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 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 deities 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 deities of the universe had not found him worthy of even the effort required to anhilate him.
In School Work in Summer... BLECHH!!!, Bree references Antarctica 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.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
In the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, the Old Ones are the powerful pure-breed demons that once dominated earth before humankind appeared and during its first years.
See the Wikipedia article "Necromancy" for related information.
Old One is a term used to refer periphrastically to God or a deity. It was discussed on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and may be involved in Bree's ritual. In H.P. Lovecraft's fiction, the term Old Ones is used in different contexts.
According to Wikipedia, "Osiris is a deity used more than once in the hit television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the show, Osiris is described as the "keeper of the gate, master of all fate" and is used in resurrection rituals - including the resurrection of Buffy the Vampire Slayer herself. He is also unique as he is seen in one episode, communicating with Willow Rosenberg as she tries to resurrect her dead lover, Tara Maclay; although names of deities are often given in spells on the show, most of the time the deity is not see"
