Auden’s Blessing
Looking more carefully, I realized the patterns on the pages were none other than a simplified map of the Nine Worlds:
Five layers containing nine realms. At the highest level lay the divine realm, Asgard; beneath it, the world of the elves. The middle layer held five worlds: the northern land of ice, the southern land of fire, the eastern realm of giants, the western underworld, and between them the Ginnungagap above and Vanaheim below. The lower layer was the world of humans, and at the very bottom lay the realm of dwarves.
Of course, no names were written in the book—each world was represented only by a golden point of light.