Introduction to Applied Magic

Introduction to Applied Magic is a book in that can only be found as random loot in a few locations associated with magic users.
However, due to a randomization bug, it only and always appears in two places - a bookcase in the elven mage's hideout during Wandering in the Dark, and in the room with key to library during The Tower Outta Nowheres. It is also sold by Keira Metz and the halfling merchant in Silverton.
== Journal entry ==
:Magic is the science of harnessing, subduing and making use of the power of the elements. It is also an incarnation of Chaos, which is why no one without proper training should ever dabble in any of its domains. Expert mages make of magic an art, but the road to virtuosity leads through years of practice, study, and hard work - and requires a considerable amount of required inborn talent. Magic was implanted in our world through the Conjunction of the Spheres, and was discovered to be a living, changeable and controllable being shortly thereafter. The name of the first mage, the one who first discovered this talent within himself and grappled with its power, is unknown. We do know, however, that in a relatively short period of time after the discovery of magic groups began to form in which talented beings could work together on developing their abilities. This period is usually considered the beginning of magic as a science, and these groups – the prototypes of magic schools.The fundamental planes from which one might draw magic power are: earth, water, air and fire. In the tome which you currently hold, each of these will have a separate chapter dedicated to it, ordered according to the level of difficulty and danger associated with the element discussed (...).
pl:Wstęp do magii stosowanej
ru:Введение в прикладную магию
Category:The Witcher 3 books