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Ishtar Pie or Candy

  • Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Can I use this spell on an apple pie? Or, better yet, make a candy apple out of it
:confused:

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Necronomicon: a Circle of White?

  • Posted on November 5, 2011 at 1:48 am
According to nec's ishtar spell, u have to make a circle of white. The Nec doesnt state exactly WTF that is? Do you know? If so TELL ME!!! lol.

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Esoteric Order of Dagon (E.O.D)

  • Posted on September 23, 2011 at 5:54 pm
I am looking to contact any current/past members of the Esoteric Order of Dagon (not the amateur press association). I have been working on my essays and application for initiation, but would like to correspond with an initiate or adept before finalizing and submitting it. private messages would be preferred in response, thank you!

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14005-Esoteric-Order-of-Dagon-(E.O.D)&goto=newpost

The Conan/Lovecraft Clash of ideas about occult

  • Posted on August 5, 2011 at 6:09 am
Lovecraft was at odds with his penfriend RE Howard, writer of the Conan books. Howard had Rural, down to Earth, "close to nature" simple heroes like Conan fighting occult villains who represented City, technology, Civilisation, modern urban life. Wheras Lovecraft often had "civilised" urban, educated heroes fighting degenerate, isolated rural inbred type occult villains.

which way do you think it is? I feel torn cause, I think rural people are often down to earth and more real, but more likely to be bigoted and "witch hunting" and panicky. Forced marriage and mistreatment of women/family. Wheras urban/modern people seem to me to often be more civilised, more feminist, liberal, gay friendly etc. But lost touch with nature and spirit, more greedy and uncaring.

I think though torn, I would choose Howard/Conan's outlook.

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13692-The-Conan-Lovecraft-Clash-of-ideas-about-occult&goto=newpost

Experience with the Crawling Chaos, Nyarlathotep

  • Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:07 am
Hello, forum members.

It started near the beginning of this year, I felt something creepy, shadowy in form standing in the doorway of my bedroom, late at night. Just watching me with golden eyes.

What happened next was more recent, last month I think. I wrote it all down several times, but it's still burned into my memory.

"A subtle chill goes through my spine as I try to recall this fuzzy dream memory. But, I assure you, every word is true.

It was at a twisted time between dream and wakening. A hatch appeared in my bedroom ceiling, supposedly leading up to the attic, but it wasn't the attic.

Spiders. Massive tarantulas. I slammed the hatch shut again, falling back onto my bed. I could feel Him up there, laughing at me. I wasn't going to be weak. He wasn't going to have his way. I pulled the hatch down and marched past those spiders and into the dark, shadowy attic.

Two stools stood in a shaft of moonlight. I took my seat in one, feeling the green padding. Then He came. Nyarlathotep. Emerging from the darkest part of the room. He took a seat too, dressed in dark black robes, that glimmered in the moonlight. (Dark Pretty!)

I couldn't see his face, just.... nothing. I could feel him looking at me though. He spoke to me, but my mind simply cannot recall what he said.

I think I insulted Him. My ego simply could not pass up the chance to mock him, calling him a weak Thoughtform. His reply was bitterly sarcastic- or was he angry?- saying that he was a God, capable of crushig the world with a thought.

Yeah... I was startled awake suddenly. Falling through the floorboards and crashing into my bed. "


I've never done any work with Him, or any work for that matter! What is it I've heard about some people say about the Netjer Set? "If you think of Him, He thinks of you". It's pretty difficult for me to stop thinking about him.

Argh, why did I insult him? I've been wondering about him again, wanting to speak with him. Nothing in reply.

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How to first delve deep into magick of the old ones…

  • Posted on June 28, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Ever since those Yog-Sothoth dreams, I've been waiting to pass the gate and work with the old ones. I'm not sure how to approach these correctly though. I know the old ones are protean, but because of this I feel I don't have a good foundation of knowledge despite having read full books of HP lovecraft short stories.

Does anybody have advice? Yog-sothoth interests me the most. As does azathoth.

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13467-How-to-first-delve-deep-into-magick-of-the-old-ones...&goto=newpost

Ancient Lore Scrapbasket (older than dirt, better than pr0n!)

  • Posted on May 31, 2011 at 8:17 am
This thread will serve as a compilation of handy or hard-to-find links pertaining to ancient magical traditions. (Especially in the Near East, but not exclusively.)

