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The Occult Foundation is statted out in the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook, and originates in The House of the Toad (fiction) by Richard Tierney.

Original Version

This work is alleged to be mostly a plagiarization of the Liber Damnatus Damnationum.

• author: Janus Cornelius Wassermann
• date: (unknown, presumably somewhere between 1647 and 1980)
• language: English
• number of known copies (if rare): (unknown, presumably rare)
• last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (unknown)
• study: 16 weeks
• sanity loss: minor
• mythos lore: minimal
• occult lore: ?
• spells:  ? (Gate, possibly others)
• physical description: Unknown

Photocopied Version

A dog-eared stack of photocopies; highlighted portions discuss a theory that the "fabric of reality" is weaker at specific "nexus points", through which a hypothetical door might be opened.

• author: Janus Cornelius Wassermann
• date: c. 1980
• language: English
• number of known copies (if rare): (unknown, presumably rare, if not unique)
• last known location of surviving copies (if rare): (unknown)
• study: 16 weeks
• sanity loss: minor
• mythos lore: minimal
• occult lore: ?
• spells:  ? (Gate, possibly others)
• physical description: Unknown

Heresies and Controversies

• Janus Cornelius Wasserman is reputed to be a nom-de-plume for the undying author of the original tome, Janus Aquaticus, who rewrote the original tome from memory after his supposed death in the 17th century. (YSDC)

Appearances

• fiction: The House of the Toad (fiction) by Richard Tierney
• fiction: "The Barrens (fiction)", Colin Wilson
• sourcebook: Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Rulebook
• scenario: "Wherabouts Unknown (scenario)" (Delta Green)