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Title: Necronomicon by Ed Simon ISBN: 0-380-75192-5 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 March, 1980 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (159 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Baad Angaru
Comment: I do practice the occult, and did follow christianity up and untill things started happening in my life that were unexplainable, or condemned by the christian faith. The comments that I have read from other readers is insulting. People have faith in all types of things, let it be God, Buddah, or a tree, and to "diss" one type of faith, is very much so an immature action. To be a "witch", there are many steps and tools you need to use to be able to make these incanations work, it's not as easy as buying the book for a cheap thrill. These age old spells are blessed by a thousand spirits, waiting to be announced. I bought the book over two years ago, and have had many good experiences, as well as some bad with it. Know what comes with using this book, be aware, as many spirits are misleading and they lie quite frequently. I use this book much more than any of my other occult books, and hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Blessed be,
Drew
Rating: 2
Summary: Reality check
Comment: Okay, I've seen lots of arguements over this, so lets see if we can put some of this to rest.
Fact is, the Necronomicon is a fabrication of H. P. Lovecraft. He said so HIMSELF in a letter dated January of 1934 that he made up the Necronomicon and the entities from the Cthulhu Mythos such as Azathoth, Sothoth, and others.
Now, does that totally invalidate this book and others that claim the same title? Not quite. If you subscribe to the thought form theory, that free-willed and conscious entities can be created on the astral plane by the thought forms of large groups of people, then you can of course evoke such entities. However, why on earth bother? If the entities from Necronomicon were indeed created from thought forms, they were based on the entities from Lovecraft's book. And the entities he wrote of were quite evil and attempt to destroy those who summon them. True, almost all evocations such as those from the Goetia are not actually physically summoned up (and thus can't hurt you on the material plane) and are instead viewed from the astral plane through scrying mirrors by a seer, but how can you even trust any information the Necronomicon beings give you? I certainly hope those of you evoking these beings are doing divinations before following the advice of these entities.
As a practicing clerical necromancer I haven't even bothered to pick up this book or any other so called Necronomicon, I consider my own evokings of demons and spirits crazy and dangerous enough as it is, but at least most of the beings I've evoked haven't been after my head.
I've spoken to too many occultists and heard their descriptions of these Necronomicon books to waste my time with it. But if you actually practice the rituals in this book (and I'm willing to bet 90% of the reviewers here haven't) and get results, and are happy with said results, by all means continue so long as you take care.
As for the reader suggesting we read Malleus Maleficarum, yea that's a real magick grimore that any witch would read. Considering it was nothing more than a manual for the Inquisition to track down, prosecute and eliminate witches and magick users I can't imagine why it hasn't gotten much of a following amoung Wiccans.
As for Mr. Napier, actually the people really involved in magick don't bother advertising it much more than a few explainations and pentacle necklaces, we call it "hiding in plain sight". That's why few see mages with extreme success in the material world, we don't want anyone to know exactly how we got there if they are not ready for the knowledge. Not one non-magick user who knows me in real life has any clue as to what I do and what it gets me, they think my cross and pentagram necklace is just a decoration. I'd much rather none of them know the full truth. And I'd rather my practices not get much of an interest or following, too much dangerous things for fools to play with. As for my day job of designing submarine hulls on CAD machines, I'd have to say my life doesn't involve D&D or living in my mom's basement. So in regards to your stereotypes, your ignorance is showing. And no, you weren't aiming at me.
Rating: 3
Summary: An Extension to H. P. Lovecraft's Work
Comment: The "Necronomicon" originally was discussed by H. P. Lovecraft in his Cthulhu Mythos. Author Ed Simon has extended this mythos in the "Necronomicon", the testimony of the so-called 'Mad Arab' (a follower of the Sumerian beneficient Elder Gods) and a magickal handbook for sorcerers battling followers of the Sumerian Ancient Ones, the bearers of Chaos. Simon describes how the Sumerian Ancient Ones were defeated and were banished beyond The Gates, where they wait and scheme to reenter the world. The Gates are sealed with fifty spells, each spell named and explained in the "Necronomicon". The Ancient Ones' followers strive to free the Ancient Ones as they bedevil the Mad Arab, a torment described in the "Necronomicon".
The "Necronomicon" presents a system of magick. In its introductions the "Necronomicon" references both Aleister Crowley [e.g., "MAGICK in Theory and Practice" (ASIN 1555217664)] and the Christian New Testament's "Book of Revelations" -- I prefer these referenced works as _literature_. But the system of magick that the "Necronomicon" describes is said to have originated in the Eighth Century A.D. Damascus Syria, a region much discussed today.
IMO the chief use of the accompanying volume "Necronomicon Spellbook" (ASIN 0380731126) is providing glyph illustrations for tattoo artists.
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Title: Necronomicon Spellbook by Simon ISBN: 0380731126 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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