I will begin with a couple gems from my favorites bar:

Chaldean
http://dreams.00.gs/Mesopotamian_Dre...am_Rituals.htm
http://history-world.org/sumerian_an...dian_myths.htm
http://www.piney.com/BabGloss.html
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...p?page=accueil
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...ary/search.php

Canaanite
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/...gan/pagan.html
http://www.canaanite.org/dictionary/...list&d=18&p=18

Hittite/Hurrian
http://stason.org/TULARC/education-b...ogy/index.html
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...ue_hittite.htm
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...hp?page=textes
http://www.allaboutturkey.com/hitit.htm
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif..._grammaire.htm

Elamite
http://www.zoroastriankids.com/persia1.html
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Elam

Necronomicon/Liber Naughty
http://www.magick7.com/FreeBooks/002...mImperium.html

Ancient Near East (in general)
http://ctwsearch.wesleyan.edu/vufind/Record/w1715507
:up: might require some H4XX1|\|G or some polite asking to acquire the readable digital text. Worth it! :thumbup:

Mitanni? Turkic? Iberic? P.I.E.??
(more coming @ next edit)

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13320-Ancient-Lore-Scrapbasket-(older-than-dirt-better-than-pr0n!)&goto=newpost

The connections and validity of the Necronomicon by Simon.

  • Posted on April 28, 2011 at 12:05 pm
I have read this and see many Sumer/Aryan elements and in light of what has been discovered about The ancient Babylonian/Summerian thought sense the late 70's I have been giving it some more credit. Not to mention the spiritual encounters and guidance I have been getting from Destra who claims the identity of Ishtar and Astarte line up with these writings. I would like to know what knowledge you all have on this as far as the real validity and origins of it that might not be readily known from the commentary and introductions in the book and say places like wikipedia. These of which I have already explored. I am sure someone out there has more detailed knowledge.

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13170-The-connections-and-validity-of-the-Necronomicon-by-Simon.&goto=newpost

Cathulhu is an actual being?

  • Posted on March 28, 2011 at 12:11 am
So one can actually summon forth Cathulhu? I always thought HP Lovecraft just made him up for the story and mythos. Any personal encounters with this being? Anyway to know for sure if it is Cathulhu or just some other being?

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Cthulhu is an actual being?

  • Posted on March 28, 2011 at 12:11 am
So one can actually summon forth Cathulhu? I always thought HP Lovecraft just made him up for the story and mythos. Any personal encounters with this being? Anyway to know for sure if it is Cathulhu or just some other being?

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Pathworking R’lyeh

  • Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Has anyone of you done this or do you have any information- also gematrical musings- links or comments about such a working?

I only now decided to concern myself a bit with this 'problem' and already have ideas for the opening- the creation of a path, namely either via a free-form approach involving the mythical and biological deep sea Kraken and its ink (connection to books where the thoughts of past scholars lie dead but dreaming, awaiting their actualization through my creative involvement), or and this quite esoterically via a somewhat complex Nightside-Tree approach via Binah/Zain; this is quite crazy: using Zamadriel's sigil - from Crowley's Liber 231- but in an inverted style I want to dip the two points of its sickle-moon into the deep sea and thereby descend. A third approach would be scrying: a black bowl of sea/salt water reflecting the deeply black and star-filled new-moon night-sky: the mode of 'seeing' things in the mirror will be the one I may use in R'lyeh's violet-black darkness. As a physical anchor in this landlocked country I could use some flooded mountain-caves used by the Nazis to construct supersonic jet-aeroplanes.

Finally, as a backup, I just had the 'idea' [transmission] of a lost astral book by K.Grant in that he explains a new vampire-magick to me involving the creation of so-called Necronomicon-ink- by the mixing of special, qualified blood or bodily fluids and ink that would result in a mauve-coloured real or astral liquid. Will check back, and in the meantime I'm looking forward to all your comments!

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?12708-Pathworking-R-lyeh&goto=newpost

Channeling Al-Hazred

  • Posted on January 13, 2011 at 8:22 pm
So.... Anyone know of anybody trying to commune with the Mad Arab?

There have got to be PLENTY LOL.

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?12494-Channeling-Al-Hazred&goto=newpost

Gilgamesh anyone?

  • Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:56 am
Hello. I recently performed an evocation and ended up talking to someone called Gilgamesh. I've had a look and he's some Mesopatamian King or something. Can anyone give me a short version of what it is that he stands for and any particular reason that he could be summonable? I was not trying to reach him at all. From what I can make out through him answering he is to do with Saturn.

Any help would be great as its a little odd some old King would turn up and start talking to me about constructing circles. Was he ever considered more than human? anyway.. hopefully Ill get some replies to this and make some sense out of it.

