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Emerald tablets contain the recipe for everything

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Hermes Trismegistus supposedly carved the fundamental secrets of the universe onto a single glowing green slab. Unsurprisingly, the original was lost forever, but deciphered copies float around promising unlimited power to anyone who can decode incredibly vague, rhyming riddles about the sun and moon.

Emerald tablets contain the recipe for everything
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