In the name of the Mother

Phlogiston is what the alexandrians call the powder with a yellow glow that's often used to fuel spells. It responds to God's word. It can't be found anywhere in nature, but it can be produced artificially. It exists in two forms; liquid and powder. Powdered phlogiston is very easy to produce and handle, the liquid not so much. To make the powder, one must first make an idol.

Idols are statues fashioned after animals. They are hollowed out and the cavity within has two openings: one on the top of the head, and one in the mouth. The mouth is also often closable. The process after the body of the idol is created varies from culture to culture. For example alexandrians bathe them in styx water and anoint them with a special sigil. The next step is to gather quartz sand. The tetrahedral silicate structure has the perfect geometry for containing intercalated phlogiston particles. Its use was also made popular by its favorable optical properties, since the one use all cultures share for phlogiston is to create light with it using the spell "fiat lux". The quartz sand then must be poured into the idol through the opening on the head. The priest will then kneel and recite the appropriate prayer.

Virgilian:

"Lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum, et lumen semitis meis. Juravi et statui custodire judicia justiciae tuae. Appropinquet deprecatio mea in conspecto tuo, Domina; juxta eloqium tuum da mihi intellectum. Intrret postulatio mea in conspectu tuo; secundum eloqium tuum eripe me. Eructabunt labia mea hymnum, cum docueris me justificationes tuas. Pronuntiabit lingua mea eloqium tuum, quia omnia mandata tua aequitas. Fiat manus tua ut salvet me, quoniam mandata tua elegi. Concupivi salutare tuum, Domina, et lex tua meditatio mea est." English:

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgements. Let my cry come near before thee, O Lady: give me understanding according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all commandments are righteousness. Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lady; and thy law is my delight."

The verse will intercalate the sand with phlogiston. The resulting powder may be extracted from the idol through the mouth.