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The answer to this interesting question lies in two people: the poet and magician [[Aleister Crowley]], and a Brooklyn milliner called Sonia Greene. There is no question that Crowley read Dee's translation of the Necronomicon in the Bodleian, probably while researching Dee's papers; too many passages in Crowley's "Book of the Law" read like a transcription of passages in that translation. Either that, or Crowley, who claimed to remember his life as Edward Kelly in a previous incarnation, remembered it from his previous life!" | The answer to this interesting question lies in two people: the poet and magician [[Aleister Crowley]], and a Brooklyn milliner called Sonia Greene. There is no question that Crowley read Dee's translation of the Necronomicon in the Bodleian, probably while researching Dee's papers; too many passages in Crowley's "Book of the Law" read like a transcription of passages in that translation. Either that, or Crowley, who claimed to remember his life as Edward Kelly in a previous incarnation, remembered it from his previous life!" | ||
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Apparently "The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ" was compiled using information from "The Book of the Arab" by Justin Geoffry and published by Starry Wisdom Press. However, Starry Wisdom Press appears to be a fictional publishing company which is, itself, part of the Cthulu mythos. Also, "The Book of the Arab" is another name for the Necronomicon. In other words, this is all fictional and tongue-in-cheek...meant to amuse, not be taken as fact. | Apparently "The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ" was compiled using information from "The Book of the Arab" by Justin Geoffry and published by Starry Wisdom Press. However, Starry Wisdom Press appears to be a fictional publishing company which is, itself, part of the Cthulu mythos. Also, "The Book of the Arab" is another name for the Necronomicon. In other words, this is all fictional and tongue-in-cheek...meant to amuse, not be taken as fact. | ||
===External Links=== | ===External Links=== | ||
*[http://www.digital-brilliance.com/necron/necron.htm The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ] | *[http://www.digital-brilliance.com/necron/necron.htm The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ] | ||
Revision as of 04:20, 1 December 2006
Howard Philips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American fantasy, science fiction, and horror writer. He is most known for his invention of a Cthulu mythos and a fictional book called the Necronomicon which was hyped in his books to be capable of calling back ancient gods of death and destruction.
The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ state that:
"Why did the novelist H.P. Lovecraft claim to have invented the Necronomicon?
The answer to this interesting question lies in two people: the poet and magician Aleister Crowley, and a Brooklyn milliner called Sonia Greene. There is no question that Crowley read Dee's translation of the Necronomicon in the Bodleian, probably while researching Dee's papers; too many passages in Crowley's "Book of the Law" read like a transcription of passages in that translation. Either that, or Crowley, who claimed to remember his life as Edward Kelly in a previous incarnation, remembered it from his previous life!"
Apparently "The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ" was compiled using information from "The Book of the Arab" by Justin Geoffry and published by Starry Wisdom Press. However, Starry Wisdom Press appears to be a fictional publishing company which is, itself, part of the Cthulu mythos. Also, "The Book of the Arab" is another name for the Necronomicon. In other words, this is all fictional and tongue-in-cheek...meant to amuse, not be taken as fact.
