An Introduction to Metallurgy

Being a Compendium of Knowledge, Folklore, Whimsy, and Metaphysical Ruminations; Garnered from Hitherto Lost, Mystic Treatises of the Ancients and Substantially Plagiarized from Modern Day Texts; Designed to Guide the Innocent Traveler Unscathed Through the Labyrinth of Pitfalls, Misconceptions, Archaic Ideas, Abstruse Theories, and Pseudo-Experts that Inhabit the Great Void and Contrive to Waylay the Unsuspecting Pilgrim at Every Chance Encounter Whilst on His Journey Towards Metallurgical Enlightenment.