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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.P._Lovecraft Howard Philips Lovecraft] (1890-1937) was an American fantasy, science fiction, and horror writer. He is most known for his invention of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos 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. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.P._Lovecraft Howard Philips Lovecraft] (1890-1937) was an American fantasy, science fiction, and horror writer. He is most known for his invention of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos 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. | ||
| − | + | In many ways, Lovecraft was the antithesis of Aleister Crowley. Both were victims of illness during much of their childhood, had a relatively abusive upbringing, and lost their fathers at an early age. They were both atheists, however, the fundamental philosophies inspiring both men were the exact opposite. | |
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| − | + | Aleister Crowley believed in gnosticism and mankind's status as divine extensions of God, with everything being connected on a deep level with only perceived separation. Lovecraft, however, gave us a completely different vision of the universe and man's place within it. In Lovecraft's world, man was an insignificant speck in a vast cosmos, prey to vicious and terrible dieties ready to wipe man off the face of the Earth at a whim. Rather than being part of God, man was instead alive only because the dieties of the universe had not found him worthy of even the effort required to anhilate him. | |
| − | + | In "School Work in Summer... BLECHH!!!", Bree references Antartica and Pluto. These locations both play heavily into the Cthulu mythos. She does so again in "Poor Pluto", but this time also uses the YouTube tag "cephalopod" which could also be a reference to Cthulu. | |
===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] | ||
*[http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/scripts/necronomicon.html Lovecraft's Necronomicon] | *[http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/scripts/necronomicon.html Lovecraft's Necronomicon] | ||
Revision as of 04:36, 2 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.
In many ways, Lovecraft was the antithesis of Aleister Crowley. Both were victims of illness during much of their childhood, had a relatively abusive upbringing, and lost their fathers at an early age. They were both atheists, however, the fundamental philosophies inspiring both men were the exact opposite.
Aleister Crowley believed in gnosticism and mankind's status as divine extensions of God, with everything being connected on a deep level with only perceived separation. Lovecraft, however, gave us a completely different vision of the universe and man's place within it. In Lovecraft's world, man was an insignificant speck in a vast cosmos, prey to vicious and terrible dieties ready to wipe man off the face of the Earth at a whim. Rather than being part of God, man was instead alive only because the dieties of the universe had not found him worthy of even the effort required to anhilate him.
In "School Work in Summer... BLECHH!!!", Bree references Antartica and Pluto. These locations both play heavily into the Cthulu mythos. She does so again in "Poor Pluto", but this time also uses the YouTube tag "cephalopod" which could also be a reference to Cthulu.