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?12489-Gilgamesh-anyone&goto=newpost

Another Lovecraftian dream. This time its Dagon rather than Yog-Sothoth.

  • Posted on January 3, 2011 at 9:42 am
I remember few details of the dream, sadly. The Grimoire of the Necronomicon shows Dagon as a deity of knowledge and intellect, but I'm not sure how true that book is to the cthulhu mythos.
There was a also a reference to 'the squid god' who was most likely Cthulhu. I remembered more details yesterday but I can't recall them right now. My attempts to summon entities in dreams always fail too. I normally invoke water and the moon, and evoke the entity saying I want it to speak to me in my sleep.

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?12418-Another-Lovecraftian-dream.-This-time-its-Dagon-rather-than-Yog-Sothoth.&goto=newpost

Finally read The Call of Cthulhu

  • Posted on December 2, 2010 at 1:16 pm
So I've never actually sat down and read any Lovecraft prior to yesterday as I mostly read non fiction. Well since I'm currently exploring chaos magick a little bit I thought I'd better read some of his work. So I sat down and read the call of cthulhu and I've got to say I'm a little disappointed. Here I was expecting this Gothic masterpiece of horror but I found it kind of dry and little boring. It had it's moments but I really don't get what all the excitement over him is. Am I missing something? Are there other stories by him I should read next that are important? I've got an anthology of his work and am not sure what to read next, trying to keep an open mind and explore him further.

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?12246-Finally-read-The-Call-of-Cthulhu&goto=newpost

I hope this is the right place, but i need help!

  • Posted on November 20, 2010 at 10:56 pm
I picked up a copy of HP lovecraft's necronomicon, unfortunately It's a compelation of all of his works, (Well that's not so unfortunate actually haha) But i'm looking for the cthulhu mythos in particular. Is there any place where i can get all or most texts pertaining to the cthulhu mythos, as well as other authors, not just Lovecraft?

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?12134-I-hope-this-is-the-right-place-but-i-need-help!&goto=newpost

Made much progress.

  • Posted on October 19, 2010 at 6:16 am
I'm glad to find internet access. I've been staying at a placement home in Manchester, NH until my grandmother gets SSI money to get an apartment.

As such, I've been making use of my time... Meditating regularly, performing ritual work and getting results (particularly with Tyson's Grimoire of the necronomicon and the papers I printed long ago that have the seals and descriptions of the goetia.). Results include much dream interpretation and reviewing (although I honestly want real astral projection of some kind. Not mere assumptions that my lovecraftian dreams are astral visions), performing a money ritual for somebody who playfully made fun of my practice (two weeks later, they found $20 and were amazed when I reminded them of the rite I did).

I've begun to desire to work on the internal aspects of my own mind to transcend inferiorities. Already I've become more logically thinking. However, I hope to eventually ascend the mind to remove fear, impulsiveness, and integrate a sort of 'insanity' that will allow me to gain power through great risk. I will explain this in detail.

I had a dream several nights ago, using a patch to induce vivid dreams. The important dream was the first one, in which I encountered and read about an occultist and his mother who lived in a worn down house. I met the man himself, but I don't remember who he was exactly. I eventually came to a scene where this 'centipede like' monster of vast proportions emerged from a rock wall hill on a beach that referred to the man as its son? I recall also reading an old tomb that actually had text from Tyson's Grimoire of the Necronomicon.
At the end of the dream, somebody (not remembering who) told me that the greatest power is power acquired through risk. To pull this off successfully, I would need to know no fear.

The first ideas that come to mind for personal ascension is invocation. Few invocations I do go successful (I invoked the moody personality of Nyarlathotep once, however), and I'm uncertain if invokations can be permanent.

I'm also having issues communicating with entities. I can evoke an entity and, through thoughts, tell it my requests, but I can't simply send a thought and hope to receive a response. This has proven pointless.

In addition to developing ritual work, I've meditated with an amethyst on my forehead. Now I can feel the third eye chakra pulse with energy at certain times. I wish to delve deep into meditation, but I can seem to get that deep.

In terms of necronomicon workings, I was thinking about a path. I think I resonate with Dagon or Nyarlathotep or Yog-Sothoth best.



Aside from the necronomicon, I still have a mild interest in necromancy. I'm currently pondering about how to get an entity to get physical interaction with the world (move objects, possess people, etc).

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11804&goto=newpost

Essential Books for Lovecraftian Occultism

  • Posted on October 13, 2010 at 8:04 pm
I thought about putting this in the Cthulhu Resources sticky thread but that thread doesn't seem geared towards book recommendations.

