2006-09-01 15:45:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The Necronomicon is a FICTIONAL (meaning NOT REAL) book of "evil lore" which first appeared in the works of the writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). This book became so popular that people started to write more stories featuring it, creating hoaxes, and finally writing entire Necronomicons (at the present writing, almost a dozen have appeared).
The most popular of these is the Simon Necronomicon, first published in 1977, which is mainly Sumerian mythology with a little Lovecraft and Aleister Crowley thrown in for good measure. Another, the Hay Necronomicon, came out in 1978 and claimed to be a deciphered work by the Elizabethan thinker Doctor John Dee. None of these date to the specified period, and some (such as the Hay work) have actually been admitted to be hoaxes.
2006-09-01 16:08:43 · answer #1 · answered by Krynne 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whoa....whoa.....you are confusing two seperate books .
The Necronomicon is a book penned under the author name The Mad Arab, who many believe was HP Lovecraft. It is a book about fake spells (and I do mean fake) that center around Cathullu and the dark arts of some fabricated religion of Elder Gods. When I say fake I mean ingenuine and illogical, there is one spell in the Neronomicon that is just not humanly possible to preform--crafting a silver amulet in the dark under a full moon without havin one ounce of moonlight hit it. That is just full of holes.
The Book of the Dead is a scroll from ancient burial rituals in Egypt and coloquial locations of the same worship. This scroll contain guidelines, protections and knowldge for the deceased to move on and find eternal rest.
Please never associate the fictional Necronomicon with the artefacts of ancient Egypt's Book of the Dead.
2006-09-02 02:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the Necronomicon is a book that was written by H.P. Lovecraft and is based on his Cathulu mythos.
this is evidnet when it is read and compaired to his other works.
there is no historical refference to the "Mad Arab" that is supposed to have written it.
the company that publishes it claims to have the original transcropst however they refuse to show them to anyone for verification of age or originality. their claim is that the paper is too powerful and any man that reads it willl go insane...they claim that they translated it one word at a time and used a different translator for each word..none of these translators can seem to be found.
as for the rituals and such in it. they claim to be designed to ward off demons.....
as a Pagan spiritual cleanser (exorcist) i can tell you that they do not work.
some of the other rituals in the book will work. however this is simply because enough people have come to believe in them.
the amulets and such that it claims will ward off evil are a hoax.
the ability to make them is almost impossible and the conditions needed to meke them are even more unlikely.
this is not the egyptian book of the dead. it has o referance to any egyptian gods or goddesses. it has no burial rites, no resurection rites.
it is fiction written in the 3rd person as the mad arab. (of whom there is no proof of ever haveing existed.)
2006-09-02 00:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I read it. It is boring. It's an older version than those listed here and I want to say it was written around the 1920s when the whole paranormal craze was at it's peak. Basically it it about living a pure life to open a series of gates each of which will grant you greater powers over the universe by channeling metals and humors.
2006-09-01 23:27:58 · answer #4 · answered by seandashark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The state of the dead is best read about from the author of Life, in God's Word we are told and I can prove the dead know not anything, even Jesus said to the first one He saw when He arose "DO NOT touch me for I HAVE "NOT" yet accended to the Father, hay go to www.itiswritten.com for A free bible lesson let YOUR God tell you about life and death not some yo yo that knows nothing about what he is saying okay
2006-09-01 22:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by wgr88 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I owned a copy of it, and while I am skeptical as to the whole 'demon' stuff,not all of it is 'Evil Dead' Necronomicon movie stuff.Frankly, compared to the Satanic Bible, I found it a rather dull read, but from a historical perspective, it was kind of neat.
2006-09-01 22:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, but I have the Egyptian Book of the Dead...fascinating stuff!!
2006-09-05 18:28:25 · answer #7 · answered by Ana 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
reread all the answers that say
FICTION....
Lovecraft and Crowley were a bit "strange"
trying for an alternate reality before the days of LSD
Necrinomicom.....not even that interesting, demonic or mystical
as for as the "demonic" references...
read the "enuma elish"...the Assyrian/Babylonian creation myth
2006-09-02 06:07:38 · answer #8 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
which one I have two versions . one the original language and a English translation paperback version.. Have only thumbed through them so far. nothing impressive but the price for a work of fiction.
2006-09-01 22:51:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Necronomicon is all fiction. All of that genre was fostered by H. P. Lovecraft and his tales of horror.
2006-09-01 22:51:20 · answer #10 · answered by Albannach 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