic
• date: (Dark Ages?)
• number of known copies (if rare): (unknown, presumably rare)
• last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (unknown)
• study: X weeks
• sanity loss: X
• mythos lore: X
• occult lore: ?
• spells:  ?

Physical Description: Unknown

General Content: Unknown

Latin Version

• author: Ibn Schacabao
• language: Latin (translator unknown)
• date: (Dark Ages to present?)
• number of known copies (if rare): (unknown, presumably rare)
• last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (unknown)
• study: ? weeks
• sanity loss: ?
• mythos lore: ?
• occult lore: ?
• spells:  ?

Physical Description: Unknown

General Content: Unknown

Reflections

• author: Ibn Schacabao (unknown translator)
• language: English
• date: ?
• number of known copies (if rare): (unknown, presumably rare)
• last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (unknown)
• study: 27 weeks
• sanity loss: moderate
• mythos lore: moderate
• occult lore: ?
• spells:  ?

Physical Description: Unknown

General Content: Unknown

Associated Mythos Elements

• character: Ibn Schacabao
• character: Abdul Al-Hazred
• tome: Necronomicon (Ibn Schacabao is quoted in that tome)

Appearances

• fiction: H.P. Lovecraft, "The Festival (fiction)" (brief references to the author, Ibn Schacabao)
• sourcebook: Cthulhu Dark Ages
• sourcebook: Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook, and earlier editions