Necronomicon, has anyone read it or experimented with it?

Question

Its a book. Please share with me any experiences you had.

My experience:
One of my friends in Highschool had the book. He showed it to us and we decided to make one of the patterns in the book and repeat the chant that went along with it. I only remember the chant had something to do with the subject "green". A short while later I had to go pick up my girlfriend from work. On this drive through town there were 15 stoplights, we hit every light green, on the way there and the way back. I wasn't one to believe in stuff like that, but it really made me wonder about this book, among other things. Thanks.

I assure you that this story is true. We were messing around and joking about it. We actually did the chant with hopes of lots of money. I don't believe that books are magic. The power of belief is what makes the magic real. I also don't know which Necronomicon it was. It was an old looking book, possibly 70 yrs old. Thanks everyone.

Answer 1

be careful which one you get hold of. It would be beneficial if you remember which one it was then. They are basically crap, but power in belief ...

Answer 2

The Necronomicon is a literary device invented by H.P. Lovecraft in the 1930s. It is not now, nor has it ever been, an actual grimoire.

There have been multiple versions printed claiming to be the real, actual, honest-to-goodness text of the book but they're all fakes. Likely you saw the most famous one which was written, I believe, in the 1960s and borrows heavily from Babylonian mythology and magical systems.

In other words, if your story is true to begin with, you got green lights because you got lucky. Or, more likely, you're experiencing a self-fulfilling prophecy or a selection bias -- in other words, you're remembering the green lights while filtering out the yellows and reds because you want to associate the green lights with the "chant."

Answer 3

The Necronomicon is a fictional book from the stories of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's "The Nameless City". Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.

Other authors such as August Derleth and Clark Ashton Smith also cited it in their works; Lovecraft approved, believing such common allusions built up "a background of evil verisimilitude." Many readers have believed it to be a real work, with booksellers and librarians receiving many requests for it; pranksters have listed it in rare book catalogues, and one smuggled a card for it into the Yale University Library's card catalog.

Capitalizing on the notoriety of the fictional volume, real-life publishers have printed many books entitled Necronomicon since Lovecraft's death.

Answer 4

The Movie Evil Dead is based around the necronomicon, and set in Dearborn Michigan. Was LoveCraft a prophet and Sam Raime, and Bruce Campbell trying to warn us but now it's too late OMGAWD!

Answer 5

It is not a real book of magic in the "ancient" sense. It is based on the work of HP Lovecraft, a 20th century fable writer, and is most likely completely made up. Don't screw around with "magic" stuff like this; it will mess up your head in the long run.

Answer 6

it's just a book. it was used to justify the catholic churches ideas about good and evil during the middle ages. it has absolutly nothing do with any "special powers" by reading from it.
another book used by the catholic church was maleus malefactorum. it was the book which decribed what a witch was, and how "witchfinders" should deal with them. millions were slaughtered while this book was used to justify the slaughter of those millions during the inquisition. it, too, was just a book. remember, books are written for a purpose, usually to cause a reaction by the reader. it has nothing whatever to do with anything else.

Answer 7

Pure Cointhidenth...

Beware the Yog-Sothoth!

It's a complete work of fiction but very well placed in other literary works, while originating in Lovecraft's world of the Cthulu Mythos, it has been alluded to in other works and even films have been made concerning it, but Cthulu still sleeps.

Answer 8

Since Lovecraft posted the name in his works, many different versions have come out, many in the form of Medival grimoires.

Which one?

Answer 9

I've read it, some good stories, but the rituals that I remember were alittle to elaborate for my age then.

Answer 10

I have a friend who's cousin's girlfriend's grandmother tried it, but her dog still talked to her in German.