huge thanks to the folks over at Hexwoven for somehow putting with my BS and testing this mod :sob: (@oceanicdisturbance @teal_wolf_25 @meepoffaith @moss134 @rose.sylvanis)
Credit to @chujik.ide for doing the Chinese translations
Credit to @TechTastic for doing the Valkyrien Skies compat

Additions:

• Amethyst/Chalk Rituals (pre-enlightenment)
  • same-plane-only (no wall-to-floor or wall-to-ceiling etc.)
  • 5 patterns per chalk on ground max
  • tuneable amethyst
    • tune rituals to the same iota as they are tuned to to grant them some ambit around them.
    • radius of ambit = sqrt(deposited media in tuneable amethyst)
  • one-time rituals
    • half your ambit, can or can not cast as you (you pick), burns chalk.
  • multi-use rituals
    • always casts as you, has none of your ambit, doesn't burn chalk.
  • grand rituals
    • multi-block
    • uses your staff stack, has an animation, halves spell cost.
    • rmb with amel (does not consume) to make it burn up after use.
• block tags
  • chalk_connectable: all chalk SHOULD attempt to connect to blocks in this tag.
  • cant_place_chalk_on: the name.
  • onetimeritual_burn_blacklist: blacklists blocks from being burned by one time rituals when stepped over.
• chalk_connectable block tag (all chalk attempts to connect to blocks in this tag)
• Config! See your .minecraft/config/lapisworks.json.
• Disenchant
• Dealer's Purification (pick random, added because it has a cool name)
• Enchanted Brewery
  • Imbue 10 Amel into a Brewing Stand
  • 1.5x blaze usage for 2x speed
  • Takes 1 amethyst dust per brew
• Erebus' Gambit
• Hadamard's Distillation
• Indigan Lapidary
  • alternative name: Noetic Lapidary
  • costs one amethyst shard in media, and at least two lapis in item form in your other hand
  • converts the two lapis into one amethyst (overflow of 1 lapis is consumed)
• Minimum and Maximum Distillations (it's just min(n1, n2) and max(n1, n2)) (i'm aware of the name :troll:)
• Mintiest and Kitkat's Gambits (for i in range(n):)
• Pull (spell)
  • Impulse constantly for X ticks after Y ticks
  • Ever wanted to do a curve shot?
  • Cost = Y/20 + speed*X dust.
• Scrying patterns for blocks added by the mod.
• Scrying lens overlays
• Simple Mind Infusions now have (basic) datapacking support.

Changes:

• 3D models of some blocks (and maybe an item or two?) look a little better
• Book reformatting and extra documentation and shit
  • e.g. Villager un-flaying is actually documented now
  • also thanks to @pool.critter and @rose.sylvanis for correcting a lot of my mistakes
• Deposit Media and Withdraw Media work conveniently now
• Enchanted Sentinels actually use your base ambit instead of a flat 32 blocks around you
• Enchanted Slipways got changed to have nearly precisely 2x slipway wisp spawn rate
  (as i intended them to have when i first made them)
• Fall Damage Resistance, you may now have 60 blocks of fall damage reduction with 3 levels
• Gold-Diamond Casting Ring has been deleted in favour of the Amel variant
  buff has also been removed
• May have done some funkies with the media spells (relocated and added entity support etc.)
• Mishap messages n shit
• Pattern name changes (particularly in the necklace RW patterns and also Inner Media Purification)
• Wizard lore is a lil diff (they are no longer outright evil as fuck)
• You can now disenchant yourself with the Enchant X patterns
• You can't read an Ancient Tome before you have gotten Lapisworks Research now
• You don't need any item required in your inv by a spell if in creative now

Fixes:

• Amel Jar bug
• Ancient Tomes giving you the advancement anyway despite showing the message if you dont have lapis yet
• Attributes no longer compound when you relog (kys ingame to reset)
• "Bug in the mod" mishaps
• Cradle is fixed now (no dupes, no bugs on world load etc.)
• Deposit Media and Withdraw Media actually take doubles now, not just integers
• Deposit Media can no longer be healthcasted, nor can it draw from Inexhaustible Phials or Trinkets!
• Enchanted Slipways having a tendency to move 0.01f more in +XYZ than -XYZ (lmao)
• Enchantments not carrying across dimensions (:broken_heart:)
• Enchantment & Enhancement Purification's order of arguments being flipped
• Enhancement Purification actually trying to check the react attribute of a non-player
  • hey past me what the fuck is a react attribute
• Geode Dowser takes no media if you're in creative
• Handed Prison didn't drop its items wtf
• Imbue Amel prioritizes your left hand always instead of following whichever recipe came first
  (was a bug where Imbue Amel would rather imbue a staff over a jar)
• Live Jukebox top texture good again
• Logspam begone!
• Media Condensing Units not dropping sometimes (e.g. with Break Block) and Empty Units not dropping in general
• Raycasting (Empty or Visible Distillation) would sometimes freeze your server (for alexyzer at least)
• Rebound Slate simple mind infusion recipe exists again
• Shit should actually tell you when you don't have Trinkets now
• Sieve Thoughts not working on a spell circle
• Sieve Thoughts not working sometimes (I think I fixed that)
• Villager un-flaying does not preserve levels anymore
• Visible Distillation and Empty Distillation should be a lot more optimized now (not that you'll notice it lmao)
• Withdraw Media bug
• You may no longer convert Lapis (+ your life force) into Amethyst Shards
  • It now pulls from your inventory
  • Also there's a spell for that now

Interop:

• Hierophantics
  • Amalgamations!
    • Ever wanted a counterspell?
  • "Jack" villager type
    • villagers turn into "Jacks" when unflayed
    • "Jacks" start with 2-3 levels of exp on every profession
    • (but no trades until they pick one of those professions)
    • they're called "Jacks" because they're jacks of all trades
• EMI
  • You can now see Imbue Amel, Mold Amel and (most) Simple Mind Infusion recipes in EMI
• Hexical
  • the Cradle's item actually has a big hitbox now
  • the Media Jar and the Cradle are targets for Deposit Media, Withdraw Media and Inner Media Prfn.
• Hexal
  • Wisps work with the media patterns
  • Wisps can hold an item now
• Valkyrien Skies
  • basically shit works