The long lost sorcerer’s handbook, compiled in 800 A.D. by the “Mad Arab” Abdul Alhazzred lives on in the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft…
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For those interested, this is the so-called Simon Necronomicon. It’s a peculiar thing and not the real one, if there ever was. Still mighty fun.
I have read it. It is lame. The only cool part is that sigil on the cover.
- eodur@piefed.socialEnglish9 days
Yeah, to do anything cool you need that pesky copper dagger of inannu
9 daysI can’t imagine the utter disappointment of the undoubtedly many customers receiving their order an unpacking it: the real Necronomicon was supposed to be bound in human skin while this one is in mere leather (real or faux?) ;)
I have a necronomicon :) My friend got it for me as a housewarming gift many many years ago.
Mine is a lot thicker than that one, though? I’d love to see one of these in person to compare them.
Multiple people wrote a “necronomicon” the most famous one(Which might be this one, it looks similar), is Simon’s Necronomicon. It got the most traction as a tool for chaos magic despite being panned(like every other necronomicon) as being a fraud.
So you might have a different necronomicon from a different author.
despite being panned(like every other necronomicon) as being a fraud
is there any indication that it was ever a real book, even apocryphally? I thought it was wholly invented by Lovecraft, did he get it from somewhere else? and if not, what does it mean to be a “fraud” of an entirely fictional book?
- Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish9 days
It was invented by Lovecraft. The authors cashing in on it by writing versions of it are all from long after he had died.
- EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.caEnglish8 days
I thought it was wholly invented by Lovecraft
Yeah I think that’s right. Here’s a wikipedia entry. Lovecraft invented it and developed a fictional history for it, but he never wrote it as a book. It was a fictional book that made appearances in the mythos of his actual books.
I’ve read a bunch of Lovecraft, and enjoyed most of it. IMO he was shit at character development, but fantastic at creating a mythos and foreboding atmosphere of evil lurking just under the surface.
- 8 days
Yeah fraud is the wrong word for this as there is no original book. At least Simon’s was written by a guy who did practice ritual magic and was somewhat recognized in the NY occult scene. I don’t know about the others so they may be more obvious cash grabs.
- 9 days
Might not be the real thing, but it does come with an orb to ponder.
There’s some good stories in this collection… I might have to give it a go again
Oh I thought it was this collection of short stories https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1335019.Necronomicon
