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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. | ||
| − | The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ | + | The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ (a tongue-in-cheek website meant as a joke that plays along with the Cthulu mythos) states that: |
"Why did the novelist H.P. Lovecraft claim to have invented the [[Necronomicon]]? | "Why did the novelist H.P. Lovecraft claim to have invented the [[Necronomicon]]? | ||
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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!" | ||
| − | + | Of course, this information presumably came from "The Book of the Arab", written by Justin Geoffry and published by Starry Wisdom Press. "The Book of the Arab" is another name for the Necronomicon. Justin Geoffry does not exist. Starry Wisdom Press is a fictional publishing company in the [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:aMWyFzKyQvkJ:dracandros.com/Jebgarg/Nidoking/cthuchrono.htm+%22Starry+Wisdom+Press%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10&lr=lang_en Cthulu mythos]. In other words, this is complete fiction. | |
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| + | Not only is it lying about Crowley and Dee, it's also disrespectful to Thelemites to claim that parts of the central holy book of Thelema were lifted from some book to call forth ancient gods to rain death and destruction upon humanity. Of course, anyone who wishes to google for 10 minutes realizes that the website is fictional and is meant to play upon the Cthulu mythos, but adding it to a wikipedia and insinuating it is factual is an insult. | ||
===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 04:23, 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 (a tongue-in-cheek website meant as a joke that plays along with the Cthulu mythos) states 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!"
Of course, this information presumably came from "The Book of the Arab", written by Justin Geoffry and published by Starry Wisdom Press. "The Book of the Arab" is another name for the Necronomicon. Justin Geoffry does not exist. Starry Wisdom Press is a fictional publishing company in the Cthulu mythos. In other words, this is complete fiction.
Not only is it lying about Crowley and Dee, it's also disrespectful to Thelemites to claim that parts of the central holy book of Thelema were lifted from some book to call forth ancient gods to rain death and destruction upon humanity. Of course, anyone who wishes to google for 10 minutes realizes that the website is fictional and is meant to play upon the Cthulu mythos, but adding it to a wikipedia and insinuating it is factual is an insult.
