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The De Vermis Mysteriis (allso know as the Mysteries of the Worm) is the title of a fictional book created by [[Robert Bloch]]. [[H.P. Lovecraft]] prodivded the latin name of the title.

==Description==
De Vermis Mysteriis is the work of one [[Ludvig Prinn]]; a Flemish alchemist and supposed sorcerer. Prinn had spent a great deal of time traveling in the east (particularly in Syria and Eygpt) and claimed to have obtained a great age through the use of his sorcery. Eventualy Prinn was captured by the Inquisition and sentanced to death. While awaiting execution in his cell he wrote the volume he called De Vermiss Mysteriis. How Prinn managed to have the blasphemous manuscript smuggled past his captors is unknown though the nobleman and sorcerer [[Baron Hauptman]] is supposed to have had a hand in it. The book was published in Cologne during the next year, by Eucharius Cervicornnus.

==Contents==
The De Vermis Mysteriis is slightly over seven hundred pages long and split into sixteen chapters. These chapters deal with subjects such as Irim City of the Pillars, [[The Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh|The Priesthood of Nephren Ka]] and the avatars of Nyarlathotep worshipped in the east. Part of the last chapter deals with a bizarre time drug that alters one's perception of time  The same section allso contains the instructions for creating the Pnakotic Pentangle.

Another of the later chapters entitiled the Saracenic Rituals, focuses on the summoning and controlling other worldly beings. The layout of this chapter is a good example of Prinn's some what sadistic sense of humour since some of the spells required to control these summoned beings are written in totally different sections of the book. 

Other supposed spells in the De Vermis Mysteriis include a ritual for summoning a [[Dark Young|child of Shub-Niggurath]], a formula for calling up the spirit from the remains of its corpse, and instructions on how to craft a certain symbol Prinn claims to be a powerful aid in banishing entities.
==Eucharius Cervicornnus==
The De Vermis Mystreriis was first published in Brussels in 1542 at the press of Cologne. This edition is written in Latin.
==German Translation==
In 1587 a German translation of the  De Vermis Mysteriis was published in Hamburg. The contents were abridged and some parts censored.
=="Kelly" Translation==
In 1573 an English translation of the Latin De Vermis Mysteriis was published. Allthough this translation is sometimes said to be the work of Edward Kelly it was likely produced by an unamed scholar.
==The Mystries of the Worm ==
An Italian gentleman named Charles Leggett produced another English translation entitled The Mystries of the Worm. It was published in London during 1821.

==Role Playing Game Stats==

; ''Eucharius Cervicornnus edition '' : Sanity Loss 1D6/2D6; Cthulhu Mythos + 12 Percent. Average 48 weeks to study and comprehend/196 hours to skim.

; ''German Translation'' : Sanity Loss 1D4/1D8; Cthulhu Mythos + 9 Percent. Average 32 weeks to study and comprehend/64 hours to skim.

; ''"Kelly" Translation'' : Sanity Loss 1D6/2D6; Cthulhu Mythos + 10 Percent. Average 36 weeks to study and comprehend/72 hours to skim.

; ''The Mystries of the Worm'' : Sanity Loss 1D4/1D8; Cthulhu Mythos + 8 Percent. Average 38 weeks to study and comprehend/56 hours to skim.
A player who sucessfuly studies any edition of the De Vermis Mysteriis gains skill checks in Astronomt, History and Ocult.
[[Category:Mythos:Tomes|De Vermis Mysteriis]]