Since the book itself plays such a huge role as a magical instrument in Lovecraft's Mythos then it seems fitting to me to have some actual books on hand. In my experience books on or about Lovecraft-inspired magick tend to be more inspirational than practical. They work along the lines of evoking certain moods. It is up to you to create the practices and figure out what to do with all of it. The following is just a list of books I personally like and/or have found useful for both practice and inspiration over the years. Not all of them pertain strictly to Lovecraftian Magick but all of them will touch on things that may enhance one's experience. Feel free to add any of your own because this is by no means a definitive list.

First I should mention that the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft is the best place to start. There are too many collections you can choose from. My favorites are the Arkham House editions. I also suggest looking into Lovecraft's very extended circle of writers that have expanded the mythos in various ways. There is entirely too much to list here so I leave it up to everyone else to seek it out. A good book I recommend starting with is Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos.

The Pseudonomicon by Phil Hine - Some of what is in this book can also be found in Hine's Prime Chaos but The Pseudonomicon is more fleshed out and provides a very good starting point for anyone interested in exploring the Mythos magically. Hine seems to have a knack for eloquently presenting what is necessary; just enough to tweak the imagination, allowing the reader to explore further in more personal ways.

The Infernal Texts: Nox & Liber Koth edited by Stephen Sennitt - The bulk of this book is a collection of various Left-Hand Path essays written for Sennitt's Nox journal. The relevant part is the second half of the book titled "The Nameless Sodality" and Sennitt's own Liber Koth. This is a good companion to Phil Hine's book above.

Starfire: A Journal of the New Aeon - This journal is the official organ of the Typhonian Order and contains a wide variety of essays most of which I would recommend. The reason being the types of practices a lot of the contributers advocate are along very similar lines as Lovecraft-style Magicks. Most of the material is certainly adaptable to such ends. Various issues may contain specifically relevant material to Mythos Magick and I will only speak on the issues I personally have and what they contain. I have received notices that there is a "Best of Starfire" book currently in the works but I'm not sure it will contain what I'm focusing on here. The issues I have are Volume I, Number 4 and Volume II, Numbers 1, 2 and 3.
Volume I, Number 4 contains an excellent piece by Stephen Dziklewicz (Sennitt) titled "Dagon Rising".

Volume II, Number 1 doesn't contain anything specific to the subject.

Volume II, Number 2 contains the motherlode out of these; Robert Taylor's "The Black Stone" touches on a Nightside Tarot which never came to fruition but is a good article by itself. "Into the Depths of Severity and All Beauty" by Nicholaj Frisvold which is an account of evocations of Lovecraftian entities, the received texts and analysis (highly recommended). "A Mantra for Evoking the Great Old Ones" by Stephen Dziklewicz parts of which can also be found in Sennitt's Infernal Texts. This is a far more superior account of Sennitt's workings.

Volume 2, Number 3 doesn't contain anything specific to the subject either but it does contain one article by Richard Gavin titled "Nightmare Sorcery". The practices that Gavin discusses in this article are almost identical to the Oneiric Sorcery I developed on my own. His focus is different but can be adapted easily. I was quite surprised when I first read it. Interestingly enough I actually developed my own methods from two articles contained in the previous two journals.
Polaria: The Gift of the White Stone by W. H. Müller - This book is discussed in THIS THREAD.

The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H. P. Lovecraft and Songs of the Black Würm Gism - Hymns to H. P. Lovecraft: Starry Wisdom 2 both edited by D M Mitchell - These are both collections of fiction with a few essays thrown in. I specifically mention them because they have a lot of actual occult references throughout as some of the writers are indeed occultists. Two of my favorite pieces are in volume one; Stephen Sinnett's "Sex-Invocation of the Great Old Ones (23 Nails)" and D M Mitchell's "Ward 23". The second volume has more of a sex magick theme and branches off into more surreal territory.

Lovecraft: A Study in the Fantastic by Maurice Levy - An analysis of the themes that Lovecraft wrote about. I found it personally inspiring to the imagination. This small back cover review sums it up nicely:
"A profound study of the relationship between oneirism, fantasy and myth... Carefully disects the process of fusing dream images with traditional mythological themes and their transformation into fantastic stories." - Thekla Zachrau, Extrapolation
The Necronomicon and The R'lyeh Text both edited by George Hay - Usually referred to as the Hay/Wilson Necronomicon being that it was sort of an occult prank thought up by Hay and Colin Wilson and some others. The bulk of both of these books are the essays and commentaries which, if you're like me, is where you will glean the most magical insight and inspiration. They are written in a similar way as you may imagine one of Lovecraft's heros writing his account of what is unfolding. Very paranoid and yet somehow works. The grimoire sections can be very disappointing and, though I have adapted a few things from them here and there, are virtually useless.

