Crystal of Zon Mezzamalech

The Crystal of Zon Mezzamalech is a sphere of crystal about the size of a small orange, with flattened ends. Looking into it, it appears cloudy and changeable, with an intermittent glow at its center that seems to alternate between light and shadow.

It was owned in prehistoric times by the sorcerer Zon Mezzamalech, who lived in the region of Mhu Thulan in Hyperborea, and is discussed briefly in The Book of Eibon. The details of its fate after Zon Mezzamalech's disappearance is unknown, but it was recovered in Greenland in the early 20th century and brought to London, where it played a role in the disappearance of an occult student named Paul Tregardis. Its current whereabouts are unknown.

Incautious use of the Crystal may cause the user to be drawn back through time to the beginning of life on Earth, to become one of the Brood of Ubbo-Sathla, with consequent loss of all memory and consciousness.

References

The following sources contain references to the Crystal of Zon Mezzamalech:

• Clark Ashton Smith, "Ubbo-Sathla" (1933)