The Book of Forgotten Mantras

The Book of Forgotten Mantras is a publication appearing in Ultima VI and Ultima VII.

The Book
This book contains many mantras that have long since fallen out of ciculation and became, as the book title states, mostly forgotten. During the gargoyle war, the wisps showed interest in obtaining the information contained within the book. After the Avatar found an issue of the book in the library of the Lycaeum and gave it the wisps, the beings rewarded the Avatar either with information or as much gold as the group could carry (which was a lot).

Two more issues of the book could be found in the time of Ultima VII in the Abandoned Fortress in the Deep Forest and in the Shrines of the Principles on Terfin.

Trivia

 * The book was called The Lost Book of Mantras in Ultima VI and contained quite different mantras.
 * Several mantras, in the Ultima VI and the Ultima VII versions of the book are jokes:
 * Ultima VI
 * Rum - this is an alcoholic beverage
 * Biff and Pow - are typical sound effects from the 1966 Batman TV series
 * Bang - an explosion
 * Zowie - an expression of pleasurable surprise
 * Cow - Cows of course
 * Spam - alluding to the cheat menu
 * Yum - the mantra of eating from Shubin
 * Tea - the well-known beverage
 * Meow - this alludes to Dr. Cat
 * Ultima VII
 * Kra - the sound that crows make
 * Detra - short for "detractor"
 * Spank - very obviously said physical punishment
 * Ow - obvious
 * Goo - the slimy stuff
 * Si - "yes" on Spanish
 * Tex - could play upon Tex Avery
 * Ni - from the Knights who say Ni in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
 * Blah - obvious