The Typhonian Trilogies by Kenneth Grant - Nine volumes of occult madness (like it should be). Those of you who know me will know that these have been my primary source of inspiration. Not specifically about Lovecraft but Grant weaves a grand occult theory that involves the currents that Lovecraft was tuned into. In my opinion Grant may have been the first to understand how Lovecraft's fiction really relates to occultism. You won't find pointless theories and speculations of real Necronomicon manuscripts and Lovecraft having met Crowley in these works but you will find the workable idea that the Necronomicon represents a form of Gnosis gained from tapping a certain current.

The Necronomicon, The Gates of the Necronomicon and Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon all by Simon - Now I have never really been a fan of the Simon Necronomicon but I have re-examined it more recently in light of reading the latter two books there and I must say that I have gained a new respect for it but maybe not in the way that others do. It's kind of hard to explain my position but something began to ring "true" to me about it. I tried explaining a while back in THIS THREAD in case anyone is interested. Since this book is discussed quite a bit elsewhere I won't bother saying anything more about it other than that but I do think it's definitely worth mentioning here.

There are a lot of other sources I have drawn from over the years as well but most only contain vague references that I follow or just some ideas that I have adapted to the Lovecraftian Mythos in some way. For me personally, the Lovecraftian Mythos intertwines with my other magical endeavors to such an extent that I rarely actually discuss it as Lovecraftian Magick but it's always there lurking.;)

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Alternatives to Marduk?

  • Posted on October 4, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I'm not really a big fan of Marduk (or Brahma, Atman, Ahura Mazda, Aten, Ja, Jehovah, El the Sheriffim etc.) and sympathize with the Ancient Ones, are there any actual Mesopotamian alternatives to Marduk and his 50 serfs that I may find redeeming?

Of the 50 names, I only really like Agaku. The "Urilia text" of the Simonomicon was rather limited, as well as being largely concocted (which isn't always a bad thing). Ideas anyone? THX!

From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11670&goto=newpost

Dark Grimoire Tarot/Tarocchi Del Necronomicon

  • Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:56 pm
I picked this deck up for myself recently. It's not something I would just do, but the deck called for me, in a 'I want to tell you a story' kind of way.

It is not sold as a "Cthulhu" per se, but the references in the skimpy manual talk about old grimoires banned by the Catholic Church, and leading up to Lovecraft. The pictorial explanations of the cards are very unlike traditional Tarot decks, as the artist does not appear to follow astrological, Qabbalist, or Egyptian meanings.


_______________
The Fool is a white man, seemingly not crazy, in a white strait jacket with deviant humans and bewildering animals pawing and staring at him. A light above illuminates him showing all.

I feel he is the only sane one, seeing with all his senses in a world gone mad.

The hanged man does not show the traditional upside down hanging by the foot. Instead, the man is hanging from the chandelier, by the noose he made. There is a half-empty fifth of whisky, cigarettes, nearly burnt candles, and the Grimoire he was studying.

I feel that this is a path of death from reading the forbidden knowledge until one is ready, or that power and magick is of no help when the problems are in ones heart.
_______________

All in all, a very beautiful deck, regardless the Cthulhu influences. There's something that allows me to express myself in a loving manner using this deck.

Made by Michele Penco.
Published by Lo Scarabeo.
ISBN-10: 0738713848
ISBN-13: 978-0738713847

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Exploring the Unnamable

  • Posted on September 8, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Does anyone know where to find a PDF file of Exploring the Unnamable: wandering the labyrinths of zin by lodge magan dragon rouge? and has anyone read it and have any insight. I have read Necronomicon Gnosis by Asanath Mason already, and enjoyed it a lot, so I would assume exploring the unnamable is comparable.

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Anunnaki Bible – The Necronomicon – Joshua Free

  • Posted on September 4, 2010 at 8:39 am
Hi,
Just want to know if anyone has read this book, and what are your opinions and if anyone tried the rituals/invocations what are your results.
From the few reviews i found in others forums, people seem to like it very much, and say that is a much more detailed version/researched version of the Necronomicon ( comparing with the simon nec ).

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Vacation Necronomicon School

  • Posted on July 26, 2010 at 11:17 am
As opposed to Vacation Bible School it's free and fun. See you around campus!

http://vns.codenamesarah.com/

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