Subject: Necronomicon info 4
From: parker@moorhead.msus.edu (PARKER RYAN)
Date: 2 Jun 94 13:33:27 -0500
Message-ID: <1994Jun2.133328.10908@msus1.msus.edu>


PART FOUR
THE NECRONOMICON MYTHOS AND MODERN MAGICK 
ALEISTER CROWLEY
Aleister Crowley's writings show many parallels to the Necronomicon Mythos.
Some of these parallels are listed below.
Yog-Sothoth is coterminous with all time and space. (see Part One under
Yog-Sothoth.) Crowley's Nuit is "infinite space" Azathoth is the
infinitely compact "nuclear Chaos at the center of infinity." Crowley's
Hadit is "the infinitely small and atomic" point. Here we see that the Two
most important Gods of the Necronomicon correspond exactly with Crowley's
Two most important Gods. Crowley received the BOOK OF LAW, which foretold
the return of the ancient deities, from the messenger of the Gods Aiwaz.
The Necronomicon states that the return of the Old Ones will be heralded by
Nyarlathotep the Mighty Messenger. Crowley states that the ascension and
fall of deities is governed by a process he called the Equinox of the Gods.
The Necronomicon states that the rises and fall of the Old Ones is also
Governed by an Eon spanning cycle (After summer is winter. After winter,
Summer). The Dragon (draconian current) is important to Crowley's Magick.
Cthulhu the dragon-like god is of great importance in the Necronomicon.
Crowley sometimes referred to the Stele of Revealing as CTH^H666. Note the
similarity between CTH^H and CTHULHU. There are a great many more
similarities but this should give you the general idea.

ANTON SZANDOR LAVEY
Anton LaVey is the head of the Church of Satan. In _The Satanic Bible_
LaVey asserts that the Shew Stone used by Dr. John Dee is the same as the
Shining Trapezohedron of the Necronomicon Mythos. Mr. LaVey also asserts
in _The Satanic Bible_ that the Goat God worshipped through the eons is The
Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young from the Necronomicon. In the
sequel to the Satanic Bible, The Satanic Rituals, Lavey presents two
rituals concerned entirely with the HPL mythos. The first is the Call to
Cthulhu. The second is the Cermony of the Nine Angels. Here is a brief
quote from Ceremony of the Nine Angels.

CELEBRANT:
Kzs'nath r'n As-Athoth bri'nwe
sz'g elu'khnar rquorkwe w'ragu
mfancgh' tiim'br vau. Januf a 
wrugh kod'rf kpra kybini sprn'aka
ty'knu El-aka gryenn'h krans hu-
ehn
TRANSLATED
Azathoth, great center of the Cosmos,
let thy flutes sing unto us, lulling 
us against the terrors of thy domain
thy merriment sustains our fears, and 
we rejoice in the World of Horrors in
thy name

PARTICIPANTS:
Ki'q Az-Athoth r'jyarh wh'fagh
zhasa phr-tga nyena phragn'glu
TRANSLATION:

Honor to Azathoth, without who's 
laughter this world should not be.
 
In the Laws of the Trapezoid LaVey mentions the "Hounds of Time"
and in several rituals mentions the Old Ones.


KENNETH GRANT
 
Kenneth Grant is the head of a U.K. branch of the O.'.T.'.O.'..Grant's
system of Magick is just that: Grant's system. His Cabbala is highly
unique to him. Grant feels that the Great Old Ones and Other Gods are quite
real. He has developed a new interpretation of Crowley's book of law in
light of what he calls the "Necronomicon Gnosis." Grant is perhaps known
for his unique approach to dream control and sex magick. Grant's
interpretation of the Roba el Khaliye (Rub al Khali) is very close to that
used by the Muqarribun. Hecates Fountain by Grant contains the most
HPL/Necronomicon related material of all his books.  Grant was friends
with Austin Spare. Spare was a brilliant artist as an occultist. Grant
once gave Spare a copy of one of Lovecraft books. Spare was very disturbed
by what he read. He felt that there were really dark forces being tapped by
HPL's stories. Spare created several Magickal pieces of artwork based on
HPL. Spare is thought to have said that HPL had many more things write
than he knew.

ENOCHIAN MAGICK

Enochian magick was discovered by John Dee in the sixteenth century. It is
appearantly based on a previously unknown language. Many magicians assert
that the Enochian language predate all human languages. Gerald J. Schueler
is widely considered one of the foremost experts on Enochian magick. Mr.
Schueler state that Enochian magick is "the powerful system of Magick used
by Aleister Crowley, and the Golden Dawn, and of the Necronomicon, to
contact intelligences from other dimensions." John Dee is said to have made
the only known English translation of the Necronomicon. It has been
suggested that Dee may have first established contact with the Enochian
entities using Magick adapted from the Necronomicon. The Enochian system
has many parallels with HPL. Schueler asserts that the Enochian tradition
proposes the existence of a God or Force which is the manifestation of
Infinite Space similar to Crowley's Nuit and HPL's Yog-Sototh. Schueler
also contends that The Divine manifestation of the nuclear point at the
center of infinity (equivalent to Hadit or Azathoth) is also important to
Enochian magick. The Enochian Keys state that the wold is nearing an eon
spanning Cycle in which Ancient Gods will return to there throne and the
world will be forever changed. These keys also mention an imprisoned
dragon (Cthulhu?) The fact that the keys are in an unearthly language said
to predate mankind is in itself very Lovecraftian   





